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    Thomas Lincoln's Drawings of the Lincoln House, Dennysville, Maine

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    A collection of three pencil sketch of the Lincoln's house in Dennysville, Maine, drawn by Thomas Lincoln, who was born in 1812. According to family tradition, he completed these drawings in his early teens.

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    Thomas Lincoln's sketch of the Lincoln homestead and barn in Dennysville, Maine c. 1824; The image is a view from the road on the Edmunds side of the Dennys River, spanned by an early version of the Lower Bridge in the foreground, with tree stumps, fencing and an outbuilding in the distance.
    Thomas Lincoln's sketch of the south parlor at the Lincoln House in Dennysville, Maine, c. 1824; The view of a Queen Anne chair behind the south parlor door, looking into the front stair hallway where the main door of the Lincoln house with its elaborate brass knocker is clearly visible. Thomas Lincoln's drawing of the fireplace wall in a bedroom of the Lincoln House ell, Dennysville, Maine, c. 1824; The view of the back bedroom fireplace wall is believed to be Thomas Lincoln's, with andirons and fireplace materials, and few objects above the mantle shelf.