What do these two excerpts help readers understand about
Lincoln's life?
Read these excerpts
My mother, who died in my tenth year, was of a family of
the name of Hanks, some of whom now reside in Adams,
and others in Macon counties, Illinois.
-"1859 Autobiographical Statement for the Chester County
Times
He [Lincoln) could remember how he stayed by his
mother's side and watched her face while listening to her
read the Bible
---Abraham Lincoln's Boyhood Home at Knob Creek
His mother's death led him to find some of her family,
who lived in Illinois
He was strongly influenced by the life and death of his
mother
He often sat by his mother's side and watched her face
when she read to him
His mother's family had the last name "Hanks" and lived
in Adams

What does bittman’s style and language tell you about him?

Read the excerpt from "a modest proposal." the poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to a distress, and to pay their landlord's rent, their corn and cattle being already seized, and money a thing unknown. which statement effectively uses a quotation to show that swift claims that the poor will also benefit from his proposal? “swift writes that poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to a distress.” swift writes that poorer tenants will finally have something to pay their landlord’s rent since they have neither money nor trade. swift writes that poorer tenants will have something to trade for rent since “their corn and cattle” have already been seized. swift writes that “poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own” that can “ to pay their landlord’s rent.”

What is the province of il chicago?