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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Dummer emigrated from New England to Springfield, where from 1833 to 1837 he preceded AL as the partner of John T. Stuart. During this partnership, AL borrowed law books from the firm's library. (HEI/Sangamon 1:606; Paul M. Angle, "The Record of a Friendship: A Series of Letters from Lincoln to Henry E. Dummer," JISHS 31 [1938])