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Abraham Lincoln
Address by Abraham Lincoln of Illinois in Cincinnati Ohio September 17 1859 Classic Reprint
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Abraham Lincoln Association
Addresses Delivered at the Celebration of the One Hundred and Eighth Anniversary of the Birth of Abraham Lincoln: Under the Auspices of the Lincoln Centennial Association Classic Reprint
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Abraham Lincoln Association
Addresses Delivered at the Celebration of the One Hundred and Fourth Anniversary of the Birth of Abraham Lincoln Classic Reprint
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Abraham Lincoln Association
Addresses Delivered at the Celebration of the One Hundred and Sixth Anniversary: Of the Birth of Abraham Lincoln Classic Reprint
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Abraham Lincoln Association
Addresses Delivered at the Celebration of the One Hundred and Fourth Anniversary of the Birth of Abraham Lincoln Classic Reprint
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Abraham Lincoln
Addresses Of Abraham Lincoln tiny Miniature Book
Kingsport TN: Training Div. Kingsport Pr. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1929. Hardcover. 15mm x 20mm; 139 pp colophon pages; Bound in full red limp morocco leather. Aeg Spielmann 103. This tiny wonder smaller than most fingertips has a place in any Lincolniana collection. An unusually complex endeavor in printing. This book has been professionally restored and conserved by David Donahue of Philadelphia. This consisted primarily of reattaching covers. Book comes in small glass fronted case. . Training Div. , Kingsport Pr. hardcover
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Abraham Lincoln Association
Addresses Delivered at the Celebration of the One Hundred and Sixth Anniversary: Of the Birth of Abraham Lincoln Classic Reprint
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN
After Investing in its Stock Lincoln Represents a Railroad in a Precedent-Setting Lawsuit
<p>A list of stockholders entirely in Lincoln's hand filed as evidence in his first significant railroad case. Lincoln's own appearance in the shareholder list represents only the second known instance of a stock purchase by the future president. The Illinois Supreme Court's ultimate ruling in favor of Lincoln and the railroad set an important legal precedent upholding the binding nature of a stockholder's contractual and financial obligations. "The decision subsequently cited in twenty-five other cases throughout the United States helped establish the principle that corporation charters could be altered in the public interest and it established Lincoln as one of the most prominent and successful Illinois practitioners of railroad law" Donald p.155.</p><p><strong>ABRAHAM LINCOLN.</strong> Autograph Manuscript Signed by Lincoln in text constituting his official transcript of the "<em>Subscription Book of the Capital Stock of the Alton and Sangamon Rail Road Company</em>" incorporated February 27 1847 transcribed in early 1851. Comprising a cover sheet titled in Lincoln's hand the joint stock subscription statement and list of 91 shareholders with the number of shares subscribed and leaf with Lincoln's legal docket: "<em>Alton and Sangamon Railroad Company vs. James A. Barret. Copy of contents of subscription book</em>." 8 pp. 6 x 8¼ x ¼ in. With Lincoln's original stock certificate for the six shares noted in his manuscript. One of only two instances of his owning a stock and the only certificate of his known to survive.</p><p><strong>Historical Background</strong></p><p>The Alton and Sangamon Rail Road Company was chartered in 1847 to construct a line from Alton via New Berlin to Springfield. In 1850 however the Illinois General Assembly approved a more direct route bypassing the landholdings of some investors. Claiming breach of contract James A. Barret refused to make further installment payments for his 30 shares of stock as did several others who no longer stood to benefit from the new line. In 1851 Lincoln was hired to compel the defaulting shareholders to pay the balance of their promised investment.</p><p>The tactical details are spelled out in a February 19 1851 letter from Lincoln to William Martin a commissioner for the sale of the company's stock. Four suits were to be brought against stockholders who had subscribed to the initial offering but had then failed to make the additional installment payments. In preparation Lincoln listed the essential documents he would need in order to win a judgment. "We must prove" he advised Martin "that the defendant is a Stockholder" "that the calls have been made" and "that due notice of the calls has been given." To show that the defendants were in fact stockholders Lincoln explained he needed to produce "the subscription book with the defendant's name and proof of the genuineness of the signature together with any competent parole or evidence that he made the advance payment" Basler 2:99.</p><p>Lincoln's meticulous transcript of the subscription book was a key piece of the evidence filed in Sangamon Circuit Court on February 22 1851. The book includes Barret's name and the subscription statement transcribed by Lincoln on page two is explicit about the shareholders' obligations.</p><p><em>We the subscribers to the Capital Stock of the Alton and Sangamon Rail Road Company.do hereby agree.to pay the balance of the installments due on said stock by us subscribed when the same may be called for by the board of Directors of said Company when duly organized in conformity with the Charter approved February 27th 1847.</em></p><p>"<em>A. Lincoln</em>" with six shares for $600 is prominent among the 91 subscriber names. The only other known record of a Lincoln stock purchase dates from 1836 when he bought one share in the Beardstown and Sangamon Canal.</p><p>In June of 1847 as head of a committee to promote subscriptions for the projected railroad Lincoln wrote an open letter to the "People of Sangamon County" appealing for their support. Railroad construction was booming and Lincoln anticipated that a line between Springfield and Alton would prove a lucrative investment for himself and his state. "The whole is a matter of pecuniary interest" he argued. "The proper question for us is whether with reference to the present and the future and to direct and indirect results it is our interest to subscribe. If it can be shown that it is we hope few will refuse" Basler 1:396-398.</p><p>The list of subscribers is itself of considerable interest. It includes John Hay 1775-1865 the grandfather of Lincoln's later secretary John Hay 2 shares Ninian W. Edwards 1809-1889 husband of Mary Todd Lincoln's sister 20 shares John T. Stuart 1807-1885 Lincoln's law partner 5 shares Henry Yates 1786-1865 father of Illinois governor Richard Yates 10 shares Noah W. Matheny 1815-1877 clerk of Sangamon County and others. In the subscription book Henry Yates hedging his bets has added a condition beneath his name: "<em>if the Road intersects the M. & S R R at New Berlin.</em>"</p><p>Lincoln was mindful of the critical issues raised by the Alton and Sangamon lawsuits and "took extraordinary pains to construct an airtight case for his client" Donald p.155. To Martin he pointed out the legal issues adding "I have labored hard to find the law" in preparation for the trials. In the end two of the defaulting stockholders paid their delinquent calls. The suits against James A. Barret and Joseph Klein came to trial in the Sangamon Circuit Court in August of 1851 with Lincoln handling both the trials and the appeals for the railroad.</p><p>Lincoln's preparation proved its worth the rulings were in favor of the railroad. "Illinois Supreme Court Justice Samuel H. Treat ruled that public utility superseded private profit. If Barret had won the case other stockholders would balk at fulfilling their obligations. The rule of caveat emptor protected corporate management from stockholder's personal interests and encouraged subsequent investment" <em>Lincoln Legal Briefs</em> Oct-Dec 1990 no. 16 online.</p><p>At the time he transcribed this document Lincoln was an attorney on the 8th Judicial Circuit and also managed a thriving appellate and federal court practice. He handled a number of railroad-related cases representing both private individuals as well as the railroads themselves. He was not as some have argued a hired gun for corporate interests. Rather as his law partner William Herndon described him Lincoln was "purely and entirely a case lawyer."</p><p>The fact that Lincoln despite his commitment to railroading often handled suits against the carriers casts light on his understanding of the lawyer's role in societyHe simply could not afford to take only one side in legal disputes. Nor did Lincoln pursue some political or philosophical agenda through litigation. He was not concerned with developing a consistent legal ideology. His business as Donald reminds us "was law not morality." James W. Ely "Lincoln as Railroad Attorney" Indiana Historical Society Symposium April 15-16 2005</p><p>Though a prominent lawyer Lincoln was still smarting over recent political defeats. Elected to the U.S. Congress in 1846 he had served out his term but his outspoken opposition to the Mexican-American War had cost him any chance at a second term. He subsequently failed in his attempt to become commissioner of the General Land Office. Lincoln declined an appointment as governor of the Oregon Territory instead returning to his law practice with William H. Herndon in Springfield Illinois. He would not attempt a political comeback until 1854.</p><p>The rail line was ultimately highly profitable. Lincoln's overriding belief in the broader benefits of internal improvements is best expressed in a speech he delivered before Congress in 1848.</p><p>Let the nation take hold of the larger works and the states the smaller ones; and thus working in a meeting direction discreetly but steadily and firmly what is made unequal in one place may be equalized in another extravagance avoided and the whole country put on that career of prosperity which shall correspond with it's extent of territory it's natural resources and the intelligence and enterprize of it's people.</p><p><strong>Reference</strong></p><p>"<em>Barret v. Alton & Sangamon Railroad</em>" in Daniel W. Stowell et al. eds. <em>The Papers of Abraham Lincoln: Legal Documents and Cases</em> 4 vols. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press 2008 2:172-210.</p>
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Abraham Lincoln
American Political History: First Edition of The Lincoln and Douglas Debates from the 1858 Illinois Senate Campaign
1860. Lincoln Abraham. The Lincoln and Douglas Debates 1860 printed record of the seven public debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas during the 1858 Illinois Senate campaign a pivotal series of political confrontations over slavery and the future of the United States. The debates addressed the expansion of slavery into western territories and the constitutional implications of the Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision. Lincoln used the campaign to articulate a moral and political critique of slavery's expansion including the position he expressed in his earlier convention speech that "a house divided against itself cannot stand." Although Lincoln lost the Senate race to Douglas the debates established him as a leading national figure within the Republican Party and played a major role in shaping the political arguments that led to his presidential election in 1860.<br /> <br /> Lincoln Abraham. The Lincoln And Douglas Debates. A Political Debates between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas. In the Celebrated Campaign of 1858 in Illinois. Columbus: Follett Foster and Company 1860. First edition third issue identified by the numeral "2" on page 13 and the presence of the publisher's advertisement. Octavo volume containing 268 pages. Bound in publisher's original olive green textured cloth with blind stamped borders and spine lettered in gilt.<br /> <br /> The Lincoln Douglas debates represented one of the most influential series of political exchanges in nineteenth century American history addressing the central constitutional and moral questions surrounding slavery in the years immediately preceding the Civil War. Douglas defended the doctrine of popular sovereignty arguing that territories should decide the legality of slavery for themselves while Lincoln challenged the compatibility of that doctrine with the Dred Scott decision and emphasized the moral consequences of the institution. Although Douglas retained his Senate seat Lincoln's articulate presentation of the issues drew national attention and positioned him as a major political figure within the emerging Republican Party. Slight chipping to the head of the spine fading to boards and gilt minor damp staining with light foxing and toning consistent with age. Overall good condition. unknown
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Abraham Lincoln | John G Nicolay (Editor)
AMERICANA THE COMPLETE WORKS
Norwalk: Easton Press 2021. Full Leather. Near Fine binding. Complete two volume set of octavos; in full navy blue leather with titling and design in gilt; three raised bands on each spine; with silk moire endpapers; edged in gilt; housed in the publisher’s navy blue cloth slipcase; minimal wear to slipcase. Near Fine binding. Easton Press unknown
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN
An Abraham Lincoln Military Commission For A Soldier Wounded At Antietam; He Was Commissioned In The Veterans Reserve Corps
ABRAHAM LINCOLN 1809-1865. Lincoln was the Sixteenth President.DS. 1pg. August 1 1864. Washington. A vellum military commission signed Abraham Lincoln as President and co-signed E.M. Stanton as Secretary of War. The President appointed James Wylie Crawford a First Lieutenant in the Veterans Reserve Corps. Crawford 1832-1910 was from Maine; according to family lore he was badly wounded at Antietam I bought this directly from a descendant. This injury required his enlistment in the Veterans Reserve Corps. The Veterans Reserve Corps allowed wounded soldiers to remain active often performing small tasks and light duty; established in the middle of 1863 it was first known as the Invalid Corps until the official name was changed. The document recently underwent conservation with the vellum stretched and flattened; the top right corner of the vellum has shrunk and the document was once rolled. The Lincoln autograph is a tad light and gets lighter as the autograph gets towards the conclusion; the Stanton is also a bit faint but vellum does not hold ink that well especially compared to paper. hardcover
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Abraham Lincoln
An Address Delivered Before the Springfield Washington Temperance Society: At the Second Presbyterian Church on the 23d Day of February 1842 Classic Reprint
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Abraham Lincoln
An Address Delivered Before the Springfield Washingtonian Temperance Society of the Second Presbyterian Church on the Twenty-second day of February 1842
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Abraham Lincoln
An Address Delivered: Before the Springfield Washingtonian Temperance Society Springfield Illinois on the 22d Day of February 1842 Classic Reprint
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Abraham Lincoln
An Address Delivered Before the Springfield Washington Temperance Society: At the Second Presbyterian Church on the 23d Day of February 1842 Classic Reprint
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Abraham Lidden Cox
An Address Delivered on the First Public Exhibition of the Edifice of the New-York Medical College and the Inauguration of Its Faculty October 16 1850 Classic Reprint
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Abraham Lincoln
An Anthology of the Epigrams and Sayings of Abraham Lincoln: Collected From His Writings and Speeches Classic Reprint
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Abraham Lincoln
An Anthology of the Epigrams and Sayings of Abraham Lincoln: Collected From His Writings and Speeches Classic Reprint
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Abraham Lincoln
Anecdoten von Abraham Lincoln und Lincoln's Erzählungen: Enthaltend Geschichten aus Seiner Jugend Geschichten aus Seinem Berufsleben Episoden aus . Vermischte Ge. German Edition
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Abraham Lincoln
Anecdoten von Abraham Lincoln und Lincoln's Erzählungen: Enthaltend Geschichten aus Seiner Jugend Geschicten aus Seinem Berufsleben Episoden aus . Classic Reprint German Edition
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Abraham Lincoln
Anecdoten Von Abraham Lincoln Und Lincoln's Erzählungen: Enthaltend Geschichten Aus Seiner Jugend Geschichten Aus Seinem Berufsleben Episoden Aus . Classic Reprint German Edition
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Abraham Lincoln
Anecdoten Von Abraham Lincoln Und Lincoln's Erzählungen: Enthaltend Geschichten Aus Seiner Jugend Geschichten Aus Seinem Berufsleben Episoden Aus . Classic Reprint German Edition
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Abraham Lincoln
Anecdoten von Abraham Lincoln und Lincoln's Erzählungen: Enthaltend Geschichten aus Seiner Jugend Geschicten aus Seinem Berufsleben Episoden aus . Classic Reprint German Edition
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Abraham Lincoln
Anecdotes of Abraham Lincoln and Lincoln's Stories: Including Early Life Stories Professional Life Stories White House Stories War Stories Miscellaneous Stories Classic Reprint
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Abraham Lincoln
Anecdotes of Abraham Lincoln and Lincoln's Stories: Including Early Life Stories Professional Life Stories White House Stories War Stories Miscellaneous Stories Classic Reprint
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Abraham Lincoln in the Black Hawk War; Excerpts Fr
Antebellum Wars
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Abraham Lincoln
Attorney Abraham Lincoln Known for Representing Female Clients Fights for Truth in His Forceful Representation of a Woman
03/11/1853. <blockquote><p>The case is well known and illustrates Lincoln’s penchant for aiding women who had been unjustly treated</p></blockquote><blockquote><p>""Said answers are untrue uncertain and insufficient that her Bill is true certain and sufficient and he Lincoln will so prove it to be""</p><p> </p></blockquote><p>During his 25-year legal career in Illinois Abraham Lincoln was involved in a substantial number of cases involving women as litigants. He was known for seeking to represent women and working to get justice for them in an era when women’s cases were often shunned by lawyers or not taken seriously.</p><p>Lincoln handled some 147 divorce cases about 40% of all divorce cases in his home county of Sangamon. Importantly more than half of the litigants he represented were women. He handled these cases with ""tender consideration"" learning from experience that the law could be a dangerous place for women who had few rights under the legal doctrines of the time. Lincoln also represented women in cases involving land disputes and in slander lawsuits which often involved accusations of adultery and were important for maintaining a woman's community reputation.</p><p>Lincoln was known for taking cases for women where he felt justice was on his client's side. Notable examples include: Nance Legins-Costley - In 1841 Lincoln successfully represented this African American woman to prevent her from being sold into slavery arguing that slavery was illegal in Illinois; Melissa Goings - He defended Mrs. Goings an elderly woman charged with her abusive husband's murder in a case based on self-defense; Doshia Wyatt - In 1853 Lincoln took on the case of Mrs. Wyatt a widow whose claim was that she was being cheated out of her inheritance.</p><p>A petition for dower is a legal request filed by a surviving spouse typically a widow to claim a portion of their deceased spouse's estate such as in real property based on common law dower rights. This is a formal process that requires the surviving spouse to file a petition in court describing the property and naming the heir or person with the next immediate estate of inheritance. The court then holds a hearing to determine the rights to dower and the property.</p><p>Doshia Wyatt widow of Robert Wyatt retained Lincoln and sued for her dower. Thomas Wyatt died in 1847 and left all of his property to his son Robert. Robert Wyatt lost part of the land the Mill Farm to satisfy a judgment against him in the U.S. District Court of Illinois. Robert Wyatt sold another property the Prue Farm to George Brewner. After Robert Wyatt's death in 1852 Doshia Wyatt sued Leonard and Brewner's heirs. Leonard contested the petition claiming that he did not believe Doshia and Robert Wyatt had been legally married. Leonard also claimed that Robert Wyatt had already left Doshia Wyatt land in his will which Leonard claimed was recorded.</p><p>Hearing the case was Judge David Davis a friend of Lincoln whom as President he would appoint to the U.S. Supreme Court. Ward Hill Lamon Lincoln’s co-attorney on the case began his professional association with Lincoln in 1852 when they became law partners. Though they had different styles they remained close personal and professional friends. After the partnership dissolved in 1857 their friendship continued and Lamon would later become Lincoln's bodyguard and U.S. Marshal for the District of Columbia during Lincoln's presidency. As the bodyguard Lamon was not in Washington on the night of Lincoln’s assassination being on assignment in Richmond at Lincoln’s request. In his Recollections of Abraham Lincoln Lamon reveals that before he left for Richmond he implored the President not to ""go out at night after he was gone particularly to the theatre.""</p><p>This document relates to the case of Doshia Wyatt. In a petition to the Court filed by Lincoln Wyatt stated her case: “Your petitioner would further represent to your honor that she your petitioner is the widow of the said Robert Wyatt — that she has never relinquished her dower to the said aforesaid land or any part thereof - nor has her dower ever been set off - or assigned her in said premises - that said Robert Wyatt on or about the 28th of July AD 1852 departed this life leaving her the said Doshia widow as aforesaid…Your petitioner would further pray that this honorable court appoints commissioners to assign her dower in & to all of the above described tracts or parcels of land according to the statue in such cases made and approved. And your petitioner would pray for such & gather relief as may be according to equity and good conscience and as in duly abound your petitioner will ever pray.â€</p><p>This is a pleading in Lincoln’s hand which contains the answer of Wyatt to the defendants’ responses to her allegations. <strong>Autograph document signed</strong> Vermillion County Illinois Circuit Court November 3 1853. <em>“The replication response of Doshia Wyatt to the defendants’ answers filed in the case for her Petition for Dower in the Vermillion Circuit Court against Peter R. Leonard and others. This repliant respondent says that said answers are untrue uncertain and insufficient that her Bill is true certain and sufficient and he Lincoln will so prove it to be as this Honorable Court shall direct. Lincoln & Lamon for Repliant respondent.â€</em> On the verso Lincoln has docketed the document <em>“Dosha Wyatt vs Peter R. Leonard Replication.â€</em> The clerk of court Samuel Craig then notes that the plea was filed on November 3 1853.</p><p>An uncommon document in Lincoln’s hand concerning his representation of women. As for the case the parties likely reached a settlement as Wyatt ended up dismissing the case while Leonard paid the costs.</p><p><img class=""alignnone wp-image-25018 size-post-window"" src=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20231204144051/Folder-site-11-1600x1327.jpg"" alt="""" width=""1600"" height=""1327"" /></p> unknown
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Attorney Abraham Lincoln Prepares a Pleading Informing the Court That His Client Has Already Been Acquitted of the Offense Alleged
30/10/1857. <p>John V. Drake and John C. Moses practiced law in Danville Illinois. They worked on cases appearing before the Vermilion County Circuit Court. When Abraham Lincoln had a case appearing in that court he would sometimes affiliate himself with Drake and Moses. Lincoln was before that court in October and November 1857.</p><p>Hezekiah Ballah sued John Deck and Zachariah Deck in a case heard in the Vermilion County Circuit Court. This was an action of trespass for castrating seventeen buck sheep and cutting up eight other ewes wethers and lambs. The Decks retained Lincoln who worked together with Drake and Moses in the case in October 1857. The Decks pleaded not guilty. Moreover John Deck also pleaded that he had been acquitted of the charge in Justice of the Peace court. The jury found the Decks not guilty. Hearing the case was Judge David Davis who Lincoln would one day name to the U.S. Supreme Court.</p><p><strong>Autograph document signed</strong> a draft pleading completely in Lincoln’s hand Vermilion County Circuit Court October 1857 being the pleading informing the Court that Deck had previously been acquitted of the same offense. The name of the case was John Deck impleaded with Zachariah Deck ads vs Hezekiah Ballah and it was filed In Trespass. <em>“And the said defendant John Deck comes and defends the force and injury…and says plaintiff actio non fails to act when there is a duty to act because he defendant says he is not guilty in manner and form as is in the declaration alleged; and of this he puts himself upon the country etc. citizens in a court or jury. Moses & Drake & Lincoln p.d.â€</em></p><p>Lincoln adds below: <em>“And for further plea in this behalf defendant John Deck says plaintiff actio non because he says that heretofore to wit on the __ day of __ in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty seven at the county of Vermillion in the state of Illinois before Joseph Peters a Justice of the Peace of said county and before commencement of this suit said defendant John Deck in a suit against him by the plaintiff herein was lawfully judged to be not guilty of the same identical supposed trespass in this declaration mentioned and this he is ready to verify therefore he prays judgment etc. Moses & Drake & Lincoln p.d.â€</em> The case is listed at lawofficeofabrahamlincoln.org.</p><p>An interesting pleading where Lincoln’s client has already been acquitted of the same offense.</p><p><img class=""alignnone wp-image-25018 size-post-window"" src=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20231204144051/Folder-site-11-1600x1327.jpg"" alt="""" width=""1600"" height=""1327"" /></p> unknown
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Abraham Lincoln
Attorney Abraham Lincoln Represents William H. Herndon’s Father-in-Law
10/1843. <blockquote><p>Miles who was also a prominent Whig politico and part of Lincoln’s political circle used Lincoln’s legal services a number of times</p></blockquote><p>Abraham Lincoln and Stephen T. Logan formed a prominent Illinois law partnership called Logan & Lincoln from 1841 to 1844 during which Logan an experienced attorney mentored Lincoln and introduced him to complex areas of the law. During his partnership with Logan Lincoln also increased his caseload before the Illinois Supreme Court and handled appeals from all areas of the state. Logan and Lincoln handled many cases together not merely at their Springfield office but around the state. This ls because Lincoln had a circuit law practice that involved riding the Eighth Judicial Circuit in Illinois covering 14-15 counties including Menard County on horseback or buggy. Logan remained in Springfield while Lincoln traveled the Circuit. As a general practitioner Lincoln handled diverse cases including property disputes debts torts. slander and criminal law. The Logan & Lincoln partnership ended amicably in 1844 after which Lincoln partnered with William H. Herndon who was a clerk in the Logan & Lincoln law office and whose father had been a Lincoln friend for many years.</p><p>George U. Miles was Herndon’s father-in-law. He came to Illinois in 1816 at age 20 settling first in St. Clair County and then in White County where he married Jane McCoy on November 18 1821. They had three children. Miles removed to Logan County and then in 1836 he went to Sangamon County where he lived on a farm six miles north of Springfield. In 1839 he moved to Petersburg in Menard County where he served as public administrator from 1845 to 1849. Miles was a Whig and a Menard County delegate to conventions that chose Whig candidates. Miles and Lincoln knew each other as neighbors and fellow Whigs and also because of Miles’ family relationship to Lincoln’s friend and partner Herndon. In early 1843 Lincoln sought a nomination for Congress and hoped for Miles’ political support.</p><p>Miles used Lincoln as an attorney a number of times both before and after Herndon became Lincoln’s partner. In late 1843 Miles retained Logan & Lincoln and sued John Webb and Thomas Rogers to collect a $368.60 debt on a promissory note.</p><p><strong>Autograph document signed</strong> all in Lincoln’s hand Menard County Illinois October-November 1843 being a petition in the county court in which Miles asks for judgment for a debt. <em>“George U. Miles plaintiff states that he holds a note on the defendants John Webb and Thomas Rogers in substance as followeth: ‘$368.60. One day after date we or either of us promise to pay George U. Miles or order three hundred and sixty eight dollars and sixty cents with twelve percent interest from date for value received. Our hands & seals: John Webb and Thomas Rogers Petersburg Ill. April 20th 1843.’ Yet the same debt remains unpaid wherefore he prays judgment for his debt and damages for the detention of the same together with his costs. Logan & Lincoln.â€</em></p><p>Lincoln won the case. The defendants were found to have defaulted and the court awarded Miles $392.67 counting costs. The case was decided November 1 1843. It is listed at lawofficeofabrahamlincoln.org.</p><p>After Lincoln’s assassination Miles acted as one of Herndon's key investigators. Miles famously interviewed individuals including Ann Rutledge’s aunt to gather information about Lincoln's early life and relationships serving as a vital source for Herndon's research. Herndon would write a famous biography of Lincoln in the 1880s.</p><p><img class=""alignnone wp-image-25018 size-post-window"" src=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20231204144051/Folder-site-11-1600x1327.jpg"" alt="""" width=""1600"" height=""1327"" /></p> unknown
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Abraham Lincoln
Beautiful Oversized Giclee Print of Abraham Lincoln Measuring Nearly 3 Feet in Height
1/1/88. <p><strong>Print of Abraham Lincoln</strong> well framed approximately 2 ft by 3 ft color commemorating the fallen president's work in saving the nation at the expense of his life.</p><p><img class=""alignnone wp-image-25018 size-post-window"" src=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20231204144051/Folder-site-11-1600x1327.jpg"" alt="""" width=""1600"" height=""1327"" /></p> unknown
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Abraham Lincoln
Biographies and Stories of Abraham Lincoln
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 152770761X.G ISBN : 152770761X 9781527707610
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Abraham Lincoln
Biographies and Stories of Abraham Lincoln: Autobiography Written for Jesse W. Fell 1859; Excerpts From Newspapers and Other Sources Classic Reprint
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 0265741637.G ISBN : 0265741637 9780265741634
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Abraham Lincoln
By Abraham Lincoln Lincoln - Speeches & Writings 2 Volume Box Set - 'Speeches & Writings 1832 - 1858' 'Speeches & Wr First Edition
The Library of America. hardcover. New. 9x6x1. The Library of America hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : M6-609yz5
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Abraham Lincoln (Brookville)
CalligrafreeVolume One Number Four July 1974
Brookville OH: Calligrafree 1974. Book. 4to. Soft Cover. 24 pp. Very Good.Mostly black and white platesContent includes Bookplates: The Art of Illumination today and more. Brookville, OH: Calligrafree, 1974 paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 75-0580
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Abraham Lincoln
Catalogue of a Collection of Pamphlets Relating to Abraham Lincoln with a few on John Brown and some Confederate Imprints many of Great Rarity. New York: Anderson Auction Company January 18 1904. with: Catalogue of Autograph Pamphlets Engravings Broadsides etc. relating to Abraham Lincoln
New York: Andersen Auction Company 1904. <p>Together two pamphlets. 8vo. 230 x 155 mm. 9 x 6 inches. 33 pp.; 37 pp. Original toned printed wrappers; some light soiling to wrappers corners chipped otherwise good copies. </p><br /> <p>These copy with a presentation bookplate inside the back wrapper pasted-in by the New England Historic Genealogical Society citing the catalogue as a gift from Anderson Auction Galleries; with numerous ownership stamps in blind of the NEHGS. With a printed Bid Sheets and envelope. </p><br /> <p>Together 750 lots devoted to President Lincoln early life political campaigns presidency and administration and the Confederacy. A special section is devoted to Lincoln and the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act. Many lots of printed ephemera and pamphlets. 833</p>. Andersen Auction Company unknown
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Abraham Lincoln Gary
Centennial History of Rush County Indiana Vol. 2 of 2 Classic Reprint
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 0265757983.G ISBN : 0265757983 9780265757987
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Abraham Lincoln Gary
Centennial History of Rush County Indiana Vol. 2 of 2 Classic Reprint
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 1333674260.G ISBN : 1333674260 9781333674267
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Abraham Lincoln 1868- Gary
Centennial History of Rush County Indiana; Volume 1
Hardback. New. hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : B9781016606059 ISBN : 1016606052 9781016606059
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Abraham Lincoln Gary
Centennial History of Rush County Indiana Vol. 1 of 2 Classic Reprint
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 0260655503.G ISBN : 0260655503 9780260655509
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Abraham Lincoln Lavine
Circuits of Victory
Hardback. New. hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : B9781019524701 ISBN : 1019524707 9781019524701
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Abraham Lincoln Lavine
Circuits of Victory
Hardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; A memoir of a soldier's experiences in the American Civil War with a focus on the battles and campaigns of Abraham Lincoln. The author Abraham Lincoln Lavine was a Union soldier who fought with distinction in many of the key battles hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : ria9781019524701_inp ISBN : 1019524707 9781019524701
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Abraham Lincoln
Civil War Presidency Abraham Lincoln Portrait Stereoview Based on the February 1865 Lewis Emory Walker Photograph
1865. Lincoln Abraham. Late Civil War portrait of Abraham Lincoln derived from a February 1865 photograph taken during the final months of the American Civil War. The image records Lincoln near the conclusion of the conflict that preserved the Union and ended legal slavery in the United States. Created shortly before his assassination in April 1865 the portrait captures a visibly worn president whose appearance reflected the physical and political strain of leading the nation through four years of war. The photograph was long attributed to Mathew Brady but was actually taken by government photographer Lewis Emory Walker and issued commercially through the New York photographic publishers E. & H. T. Anthony. The portrait belongs to a group of late images that document Lincoln's appearance in the closing weeks of the war.<br /> <br /> Stereoview photograph published by Keystone View Company reproducing the 1865 Walker portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Keystone stereograph number 92. The mount bears the Keystone biographical text about Lincoln on the verso together with the company's copyright notice. A handwritten pencil notation on the reverse references the earlier attribution of the photograph to Mathew Brady. The portrait shows Lincoln with closely cut hair a style that contemporary accounts suggested was recommended by his barber in preparation for the creation of a life mask by sculptor Clark Mills.<br /> <br /> Photographic portraits of Lincoln produced during the final months of the Civil War became some of the most widely circulated visual representations of the president after his assassination in April 1865. Images such as this stereographic reproduction contributed to the creation of Lincoln's public memory in the late nineteenth century when photographic publishers issued stereographs and other prints that allowed Americans to view notable figures through emerging visual media. Stereographs played an important role in popular visual culture during this period offering audiences three dimensional photographic views through stereoscopic viewers and distributing portraits of political leaders to a wide national audience. Light wear consistent with age and handling. Overall condition good to very good. unknown
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Abraham Lincoln
Civil War Emancipation Maine Farmer Newspaper Printing of the Emancipation Proclamation 1863
1863. Maine Farmer. January 8 1863 prints the full text of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation within one week of its issuance providing contemporaneous evidence of how federal emancipation policy was circulated to the Northern public during the Civil War. Published just days after January 1 1863 the issue situates emancipation alongside ongoing war reporting integrating the declaration of freedom for enslaved people in Confederate states into the broader military and political narrative of the Union war effort. Introduced under the subheading "The following is the text of the President emancipating the slaves in the rebellious states" the proclamation asserts federal authority through wartime powers declaring that "all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are and henceforward shall be free" and further authorizes the enlistment of Black men into the armed forces. The proximity of this text to battlefield reports and personal correspondence underscores the immediacy with which emancipation entered public discourse as both military strategy and social transformation.<br /> <br /> Maine Farmer. Vol. not stated. Maine January 8 1863. 4 pages. Newspaper format. The Emancipation Proclamation appears in full on the second page accompanied by additional Civil War coverage including reports of troop movements battle outcomes and casualties. On the same page a letter from a Union soldier of the 16th Maine Regiment written at the Battle of Fredericksburg reads in part: "Dear Father I write you while lying on the battlefield wounded perhaps fatally. Tell mother I think of her while lying here and wish I had her to be with me in my last parting moments." An editorial note explains that the letter was written in pencil on the battlefield the paper "tinged with blood" and that the soldier died the following day linking the proclamation directly to the lived experience of wartime sacrifice.<br /> <br /> Issued at a turning point in the Civil War the publication captures the intersection of emancipation policy military necessity and public communication in the Union states. The inclusion of both the proclamation and firsthand testimony from the battlefield demonstrates how questions of slavery citizenship and national survival were experienced simultaneously at the level of policy and individual life. Newspapers such as this served as primary vehicles through which federal decisions reached civilian audiences shaping understanding of the war's aims and consequences. Small edge tears and light foxing present not affecting text. Overall very good. unknown
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Abraham Lincoln
Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln Vol. 9 Classic Reprint
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 0266197868.G ISBN : 0266197868 9780266197867
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Abraham Lincoln
Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln Vol. 9 Classic Reprint
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 0265955777.G ISBN : 0265955777 9780265955772
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Abraham Lincoln
Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln Vol. 10 Classic Reprint
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 0265467160.G ISBN : 0265467160 9780265467169
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Abraham Lincoln
Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln Vol. 12: With a General Introduction by Richard Watson Gilder and Special Articles by Other Eminent Persons Classic Reprint
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 0266404286.G ISBN : 0266404286 9780266404286
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Abraham Lincoln
Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln Vol. 1 Classic Reprint
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 0332997014.G ISBN : 0332997014 9780332997018
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Abraham Lincoln
Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln Vol. 12 Classic Reprint
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 0365881333.G ISBN : 0365881333 9780365881339
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Abraham Lincoln
Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln Vol. 12 Classic Reprint
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 036631887X.G ISBN : 036631887X 9780366318872
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