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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 836

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EAGLE OF WISCONSIN. With Jacks permission, my young friends, Ihave the pleasure of showing you a beautiful pictureof Old Abe, the War Eagle of Wisconsin. Itwas taken from life on purpose for St. NICHOLAS,and I can certify that it is a good likeness of thegrand old bird as he sits on his perch at… … of Wisconsin Volunteers through the thickest ofthe fight, sharing in turn their hardships, dangers,and victories. He belongs to the Wisconsin regiment still, andthough they purchased him for only one bushel ofcorn, no amount of money can buy him now. Heis named after Abraham Lincoln ; and a…

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