Abraham Lincoln (1897) (14775245224)

Identifier: abrahamlincol1479coff (find matches)
Title: Abraham Lincoln
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Coffin, Charles Carleton, 1823-1896 Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Sovereign Grand Lodge
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents
Publisher: New York : Harper & Brothers
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant



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o have their horses shod or their ploughshares sharpened,or fishermen who wanted work done, expressed their minds freely uponpublic affairs, and that the blacksmith had something to say whilemaking the anvil ring by his sturdy blows. Three years passed, andSir Edmund Andros saw the streets of Boston suddenly swarming witharmed men, who came from Cambridge, Roxbury, Hingham, Hull,and other towns, put an end to his government, and re-establishedtheir own. Blacksmith Lincoln thought the time had come when the people of ANCESTRY. 5 Masscachusetts should no lonoer be dependont on England for iron.There was an abundant supply of ore in the bogs and meadows of Scitn-ate and llingham. Through his efforts a furnace was constructed,^■^ and the ore dug from a bog and smehed. It was the beginningof an industry which lasted many years. His enterprise went further.He built a mill on Bound Brook, where the water tuml)led over therocks on its wav to the sea. The brook at the falls was the boundai-y
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THE MEADOWS OF NOIiFOI.K. between the colonies of Plymouth and INFassachusetts. It was of greatservice for a large section of the country in Ixtth colonies.() Mordecai Lincoln helped build the llingham meeting-house. Theelders decided just what seats people should occupy, and they assignedan honorable seat to him in the front gallery. He wanted his giandchildren to be well educated, and in his willbequeathed £10 to aid them in Harvard College.() We do not knowin what year the blacksmiths oldest son, Mordecai. junior, mariied ;neither is the maiden name of his wife to l)e found on any record.We only know that after the birth of a son the husband became a■widow^er. Although Massachusetts was sparsely settled, people were emigratingfrom the province. )\rordecai Lincoln, with his son John, made his wa)to Freehold, Monmouth County, JST. J. The citizens of that county re-garded him as being worthy of their esteem. Hannah Saltei*, daugh-ter of Richard and Sarah Bowne Salter, gave liim her