Letter and writing, 1887, 1888?

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Letter and writing, 1887, 1888?

Aug. 30, 1887 letter to Henry Clay Whitney asks details of Whitney's acquaintance with Abraham Lincoln; 1888? 2 page rough draft of part of introduction to first edition of Herndon's Lincoln.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7351299

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Whitney, Henry Clay, 1831-1905

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Illinois attorney, legal and political colleague of Abraham Lincoln, and author of Life on the Circuit with Lincoln (1892). From the description of Articles, May 1856, 1896. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 60858861 ...

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...

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...