New Hampshire – David J. Kent

New England map Abraham Lincoln made two separate tours of New England. The first in 1848 helped make him the Lincoln we know as Lincoln. The second in 1860 helped make him president. My most recent book, Lincoln in New England: In Search of His Forgotten Tours, takes the reader on a ride with me as I explore where Lincoln spoke, how the community reacted to him, and how they remember him (if at all). I also delve into the issues that informed Lincoln and the nation.

I created a series of short videos (10-15 minutes each) that look at Lincoln’s connections with each of the six New England states in turn, starting with the two states he didn’t visit (Maine and Vermont) but which had profound impacts on his life nevertheless, and then into the four states he spent considerable time in. The idea of each video is to dig into the important people and places from those states. Bookmark this page and come back to watch each of the videos at your leisure (or binge-watch all six if you’re into that).

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David J. Kent is Immediate Past President of the Lincoln Group of DC and the author of many books on Abraham Lincoln, Nikola Tesla, and Thomas Edison.

The process for rolling out my new book, Lincoln in New England: In Search of His Forgotten Tours continues. I previously shared an article that was published in the For the People newsletter of the Abraham Lincoln Association based in Springfield, Illinois. Today I’m sharing my article published in the Lincoln Forum Bulletin, which comes out twice a year. This one revisited a letter Lincoln wrote to his wife from New Hampshire in 1860, in which he complained about how he had been “unable to escape this toil” of giving a dozen speeches over two weeks in New England. Here is the article as published (continues on the bottom of the second page):

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This is one of several articles I have written that have already or will soon appear in various media outlets. I continue to write for other venues that will appear at some point in 2026. Meanwhile, I continue to schedule presentations and interviews for around the time the book comes out in March 2026, so feel free to contact me if you would like me to speak to your organization, either in person or via Zoom.

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Coming in March 2026: Lincoln in New England: In Search of His Forgotten Tours

Also see – Lincoln: The Fire of Genius: How Abraham Lincoln’s Commitment to Science and Technology Helped Modernize America.

Join me on Goodreads, the database where I keep track of my reading. Please leave a review on Goodreads and Amazon if you like the book.

You also follow my author page on Facebook and on Instagram.

David J. Kent is Immediate Past President of the Lincoln Group of DC and the author of Lincoln: The Fire of Genius: How Abraham Lincoln’s Commitment to Science and Technology Helped Modernize America and Lincoln: The Man Who Saved America.

His previous books include Tesla: The Wizard of Electricity and Edison: The Inventor of the Modern World and two specialty e-books: Nikola Tesla: Renewable Energy Ahead of Its Time and Abraham Lincoln and Nikola Tesla: Connected by Fate.