Abraham Lincoln (captain)
Abraham Lincoln (13 May 1744 – May 1786), grandfather of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was a militia captain during the American Revolution, and a pioneer settler of Kentucky.
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“As for evildoers, for them awaits a painful chastisement;
but for those who believe, and do deeds
of righteousness, they shall be admitted
to gardens underneath which rivers flow,
therein dwelling forever,
by the leave of their Lord, their greeting
therein: “Peace!””
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