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Lincoln, Levi
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Lincoln, Levi, 1749–1820, American public official, b. Hingham, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1772. A lawyer, he held various local offices during the American Revolution and later became a Jeffersonian political leader. He served (1801–4) as U.S. Attorney General. He was subsequently lieutenant governor and governor of Massachusetts.


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Jefferson sent the Baptists' original letter along with a draft of his reply to Attorney General Levi Lincoln with this request: The Baptist address, now enclosed, admits of a condemnation of the alliance between Church and State, under the authority of the Constitution.
Pfeffer, noting that Jefferson consulted with his attorney general, Levi Lincoln, in framing his reply, wrote, "We have Jefferson's own testimony that the letter was prepared with extreme care and deliberation, and that in fact he merely seized upon the Danbury Baptists address as long-awaited opportunity to express the thoughts contained in the letter.
Finding His Way Though veterinary medicine was his first passion, Butler quickly took to the foundry industry, thanks in large part to his curiosity about T&F, which had been founded in 1834 by his great great great grandfather, Levi Lincoln.
 
 
 
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