Draft:William S. Speer

William Speer and William Sheppard Speer should link here

William S. Speer (1822–1915) compiled non-fiction texts on historical figures in Tennessee.

Abraham Lincoln writing to him?

Writings

 * Encyclopedia of the New West, compiler and editor
 * Sketches of Prominent Tennesseans: Containing Biographies and Records of Many of the Families Who have Attained Prominence in tennessee (1888)
 * The Encyclopedia of the New West, Containing Fully Authenticated Information of the Agricultural, Mercantile, Commercial, Manufacturing, Mining, and Grazing Industries, and Representing the Character, Development, Resources, and Present Condition of Texas, Arkansas, Colorado, New Mexico, and Indian Territory: Also Biographical Sketches of Their Representative Men and Women