Letter : to [William H. Herndon?], 1866 Apr. 2.

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Letter : to [William H. Herndon?], 1866 Apr. 2.

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Autograph letter signed. Two page letter, possibly written to William H. Herndon. Hanks wrote that his mother, Nancy Hanks, and Abraham Lincoln's grandmother, Lucy Hanks, were sisters. Wrote about other family relationships and Lincoln's religious affiliation. Also includes a positive and a negative photostat of the letter, a 4x5 negative of the letter, and a newspaper clipping of Hanks's obituary.

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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...

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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...

Hanks, Dennis

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