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Page 1
... tell . They were manifestly of English descent ; but whether emigrants directly from England to Virginia , or an offshoot of the historic Lincoln family in Massachusetts , or of the highly - respectable Lincoln family in Pennsylvania ...
... tell . They were manifestly of English descent ; but whether emigrants directly from England to Virginia , or an offshoot of the historic Lincoln family in Massachusetts , or of the highly - respectable Lincoln family in Pennsylvania ...
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... tell us that the name of his father was Mordecai ; and so also does Col. Chapman , who married Thomas Lincoln's step - daughter . The rest of those who ought to know are unable to assign him any name at all . Dr. Holland says further ...
... tell us that the name of his father was Mordecai ; and so also does Col. Chapman , who married Thomas Lincoln's step - daughter . The rest of those who ought to know are unable to assign him any name at all . Dr. Holland says further ...
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... tell . Diligent and thorough searches by the most competent persons have failed to discover any trace of the fact in the public records of Hardin and the adjoining counties . The license and the minister's return in the case of Lincoln ...
... tell . Diligent and thorough searches by the most competent persons have failed to discover any trace of the fact in the public records of Hardin and the adjoining counties . The license and the minister's return in the case of Lincoln ...
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... tell us it was wrong , and would write against it . ' The third and last school to which Abe went was taught by a Mr. Swaney , in 1826. To get there , he had to travel four and a half miles ; and this going back and forth so great a ...
... tell us it was wrong , and would write against it . ' The third and last school to which Abe went was taught by a Mr. Swaney , in 1826. To get there , he had to travel four and a half miles ; and this going back and forth so great a ...
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... tell stories all the time ; didn't love work , but did dearly love his pay . He worked for me frequently , a few days only at a time . . . . Lincoln said to me one day , that his father taught him to work , but never learned him to love ...
... tell stories all the time ; didn't love work , but did dearly love his pay . He worked for me frequently , a few days only at a time . . . . Lincoln said to me one day , that his father taught him to work , but never learned him to love ...
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