The Collected Works of THOMAS LINCOLN CARPENTER AND CABINETMAKER Richard E. Hart Foreword by Louise Taper Pigeon Creek Series. Front Cover Photograph: Dr. John Crook Cherry Desk and Bookcase (1816-1830) Indiana TL 24. Courtesy of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Springfield, Illinois Back Cover Photograph: Mill Creek Corner Cupboard, a/k/a The Lincoln-Cowley-Viers-Garner Cherry Cupboard (1805-1806) Kentucky TL 4. Courtesy of the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Tennessee This daguerreotype (photograph) was originally owned by Lieutenant O. V. Flora, who had served in the Tenth Ohio Battery from Springfield, Ohio. While in Charleston, Illinois, he bought the photograph from someone close to the Lincoln family who claimed it to be an authentic image of Thomas Lincoln (1778-1851). Some challenge the provenance of this photograph.1 Courtesy of the Abraham Lincoln Museum of Lincoln Memorial University Harrogate, Tennessee The Collected Works of Thomas Lincoln: Carpenter and Cabinetmaker Pigeon Creek Series. Copyright 2019 by Richard E. Hart, Springfield, Illinois. All rights reserved. Second Printing, October 2019. Richard E. Hart Suite 501, One North Old State Capitol Plaza Springfield, Illinois 62701-1323 (217) 553-0055 [email protected] 1 Was Thomas Lincoln Photographed?, Lincoln Lore # 1577, July 1969, pp. 3-4, Dr. R. Gerald McMurtry, editor, published by The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, Fort Wayne, Indiana. The Collected Works of Thomas Lincoln: Carpenter and Cabinetmaker Table of Contents Table of Contents ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... i Foreword ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... ii Thomas Lincoln Reconsidered ................................................................................................................................................................................. iv Acknowledgements and Thanks ............................................................................................................................................................................. viii Notes on the Composition of This Study ................................................................................................................................................................ viii Second Addition Explanation ................................................................................................................................................................................... ix Thomas Lincoln Trained as Cabinetmaker ................................................................................................................................................................ x Thomas Lincoln’s Tools ........................................................................................................................................................................................... xi Thomas Lincoln’s Hammer and Woodworking Tools ........................................................................................................................................ xi Thomas Lincoln’s Plane and Auger ................................................................................................................................................................... xii Thomas Lincoln’s Whipsaw ............................................................................................................................................................................. xiii Thomas Lincoln’s Frow .................................................................................................................................................................................... xvi Thomas Lincoln’s Wooden Mallet ................................................................................................................................................................... xvii Thomas Lincoln Time Line .................................................................................................................................................................................. xviii Kentucky (1782-1816) Thomas Lincoln’s Age: 4-38 ................................................................................................................................................ 1 TL 1. Haycraft Cherry Sugar Chest (Furniture 3) .............................................................................................................................................. 1 TL 2. Sugar Chest Walnut Base .......................................................................................................................................................................... 3 TL 3. John Wesley Hoskinson Corner Cupboard ................................................................................................................................................ 5 TL 4. Mill Creek Cherry Corner Cupboard (Cupboards I) ................................................................................................................................. 9 TL 5. Hardin Thomas House ............................................................................................................................................................................. 13 TL 6. Hardin Thomas House Pine Fireplace Surround (Furniture 4) ............................................................................................................... 15 TL 7. Richard Vernon Cherry Hutch (Furniture 1) .......................................................................................................................................... 17 TL 8. Richard Vernon Cherry Day Bed (Furniture 2) ...................................................................................................................................... 19 TL 9. Decker-Kenneday-Crawford Cherry Corner Cupboard (Cupboards II) .................................................................................................. 22 TL 10. Drop Leaf Extension Dining Table........................................................................................................................................................ 24 TL 11. Five-drawer, Inlaid Cherry Chest of Drawers (Furniture 6).................................................................................................................. 26 TL 12. Dever Black Walnut Corner Cupboard (Cupboards IV) ....................................................................................................................... 28 TL 13. Lincoln Hickory Chair .......................................................................................................................................................................... 30 TL 14. Yellow Poplar Doll Bed ........................................................................................................................................................................ 32 Indiana (1816-1830) Thomas Lincoln Age: 38-52 .................................................................................................................................................. 34 TL 15. Small Walnut Stand Table ..................................................................................................................................................................... 34 TL 16. Amos Richardson Cherry Cupboard ...................................................................................................................................................... 36 TL 17 (a) Lincoln Family Cherry Corner Cabinet .............................................................................................................................................. 38 TL 17 (b) David Lutz Cherry Corner Cupboard ................................................................................................................................................. 40 TL 18. Enlow Cherry Mill Desk ....................................................................................................................................................................... 42 TL 19. David Turnham-Johnson Walnut Corner Cupboard (Cupboards III) .................................................................................................... 46 TL 20. David Turnham Cherry Chest of Drawers ............................................................................................................................................. 48 TL 21. Little Pigeon Baptist Church ................................................................................................................................................................. 50 TL 22. Reuben Grigsby-Helverson Cherry Corner Cupboard (Cupboards VII) ............................................................................................... 52 TL 23. Aaron Grigsby-Wetherill Walnut Corner Cupboard (Cupboards VIII)................................................................................................. 54 TL 24. Dr. John Crook Cherry Desk and Bookcase (Furniture 5) ...................................................................................................................