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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Brown studied law at Transylvania University and was admitted to the Illinois bar in Springfield in 1856 after being examined by AL and WHH. In 1859 he married "Bettie" Stuart, the daughter of John T. Stuart, and entered the law firm of

Stuart and Edwards. (Wayne C. Temple, ed., Lincoln as Seen by C. C. Brown [Prairie Village, Kans., 1963])