Read as a PDF By Katherine Kane (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. Winter 2012/2013  Subscribe/Buy the Issue! President Abraham Lincoln, in office for less than two years and leader of a fractured and war-torn nation, picked up his pen and signed his Emancipation Proclamation New Year’s Day 1863. From Boston to Beaufort, South Carolina, crowds that … Continue reading Lincoln and a Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin