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Bookmark or Share- The True Friendship That Saved Abraham Lincoln’s LifeHis friendship with Speed proved therapeutic, even redemptive. Joshua Speed certainly helped guide him emotionally toward intimacy and love.
- Lincoln Lore – Joshua Fry SpeedJoshua Fry Speed. (1814-1882) “Well, Speed, I’m moved!”. — Abraham Lincoln, 1837. Abraham Lincoln and Joshua Fry Speed became friends on April 15, 1837. The story is a familiar one. Young, lanky Lincoln rode into Springfield, Illinois, with nothing more than his saddlebags.
- Joshua Fry Speed - WikipediaJoshua Fry Speed (November 14, 1814 – May 29, 1882) was an American planter and businessman who was a close friend of future President Abraham Lincoln from his days in Springfield, Illinois, where Speed was a partner in a general store.
- Letter to Joshua Speed - Abraham Lincoln OnlineAbraham Lincoln and Joshua Speed met in Springfield, Illinois, during the 1830s. Although Speed returned to his native Kentucky, they remained friends throughout life. In this letter, Lincoln expresses his thinking about slavery, which contrasted with Speed, who grew up on a plantation and owned slaves. The year before Lincoln wrote this letter ...
- Joshua F. Speed (1814-1882) - Mr. Lincoln and FriendsJoshua F. Speed (1814-1882) “In 1837, after his return from the legislature, Mr. Lincoln obtained a license to practice law,” recalled the man who was probably Mr. Lincoln’s closest friend, Joshua F. Speed. “He lived fourteen miles in the country, and had ridden into town on a borrowed horse, with no earthly goods but a pair of saddle ...
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