Lincoln Birthplace Sale Broadside, 1905
This file appears in: Abraham Lincoln Boyhood Home at Knob Creek
When President Abraham Lincoln's birthplace was put up for sale in 1905, it was advertised with this broadside. Lincoln was born near Hodgenville, Kentucky. Courtesy the Kentucky Historical Society.
This file appears in: Abraham Lincoln Boyhood Home at Knob Creek
Abraham Lincoln Boyhood Home at Knob Creek
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…