President Abraham Lincoln

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This file appears in: Abraham Lincoln Boyhood Home at Knob Creek
President Abraham Lincoln

Born near Hodgenville, Kentucky, President Abraham Lincoln's family moved to nearby Knob Creek when he was about two years old. In 1860, Lincoln wrote, "My earliest recollection is of the Knob Creek place." Courtesy the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Abraham Lincoln Boyhood Home at Knob Creek

By Talbott
The summer before Abraham Lincoln was elected president, he wrote a response to Samuel Haycraft, who had asked Lincoln to return to Kentucky to visit his boyhood home. Although few Kentuckians supported Lincoln's bid for the presidency, the…