Logan County Courthouse: Where Abraham Lincoln Practiced Law

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Henry Ford admired Abraham Lincoln’s humble character and his embodiment of the “self-made man.” Ford collected many Lincoln-related artifacts, including the Logan County, Illinois, courthouse where Lincoln practiced law between 1840 and 1847.

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Portrait of Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, 1846-1847

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Interior of Logan County Courthouse at Its Original Site, circa 1900, Used as a Private Residence

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Interior of Logan County Courthouse at Its Original Site, circa 1925, Used as a Private Residence - 1

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Interior of Logan County Courthouse at Its Original Site, circa 1925, Used as a Private Residence - 2

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Interior of Logan County Courthouse at Its Original Site, circa 1925, Used as a Private Residence - 3

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Detroit News Clipping from September 3, 1929, "Ford Visits Court House Made Famous by Lincoln"

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Logan County Courthouse Being Reconstructed in Greenfield Village, October 2, 1929

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The Abraham Lincoln Chair Being Uncrated after Shipment to Greenfield Village, January 1930

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Charles Roscoe Miles with Henry Ford in Greenfield Village, October 1934

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Interior of Logan County Courthouse in Greenfield Village, March 1935

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President Herbert Hoover with Henry Ford in Logan County Courthouse, Greenfield Village, May 1937

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Student Play inside Logan County Courthouse, Greenfield Village, February 1938

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Actors inside Logan County Courthouse, Greenfield Village, 1983

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"First Court House of Logan County Where Abraham Lincoln Practiced Law, Lincoln, Ill.," 1927 Postcard

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