Enoch Lincoln, Paris
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Between 1819 and 1826, Enoch Lincoln (1788-1829), a lawyer and legislator, boarded with Dr. Cyrus Hamlin of Paris Hill.
In the several years before Maine became a state, Lincoln was the U.S. Representative from the 7th District of Massachusetts; then a U.S. Representative from Maine, 1821-26.
Lincoln was elected Governor of Maine in 1826 and died in 1829 while serving as governor.
This daguerreotype was taken from a portrait of Lincoln created ca. 1827.
Other Information
- Title: Enoch Lincoln, Paris
- Creation Date: circa 1860
- Subject Date: 1827
- Town: Paris
- County: Oxford
- State: ME
- Media: Daguerreotype
- Local Code: Coll. 443, Box 3/2/5
- Object Type: Image
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Maine Historical Society
489 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822
http://www.mainehistory.org
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LC Subject Headings
Hamlin, Cyrus, 1769-1829
Daguerreotypes
Portrait photographs
Lincoln, Enoch, 1788-1829--Portraits
Governors--Maine
Legislators--Maine
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