During the summer of 1837 Lincoln represented a widow who claimed an attorney named James Adams stole land from her husband. At the time, Adams was running for probate justice of the peace in Sangamon County, opposed by Lincoln’s friend, Anson Henry. As Adams and Henry campaigned and Lincoln pushed the widow’s case forward, letters […]
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The Lincoln Files
On the morning of Thursday, March 13, seven people gathered around a long wooden table inside the offices of the Lincoln Legal Papers. Few subjects have been written about more than Abraham Lincoln, yet these scholars are constantly uncovering new facts and interesting connections. Two groups, working independently of each other, are currently compiling all […]
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Prison Diaries
Prison is a good place to get some writing done. In the 14th century, Marco Polo recorded his Travels in an Italian cell. Martin Luther King moved a nation with his “Letter From A Birmingham Jail.” Nelson Mandela dictated his autobiography on Robben Island, hiding the papers in a buried can. During his 16-year, on-again, […]
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THE OTHER ELECTION
Springfield District 186 has won awards. But it also has ten schools on the state’s Early Warning List–schools with more than half the students failing to meet state standards two years in a row. It routinely wins grants for reading, technology, science, and math. Yet most of its black students perform below state standards, while […]
