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- Lincoln's forgotten friend,…
- Other Title:
- Leonard Swett
- Authors:
- Eckley, Robert S.
- Item ID:
- 71201200800036
- Publisher:
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2012.
- ISBN:
- 9780809332052 (hbk. : alk. paper); 0809332051 (hbk. : alk. paper); 9780809332069 (ebk.); 9780809332069 (ebk.); 080933206X (ebk.)
- Call Number:
- E457.2 .E24 2012
- Physical Description:
- xi, 306 p., [14] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm
- Topic:
- Lawyers -- Illinois -- Biography.
- Swett, Leonard, 1825-1889.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Friends and associates.
- Bloomington (Ill.) -- Biography.
- Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-296) and index.; A wandering youth -- The road to Mount Pulaski -- The great triumvirate of the Eighth Judicial Circuit -- Politics overtakes the law -- From the Wigwam to Washington -- And the war came -- Witness to the emancipation -- Quicksilver and New Almaden -- This terrible war -- A strategic decision -- Legal advocate and civic leader -- The better angels of our nature.
- OCLC Number:
- ocn775419696
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Available for Viewing:
- By appointment only
- Category:
- Books & Pamphlets
