This is one of a series of caches placed in the Point Breeze section of Evans New York. Most of the avenues (and a couple streets) in this area have the names of presidents. I knew of 13 or 14 but have found out about so many more doing research on the roads of my hometown. I hope you enjoy visiting the presidents of old and learn a little along the way.
Abraham Lincoln, byname Honest Abe, the Rail-Splitter, or the Great Emancipator, (born February 12, 1809, near Hodgenville, Kentucky, U.S.—died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.), 16th president of the United States (1861–65), who preserved the Union during the American Civil War and brought about the emancipation of the slaves.
Lincoln deserves his reputation as the Great Emancipator. His claim to that honour, if it rests uncertainty upon his famous proclamation, has a sound basis in the support he gave to the antislavery amendment. It is well founded also in his greatness as the war leader who carried the nation safely through the four-year struggle that brought freedom in its train. And, finally, it is strengthened by the practical demonstrations he gave of respect for human worth and dignity, regardless of colour. During the last two years of his life he welcomed African Americans as visitors and friends in a way no president had done before. One of his friends was the distinguished former slave Frederick Douglass, who once wrote: “In all my interviews with Mr. Lincoln I was impressed with his entire freedom from prejudice against the colored race.”
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abraham-Lincoln