The law practice of Abraham Lincoln

First publication of the Lincoln Legal Papers to document the law practice of Abraham Lincoln from 1836 to 1861. Includes documents for more than 5,600 cases and legal matters in which Lincoln participated. Users may search for cases by case name, participant, date, court, legal action, subject; or documents by document type, date, author or signer. Allows researchers to study Lincoln's development as a lawyer, trace the formation of the court system in the Midwest, research legal history and the development of law, and discover antebellum social history through court records.