Letter, March 5, 1842.

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Letter, March 5, 1842.

Letter gives description of Quincy, Ill. and its politics, Adams County and its prairie, the many different kinds of plants and animals, hunting, the soil and the school house. He also writes about the family.

4 p.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7652868

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward), 1888-1935

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Thomas Edward Lawrence, archaeologist, soldier, and author, popularly known as Lawrence of Arabia, was born at Tremadoc, North Wales, on August 15, 1888, the second of five sons. His father, Thomas Robert Chapman, and his mother, Sarah Maden, assumed the name of Lawrence. The family was raised in comfort by private means. Lawrence learned to read at a very early age by observing his older brother being taught to read. At the age of four he read newspapers and books, at six he began the study ...