Lincoln Numbers
To explain the premise of a "Lincoln number", I refer you to this Colby Cosh article. I am reminded of Six Degrees of Separation. Which concludes that we are societally interconnected more closely than one might imagine.
My Lincoln number may be as high as four! I am related to John Hay through my maternal grandmother. And, while I don't believe she ever did, she almost certaintly touched someone in the family who did touch Lincoln's secretary. So, I can say that I touched someone, who touched someone, who touched a man who touched Lincoln.
And would you believe it, I still have to pay for coffee?
And a history lesson: Here is some background on a city founded by a freed slave before the Civil War, New Philadelphia, has long since disappeared from the maps but remains the first town legally founded by a black man.
