LEADER 03592nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910957135203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-62310-2 010 $a9786613935557 010 $a0-8093-3206-X 035 $a(CKB)2670000000242535 035 $a(OCoLC)812275661 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10604328 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000756235 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11467436 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000756235 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10751270 035 $a(PQKB)10083413 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse23929 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1354513 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10604328 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL393555 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1354513 035 $a(BIP)46588461 035 $a(BIP)78347729 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000242535 100 $a20120405d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLincoln's forgotten friend, Leonard Swett /$fRobert S. Eckley 210 $aCarbondale $cSouthern Illinois University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (338 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a0-8093-3839-4 311 08$a0-8093-3205-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aA wandering youth -- The road to Mount Pulaski -- The great triumvirate of the Eighth Judicial Circuit -- Politics overtakes the law -- From the Wigwam to Washington -- And the war came -- Witness to the emancipation -- Quicksilver and New Almaden -- This terrible war -- A strategic decision -- Legal advocate and civic leader -- The better angels of our nature. 330 $aIn 1849, while traveling as an attorney on the Eighth Judicial Circuit in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln befriended Leonard Swett (1825 89), a fellow attorney sixteen years his junior. Despite this age difference, the two men built an enduring friendship that continued until Lincoln s assassination in 1865. Until now, no historian has explored Swett s life or his remarkable relationship with the sixteenth president. In this welcome volume," " Robert S. Eckley provides the first biography of Swett, crafting an intimate portrait of his experiences as a loyal member of Lincoln s inner circle. Eckley chronicles Swett s early life and the part he played in Lincoln s political campaigns, including his role as an essential member of the team behind Lincoln s two nominations and elections for the presidency. Swett counseled Lincoln during the formation of his cabinet and served as an unofficial advisor and sounding board during Lincoln s time in office. Throughout his life, Swett wrote a great deal on Lincoln, and planned to write a biography about him, but Swett s death preempted the project. His eloquent and interesting writings about Lincoln are described and reproduced in this volume, some for the first time. With "Lincoln s Forgotten Friend," Eckley removes Swett from the shadows of history and sheds new light on Lincoln s personal relationships and their valuable contributions to his career. "Superior Achievement" from the Illinois State Historical Society, 2013 " 606 $aLawyers$zIllinois$vBiography 607 $aBloomington (Ill.)$vBiography 615 0$aLawyers 676 $a977.3/03092 676 $aB 700 $aEckley$b Robert S$01829041 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910957135203321 996 $aLincoln's forgotten friend, Leonard Swett$94398199 997 $aUNINA