Charlotte Baird, Nancy Hanks Lincoln report
Collection — Folder: S2553
Identifier: S2553
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a 31 page typewritten unofficial report on Nancy Hanks Lincoln created by Charlotte N. Baird, an administrative technician at the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial. The 1977 report contains biographical information about Nancy and her extended family and includes information about their lives in Virginia, Kentucky, and Indiana. The last three pages contain genealogies of the Harper, Hanks, and Shipley families. Baird provides footnotes throughout her report, but it should be noted that her biography differs from more recent published accounts of Nancy Lincoln's life.
Dates
- 1977
Creator
- Baird, Charlotte, 1917-1995 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Biographical / Historical
Nancy Hanks was born on February 5, 1784 in Virginia. She met Thomas Lincoln while working as a seamstress for the Richard Berry family and they married on June 12, 1806. They spent the first ten years of their marriage in Kentucky before moving to Indiana and settling in present-day Spencer County in 1816. They were the parents of three children, including Abraham, the future President of the United States. Nancy died at the age of 35 on October 5, 1818.
Sources:
Information found within collection.
National Park Service. "Nancy Hanks Lincoln." History and Culture. Accessed February 12, 2019. https://www.nps.gov/libo/learn/historyculture/nancy-hanks-lincoln.htm.
Sources:
Information found within collection.
National Park Service. "Nancy Hanks Lincoln." History and Culture. Accessed February 12, 2019. https://www.nps.gov/libo/learn/historyculture/nancy-hanks-lincoln.htm.
Extent
0.01 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The report in this collection is arranged chronologically.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation from Charlotte Baird on 1977/04/28.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2019/02/12 by Laura Eliason. EAD finding aid created 2019/02/12 by Laura Eliason.
Creator
- Baird, Charlotte, 1917-1995 (Person)
- Title
- Charlotte Baird, Nancy Hanks Lincoln report
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
