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Title: Lincoln, the lawyer
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Hill, Frederick Trevor, 1866-1930
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lawyers Presidents
Publisher: New York : Century Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
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waited thearrival of the circuit judge and the attend-ant bar, when they could look over the fieldand pick out the most available champion. Fre-quently, however, the local attorneys were re-tained to prepare the papers, with instructions toselect a suitable man for the court work when thecircuit-riding bar arrived on the scene. Therewas therefore an excellent chance of securinggood business by constant attendance on theitinerant court, and the lawyer who visited allthe counties was certain to be more widely knownthan any of his fellow-practitioners. At thetime of Lincolns second partnership with Hern-don, however, such work was more a matter ofchoice than necessity. Doubtless the firm couldhave made a satisfactory income had the seniorpartner devoted himself to the courts nearest hishome and maintained a branch office in the dis-tant counties, as other lawyers did; but he likedthe freedom of the road, and the happiest daysof his life were those he passed on these longlegal tours. 168
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Map of Illinois The shaded portion indicates the circuit of Lincolns law practice The Eighth Circuit, as organized under the provisions of the Illinois Session Laws of 1847, page31, is shown by the shaded area on the above map. Later (in 1853) it was reduced to Sangamon,Logan, McLean, Woodford, Tazewell, DeWitt, Champaign, and Vermilion counties (IllinoisSession Laws, 1853, page 63); and in 1857 it was further reduced to DeWitt, Logan, McLean,Champaign, and Vermilion counties (Illinois Session Laws, 1857, page 12). Even after Sangamoncounty was transferred to another circuit, Lincoln still continued to travel the Eighth. LINCOLN THE LAWYER Traveling the circuit was comparatively com-fortable in the fifties, but it still lacked some-thing of the luxurious, and at times it involvedhardships which could be surmounted only by thebest of health and spirits. The judge and his flock usually started outfrom the State capital as soon as the roadsadmitted of travel in the early spring, and drov

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