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Lincoln’s family-friendly campaign style worked because it was without affectation. Especially appealing to the families was his genuine fondness for children. When he boarded with John Camron, he delighted in playing merry tricks and pranks on his host’s many daughters. He would pluck their ears and give them nicknames. In the Camron family, Vienna became “Quinine,” Tom he renamed “Tam O’Shanter,” Betsy was “Queen Isabella,” and Eliza, unaccountably, was dubbed “John.” They and the other children of New Salem enjoyed his joking and playfulness as much as he did and loved him for it.
Source: Abraham Lincoln ∶ A Life ▫𓂃
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