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Wilson, Douglas L., ed.; Davis, Rodney O., ed.; Wood, William. 'William Wood (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
Note from page 123: 1. Thomas Sparrow and his wife, Elizabeth Hanks Sparrow, who was AL's mother's sister. Nancy Hanks Lincoln was raised by these Sparrows; Woods and others regarded them as her parents. Note from page 124: 2. The Telescope was published in New York (1824 30). Note from page 124: 3. Josiah Crawford, who loaned AL a Life of Washington, as distinguished from Andrew Crawford, one of AL's schoolteachers. | |||