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Population (1890), Lincoln, Abraham. Born in Hard in County, Ay.. Ky., Feb. 12, 1809: died at Washington, D. C., April 15, 1865. The sixteenth President of the United States. He was descended from a Quaker family, of English origin, residing in the middle of the 18th century Berks County, Pennsylvania. His grandfather emigrated from Virginia to Kentucky about 1780. His father, Thomas Lincoln, settled with his family in Indiana in 1816, and in Illinois in 1830. His mother was Nancy Hanks, Thomas Lincoln's first wife. He left his home soon after settling in Illinois, and after fol lowing various occupations, including those of a farm laborer, a salesman, a merchant, and a surveyor, was admitted to the bar in 1836, and began the practice of law at Springfield in 1837. He served first as a captain and after ward as a private in the Black Hawk war in 1832; was a Whig member of the Illinois State legislature 1834-42; and was a Whig member of Congre from Illinois 1847 1849. In 1858, as Republican candidate for United States senator, he held a series of joint discu ions throughout Illinois with the Democratic candidate, Stephen A. Douglas, in which he took a pronounced stand against the institution of slavery. This debate attracted the attention of the country, and in 1860 he was nominated as candidate for President by the Republican party. The disunion of the Democratic party secured for him an easy victory. He received 180 electoral votes against 72 for John C. Breckenridge, candidate of the Southern Democrats; 39 for John Bell, candidate of the Constitutional Union party; and 12 for Stephen A. Douglas, candidate of the Northern Democrats; and was inaugurated on March 4, 1861. His election was the signal for the sece ion, one after another, of the slave States of the South, and for the organization of the Confederate States (which see). Hostilities began with an attack by the Sece ionists of South Carolina on the Federal troops at Fort Sumter, April 12, 1861, The fort surrendered on the 13th. On the 15th a call was i ued by the President for 75,000 volunteers, and the control of events pa ed from the cabinet to the camp. (See Civil War . ) He proclaimed a blockade of the Southern ports April 19, 1861; and Sept. 22, 1862, i ued a procla mation emancipating all slaves in States or parts of States which should be in rebellion on Jan. 1, 1863. He was reelected president by the Republican party in 1864, receiving 212 electoral votes against 21 for George B. McClellan, candidate of the Democratic party. He began his second term of office March 4, 1865. He entered Richmond with the Federal army April 4, 1865, two days after the flight of the Confederate government; and was occupied with plans for the reconstruction of the South when he was shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater, Washington, April 14, 1865, and died on the following day. Numerous biographies of Lincoln have been published, the most comprehensive of which is that by J. G. Nicolay and John Hay (1890). Lincoln, Benjamin. Born at Hingham, Ma ., Jan. 24,1733: died there, May 9, 1810. An Ameri can general. He served through the Revolution; unsucce fully besieged Savannah in 1779; and surrendered war 1781-84, and suppre ed Shays's rebellion in 1787. Lincoln, Earls of. See Lacy and Clinton . Lincoln, Enoch. Born at Worcester, Ma ., Dec. 28, 1788: died at August a, Maine, Oct. 8, 1829. An American politician and author, son of Levi Lincoln. He was governor of Maine 1827-29. Lincoln, Fair of. A battle fought at Lincoln. coln, Eng England, 1217, in which the Earl of Pembroke defeated the French under Louis, son of Philip II. to the British in 1780. was secretary of IMG:content-0619.png:[blocks in formation] Lincoln, Mount. A peak of the Rocky Mountains, in Colorado, northeast of Leadville. On its summit is a meteorological station. Height, 14,297 feet. Lincoln, Robert Todd. Born at Springfield, III., Aug. 1, 1843. An American politician, son of Abraham Lincoln, secretary of war 1881-85 and minister to England 1889–93. Lincoln College. A college of the University of Oxford. It was founded by Richard Fleming, bishop of Lincoln, in 1427, as a defense of the Catholic faith against heretical opinions; and refounded in 1478 by Thomas Rother am, bishop of Lincoln, later lord chancellor of Eng. land and archbishop of York. Lincoln's Inn. One of the London Inns of Court. It takes its name from the Earl of Lincoln who built his town house here in the 14th century, on property originally belonging to the Black Friars. See Inns of Court. Lincoln's Inn Fields. The largest square in London. It is near the junction of High Holborn and Chancery Lane, and is surrounded by lawyers' offices, Lincoln's Inn, the Royal College of Surgeons, and the Soane Museum. It was laid out by Inigo Jones. The spot for merly bore an evil reputation. Babington and other conspirators for Mary Queen of Scots were "hanged, bowelled, and quartered" here in 1586, and William, Lord Ru ell, unjustly suffered for high treason here in 1683. See Lin coln's Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre. A theater formerly standing on the south side of Lincoln's Inn Fields. It was built by Christopher Rich and opened by John Rich in 1714. In 1734 Italian operas were given here. In 1756 it was converted into barracks and used for other purposes till 1848, when it was demolished to make room for an addition to the College of Surgeons. Two other theaters near its site, the Duke's Theatre (1662-71) and the theater in Little Lincoln's Inn Fields (1695-1705), are sometimes confounded with it. Lind (lind), Jenny (Madame Goldschmidt). Born at Stockholm, Oct. 6, 1820: died at Wynd's Point, Malvern, Nov. 2, 1887. A famous Swedish singer. She first appeared at the royal theater, Stockholm, as Agatha in "Der Freischutz," March 7, 1838; studied in Paris 1840-42, returned to Stockholm 1842-44; studied and sang in Germany 1844-47; and sang in England 1847-48, and in America 1850-52. She was married to Otto Goldschmidt, a musical conductor and composer, in Boston, Feb. 5, 1852. From 1883-86 she was profe or of singing at the Royal College of Music. Linda brides (lin'da-brīdz). A character in the "Mirror of Knighthood." She is often mentioned by old writers. From her celebrity Linda brides became with them a common name for a mistre or a courtezan. Linda di Chamouni (lēn'dä dē shä-mö'ni). An opera by Donizetti, first produced at Vienna 1842 . Lindau (lin'dou). A town in Swabia, Bavaria, situated on two islands in Lake Con stance, in lat. 47° 33′ N., long. 9° 42′ E. Formerly a free imperial city, it pa ed to Bavaria in 1805. It is a favorite summer resort. Population (1890), 5,349. Lindau, Paul. Born at Magdeburg, Pru ia, June 3, 1839. A German critic, dramatist, and novelist. Lindau, Rudolf. Born at Gardelegen, Pru ia, Oct. 10, 1830. A German novelist, journalist, and miscellaneous writer, brother of Paul Lindau. Linde (lin'de), Samuel Bogumil. Born at Thorn, Pru ia, 1771: died at Warsaw, Aug. 8, 1847. A Polish lexicographer. He published a dictionary of the Polish language (6 vols. 18071814). Linden (lin'den). A manufacturing suburb of Hannover, Pru ia. Population (1890), 28,035. Lindesey. See Lindsey . Lindesnäs. See Naze , The . Lindisfarne. See Holy Island . to March, 1852. He subdued a revolt attempted by Guardiola in 1850. Lindor (lin'dôr). A poetical name for a lover, usually a shepherd lover. Lindpaintner (lint' pint-ner), Peter Joseph von. Born at Coblenz, Pru ia, Dec. 8, 1791: died at Nonnenhorn, Lake Con stance, Aug. 21, 1856. A German composer. Lindsay (lin'za). The capital of Victoria County, Ontario, Canada, situated on the Scugog 56 miles northeast of Toronto. Population (1891), 6,081. Lindsay, Alexander. Died 1454. A Scottish noble, fourth earl of Crawford, surnamed "the Tiger Earl" and "Earl Beardie," made hereditary sheriff of Aberdeen in 1446, and warden of the Marches in 1451. He raised a force against James II., after the murder of his ally the Earl of Douglas (Feb. 21, 1452), but was defeated at Brechin May 18, 1452. Lindsay, Alexander. Died June 5, 1607. A Scottish noble, created Lord Spynie in 1590, vice-chamberlain to James VI. He was accidentally second son of the tenth earl of Crawford, and slain while endeavoring to stop a quarrel between two kinsmen. His death is the subject of an old ballad. Lindsay, Alexander. Born Jan. 18, 1752: died near Wigan, Lancashire, May 27, 1825. A Scottish noble, sixth earl of Balcarres from 1768 and twenty-third earl of Crawford from 1808, made general of the British army in 1803. He served as commander of an infantry battalion at Ticonderoga, July 7, 1777, and was involved in Burgoyne's surrender, remaining a prisoner until 1779. In 1793 (then major-general) he was appointed commander of the forces in Jersey, and in 1794 governor of Jamaica, where he remained till 1801. He engaged in a duel with Benedict Arnold, but refused to shoot in his turn, preferring, as he said, to leave Arnold "to the Lindsay, or Lyndsay, Sir David. Born 1490: died before April 18, 1555. A Scottish poet, executioner.' appointed Lyon king at arms about 1529. He was the son of David Lyndsay of the Mount in Mon i mail, Fife, and of Garmylton, near Hadding ton. He was the author of "The Dreme," "The Complaynt to the King" (1529), "The Complaynt of Bagsche, the Kingis auld Hound, to Bawtie, the Kingis best belovit Dog" (a satire on the court), "Ane Satyre of the Three Estaits" (1540: a dramatic poem satirizing abuses in church and state, acted again in 1555), "The Monarchie" (1543: his last and longest poem), "The Register of the Arms of the Scottish Nobility and Gentry" (first published in 1821), "Kittie's Confe ion"(a satire on the confe ional), etc. He was a reformer before the Reformation, and an advocate for the "common weil" before the word commonwealth had a place in English speech.