Footnote 10: [(return)]
From a letter published in the "Sangamo Journal" of February 26, 1846, and which is not found in any collection of Lincoln's letters and speeches.
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From an unpublished letter by Joseph Gillespie, owned by Mrs. Ellen Hardin Walworth of New York City.
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From an unpublished letter to Judge James Berdan of Jacksonville, Illinois, dated April 26, 1846. The original is now owned by Mrs. Mary Berdan Tiffany of Springfield, Illinois.
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"Personal Reminiscences and Recollections," by Samuel C. Busey, M.D., LL.D., Washington, D.C., 1895.
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At this meeting the secretary was Ezra Lincoln, also a descendant of Samuel Lincoln of Hingham.
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See MCCLURE'S MAGAZINE for September, 1895.