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... took this practice and how he handled it . To begin at the end , I think he took very little lobbying busi- ness . I base this upon the almost total want of documentation to the contrary . We are dealing with a heavily documented figure ...
... took this practice and how he handled it . To begin at the end , I think he took very little lobbying busi- ness . I base this upon the almost total want of documentation to the contrary . We are dealing with a heavily documented figure ...
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John Paul Frank. LINCOLN AS A LAWYER Lincoln took the opposite view . Lincoln thereupon took up the exposition of his view that " there was nothing of the principle of the Nebraska bill in the Compromise of 1850 at all - nothing whatever ...
John Paul Frank. LINCOLN AS A LAWYER Lincoln took the opposite view . Lincoln thereupon took up the exposition of his view that " there was nothing of the principle of the Nebraska bill in the Compromise of 1850 at all - nothing whatever ...
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... took him out of Illinois was the McCormick reaper patent case , which became a source of considerable embarrass- ment to everyone involved in it . Lincoln had been originally retained by eastern counsel because this case was to be tried ...
... took him out of Illinois was the McCormick reaper patent case , which became a source of considerable embarrass- ment to everyone involved in it . Lincoln had been originally retained by eastern counsel because this case was to be tried ...
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