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Abraham Lincoln's last visit to Wisconsin and how Lucien S. Hanks had a bad time trying to sleep with him

Wisconsin Local History and Biography Articles
Source:
Madison Democrat
Publication Date:
Aug 25, 1918

General Information

Name(s)
Lincoln, Lincoln Abraham 1809 - 1865; Hanks, Hanks Lucien S. 1838 -; Douglas, Douglas Stephen A. 1813-1861
Collection
Wisconsin Local History and Biography Articles
Wisconsin
State
Dane
County
Madison
Community

1910-1919
Decade

Wisconsin Local History and Biographical Articles (WLHBA) Collection

The Wisconsin Local History and Biographical Articles (WLHBA) Collection contains 16,000 digitized historical newspaper articles and clippings on notable Wisconsin people and communities. Most articles were published between 1860-1940.

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