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- Lincoln's ladder to the…
- Other Title:
- Eighth Judicial Circuit
- Authors:
- Fraker, Guy C.,
- Item ID:
- 71201301300003
- Publisher:
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2012.
- ISBN:
- 9780809332014 (cloth : alk. paper); 0809332019 (cloth : alk. paper)
- Call Number:
- KF368.L52 F73 2012
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 328 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
- Topic:
- Law -- Illinois -- Downstate Illinois -- History -- 19th century.
- Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Career in law.
- Illinois. Circuit Court (8th Circuit) -- History -- 19th century.
- Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-313) and index.; pt. 1. Lincoln and the circuit. A new country ; As happy as he could be ; Purely and entirely a case lawyer -- pt. 2. Counties of the Eighth Judicial Circuit. Sangamon, Tazewell, Woodford ; McLean, Livingston, Logan, DeWitt ; Piatt, Champaign, Vermilion ; Edgar, Shelby, Moultrie, Macon, Christian, Menard, Mason -- pt. 3. Climbing the ladder. The 1840s and the early 1850s ; The awakenment ; The repeal-- aroused me again ; The Tall Sucker and the Little Giant ; A little sketch -- pt. 4. Nomination, election, and the presidency. No stone unturned ; We saw him no more.; Lincoln copy: Title page autographed by author.
- OCLC Number:
- ocn772105412
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Available for Viewing:
- By appointment only
- Category:
- Books & Pamphlets