Brown's first lessons in language and grammar . ofWashington for all time to come. QUESTIONS 1. Wliere is JNIoimt Vernon? 2. For what is it noted? whom does it now belong? 4. For what purpose is itkept by them? 5. By whom is it visited? 6. Why do tlieAmerican people take so much interest in this place? Give in a connected manner a description of IMount ^ memory write a description of IMount ^ernon. Addwhatever you may have learned about the place from othersources. 202 FIRST LESSONS IN LANGUAGE AND GRAMMAR LESSON CXII ABRAHAM LINCOLN Abraham Lincoln, an American lawyer and state
Brown's first lessons in language and grammar . ofWashington for all time to come. QUESTIONS 1. Wliere is JNIoimt Vernon? 2. For what is it noted? whom does it now belong? 4. For what purpose is itkept by them? 5. By whom is it visited? 6. Why do tlieAmerican people take so much interest in this place? Give in a connected manner a description of IMount ^ memory write a description of IMount ^ernon. Addwhatever you may have learned about the place from othersources. 202 FIRST LESSONS IN LANGUAGE AND GRAMMAR LESSON CXII ABRAHAM LINCOLN Abraham Lincoln, an American lawyer and statesman, and Presi-dent of the United States during the Civil War, was born in Hodgen-ville, Ky., Feb. 12, 1809, and was assassinated in Fords Theater,. Washington, D. C, by J. Wilkes Booth, on Good Friday night,April 14, 1865. His ancestors, who were Quakers, went from Bucks County, Pa.,to Buckingham, Va. Thomas Lincoln, the father of Abraham,was born in Virginia, and in 1806 married Nancy Hanks, alsoa native of Virginia. Soon after he moved to Kentucky, whereAbraham Lincoln was born. Later Thomas Lincoln moved to ABRAHAM LINCOLN 203 Spencer County, Ind. In 1830, Thomas Lincoln removed toMacon County, 111., and Abraham helped to build a log cabin forthe family and to split rails enough to fence ten acres of land. In his youth Abraham Lincoln went to school at intervals, andthese opportunities amounted in the aggregate to about one he studied at home and read such books as were mthin hisreach. He studied law, was elected to the legislature, and laterto the presidency of the United States. Abraham Lincoln was six feet four inches in height, and wasa very strong man. He occupied the first rank as a clear, concise^logical speake
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