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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Richardson grew up in the same neighborhood as AL in Spencer County, Indiana. Later in life he became active in Republican party politics. (Evansville Journal, August 6, 1892; Richardson file, Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial. Lincoln City, Ind.)