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Autograph letter signed

to Mr. Kirk

22 November 1885

Herndon, William H., 1818-1891

Gives a friend his perceptions of Abraham Lincoln as a thinker, man, and statesman. He writes in part that Lincoln was "in the best sense of the word..., a deep, thorough and persistent thinker and a great reader of the political history of his...

GLC06648.01
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Autograph letter signed

to Friend Whitney

10 September 1887

Herndon, William H., 1818-1891

The recipient of this letter is possibly Henry Clay Whitney, lawyer and Lincoln biographer. Herndon states that he is available any Saturday for Whitney to come see him. Informs that he never received the photo Whitney sent. Asks him to send...

GLC02490.09
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Two letters of William Henry Herdon describing Abraham Lincoln [Decimalized .01-/02]

1874-1885

Herndon, William H., 1818-1891

GLC06648
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Autograph letter signed

to Mr. Noyes

January 15, 1874

Herndon, William H., 1818-1891

Replies to a request for a lecture on Abraham Lincoln's religion. Describes Lincoln as "a kind - tender & sympathetic man feeling deeply in the presence of suffering - pain - wrong or oppression in any shape: he was the very essence and substance of...

GLC06648.02

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