Wilson, Douglas L., ed.; Davis, Rodney O., ed.; Hanks, Dennis F. 'Dennis F. Hanks to William H. Herndon' in 'Herndon's Informants: Letters, Interviews, and Statements About Abraham Lincoln' . Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1998. [format: book], [genre: letter]. Permission: University of Illinois Press
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Note from page 230: 1. This letter clearly belongs to the series written to WHH in 1866, and the Springer transcription notes: "The envelope dated Mch 14."

Note from page 230: 2. Thomas Sparrow and Elizabeth Hanks Sparrow, AL's mother's aunt.

Note from page 231: 3. Nancy Hanks, AL's mother's aunt, who gave birth to Dennis F. Hanks out of wedlock and later married Levi Hall.