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LEFT LINCOLN 488 LINDSAY LINCOLN, BENJAMIN, an American military officer; born in Hingham, Mass., Jan. 24, 1733, and lived as a simple farmer till he was 40 years of age. On the breaking out of the Revolution he be- gan his military career and was rapidly promoted. Appointed chief in command of the S. division of the army, he led the American forces against the British at Charleston and Savannah. He was forced to capitulate when in possession of the former place, by Sir Henry Clin- ton, in 1780. Notwithstanding the fail- ure of his Southern campaign, the brav- ery and capacity of Lincoln were left untarnished, and after being imprisoned, he was, on his exchange in 1781, received with honor by Washington, and ap- pointed to the command of the central division at the siege of Yoi-ktown. On the surrender of Cornwallis he was de- puted to receive the submission of the captured troops. In 1781 he was chosen by Congress Secretary of War, and served in that office for three years, when he returned to his farm; but was called in 1786 and 1787 to command the militia in repressing Shay's insurrec- tion. In 1787 he was elected lieutenant- governor of Massachusetts, and in 1789 was made collector of the port of Bos- ton which post he held for 20 years. In 1789 he was commissioner to treat with the Creek Indians; and in 1793 again, to make peace with the Western tribes. He was the author of various papers, his- torical, agricultural, etc. He died in Hingham, Mass., May 9, 1810. LINCOLN, JOSEPH CROSBY, an American writer and poet, born in Brew- ster, Mass., in 1870. He wrote much in prose and verse, taking as the scene of his novels Cape Cod. His best known works are "Cape Cod Ballads" (1902); "The Postmaster" (1912) ; "Thankful's Inheritance" (1915); "Extricating Oba- diah" (1917). LINCOLN, ROBERT TODD, an Amer- can diplomatist; born in Springfield, 111., Aug. 1, 1843; eldest son of Abraham Lin- coln; was graduated at Harvard College in 1864; served on the staff of General Grant as assistant adjutant-general; was admitted to the bar in 1867; Secretary of War in 1881-1885; minister to Great Britain in 1889-1893; and became presi- dent of the Pullman Palace Car Com- pany in 1897. Chairman of the Board of Directors, 1911. LINCOLN COLLEGE, a college of Ox- ./ot University, England; founded in 1427 by Richard Fleming, Bishop of Lincoln. LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVER- SITY, an Institution for higher educa- tion, founded near Cumberland Gap, Tenn., in 1897, largely through the ef- forts of General Oliver Otis Howard. Its purpose is to furnish educational ad- vantages to dwellers in the mountain re- gions of Tennessee. There are about 1,000 students. President, George A. Hubbell, Ph.D. LINCOLN, MOUNT, a peak of the Rocky Mountains, in Colorado, about 8 miles N. E. of Leadville, reaching a height of 14,297 feet. A railroad has been constructed to the silver-mining works at the summit, and there is a mete- orological sti-tion conducted by Harvard College, another station being placed at a lower level (13,500 feet). LINCOLNSHIRE, an eastern county of England, second only to Yorkshire in area, bounded N. by the Humber, E. by the German ocean, S. by Cambridgeshire, and W. by Lancashire. It is level, and is partially protected by artificial em- bankments from the sea. Agriculture is well advanced with barley the chief product, while there is much stockrais- ing and fishing. It is traversed by the rivers Trent, Witham and Welland. There are traces of a submarine forest, but little mineral wealth. Area 2,638 square miles. Pof^. about 575,000. LIND, JENNY. See GOLDSCHMIDT. LINDSAY, or LYNDSAY, SIR DAVID, a Scotch poet; born about the year 1490. He studied in the University of St. Andrews, and in 1509 became page of honor to James V., then an infant. In 1528 he produced his "Dreme," and in the following year presented his "Com- playnt" to the king. In 1530 he was in- augurated lyon king-at-arms, and in 1531 sent on a mission to Charles V., on his return from which he married. He soon afterward published a drama entitled a "Satyre of the Three Estatis," followed in 1536 by his "Answer to the King's Flyting" ; and by the "History and Testament of Squire Meldrum" in 1538. His last work, "The Monarchie," was finished in 1553. For more than two centuries Lindsay was the most popular poet in Scotland. His satirical attacks on the clergy in some degree paved the way for the Reformation. He died in 1555. LINDSAY. NICHOLAS VACHEL, an American poet, born in Springfield, 111., in 1879. He graduated from the Spring- field High School, and studied at Hiram College and at the Art Institute of Chi- cago. He spent several years in lec- turing in the Y. M. C. A. and for the Anti-Saloon League. He made several