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Carl Wittke reports Abraham Lincoln bought the Illinois Staatszeitung to enhance his political reputation among the German-born population and had Theodore Canisius edit it.[Carl Wittke (1952). Refugees of Revolution: The German Forty-Eighters in America. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 214.] This was right before the Civil War when most sources report George Schneider as the editor, so I wonder if Wittke has the right name for the paper that Lincoln bought. Bob Burkhardt (talk) 14:41, 16 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Lincoln article notes Lincoln bought the Illinois Staats-Anzeiger. So I will ignore Wittke on this point. Bob Burkhardt (talk) 20:36, 17 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]