Final answer:
The correct spellings of the underlined words in the excerpt are patriot, Michigan, parlor, endeavoring, and chewing.
Step-by-step explanation:
In the excerpt from 'Interview with President Lincoln,' Charles Farrar Browne uses a different spelling for some common words to indicate the narrator's accent and local dialect. Here are the correct spellings of the underlined words:
- patrit = patriot
- Michygan = Michigan
- parler = parlor
- endeverin = endeavoring
- chawin = chewing
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