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Lincoln's New Salem
Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site
is a reconstruction of the former village of
New Salem
in
Menard County, Illinois
, where
Abraham Lincoln
lived from 1831 to 1837. While in his twenties, the future
U.S. President
made his living in this frontier village as a boatman,
soldier in the Black Hawk War
, general store owner, postmaster, surveyor, and rail splitter, and was first elected to the
Illinois General Assembly
.
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