The Discovery, Settlement and Present State of Kentucke.
Title:
The Discovery, Settlement and Present State of Kentucke.
Description:
Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809 in a one-room log cabin in the woods of Kentucky. By then, the United States had expanded to seventeen states, and Kentucky was one of the westernmost. Its territory had originally been a part of Virginia, and it remained a slave state. Shown above is the first book on Kentucky, by John Filson, which introduced the story of frontiersman Daniel Boone. Lincoln’s grandfather and namesake, Abraham (1744-1786), followed Boone to Kentucky looking for land to farm. Lincoln’s parents, Thomas and Nancy, were hardscrabble farmers who moved their family several times in search of better opportunities, but the family never escaped poverty.
Creator:
Filson, John.
Source:
Photograph by Vincent Dilio. Courtesy of David M. Rubenstein.
Date:
1784
Citation:
Filson, John. The Discovery, Settlement and Present State of Kentucke. Wilmington (DE): James Adams, 1784.
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1809-1853 Early Years and Ambitions
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