336 History of Hingham. 



His interest in all matters relating to the history of his native 

 town was very great, and at the early age of twenty-three he 

 wrote and published the " History of Hingham." This is the only 

 history of the town which has heretofore been published. The 

 book, although small, contains much valuable information, and is 

 a monument of careful research and accuracy. It was published 

 in 1827. A list of Mr. Lincoln's published writings and addresses 

 appears in the chapter on " Publications," but the following con- 

 tains also many of his writings not published : — 



1826, March 4. Address before the Jefferson Debating Society, Hingham. 



1826, July 4. Oration before the Citizens of Hingham. 



1827. History of Hingham. 



1829, Nov. 24. Address at the Dedication of the Schoolhouse in the 



Middle Ward, Hingham. 



1830. Historical Sketch of Nantasket. 



1830, July 18. Address before the Sunday School of the First Parish, 



Hingham. 

 1832, Feb. 22. Oration before the Young Men of Plymouth, Mass., on 



the Centennial Anniversary of the birth of George Washington. 



1832, March 8. Lecture on " Fisheries" in the House of Representatives, 



Boston. [Repeated before the Boston Society of Natural History, 

 Dec. 11, 1832.] 



1833, March 20. Lecture in Hingham, "The Mutual Connection and De- 



pendence of the Various Pursuits of Human Life." [Repeated at 



South Hingham, Jan. 14, 1834.] 

 1833, Nov. 10. Address before the Sunday School of the First Parish, 



Hingham. 

 1835, July 4. Oration before the Citizens of Quincy, Mass. 

 1835, Sept. 1. Address before the Philermenian Society, Brown Univer- 

 sity. 

 1835, Sept 28. Address at the 200th Anniversary of the Settlement of 



Hingham. 

 183-. Address before the Plymouth County Agricultural Society. 

 1846, Sept. 16. Address before the Phi Beta Kappa Society, Brown 



University. 

 1865. Notes on the Lincoln Families of Massachusetts. 

 1867, Sept. 25. Address at the Dedication of the Hall of the Hingham 



Agricultural and Horticultural Society. 

 1870, June 17. Address at the Dedication of the Soldiers' Monument, 



Hingham. 

 1880. Memoir of Rev. Charles Brooks. 



Mr. Lincoln always lived in Hingham, where he died Dec. 1, 

 1881. 



Solomon Lincoln [II. 474], the son of Solomon and Mehitable 

 (Lincoln) Lincoln was born in Hingham, Aug. 14, 1838. After 

 attending private schools in Hingham and the Derby Academy, he 

 was fitted for college at the private school of Mr. David B. Tower, 

 in Boston, under the tuition of Mr. Ephraim W. Gurney, subse- 

 quently a professor and member of the Corporation of Harvard 

 College. He entered the sophomore class of Harvard College in 

 1854 and was graduated in 1857. 



