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TitleThe famous Methodist preacher and circuit rider, Peter Cartwright. A Democrat beaten by Lincoln in the run for Congress in 1846. He personally threw scoffers out of church when they interrupted sermons. He once told a cold deacon who prayed, "Brother, thr
Date1925
SourceSandburg, Carl. Abraham Lincoln The Prairie Years. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1925.
CreatorSandburg, Carl
CategoryPeople
TypePainting/Drawing/Etching/Other
PermissionNorthern Illinois University
Themes|| Lincoln's Biography