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There are a number of excellent sources for more information.
Among libraries: University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, The Library of Congress, The National Archives located at Washington D.C. and at Fort Worth, Texas, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential library located at Springfield, Illinois, The New Orleans Public library at New Orleans, Louisiana, The Williams Library located at New Orleans, Louisiana, the Louisiana State Archives located at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Knox College library located at Galesburg, Illinois, Notre Dame University archives located at West Bend, Indiana

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