Logan County Courthouse in Greenfield Village, September 2007

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Digital image

Subject Date

September 2007

Creators

Creator Notes

Photographed by Michelle Andonian.

Location

Object ID

2008.171.986

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Technique

Digital photography (Digital camera)

Color

Multicolored

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Artifact
Logan County Courthouse
Between 1840 and 1847, Abraham Lincoln tried cases here as a traveling lawyer. Visiting once or twice a year, he worked mostly on cases resolving neighbors' disagreements over land, contracts, and debts. As Lincoln traveled, people got to know him because he always took time to talk to them. This helped him earn votes later when he went into politics.