The Editor has attempted in this volume to give readers a full
and accurate text of Abraham Lincoln's most important works.
Three considerations have guided his choice of selections: literary
significance, historical importance, and human interest.
World Publishing Company
Dane L Tubergen Collection Ref. 973.7092 Lin
Lincoln Prairie Lawyer
On a March day in 1837 there fatefully stood before
the Clerk of the Illinois Supreme Court a tall,
melancholy man of twenty-eight who, with right
hand upraised, swore to 'in all things faithfully
execute the duties of Attorney and Counselor
at Law...
Bramhall House Publishing
Alfred E. Gutstein Collection Ref. 923.173 Duf
