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| Title | Book, "Livingston's Law Register" (copy owned by Abraham Lincoln) |
| Coverage / Year | 1851 to 1853;
Victorian/Antebellum Springfield, IL |
| Description | "Livingston's Law Register, For 1852, containing the Post Office address of every lawyer in the United States. Published in New York, entered according to an act of Congress in the year 1851 by John Livingston." Printed by Neal and Pate. L 9" x W 5 7/8" x D 1". |
| Interpretation | Written in the book, in pencil, is the following inscription: "This volume owned by Abraham Lincoln when he practiced law in Springfield, IL./Lewis Gardner Reynolds after Capt. Osborne Hamline Oldroyd/N.A. Lough." |
| Lesson Plans / Themes | American Communities in History; Antebellum Society and the Civil War; How we learn about communities |
| Learning Standards | 16 History |
| Author or Creator | Neal and Pate; Livingston, John |
| Other Contributors | Oldroyd, Osbourne
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| Source | Transferred from Ford's Theatre NHS, Washington, D.C. |
| Subject / Keywords | Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Book; Books; Written Communication; Publishing |
| Collection Publisher | Lincoln Home National Historic Site
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| Further Information | For any further information related to this record, please contact the Collection Publisher. See http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc for more information about this project. |
| Rights Management Statement | http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc/conditions.htm |
| Resource Identifier | LIHO 5393 |
| CONTENTdm file name | 2185114562003_5393.jpg |
