Ancestry of Abraham Lincoln e-bog

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. In tbc obscure and deficult task oftbe verification oftbe American Pedigree, tbe writer bas to tbank especially, among tbe many bind friends wbo bave aided bim, Mrs. Caroline H anes H itcbcock of Cambridge, M assacbusetts, wbo generously placed at bis disposal ber large ms. Collections on tbc H anks and Lincoln families, Major George Cbrisman of Cbrisman Post Ojee, Rockingbam County, wbose aid alone made possible any progress in Virginia and to wbom we owe tbc discovery of tbc H erring connection (beretofore unsus pected) Gilbert Cope of West Cbester, Pennsylvania, wbose collec tions bave been freely drawn upon for all tbe portion of tbc work toucbing Pennqlvania and tbe Quakers, Miss M ary josepbine Roe of Gilbert, Obio (a Lincoln descendant), and lastly, bis daugbter, Frances Trumbull Lea, wbo made a personal journey to tbc Lincoln Country in tbc Sbenandoab V alley of Virginia, during tbc burning beats of tbc past summer, in tbe endeavour to elicit facts wbicb cor respondence failed to reveal.