Lincoln the Lawyer

t 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 Monaghan, J. Lincoln bibliography Oakleaf, J. Lincoln bibliography "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 18