Born 2 years after the US Constitution became the law of the land, Bathsheba Brooks lived her whole life in Lincoln, Massachusetts, 18 miles northwest of Boston. Her own ancestors had arrived in the 1600s, and her grandfathers fought in the Revolution. She was educated in Lincoln in the Liberal School, by Dr. Charles Stearns, the Congregational minister for the town. Married to Elijah Fiske, she bore five children. As she lived her life, Lincoln and...
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