Acknowledgments
Preface
Editorial Method
Historical Introduction
1. Lincoln on Being a Lawyer
2. Cannan v. Kenney • Cannan v. Kenney (1837-1841)
3. Rogers v. Rogers (1838-1839)
4. Hoffman v. Wernwag • Lockwood v. Wernwag • Marsh v. Wernwag (1839 - 1841)
5. Hall v. Perkins • Perkins v. Hall (1841-1853)
6. Purkapile v. Hornbuckle (1841-1842)
7. In re Johns (1842)
8. Crow and Crow v. Crow et al. (1842)
9. A Term in the Sangamon County Circuit Court (Spring 1842)
10. A Tour of Two Circuits with Lincoln (Spring 1842)
11. Grable v. Margrave (1840-1842)
12. James Bell & Company for the use of Speed v. Hall (1842-1843)
13. Dorman et ux. v. Yost (1841-1852)
14. Todd v. Ware (1843-1844)
15. Wren and Hart v. Wren et al. (1843-1846)
16. People ex rel. Davidson v. Bennett • Wright for the use of Davidson v. Bennett and Bennett (1843-1845)
17. Lewis for the use of Longworth v. Lewis (1845-1849)
18. People v. Lane et al. (1846-1847)
19. In re Bryant et al. • Matson for the use of Coles County, Illinois v. Rutherford (1847-1848)
20. Lewis v. Moffett (1848-1850)
21. McAtee et al. v. Enyert (1849-1852)
22. Coon v. Lloyd et al. (1849-1850)
23. People v. Vandeventer (1850-1851)
24. Tennery et ux. v. Sturgeon (1849-1850)
25. Barret v. Alton & Sangamon Railroad (1851-1852)
26. A Tour of the Circuit with Lincoln (Spring 1852)
27. Grubb v. John Frink & Company (1852-1853)
28. People v. Loe (1852-1853)
29. Stewardson v. Stewardson • Stewardson v. Stewardson (1852-1853)
30. Oldham and Hemingway v. Lincoln et al. (1853-1854)
31. Illinois Central Railroad v. McLean County, Illinois and Parke • Lincoln v. Illinois Central Railroad (1853-1857)
32. Sullivan v. People (1853-1854)
33. People ex rel. Moulton v. Brough et al. (1854)
34. People v. Pearl • People v. Sickler et al. • Pearl and Pearl v. Graham et al. (1854-1855)
35. Allen v. Illinois Central Railroad et al. • Allen v. Illinois Central Railroad (1854-1859)
36. Stigleman, Johnson & Company v. Paddleford and Norton • Stigleman, Johnson & Company v. Paddleford et al. (1854-1857)
37. Welles et al. v. Welles et al. • Matheny v. Welles et al. • Welles et al. v. Hofferkemp et al. (1855-1856)
38. McDaniel et al. v. Correll et al. (1855-1863)
39. Dungey v. Spencer (1855)
40. Clark and Morrison v. Page et al. • Bacon v. Ohio & Mississippi Railroad (1855-1859)
41. Aspinall v. Lewis, Johnson & Company (1856-1857)
42. Eads & Nelson v. Ohio & Mississippi Railroad (1855-1858)
43. Christian County, Illinois v. Overholt & Squier (1856-1857)
44. Rugg v. Haines (1856-1862)
45. Davenport v. Sconce and Don Carlos (1857-1860)
46. Hurd et al. v. Rock Island Bridge Company (1856-1857)
47. Johnston v. Jones and Marsh (1849-1862)
48. People v. Armstrong (1857-1858)
49. S. C. Davis & Company v. Lowry & Randle (1857-1858)
50. People ex rel. Lanphier & Walker v. Hatch (1857-1858)
51. Joyner v. Bowen and Marvel (1858-1861)
52. Bullock v. Viney (1859)
53. People v. Harrison (1859)
54. Lincoln the Lawyer Outside the Courtroom (1832-1860)
55. Lincoln as a Court Official (1838-1860)
Appendix A: Court Structure in Antebellum Illinois
Appendix B: Pleading and Practice in Antebellum Illinois
Maps
Biographical Directory
Glossary
Index