John Williams and Abraham Lincoln: Their Relationship, 1808-1890.

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John Williams and Abraham Lincoln: Their Relationship, 1808-1890.

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Essay prepared for the descendants of John and Lydia Porter Williams, lists and analyzes the various interactions between John Williams and Abraham Lincoln, mainly in Springfield, Illinois. Determines that the men certainly knew each other well, although Webster cannot prove that Lincoln and Williams were close friends.

47 p.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Webster, David, M.A.C.E

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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...

Williams, John, 1808-1890

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