Wednesday, February 25, 1846.Springfield, IL. | Lincoln probably completes his poem of 24 quatrains, "My Childhood-Home I
See Again." He wrote to Johnston yesterday: "I have a piece that is almost done, but I
find a deal of trouble to finish it." He sends first ten stanzas to Johnston April 18,
1846, remainder September 6, 1846, indicating that Lincoln drafted verse, was not fully
satisfied with it, and retained it while considering improvements."My Childhood-Home I See
Again, [25? February] 1846, CW, 1:367-70; Abraham Lincoln to Andrew
Johnston, 24 February 1846, CW, 1:366-67. |