Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln: The Story of His Life Printed for the Children of New England and Their Parents, 100 Years After His Birth Lincoln went back to business again. With a partner he bought the goods and good will of a storekeeper who was willing to accept the written promise of the buyers that they id pay for the same at some time in the future. At a cent of cash changed hands. Soon after two o stores were purchased in a similar way, and the trade of New Salem was then under the control 7oi Lincoln Ck). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.