[Gutenberg 48319] • Lincoln and the Sleeping Sentinel: The True Story
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- Authors
- Chittenden, L.E.
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers Publishers
- Tags
- scott , abraham , 1840?-1862 , william , 1809-1865 -- anecdotes , lincoln
- Date
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.45 MB
- Lang
- en
Without any attempt at biographical details or an appreciation, a few chief facts in Abraham Lincoln's great career may be helpfully recalled to the minds of readers. His ancestors were Quakers in Berks County, Pennsylvania. His parents, born in Virginia, were influenced by the current of migration across the Alleghenies, and were carried first to Kentucky and afterward to Indiana.
*\- from the introduction*