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... and put me in the way of exploring newspaper files and legislative journals in
the Illinois State library for biographic material . He told me of his correspondence
with one of his father ' s relatives in Rockingham County , Virginia , and with one
...
... and put me in the way of exploring newspaper files and legislative journals in
the Illinois State library for biographic material . He told me of his correspondence
with one of his father ' s relatives in Rockingham County , Virginia , and with one
...
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President Lincoln ' s grandfather , a Kentucky pioneer who bore the same name
and met a like fate , was the son of John Lincoln , a Virginia planter of good
estate , who had removed from Pennsylvania to the Shenandoah Valley many
years ...
President Lincoln ' s grandfather , a Kentucky pioneer who bore the same name
and met a like fate , was the son of John Lincoln , a Virginia planter of good
estate , who had removed from Pennsylvania to the Shenandoah Valley many
years ...
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The nearest capital towns were Philadelphia — accessible by wild and tedious
ways , across the Potomac and South Mountain — and Williamsburg , Virginia , to
which the journey was compara. tively easy . On the west were the great ...
The nearest capital towns were Philadelphia — accessible by wild and tedious
ways , across the Potomac and South Mountain — and Williamsburg , Virginia , to
which the journey was compara. tively easy . On the west were the great ...
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The youngest son , Thomas , a mere child when the family came from Virginia ,
was the father of President Lincoln . * “ I remember to have heard my uncle ,
Judge Paul I . Booker , remark to some hotheads when Lincoln was first elected ...
The youngest son , Thomas , a mere child when the family came from Virginia ,
was the father of President Lincoln . * “ I remember to have heard my uncle ,
Judge Paul I . Booker , remark to some hotheads when Lincoln was first elected ...
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... County , Virginia , February 5 , 1784 , and was the youngest of nine children of
Joseph Hanks by his wife Nancy , whose maiden name was Shipley . The father
died in Nelson County , Kentucky , in 1793 , and his will , of that date , naming all
...
... County , Virginia , February 5 , 1784 , and was the youngest of nine children of
Joseph Hanks by his wife Nancy , whose maiden name was Shipley . The father
died in Nelson County , Kentucky , in 1793 , and his will , of that date , naming all
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| Title | Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1 Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Joseph Hartwell Barrett |
| Author | Joseph Hartwell Barrett |
| Publisher | Robert Clarke Company, 1904 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 19 Sep 2008 |
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