<div style="color:black;font: 10pt arial;">Dorris has done a tremendous amount of research on Archer Alexander the model for the slave in Lincoln Park's Emancipation Stature.  Her findings are extensive and may be of interest to those of you interested in Lincoln Park.
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From: Dorris Keeven-Franke <dorris.keevenfranke@gmail.com><br>
To: Dorris Keeven Franke <dorris.keevenfranke@gmail.com><br>
Sent: Tue, Jan 4, 2022 8:46 pm<br>
Subject: Fwd: The Lincoln Group Zooms - Tuesday, January 18 at 6pm ET<br>
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<div>I wanted to forward you this email below from the Lincoln Group of Washington D.C., and thought you might be interested in this upcoming program in two weeks.</div>

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<div>Dorris Keeven-Franke<br class="yiv5672339692">Author, Historian, Genealogist<br class="yiv5672339692">Cell:  636-221-1524<br class="yiv5672339692"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" ymailto="mailto:dorris.keevenfranke@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:dorris.keevenfranke@gmail.com" class="yiv5672339692">Email: dorris.keevenfranke@gmail.com</a><br class="yiv5672339692">Website: https://dorriskeevenfranke.wordpress.com/<br class="yiv5672339692">Twitter: https://twitter.com/keevenfranke<br class="yiv5672339692">Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Authordorriskeevenfranke<br class="yiv5672339692">LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keevenfranke</div>
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