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258:. Her father had inherited considerable wealth in land and slaves in Virginia, but left for Kentucky in 1788 or 1789. There, he opened a school in his home, where he taught a number of boys who later became prominent. Joshua Speed was the fifth of 11 children from the marriage; one of his siblings died in infancy the year Joshua was born. Joshua remained close to his mother until her death, but he seems to have had a strained relationship with his father, who complained of "all your abuse of me" when Joshua was 15. Depression seems to have run in the family, with evidence in his father, two of his brothers—James Speed showed signs of clinical depression—and Joshua himself. Lincoln even observed this in Joshua, remarking, "You are 'naturally of a nervous temperament.'" 476: 247: 346:
toils; but I bite my lip and keep quiet. In 1841, you and I had together a tedious low-water trip, on a Steam Boat from Louisville to St. Louis. You may remember, as I well do, that from Louisville to the mouth of the Ohio, there were, on board, ten or a dozen slaves, shackled together with irons. That sight was a continued torment to me; and I see something like it every time I touch the Ohio, or any other slave-border. It is hardly fair for you to assume, that I have no interest in a thing which has, and continually exercises, the power of making me miserable. You ought rather to appreciate how much the great body of the Northern people do crucify their feelings ...
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Kentucky became separated from Virginia. One of Captain Speed's six children, John Speed, owned a store in the 1790s and operated a salt works using leased slaves. In the 1800s, his father gave him a large tract on which to begin farming. He grew staples and the labor-intensive cash crop of hemp. He would acquire other businesses as well, including a blacksmith. By his death in 1840, he had become one of Kentucky's largest slave-owners with 54.
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apartment above Speed's store, becoming his roommate, sharing a bed with him for four years, and becoming his lifelong best friend. Although bed-sharing between same sexes was a reasonably common practice in this period, it is unusual for it to have occurred over such a prolonged time. This has led to speculation regarding Lincoln's sexuality, although this evidence is circumstantial.
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Speed had heard young Abraham Lincoln deliver a speech on a stump when Lincoln was running for election to the Illinois legislature. On April 15, 1837, Lincoln arrived at Springfield, the new state capital, to seek his fortune as a young lawyer, whereupon he met Joshua Speed. Lincoln sublet Joshua's
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Seven months later, in July 1841, Lincoln, still depressed, decided to visit Speed in Kentucky. Speed welcomed Lincoln to his paternal house, where the latter spent a month regaining his mental health. During his stay at Farmington, Lincoln rode into Louisville almost daily to discuss legal matters
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and was seriously wounded in 1781, resulting in the Continental Congress awarding him 7,500 acres in the territory of Kentucky. He settled there in 1782 and became a judge and land speculator, eventually accumulating 45,000 acres in central Kentucky and joining the territorial conventions by which
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claimed that he had uncovered new primary sources which shed fresh light on Lincoln's sexuality. The alleged sources included a hitherto-unknown Joshua Speed diary and letters in which it was claimed Speed wrote explicitly about his relationship with Lincoln. The items were supposedly discovered
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You know I dislike slavery; and you fully admit the abstract wrong of it. ... I also acknowledge your rights and my obligations, under the constitution, in regard to your slaves. I confess I hate to see the poor creatures hunted down, and caught, and carried back to their stripes, and unrewarded
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During Lincoln's presidential administration (March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865), he offered Speed several government appointments. Speed refused each time, choosing to help in other ways. Speed disagreed with Lincoln on the
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administration (April 15, 1865, to March 3, 1869). Sixty members of the Speed family gave money for a monument to honor Lincoln in Springfield. Joshua Speed also wrote lengthy letters to
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Despite having had little formal education himself, Joshua's father wanted his children to have that advantage. Joshua was tutored by his maternal grandfather, Joshua Fry, and attended
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and Lucy Gilmer Speed (née Fry) on November 14, 1814. On his father's side, Speed's ancestry can be traced back to 17th-century cartographer and historian
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Joshua Speed began a courtship with Fanny Henning and married on February 15, 1842. They remained married until his death. They had no children.
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Joshua Speed and Lincoln disagreed over slavery, especially Speed's argument that Northerners should not care. In 1855, Lincoln wrote to Speed:
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In 1808, following the death of his first wife, John Speed married Lucy Gilmer Fry. She had come from Virginia, where her family was close to
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hidden beneath the floorboards of the old store in which the two men lived, and they were said to reside in a private collection in
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On March 30, 1840, Judge John Speed died. Joshua announced plans to sell his store and return to his parents' large
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General store co-owner, real estate investor, plantation owner (through family), Kentucky representative
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Howard, Victor B. (Summer 1982). "Lincoln Slave Policy in Kentucky: A Study of Pragmatic Strategy".
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Paludan, Phillip Shaw (Summer 2006). "Lincoln and Negro Slavery: I Haven't Got Time for the Pain".
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Kincaid, Robert L. (April 1954). "Joshua Fry Speed: Lincoln's Confidential Agent in Kentucky".
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Your Friend Forever, A. Lincoln: The Enduring Friendship of Abraham Lincoln and Joshua Speed
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Krause, Susan (Spring 1996). "Abraham Lincoln and Joshua Speed, Attorney and Client".
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Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln and Notes of a Visit to California: Two Lectures
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Joshua Speed died on May 29, 1882, in Louisville, Kentucky. He is interred in
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Lincoln and the Speeds: The Untold Story of a Devoted and Enduring Friendship
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A genealogy of Joshua Speed's maternal ancestors since the 17th century
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Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons
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Lucy Fry Speed (February 26, 1811 – 1893). Later married to
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1864 painting of Joshua Fry and his wife Fanny Henning Speed
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Olson, Julius E. (September 1920). "Lincoln in Wisconsin".
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John was then married to Lucy Gilmer Fry. Lucy was born in
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Major Philip Speed (April 12, 1819 – November 1, 1882)
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Joshua Speed's father, Judge John Speed, was born in
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List of people from the Louisville metropolitan area
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Peachy Walker Speed (May 4, 1813 – January 18, 1881)
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William Pope Speed (April 26, 1816 – June 28, 1863)
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Abraham Lincoln's best friend and a close confidant
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Index

Lucy Gilmer Fry

Kentucky House of Representatives
Louisville, Kentucky
Cave Hill Cemetery
John Speed
Abraham Lincoln
Springfield, Illinois
general store
Kentucky House of Representatives
Farmington
John Speed
John Speed
American Revolution

Thomas Jefferson
St. Joseph's College
Bardstown
Louisville
Springfield, Illinois
Midwest
merchandising
plantation house
Farmington
Louisville, Kentucky
Mary Todd
guilt
James Speed

slavery

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