Annotation
[1] ALS, Theodore Roasevelt Assoc. Oyster Bay, NY
[2] William L. May, Democrat.
[3] Jesse Kilgore Dubois, state representative from Lawrence County.
[4] Simeon Francis, editor.
[5] J. H. Johnson, partner of Caleb Birchall.
[6] John Armstrong.
[7] William Fagan, a Kentuckian who settled on a farm near Springfield in 1831, and his two sons, John, who was Lincoln's age, and George, who was a few years younger. Probably Lincoln refers to the defense by Stuart & Lincoln which brought about the acquittal of Henry B. Truett for the murder of Dr. Jacob M. Early on March 7, 1838.
[8] Salisbury, Illinois.
[9] Thomas J. Scroggin.
[10] Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism.
[11] Evan T. Butler, deputy circuit clerk, Sangamon County.