Title: The Case of Abraham Lincoln
First published: October 30, 2007
Description: Documents the events surrounding a mid-nineteenth-century Springfield blacksmith's murder trial that would define Abraham Lincoln's legal career, evaluating how the case reflected the beliefs of the time and placed Lincoln in the national spotlight.
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900, Death and burial, Trials (Murder), Presidents, Career in law, Adultery, Poisoning, Biography, History, Trials (Homicide), Poisons and poisoning, Law, Lincoln, abraham, 1809-1865, Presidents, united states, Springfield (ill.), Illinois, biography, Murder, illinois