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Harriet Tubman
Lincoln’s Gift from Homer, New York
by, Jill Swenson
May 1, 2012

Martin Sweeney from Homer, NY, has written a captivating account of three native sons who played pivotal roles in Abraham Lincoln’s presidency and the United States’ history. [Martin Sweeney, Lincoln’s Gift from Homer, New York: A Painter, an Editor and a Detective, McFarland & Company, Inc., 2011.] The painter, Francis Carpenter, brushed “The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the Cabinet”—the iconic image of… [Read More]

Filed Under: Amelia Jenks Bloomer, Andrew White, Civil War, Cornell University, Eli Devoe, elizabeth Candy Stanton, Francis Bicknell Carpenter, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Homer, Lincoln, NY, Seneca Falls, Susan B. Anthony, William Seward, William Stoddard
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Lincoln’s Gift from Homer, New York
by, Jill Swenson
August 25, 2011

Retired teacher and native son of Homer, New York, Martin Sweeney has written a captivating account of three other native sons who played pivotal roles in Abraham Lincoln’s presidency and the United States’ history. Just released from McFarland & Company is Lincoln’s Gift from Homer, New York: A Painter, an Editor and a Detective. The painter, Francis Carpenter, brushed “The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation… [Read More]

Filed Under: assassination, Auburn, Civil War, Eli Devoe, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Emancipation Proclamation, Finger Lakes, Francis Carpenter, Frederick Douglas, Harriet Tubman, Homer, Lincoln, Lincoln's Gift from Homer New York, Martin Sweeney, New York, Underground Railroad, upstate New York, William Seward, William Stoddard
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