President Abraham Lincoln read a story to his cabinet by this humorist before reading them a draft of the Emancipation Proclamation.
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- Artemus Ward
President Abraham Lincoln read a story to his cabinet by this humorist before reading them a draft of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Artemus Ward, pen name of Charles Farrar Browne, who began his career working for the Cleveland Plain Dealer.