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... honored by many names of distinction . Of their English ancestry little is
definitely known . Hingham , beautiful in situation , on the southern shore of the
bay , a few miles from Boston , had from the first a double industrial life of land
and sea ...
... honored by many names of distinction . Of their English ancestry little is
definitely known . Hingham , beautiful in situation , on the southern shore of the
bay , a few miles from Boston , had from the first a double industrial life of land
and sea ...
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Another son of the immigrant Samuel , Mordecai Lincoln ( 1657 - 1727 ) , was a
busy and prosperous man - blacksmith , iron founder , owner of mills and lands
— and became one of the richest colonists of his time . By his wife Sarah ...
Another son of the immigrant Samuel , Mordecai Lincoln ( 1657 - 1727 ) , was a
busy and prosperous man - blacksmith , iron founder , owner of mills and lands
— and became one of the richest colonists of his time . By his wife Sarah ...
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Disposing of his mining interests in Chester County , Pennsylvania , in 1725 , he
bought and settled on a large tract of land in what is now Berks County , where
he died in 1736 . He fraternized with the Society of Friends , was a man of good ...
Disposing of his mining interests in Chester County , Pennsylvania , in 1725 , he
bought and settled on a large tract of land in what is now Berks County , where
he died in 1736 . He fraternized with the Society of Friends , was a man of good ...
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he bought six hundred acres of land near Harrisonburg , in the original county of
Augusta , of which the chief town was Staunton , just across the Blue Ridge from
Charlottesville , not then boasting of its University or its Jefferson . The next three
...
he bought six hundred acres of land near Harrisonburg , in the original county of
Augusta , of which the chief town was Staunton , just across the Blue Ridge from
Charlottesville , not then boasting of its University or its Jefferson . The next three
...
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The carpentry which detained them here being finished , the next year they went
to live in another part of the county , occupying land in Nolin Creek valley , near “
Hodgen ' s Mills ” — bought before their marriage , and known to - day as Rock ...
The carpentry which detained them here being finished , the next year they went
to live in another part of the county , occupying land in Nolin Creek valley , near “
Hodgen ' s Mills ” — bought before their marriage , and known to - day as Rock ...
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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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