Lincoln’s Last Trial

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Robert Roberts Hitt, dedicated court reporter, prepared a remarkable transcript of a murder case heard in Sangamon County, Illinois, in the summer of 1859. The case involved everyone in the community of Pleasant Plains, including Abraham Lincoln. It was Lincoln who represented “Peachy” Quinn Harrison in the murder of Greek Crafton, a young man who did much of his training as a clerk under Lincoln.

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