The Presidential Series
Runaways from US Presidents or their Families

Jack (Ran away from Abraham Lincoln's family)
Acrylic, Wax, Washi, and Mixed Media
24" x 36"

RUN away on the 13th of September last from Abraham Lincoln of Springfield in the County of Chester, a Negro Man named Jack, about 30 Years of Age, low Stature, speaks little or no English, has a Scar by the Corner of one Eye, in the Form of a V, his Teeth notched, and the Top of one of his Fore Teeth broke; He had on when he went away an old Hat, a grey Jacket partly like a Sailor's Jacket. Whoever secures the said Negro and brings him to his Master, or to Mordecai Lincoln ... shall have Twenty Shillings Reward and reasonable Charges"

Mordecai Lincoln (1686-1736) was great-great-grandfather of President Lincoln.

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