Abe and the turkey-buzzard quill

Dennis Hanks reported the following story of Abe Lincoln, his first cousin, as either a teenager or a pre-teenager, with a turkey-buzzard quill in his hand, writing out the words “Abraham Lincoln.”

“’Denny,’” the boy said to his cousin. “‘Look at that, will you? “Abraham Lincoln!” That’s me. Don’t look a bit like me!’ And,” said Dennis, “then he’d stand and stare at it a spell. ‘Peared to mean a heap to Abe!”