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Introduction
Editorial Note
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******HERNDON'S INFORMANTS: THE TEXTS******
1. Letters, Interviews, and Statements Collected by William H. Herndon and Jesse W. Weik, 1865¨92
2. Informant Testimony Reported in Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life (1889)
3. Informant Testimony Reported in William H. Herndon's Letters to Jesse W. Weik
4. Informant Testimony Reported in Jesse W. Weik's The Real Lincoln (1922)
Register of Informants
Appendix: Brief Outline of the Joseph Hanks Family, by Paul H. Verduin
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index 795 Elliott, Wesley: biographical sketch of, 747; interview with, 447¬48; father's tavern, 447 Elliott's tavern, 456 Ellis, Abner Y.: biographical sketch of, 747¬ 48; letters from, 161¬62, 169, 178¬80, 189¬92, 210¬11, 238, 343, 500¬502, 513¬ 14; statement on AL, 170¬76; stories told by AL, 172, 174, 190¬92; AL's courtship of MTL, 238; befriended AL, 449; AL's hu ‚mor and sadness, 500; AL as storyteller, 501; Spring‚eld, Ill., postmaster, 514; men ‚tioned, 587 Ellsworth, Elmer, 312n Elmore, Hardin H.: biographical sketch of, 748; interview with, 448 Elmore, Johnson: object of AL prank, 473 Elmore, Travis: biographical sketch of, 748; interview with, 593 Emancipation Proclamation, 158, 197, 212¬ 13, 562, 563, 686, 766, 772 Emerson, Ira: biographical sketch of, 748; let ‚ter from, 414¬18 Engle, William: biographical sketch of, 748; letter from, 32; storyteller with AL, 603 Enloe, Abraham. See Enlow, Abraham Enloe, Polly. See Enlow, Polly Enlow, Abraham: reputed paternity of AL, 82¬84, 87, 220, 240, 571, 611, 612, 613, 673, 675; description of, 613; paid Thomas Linkhorn to marry Nancy Hornback, 613; son appointed by AL, 614; denied father ‚hood of AL, 673, 675; candidates for AL's paternity named, 673¬74, 675; mentioned, 650, 654n Enlow, Edward, 614 Enlow, Elliott, 613, 614 Enlow, Isaac, 613 Enlow, Isham, 613 Enlow, James, 613 Enlow, Jane, 613 Enlow, Polly, 613 Enlow family, 615 Enlows, Abraham. See Enlow, Abraham Enos, Pascal P.: biographical sketch of, 748; interview with, 448¬49; and Peoria truce between AL and Douglas, 198, 211; men ‚tioned, 438 Enos, Zimri A., 638 ¿Epistle to a Young Friendî (Burns), 470 Erwin, John, 143 Erwin, Robert, 143 Euclid: AL's study of, 64, 350, 519 Everett, Edward, 688, 698 Everhard, Frank, 56 Every Day Life of Abraham Lincoln (Browne), 666 Ewing, William L. D., 11, 573 Fagan, Billy: encounter with Stuart, 478¬79 Fanchier, G. B., 327, 554 Farmer, Aaron, 123, 659 Fehrenbacher, Don E., xxiv Fell, Jesse W.: biographical sketch of, 748; let ‚ ters from, 578¬80; AL's religious beliefs, 578¬80; AL's truth and candor, 578; ap ‚proved of Channing and Parker's views, 579; helped pressure Lamon to alter biogra ‚phy, 635, 650 Felton, S. M.: letter to, from Pinkerton, 267¬ 68; report to, by Pinkerton, 305¬6; advised change in AL's route, 310; concern for train ferry and bridges, 317; engaged Pinkerton, 317; arranged for train delay, 323; men ‚tioned, 284¬85, 319, 433, 434 Ferrandini, Cypriano: Baltimore conspirator, 270¬71, 274¬76, 293¬94, 312, 581 Ficklin, Orlando B.: biographical sketch of, 748¬49; letter from, 56; on Dennis Hanks, 103; defended Charleston rioters, 653; mentioned, 347, 633 Field, Alexander P., 380, 651 Fifty Years in the Church of Rome (Chiniquy), 649n Fillmore, Millard: administration of, 514n; candidate with Taylor, 688 ¿First Reading of the Emancipation Proclama ‚tion of President Lincoln,î 522n Fisk, John Moore: biographical sketch of, 749; interview with, 715; story of AL's appoint ‚ment as deputy surveyor, 715 Fithian, William, 471 Fletcher, Job: one of ¿Long Nine,î 8, 202 Force bills, 277n Ford, Thomas: assigned to 9th Judicial Cir ‚ cuit, 391; Supreme Court justice, 391n; turned Democrat, 480 Forquer, George: AL's rejoinder, 31¬32, 478, 589; former Whig, 478; 1836 reply to AL, 478; lightning rod on house of, 589; men ‚tioned, 480 Fort Armstrong, 371, 465 Fort Delaware, 653n. See also Fort Donelson Fort Donelson: battle of, 602, 653 Fort Klamath, 615 Fort Monroe, Va., 679; AL met peace com ‚ missioners at, 414