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494. Augustus K. Riggin (William H. Herndon Interview).

[March 7, 1887]

Gustavus Riggin — once Clk of Menard Cir Co Said that during a Court in 1842 of Menard Co Lamborn — Douglas — Logan — Stuart &c many of the big lawyers of the State attended Court — and that his father attended Court during that Session — Father Said to me — "I wish I could raise a Son as big as Lincoln is bound to be if he lives — I have heard all three men speak at the bar and on the stump for some years and Lincoln is the greatest of them all. I say this to you, my son, though I am a democrat"

Library of Congress: Herndon-Weik Collection. Manuscript Division. Library of Congress. Washington, D.C. 3842

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Notes.

1. This belongs to the same set of notes as §492, dated March 7, 1887.

2. Josiah Lamborn, Stephen A. Douglas, Stephen T. Logan, and John T. Stuart.

3. Harry Riggin, a founder of the village of Athens.

4. Marginal note: T B Turner certificate (survey) Athens Ills.