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	Lincoln County Kentucky
		Named in honor of Revolutionary Army Officer Benjamin Lincoln who was asked by Congress to conduct the war in the southern states.
		The original territory of Lincoln comprised about one-third of the state but was reduced by cutting off sections to form other counties until its present area of 450 square miles.
		Lincoln County is “The Land of Firsts.” It’s home of Kentucky’s first governor, Isaac Shelby; first chartered school in the state; first brick house in Kentucky; first courthouse west of the Alleghenies; first bank west of the Alleghenies; as well as America’s first circular race track.
	www.lincolnky.com (467 words)

	Benjamin Lincoln - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Benjamin Lincoln (1733–1810) was a General on the American side in the American Revolutionary War.
		Lincoln was born in Hingham, Massachusetts in 1733.
		Lincoln moved south with General Washington and then was sent to the Northern Department to help against Maj. General John Burgoyne's campaign.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Benjamin_Lincoln (260 words)

	Benjamin Lincoln Biography / Biography of Benjamin Lincoln Biography Biography (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Benjamin Lincoln (1733-1810), American soldier, was a loyal but undistinguished general who participated in many of the great battles of the Revolution.
		Benjamin Lincoln was born on Jan. 24, 1733, in Hingham, Mass., where, after "a good common education," he became a farmer, as his father was.
		Lincoln dispatched columns that cut the enemy's supply line to Canada and then joined Gen. Horatio Gates's Northern Army in time to participate in the defeat of Burgoyne near Saratoga, N.Y. Lincoln's only major independent command was in the South, where between 1778 and 1780 he sought to check British efforts to regain the area.
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	Benjamin Lincoln, American Revolutionary General, 1733-1810
		Lincoln was appointed secretary of the congress, as well as becoming a member of the permanent standing committee and the various committees dedicated to the militia.
		Lincoln put together a plan to force the British out of their anchorages, and was given permission to use the militia to put his plan into action.
		Lincoln’s immediate reaction to the British retreat was to order John Ashe, the commander of the militia forces at Augusta, to harass the retreating British and prevent any attempt on their part to cross into South Carolina.
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	Probert Encyclopaedia: People and Peoples (Benjamin J-Bes) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Benjamin Jonson was a rival poet and dramatist to Shakespeare.
		BENJAMIN R. Benjamin R Tillman was an American politician.
		In his later work he stressed that his common- sense approach had not implied rejecting all discipline, but that his main aim was to give parents the confidence to trust their own judgement rather than rely on books by experts who did not know a particular child.
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	Encyclopedia: Benjamin Lincoln (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Lincoln born in Hingham is a town located in Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
		Lincoln moved south with General Washington and then was sent to the Northern Department to help against Maj. General John Burgoyne John Burgoyne (February 24, 1723–August 4, 1792) was a British general during the American Revolutionary War.
		After recovering from a severe wound, Lincoln was appointed Southern Department Commander in September Events The term Thoroughbred was first used in the United States in an advertisement in a Kentucky gazette to describe a New Jersey stallion called Pilgarlick.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Benjamin-Lincoln (1567 words)

	Benjamin C. Lincoln Papers
		Lincoln felt burdened by his behavior prior to becoming a Christian and considered himself prone to lapses, even though his letters and those of his friends suggest that he was impeccable in conduct throughout his service.
		Lincoln's letters contain speculation on his own religious convictions, as well as on the spiritual and moral condition of his fellow soldiers, and there are comments on the hostile local citizenry, on his duties as a clerk, and occasionally on the war and the military itself.
		Lincoln was not always immediately forthcoming in his letters with descriptions of his experiences with his African-American troops, partly for fear that Dora would think that he was ignoring her if he discussed anything other than their relationship.
	www.clements.umich.edu /Webguides/Schoff/L/Lincoln.html (2965 words)

	The World Turned Upside Down - Benjamin Lincoln (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The fall of Savannah in 1778 and the surrender of Lincoln and his troops turned out to be one of the most crippling blows the Continental army faced during the war.
		Lincoln was exchanged for two British prisoners of war in November of 1780.
		Lincoln was appointed Secretary of War until the peace treaty with Britain and France was signed in 1783.
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	Benjamin Lincoln - Wikipedia
		Lincoln wurde in einer Farmerfamilie in der puritanischen Kleinstadt Hingham geboren.
		Nach der britischen Evakuierung Bostons schloss sich Lincoln General George Washington an und kommandierte den rechten Flügel in der Schlacht von White Plains.
		Lincoln ging mit General Washington nach Süden und wurde dann zum Nördlichen Departement der Kontinentalarmee geschickt, um bei der Abwehr von General John Burgoynes Saratoga-Feldzug zu helfen.
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	Written biography of Benjamin Lincoln \| Life of Benjamin Lincoln (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Benjamin Lincoln (1733-1810), American soldier, was a loyal but undistinguished general who participated in many of the great battles of the Revolution.Benjamin Lincoln was born on Jan. 24, 1733, in Hingham, Mass., where, after "a good common education," he became a farmer, as his father was.
		The commander in chief informed the Continental Congress that Lincoln was "well worthy of Notice in the Military Line."In February 1777 Congress appointed Lincoln a major general in the regular service.
		The best scholarly analysis of Lincoln's contribution to the Revolution is Clifford K. Shipton's "Benjamin Lincoln: Old Reliable" in George A. Billias, ed., George Washington's Generals (1964).Mattern, David B., Benjamin Lincoln and the American Revolution / David B. Matter, Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press, 1995.
	www.newessay.com /biographies/Benjamin_Lincoln-27652.html (327 words)

	Benjamin Lincoln
		The epaulettes worn by Lincoln in this painting may be those presented to him early in the war by General Washington as a token of appreciation for his service.
		He later served as the secretary of the provincial assembly that replaced the colonial legislature in defiance of the Boston Port Bill.
		In 1776, he received a militia command in the defense of New York, and although Lincoln held no Congressional commission, Washington gave him the command of a Continental division.
	www.nps.gov /history/museum/exhibits/revwar/image_gal/indeimg/lincoln.html (334 words)

	Benjamin Lincoln
		His father, Benjamin, was born in Hingham in 1700, his family having been among the first settlers, the name of Thomas Lincoln, a cooper, appearing on the town-records as early as 1636.
		After the American defeat on Long Island he was dispatched by the council of Massachusetts to re-enforce Washington with a body of militia, and he subsequently participated in the battle of White Plains and other engagements.
		At the close of 1776 Lincoln, with the greater part of 6,000 militia, was engaged with General William Heath in the attack on Fort Independence, which resulted disastrously.
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	Benjamin Lincoln
		The epaulettes worn by Lincoln in this painting may be those presented to him early in the war by General Washington as a token of appreciation for his service.
		He later served as the secretary of the provincial assembly that replaced the colonial legislature in defiance of the Boston Port Bill.
		In 1776, he received a militia command in the defense of New York, and although Lincoln held no Congressional commission, Washington gave him the command of a Continental division.
	www.cr.nps.gov /museum/exhibits/revwar/image_gal/indeimg/lincoln.html (334 words)

	Congressman Ben Chandler - Lincoln (Site not responding. Last check: )
		was named for Gen. Benjamin Lincoln, a military commander in the Revolutionary War who was a prisoner of war in British hands when the county was formed.
		Stretched from west to east across Lincoln County is the Knobs region of Kentucky; its hills range from one to two hundred feet in height and are mostly covered in woodland, which supported a lumbering industry throughout the middle to late 1800s.
		The rest of the county lies in the Pennyroyal region, dominated by broad plateau-like areas and ridges separated by deep fertile valleys and streams.
	chandler.house.gov /HoR/KY06/6th+District/Lincoln.htm (766 words)

	Ancestors of Benjamin Elisha Lincoln
		In about 1877, Benjamin Elisha Lincoln, who had been working in the Carbondale, Ohio coal mines corresponded with his cousin, Joseph Benjamin Lincoln and decided to investigate the possibilities in Mills County, Iowa.
		That summer, Benjamin Elisha Lincoln returned to Carbondale, Ohio and on August 26, 1880 was united in Marriage to Margaret Thompson.
		Benjamin and his three sons operated all of the lands as a cooperative family farm until his death.
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	Lincoln, Benjamin on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Benjamin Kotopka of Lincoln Wins State Championship In Reader's Digest National Word Power Challenge(SM).
		The butt stops here; Ian M. Rolland receives the prestigious Benjamin Franklin Award for his courageous stand in banning all smoking at the 3,000-employee home office of Lincoln National Corporation.
		Defending emancipation: Abraham Lincoln and the Conkling letter, 1863.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/l/lincolnb1.asp (417 words)

	Abraham Lincoln Research Site
		If you have a specific Lincoln question that you would like me to research for you, please e-mail me.
		Abraham Lincoln's Failures and a Striking Example of his Humanness (the Bixby Letter)
		Abraham Lincoln, in a brief biographical sketch, December 20, 1859.
	members.aol.com /RVSNorton/Lincoln2.html (430 words)

	Lincoln County GenWeb Page
		Lincoln County is located in the Northeast area of Georgia and borders the Savannah River and Clark's Hill Lake.
		Lincoln County was carved out of Wilkes County in 1796 and named for Major General Benjamin Lincoln, Revolutionary War hero who commanded the Battle of Savannah.
		Major General Benjamin Lincoln was a Revolutionary War Continental Army Major General who served with distinction in the Northern battles of Bennington and Saratoga.
	www.rootsweb.com /~galincol (1271 words)

	Digital History
		Benjamin Lincoln (1733-1810), who would soon lead an army into the western parts of Massachusetts to put down Shays' Rebellion, assesses the causes and significance of upheaval to his former comrade-in-arms, George Washington.
		In his letter, Lincoln refers to Washington's decision to resign his membership in the Society of Cincinnati.
		Many people condemned this organization as "un-republican" because membership was limited to former Revolutionary War officers and their sons, which made it appear to be both hereditary and elitist.
	www.digitalhistory.uh.edu /documents/documents_p2.cfm?doc=298 (1101 words)

	President Abraham Lincoln-inventions, Benjamin Franklin-inventions, Mary Lincoln, Lincoln-sex, Franklin-sex, ...
		Even though historians point out that Lincoln was fond of his step-mother, neither she nor his father ever visited the Lincoln family in Springfield even though they lived in Illinois.
		Lincoln was fond of his sister and remained close to her until she died during childbirth in her twenties.
		Lincoln spent months on the judicial circuit, and when he was home the relationship was strained.
	www.presidentlincoln.com /poparticle-Lincoln-Franklin.html (949 words)

	List of people by name: Lin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lincoln, Benjamin, (1733-1810) American General in the Revolutionary War
		Lincoln, Levi, (1749-1820), U.S. Atty General, Governor of Massachusetts
		Lincoln, Mary Todd, (1818-1882), First Lady of the United States
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_people_by_name:_Lin (144 words)

	Benjamin Dorsey Records
		Benjamin Dorsey, a probable son of Andrew and Patience Dorsey, appears in a plethora of court records in Lincoln County, North Carolina in the late 1700's and very early 1800's.
		At that time Benjamin reports a household with one male under age 10, one male between 26 and 45, one female between 26 and 45 and two slaves.
		In spite of the impression given by Benjamin Dorseys appearance in such a multitude of records in Lincoln County, it would appear that his life was not without scandal.
	www.contexo.info /Andrew&PatienceDorsey/BenjaminDorsey.htm (3250 words)

	Land transactions among Bassell, Benjamin, and John Dorsey
		The signatures of Bassell, Benjamin, and John Dorsey, probable sons of Andrew and Patience Dorsey, appeared together in a variety of land and legal records in Lincoln,County, North Carolina between 1790 and 1810.
		It is tempting to speculate that the sales of lands in July and August of 1790 from Bassell to Benjamin and John represent some sort of division of their parent's estate.
		Jun. 26, 1802 Basel Dorsey (Lincoln Co) to John Douglass (same); for $100 sold 144 ac on S side of Hagins fork; part of a grant Sept. 29, 1779 by the State to Isaac Robinson.
	www.contexo.info /Andrew&PatienceDorsey/BasselBenjaminJohntransactions.htm (738 words)

	Pane-Joyce Genealogy (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Benjamin was selectman for 16 years from 1727 through 1750.
		On 8 Dec 1720 Benjamin first married Mary Loring (16330), daughter of Thomas Loring (6300) (1 Mar 1661/2-3 Oct 1738) and Leah Buckland (ca 1668-4 Jan 1759), at Hingham, MA.
		On 31 Oct 1723 Benjamin second married Elizabeth Thaxter (25339), daughter of Col.
	aleph0.clarku.edu /~djoyce/gen/report/rr11/rr11_490.html (204 words)

	Battle of Saratoga: Major General Benjamin Lincoln
		Benjamin Lincoln was from central Massachusetts, and was one of the two Major Generals from that colony.
		The commander of Major General Benjamin Lincoln was Benedict Arnold.
		Major General Lincoln felt that the war was worthwhile because individuals couldn't own property in Europe at that time.
	members.tripod.com /saratoga_battle/major.htm (386 words)

	Rediscovering George Washington . Letter to Benjamin Lincoln, November 7, 1786 \| PBS
		In 1778 Congress appointed Lincoln to command the South Department in South Carolina, neglecting to consult Washington first.
		Lincoln failed to prevent the British seizure of Savannah.
		Benjamin Lincoln served as the nations first secretary at war until 1783
	www.pbs.org /georgewashington/collection/pre-pres_1786nov7.html (156 words)

	The Patriot Resource: Benjamin Lincoln
		Benjamin Lincoln was born in Hingham, Massachusetts in 1733.
		After the British evacuation of Boston, Lincoln joined General George Washington at New York, commanding the right wing at the Battle of White Plains.
		Lincoln moved south with General Washington and then was sent to the Northern Department to help against Maj.
	www.patriotresource.com /people/lincoln.html (229 words)

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