Lincoln, the lawyer (1912) (14767748515)

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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

Digitizing Sponsor: State of Indiana through the Indiana State Library

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■T^y/v XVI LIFE ON THE ILLINOIS CIRCUIT IT has been repeatedly asserted that Lin-colns legal reputation was entirely local,and that he was unknown as a lawyerbeyond his immediate neighborhood; yetit is a fact that he had no sooner an-nounced his intention to resume practicethan he was offered a partnership by Mr.Grant Goodrich, one of the prominent attorneysof Chicago, with a wide and lucrative clientage.Lincoln had an idea, however, that he was threat-ened with consumption, and fearing that citywork would undermine his health, he declinedthe proposal and returned to his old office inSpringfield. There is no evidence, except his own, thatHerndon maintained anything more than a nom-inal practice after he was left to his own devices;but nevertheless Lincoln offered to continue the 161 LINCOLN THE LAWYER partnership with him on the same generous termswhich had governed their original alliance, andin the spring of 1849 the firm of Lincoln &Herndon again started in business, with hea

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