Tuesday, August 16, 1859.St. Joseph,
MO. | Lincoln and Hatch arrive on steamer Campbell and
stop at "Planters." Citizens call to pay their respects. In evening Lincoln
visits office of St. Joseph "Journal." "In personal appearance," writes editor,
"he looks like any other 'six-foot' Kentuckian, and is very affable in
manners." Journal, 19 August 1859.
[Mrs. Lincoln buys yard goods and 11 pounds of
sugar at Smith's. Pratt, Personal
Finances, 158.] |