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Notable Lincoln era sites in Exeter and Berks County history
A 1733 Lincoln era homestead near Exeter, on a gravel road, and the nearby Exeter Friends Meeting House dating to 1725 mark early colonial life with Lincoln and Boone families worshiping together. Also notes a corn borer pest fight led by veteran Ernest Pollard with a new cornstalk cutter. Blue milk decree in Minnesota and Australia’s government employee campaign are mentioned in brief.
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Dent Abraham Lincoln
Berks County
Exeter
Lincoln
Gray Stome
Friends’ Meeting House
Daniel Boone