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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Thomas, a resident of Jacksonville, served in the Illinois Senate, the House, and as a circuit judge. (John F. Snyder, headnote to William Thomas, "The Winnebago War of 1827," Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society [1907]; BEI)