Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1R. Clarke Company, 1904 |
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Page 38
... districts , and providing for their choice by the Legislature . Scarcely as yet an expert in the legal pro- fession , he presented himself as a candidate for State's Attorney in his district against John J. Hardin , a distin- guished ...
... districts , and providing for their choice by the Legislature . Scarcely as yet an expert in the legal pro- fession , he presented himself as a candidate for State's Attorney in his district against John J. Hardin , a distin- guished ...
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... District . " It was near the close of the same session that an act was passed removing the State capital from Vandalia to Springfield , a measure due more to the exertions of Lincoln than of any other member , even of the " Long Nine ...
... District . " It was near the close of the same session that an act was passed removing the State capital from Vandalia to Springfield , a measure due more to the exertions of Lincoln than of any other member , even of the " Long Nine ...
Page 48
... District Court and the Supreme * These are his own words . Mr. Herndon gives a later date . Court of Illinois soon came to hold their sessions here ( 48 ) CHAPTER IV ― ADMITTED TO THE BAR REMOVAL TO SPRINGFIELD LAW-POLITICS PERSONALITIES -
... District Court and the Supreme * These are his own words . Mr. Herndon gives a later date . Court of Illinois soon came to hold their sessions here ( 48 ) CHAPTER IV ― ADMITTED TO THE BAR REMOVAL TO SPRINGFIELD LAW-POLITICS PERSONALITIES -
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... District , judges and lawyers travel- ing mainly by private conveyance . Roads were bad and tavern accommodations simple . The court - houses were neither sightly nor spacious . These pilgrimages had their adventures and tales , which a ...
... District , judges and lawyers travel- ing mainly by private conveyance . Roads were bad and tavern accommodations simple . The court - houses were neither sightly nor spacious . These pilgrimages had their adventures and tales , which a ...
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... district convention was called to meet in May ( 1843 ) . His own county had a larger number of delegates than any other , and he had certainly well earned its support . But there was another Springfield aspirant , Edward D. Baker ; and ...
... district convention was called to meet in May ( 1843 ) . His own county had a larger number of delegates than any other , and he had certainly well earned its support . But there was another Springfield aspirant , Edward D. Baker ; and ...
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