Wilson, Douglas L., ed; Davis, Rodney O., ed. 'Register of Informants' in 'Herndon's Informants: Letters, Interviews, and Statements About Abraham Lincoln' . Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1998. [format: book], [genre: history]. Permission: University of Illinois Press
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Born in Indiana and trained as a lawyer there, Hanna came to Illinois in 1849 and established a law practice in Bloomington, where he had frequent contact with AL. ("Wm. H. Hanna Bulletin, March 25, 1906," Dwight E. Frink Collection, McLean County Historical Society, Bloomington, Ill.)