William Herndon was Lincoln's law partner. After Lincoln's death he conducted extensive research among everyone he could find who knew Lincoln, and wrote several books on the subject, most notably the work known to us as "Herndon's Lincoln," aka "The History and Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln by William H. Herndon (for twenty years his friend and law partner) and Jesse William Weik." The detailed, comprehensive portrait in Herndon's Lincoln is likely the closest we will ever get to a true and accurate portrait of Lincoln the man.
William Herndon was Lincoln's law partner. After Lincoln's death he conducted extensive research among everyone he could find who knew Lincoln, and wrote several books on the subject, most notably the work known to us as "Herndon's Lincoln," aka "The History and Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln by William H. Herndon (for twenty years his friend and law partner) and Jesse William Weik." The detailed, comprehensive portrait in Herndon's Lincoln is likely the closest we will ever get to a true and accurate portrait of Lincoln the man.
William Herndon was Lincoln's law partner. After Lincoln's death he conducted extensive research among everyone he could find who knew Lincoln, and wrote several books on the subject, most notably the work known to us as "Herndon's Lincoln," aka "The History and Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln by William H. Herndon (for twenty years his friend and law partner) and Jesse William Weik." The detailed, comprehensive portrait in Herndon's Lincoln is likely the closest we will ever get to a true and accurate portrait of Lincoln the man.