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The Lincoln Imp at Lincoln College Oxford is a reference to the origins of the college, Lincoln. This has given rise to a traditional Oxford expression: 'to look on someone like the Imp looks over Lincoln' (a variant of the older proverb discussed above) as well as giving rise to the title of the college's undergraduate newspaper: The Lincoln ...
Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, the second child of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks Lincoln, in a log cabin on Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky. [2] He was a descendant of Samuel Lincoln , an Englishman who migrated from Hingham, Norfolk , to its namesake, Hingham, Massachusetts , in 1638.
1863 - Lincoln announces the 10% Plan; 1864 – Gen. Ulysses S. Grant put in command of all Union forces; 1864 – Wade–Davis Bill; 1864 – Sand Creek massacre; 1864 – Nevada becomes a state; 1864 – U.S. presidential election, 1864; Abraham Lincoln is reelected president and Andrew Johnson elected vice president on the "fusion" Union ...
The Lincoln Imp A carving in the Angel Choir is known as the Lincoln Imp, and since the late nineteenth century it has become the symbol of the city. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] The carving dates from the 13th century [ 29 ] but received little attention until the late 19th century, when it figured in Arnold Frost's poem, "The Ballad of the Wind, the Devil ...
Lincoln followed up on January 1, 1863 by formally issuing the final version of the Emancipation Proclamation, announcing that all slaves within the rebel states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
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Wednesday is the 150th anniversary of the death of President Abraham Lincoln, and while most Americans know the history of his assassination, many aren't aware of some of the odd facts related to ...
A statue of the Lincoln Imp inside the medieval Lincoln Cathedral in Lincoln, England.It has now become a symbol of the city. A legend in Lincolnshire dating to the 14th-century recounts that the devil, being annoyed with the completion of the cathedral, paid a visit, accompanied by two imps who proceeded to wreak havoc in the building.