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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An Indianapolis lawyer, editor, and politician, DeFrees managed Edward Bates's 1860 campaign in Indiana. A former chairman of the Whig and Republican parties in his home state, he was appointed government printer by AL, an office he held until 1869. (William Wesley Woollen, Biographical and Historical Sketches of Early Indiana [Indianapolis, 1883])