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 232: 1. Date given in Springer transcription.

Note from page 232: 2. Springer copied this letter from W. W. Gitt as an enclosure to §153, but it seems to belong here and is given as §175.

Note from page 233: 3. Dennis Hanks apparently has confused Andrew Crawford, the schoolteacher, with Josiah Crawford, who came to the neighborhood in 1824.

Note from page 233: 4. Possibly Lucy Hanks Sparrow, AL's maternal grandmother.