ALS, 1848 Mar. 2, Hingham, Mass., to Artemas Hale.

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ALS, 1848 Mar. 2, Hingham, Mass., to Artemas Hale.

Solomon Lincoln asks Hale to forward a request for genealogical information to his fellow congressman Abraham Lincoln.

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Lincoln, Solomon, 1804-1881

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Solomon Lincoln (1804-1881) was a lawyer, representative to the Massachusetts General Court in 1829 and 1841, state senator in 1830-1831, and president of the Webster Bank in Boston, 1869-1876. From the description of Hingham (Mass.) Records1637-1931; bulk: 1860-1890 (Massachusetts Historical Society) ...

Hale, Artemas, 1783-1882

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Artemas Hale was born in Winchendon, Massachusetts, on October 20, 1783, the son of Moses Hale and his wife, Ruth Foster Hale. Despite receiving little formal education, he worked as a schoolteacher in Hingham, Massachusetts, between 1804 and 1814. Afterward, he moved to Bridgewater, Massachusetts, where he became involved in the manufacture of cotton gins. Hale had a sustained interest in politics, and served in the following legislative bodies as a member of the Whig Party: the Massachusetts H...

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