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		Abraham Lincoln Online -- Your Source for Lincoln News and Information ^Votes:0 Home \| News \| Books \| Speeches \| Places \| Resources \| Education \| Index \| Search \| Discussion This Week in History November 19, 1863 President Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address in Pennsylvania. November 21, 1860 Lincoln meets his vice-president elect, Hannibal Hamlin, for the first time in Chicago. November 22, 1834 Lincoln is elected one of 11 Sangamon County delegates to attend a state education convention. Today in Lincoln's Life Speaking About Lincoln "Mr. Lincoln only revealed his soul to but few beings -- if any , and then he kept a corner of that soul from his bosom friends. A twenty-five years acquaintance with this man convinced me that I never knew the all of Mr. Lincoln." --Lecture by William Herndon on December 26, 1865 Events Highlights &copy Abraham Lincoln Online Nov. Read More Go to Site


		Abraham Lincoln Research Site ^Votes:0 I am not an author or an historian; rather I am a former American history teacher who enjoys researching Abraham Lincoln's life and accomplishments. If you have a specific Lincoln question that you would like me to research for you, please e-mail me . NOTE: The three main sections of this website are the Abraham Lincoln Research Site, Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination , and the Mary Todd Lincoln Research Site . For additional Lincoln information, please see my page on Lincoln Links . ESPECIALLY FOR STUDENTS A One Page Summary of Abraham Lincoln's Life TRAGEDY AT FORD’S THEATRE Abraham Lincoln's Assassination LINCOLN'S WORDS A Collection of Authentic Abraham Lincoln Quotes "MORTALITY" Abraham Lincoln's Favorite Poem ANN RUTLEDGE Abraham Lincoln's First Romance? CONTEMPORARY DRAWIN Read More Go to Site

		Biography of Abraham Lincoln ^Votes:0 PRESIDENT \| VICE PRESIDENT \| FIRST LADY \| MRS. CHENEY \| NEWS Your Government \| History & Tours \| Kids \| E-mail \| En EspaÑol Podcasts RSS Feeds Tours In Person On-Line Panoramic Grounds & Garden Presidents & First Ladies Presidents First Ladies Kid Bios Kids Quiz White House Art Facts EEOB VP Residence Events & Traditions African-American History Month Presidents & Baseball Grounds and Garden Easter Egg Roll Christmas & Holidays State of the Union Resources Historical Association Presidential Libraries Military Air Force One Camp David Marine One Home > History & Tours > Past Presidents > Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Lincoln warned the South in his Inaugural Address: "In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The gove Read More Go to Site

		Ford's Theatre National Historic Site ^Votes:0 Current Play More on Booth The Derringer The Chair Lincoln Security Petersen House Booth's Escape Booth Life Chronology Second Inaugural Gettysburg Address Structure Report Photo Gallery Education Program General Info Word Search Good Books Interning Questions Bookshop NPS Lincoln Links Nat'l Cap Parks Area Map (Large Download, 407K Requires plug-in, Adobe Acrobat ) J ohn Wilkes Booth, a popular actor, ended his full-time stage career in May of 1864. The Maryland native wanted to spend most of his time on his primary interest--supporting the Confederate States of America. Within months, Booth was working actively with Confederate partisans. A Plan to capture President Lincoln and exchange him for Confederate prisoners of war brought Booth into contact with Dr. Samuel Mudd, John Surratt, hi Read More Go to Site

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		Lincoln Home National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service) ^Votes:0 Search this park Search nps.gov .arrow { font-weight: normal; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px } .NavArrow { color: #b28000; font-size: 10px; font-family: Verdana; font-weight: bold; line-height: 11px; text-decoration: none; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px } PARK HOME PLAN YOUR VISIT HISTORY & CULTURE NATURE & SCIENCE FOR KIDS FOR TEACHERS MANAGEMENT Site Index Frequently Asked Questions Contact Us text size: printer friendly p#quicklink { margin: 0 0 3px } .quicklinkspacing { line-height: 11px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-left: 3px } QUICKLINKS: Directions Operating Hours & Seasons Fees & Reservations General Management Plan School & Charter Groups Lincoln Bicentennial Centennial Initiative 2016 President Elect Leaves for Washington DC "I n Read More Go to Site

		Lincoln's War Cabinet ^Votes:0 "That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free;" President Abraham Lincoln Lincoln's War Cabinet On July 22, 1862 Abraham Lincoln gave the first reading of the Emancipation Proclaimation to the members of his cabinet. Click on Cabinet Members to go to their link or use the underlined name below Left to right: Edwin McMasters Stanton,Secretary of War , Salmon P Chase, Secretary of the Treasury , President Abraham Lincoln, Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy , Secretary of State, William H. Seward , Secretary of the Interior, Caleb B. Smith , P Read More Go to Site

		The History Place presents Abraham Lincoln ^Votes:0 Jump To: Lincoln becomes President - Emancipation Proclamation - Battle of Gettysburg - Kansas-Nebraska Act - Dred Scott Decision 1637 - Samuel Lincoln from Hingham, England settles in Hingham, Massachusetts. 1778 - Thomas Lincoln (Abraham's father), descendant of Samuel, is born in Virginia. 1782 - Thomas and family move to Kentucky. 1786 - Thomas' father is killed by Native Americans. 1806 - Thomas marries Nancy Hanks. A daughter, Sarah is born eight months later. 1808 - Thomas buys a farm called Sinking Spring near Hodgenville, Kentucky. Feb. 12, 1809 - Abraham Lincoln is born in a one room log cabin on Nolin Creek in Kentucky. 1811 - In Spring, the Lincoln family moves to a 230 acre farm on Knob Creek ten miles from Sinking Spring. 1812 - A brother, Thomas, is born but dies in infancy. Read More Go to Site

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