Here is an excellent sample of Lincoln's hand, written during the height of the American Civil War. There is heavy pressure, spontanaiety, high form level, very fast writing, strong and powerful horizontal strokes, fabulous rhythm, flexible and uphill baseline, rightward tendencies, simplification; curled lower case "c", and problem with his mother stroke in PPI. There were other Lincoln samples I used to formulate a composite of his standard handwriting. These traits are shown in some of his other samples.

There is a lot going on in this handwriting. First, I'll say that I admire Lincoln, not for history but for this sample. It is one of the best samples of handwriting I have ever seen. It has several of the most positive qualities in handwriting; simplicity, spontanaiety, heavy pressure, speedy writing, strong t-bars, uphill and flexible baseline, good capitals, and high form level. In fact, there is only one negative quality in this writing; and that is the curled strokes.

Lincoln was a powerful and dominant person. He was decisive and quick to act. His intellect served him well. He was physically strong, and had immense energy. The powerfully strong t-bar crossings betray a person who was goal oriented, and determined to achieve those goals. Lincoln had tremendous will power and drive. The height of those t-bars portrays a man who set his goals extremely high [high t-bars are symbolic of how high "one sets the bar for themselves". Lincoln set it all the way up]

Lincoln didn't waste time or beat around the bush. He went straight to the heart of a matter; he did it quickly; and then he acted quickly. He was very adaptable, versatile and flexible.

Lincoln was a proud man, and confident. He had backbone and was no pushover by others. He was the man in charge. The rightward tendency and the lack of a right margin show us that Lincoln thought about and made his decisions with the future in mind. Lincoln was sincere, mostly honest, and altruistic. [the lower zone loop of the lower case "y" turns rightward rather than leftward] He was a strong optimist, as evidenced by his uphill baseline.

His impressive and immense talent and skill are even more impressive when you realize how much he suffered as a child. There was some severe problem between him and his mother [Lincoln's personal pronoun "I", which is the most important ego symbol, show severe trauma with the mother stroke in both his PPI's in the script] It is explained that his mother died when he was 10 years old. The fact that the PPI still show such trauma indicate the pain and trauma that was associated with it. Remember, he was 37 years old at the time this letter was written.

Here is a strong example of Lincoln's inability to let things go. He had a strong tendency to cling onto things, etiher physically and/or emotionally. [this is the explanation of all the curls in the lower case "c" and in capital "f" in "Friend" and in the PPI]