ALS : to Benjamin Franklin Underwood, 1881 Oct. 29.

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ALS : to Benjamin Franklin Underwood, 1881 Oct. 29.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122617046

Concerns Herndon's dispute with the Rev. James A. Reed on the subject of Lincoln's religion. Herndon maintained that Lincoln was an "infidel".

1 item (2 p.) ; 28 cm.

Rosenbach Museum & Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6791894

Rosenbach Museum & Library

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Underwood, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1839-1914

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

Reed, James A. (James Armstrong), 1830-

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Herndon, William Henry, 1818-1891

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Herndon was a Springfield, Illinois lawyer, and the last law partner of Abraham Lincoln. From the description of Letter, April 5, 1890. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 662739068 Abraham Lincoln's law partner and biographer. From the description of ALS : to Benjamin Franklin Underwood, 1881 Oct. 29. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122617046 Springfield, Ill. lawyer, who had been Abraham Lincoln's law partn...