J. L. Hanks

[Steve Whitlock]

(04-25-2020 11:01 PM)Steve Whitlock Wrote:  

(04-25-2020 09:48 PM)Anita Wrote:  Thanks Steve. I'd like to see that article by Charles Hanks.

Here you are. Abe must have really ticked Charles Hanks off at some point. If I remember correctly Abe wrote a letter to John recalling the little sod busting he had done with Charles, but not much else, after the nasty letter by Charles was printed. Not positive when Abe wrote to John about Charles, and I'm not finding it readily in my files; however, here is a letter attributed as from John to Abe about the Charles Hanks letter. John didn't write that letter either. I think it was Richard Oglesby who wrote the John Hanks letters. Top of my head for that last bit.

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Here is another article with testimonials for the veracity of the Charles Hanks letter.

It only took me three rereads, after I posted the Charles Hanks letter clipping, to notice the article just below it with the header "Land for the Landless" and the discussion of the Homestead Bill voting. This clipping would fit right in for another recent thread. Always glad to help folks out.

That aside, I notice the Charles Hanks letter left out Mr Lincoln's many accomplishments, including his law practice. I don't know if Charles was a jilted Whig, along with those in the testimonials, but there seems to be a foul whiff of political animus present.