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...g in New Orleans on a flat boat. Since Abe was not legally an adult, and his father Thomas was in poor health, most of Lincoln’s money earned went back home to his father. In July, of 1831 Abraham separated from his family and moved to New Salem, Illinois where he continued doing handy jobs until he joined the Black Hawk War in April of 1832. The next three years, Lincoln unsuccessfully ran for Illinois State Legislature, became a surveyor, and was appointed the Post Master of New Salem. In 1834, at the age of twenty-four, Lincoln is elected to the Illinois State Legislature, and is then reelected in 1836. In the midst of Lincoln’s election to the Illinois State Legislature, Lincoln’s fiancée Anne Rutledge died, Anne’s death affected Abraham for the rest of his life. After Anne’s death, Abraham began to study law in Springfiel...