Abraham Lincoln, Esq.: The Legal Career of America's Greatest President

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247 abolitionism, 56, 194, 196 Abraham Lincoln Encyclopedia, The (Neely), 59n6 accommodation parties, 97, 100n13 Adams, Charles Francis, 236, 237 adjudication, 13 Adkins, David, 71 African Americans in armed forces, 34, 238 free status of, in Illinois, 194 intermarriage of whites and, 71 property rights of, 54 See also emancipation; Emancipation Proclamation (1863); slavery Alabama Claims, 237 Albany Democratic Convention, 220–22 alias process, 97, 103n75 A. Lincoln, Prairie Lawyer (Duff), 36 Ally, Nelson, 84–85 Almanac Trial, 6, 7, 45–46, 81, 127–28 alternative dispute resolution, 33 Alton and Sangamon Railroad Company, 180 Alton & Sangamon Railroad v. Carpenter, 123–24 Ambos v. Barret, 109 American Bar Association (ABA), 133, 134, 138, 141, 150–51. See also Model Rule 1.5 (Fees Rule); Model Rules of Professional Conduct (ABA) American Colonization Society, 195 American Lawyer, The (journal), 138 Anno, Thomas, 93–94 Antietam, Battle of (1862), 25, 26, 31, 218, 238 arbitration, 237 Aristotle, 136–38, 159, 162n34, 206 Armstrong, Hannah, 46, 127 Armstrong, Jack, 46, 127 Armstrong, William (“Duff”), 46, 127–28. See also Almanac Trial Army of the Potomac, 216–17 Articles of Confederation, 209–10 Ashmore, Gideon, 194 Aspinall case, 181 assault cases, 126 Association of American Law Schools, 134 attachment, writ of, 107 Augusta College (KY), 188 Austria, 233 Bailey v. Campbell, 45 Baker, Edward D., 88 Bakewell, E. W., 180 Bakewell v. Allin, 177 Baldwin, James, 73 Baldwin, Joseph, 27 Bale, Abram, 176–77 banknotes, 90–91, 192 bankruptcy cases, 69, 89 bankruptcy legislation, 88–89 banks, 81, 90–91 Barret, Richard F., 187–88 Index 248 Index capitalism, 74 Capps, John, 124 Carnahan, Burrus M., 47 Casner, James, 20–21 Cass v. Perkins, 115 Catterlin, William, 68 censorship, 219 Centre College (Danville, KY), 188 Champaign County (IL), 53–54 Chase, Salmon P., 36, 90, 101n53, 171, 218 chattel mortgages in antiquity, 109–12 filing of, 115 in Lincoln’s law practice, 111, 112–16 in nineteenth century, 112 Chicago fire (1871), 89 Chickamauga, Battle of (1863), 196 Chiniquy (French Catholic priest), 53–54 Christian County (IL), 70 Cincinnati (OH), 145–46, 155 civilians, military arrests of, 220–22 Civil War (1861–1865) black troops in, 34, 238 civil liberties during, 219–22 as constitutional crisis, 205, 206–7, 233 dual purposes of, 238 emancipation issue during, 28–30, 32, 41n90, 215–19, 237–38 executive war powers during, 212–15 international law and, 234–40 Kentucky and, 196–97 lawsuits following, 8 Lee’s surrender, 37 legal rationale for, 9 Lincoln as commander-in-chief during, 23, 24–25, 30–32, 34, 35–36, 37, 58, 76, 129 Barrett, James A., 68, 109 Basler, Roy P., 23 Bates, Edward, 229, 232, 235, 236, 239 Bay of Pigs, 231 “bearer” notes, 85, 86 Berger, Raoul, 212 Berry, William F., 85–86, 100n23 bills of exception, 122–23, 125, 126 biographies, 7–8, 45, 81 Bissell (Illinois governor), 147–48 Black Hawk War (1832), 35, 189 Blackledge, Jesse D., 97–98, 103n75 Blackstone, William, 87, 101n34, 106–7, 108, 240 Blair v. Babb et al., 109 Bland, Choice, 68 Blankenship, Eli, 122 Bogue, Vincent A., 84–85 Book, John, 68 Bourbon County (KY), 55, 193 Bradford, John, 71 Brayman, Mason, 177 Brewer, A. L., 97–98 briefs, 50, 61n41 Browning, Orville Hickman, 188 Brown (judge), 92 Brush, Henry, 125 Bryant, Anthony, 195 Bryant, Jane, 54, 55, 194–95. See also Matson case (1847) Buchanan, James, 12, 207 Bullitt, Cuthbert, 218 Bull Run, First Battle of (1861), 25 Burger, Ethan S., 164n60 Burnside, Ambrose E., 32 Butler, Benjamin, 76 Cabot, Eliza, 33 Calhoun, John C., 208, 210–11 Canada, 240 Index 249 Course of Legal Study, A (Hoffman), 171 Cox, LaWanda, 41n90 Craw, Henry A., 69 criminal law, Lincoln as inexperienced in, 72 Cuban Missile Crisis, 231 custody disputes, 75 customs laws, 235, 236 Davis, Cullom, 48 Davis, David, 14 as circuit judge, 68, 122, 172–74 collection practice of, 82 on Lincoln and women, 163n42 Lincoln’s relationship with, 68, 172–74 as Supreme Court judge, 68, 172 Davis, Jefferson, 13 Davis, Levi, 179 debtor-creditor law agricultural economy and, 187 fees charged in, 70 importance of, in Lincoln’s practice, 69–70, 99, 164n63 Lincoln as practitioner of: as defense lawyer, 93–96; extended cases, 96–99, 102n72, 103n75; losses, 96, 124–25; monetary policy and, 90– 91; numbers of cases, 69, 107; as plaintiff’s lawyer, 73; specialization in, 70, 72...