Wilson, Douglas L., ed.; Davis, Rodney O., ed.; Hanks, John. 'John Hanks to William H. Herndon (interview)' in 'Herndon's Informants: Letters, Interviews, and Statements About Abraham Lincoln' . Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1998. [format: book], [genre: interview]. Permission: University of Illinois Press
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Note from page 43: 1. Written out by WHH in the form of a letter and signed by Hanks.

Note from page 44: 2. According to AL's account: "Hanks, having a family, and being likely to be detained from home longer than at first expected, had turned back from St. Louis" (CW 4:63 — 64).

Note from page 45: 3. A reference to an incident on AL's 1828 flatboat trip to New Orleans from Indiana with Allen Gentry. See §78, 88.