Authors:
Lincoln Centennial Association (Springfield, Ill.), Hill, Frederick Trevor,
Other Authors:
Lincoln Centennial Association (Springfield, Ill.)
Item ID:
71200908401763
Publisher:
New York : Century Co., 1913, c1906.
Call Number:
E457.2 .H64 1913
Physical Description:
xviii, 334 p. : ill., facsims., map, ports. ; 22 cm.
Topic:
Lawyers -- United States -- Biography.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Note:
Each limited edition copy has a 1809-1914 Banquet [program] celebrating the one hundred and fifth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln by the Lincoln Centennial Association, Thursday, February the twelfth, nineteen hundred and fourteen, the Illinois State Armoury, Springfield, tipped in.; Includes index.; CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS TO REACH THIS DOCUMENT.; Lincoln's mythical birthright to the law -- The real source of Lincoln's professional aspirations -- The primitive bench and bar of Indiana -- Legal apprenticeship -- Lincoln's first argument and his early attitude toward the law -- Lincoln and law student -- Admission to the bar: the primitive bench and bar of Illinois -- Lincoln's first partnership -- His early cases and competitors -- Lincoln and the menacing clerk -- Early success in the courts -- A notable partnership -- Judge Logan and Lincoln -- Lincoln the head of a law firm -- Lincoln the lawyer in Congress -- Life on the Illinois Circuit -- Judge Davis and Lincoln -- Leader of the bar -- The jury lawyer -- The cross-examiner -- Legal ethics -- Legal reputation -- Law in the debate -- As candidate -- As president -- Appendices: Illinois Supreme Court Memorial -- Lincoln's case against the Illinois Central R.R. -- Lincoln's cases in the Illinois Court of Last Resort.; "This edition of Lincoln the lawyer by Frederick Trevor Hill was published specially for the Lincoln Centennial Association of Springfield, Illinois. It is limited to eight hundred copies of which this is copy number 23."; Book, leather; frontispiece.; Bookplate: The Lincoln Centennial Association, Springfield, Illinois.
OCLC Number:
ocm15479767
Holding Institution:
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Available for Viewing:
By appointment only
Category:
Books & Pamphlets