Show Lincol ns traveling bar bag president Lincol ns first inaugural i ld r c s s i s n among m 0 io t the h c most f familiar a m il i sr 0 of f ll 11 i st c ri d S state ta t c pa p e ra A c cariou u r 0 u story is related concerning it when mien mr lincoln knew that be had been elected president he bega nithe composition of the message knowing that one of tile most moil important state papers ever read at washington lie thought then 0 lit arid and wrote lit at his bis springfield home until tie lio had corn cora plied pos cd what he be thought tillight lii glit tf bp printed for his bis own eyes awl arid those of a few intimate friends friend alomal printer put pud tile the manuscript in type for explain it as we ire can a man mails composition is more easily corrected even by himself in print thin than in manuscript air lincoln real read andic ana re read the printed copy reconstructed ted many sentences several times rind and then bad four copies of the message printed on foolscap paper vien cje president elect started from fr orn for washington he be locked wie uie four copies in ili his bag which ind and here homade his hi mistake lie in trusted I 1 to his bit oldest son robert F in inthe the 0 timi tile the presidential party reached Ilar where thy met with alit 1111 enthusiastic reception mr lincoln was wa to his hi r room a at t t the b e ii hittel ft el vv chere h e re 1 having i a v ani I 1 g washed W d up u p he 1 ic said s tl d 1 ll 11 bob 3 0 1 wheres theres that grip sack the son wras was taken all ab abick aback ick as ai the lie baig ba wras was not in the room lie ile at i eraT ched his licad head and their confessed that in the excitement caused by the reception lie had let a waitr take the sack mr Lincol ns icart leaped to his as lie he thought of tile the possible loss I 1 oss of 0 f the message which had taken liim him necks to compose ile he ment down the stairs in two or three illta 18 asked for the aba ba d drill and was coolly told ly hy the nonchalant lintel chelk that he bould probably final it in the bag hagagi gage into that toom room lie rushed and siw an all immense pile or of trunks and in lj bags alj among these lie thought lie reco recognized ills own lie ile pulled P it out tile the key fitted cited it lie he opened it anti and saw inside half a dozen paper cot col lar far arid and a flask of chickey wh ikey ickey 0 tile ba baggage ff laze ff right and left as if b breaking r up tip a larn jam of logs lie he finally espind ills his own ovill sack and on opening I 1 it found the four copies of tile the Fress message noc 0 on his aktiv arrival at sit t washington 0 11 I 1 mr lincoln gave one printed copy to mr seward reward anti and another to the ven cis ceable it I 1 e francis franci I 1 V ill blair n i r they test lead it arid and suggested 0 a few unimportant chair changes oes which were made A corrected copy was made in a fair liand hand arid and from that mr lincoln read at at lis his inauguration 0 |