A. Lincoln, Prairie LawyerAuthor makes use of the Herndon-Weik Papers, first opened to the public in 1942, and of the Robert Todd Lincoln Collection, which was not accessible until 1947, in the biography of Abraham Lincoln as a lawyer. |
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Page 134
... Circuit of Moultrie County in 1843 brought another county seat , Sullivan , within easy traveling dis- tance of Charleston . The records disclose that Lincoln had two other cases at the fall term , 1847 , of the Coles Circuit Court . In ...
... Circuit of Moultrie County in 1843 brought another county seat , Sullivan , within easy traveling dis- tance of Charleston . The records disclose that Lincoln had two other cases at the fall term , 1847 , of the Coles Circuit Court . In ...
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... judicial system , the first circuit courts , five in num- ber , each to be presided over by a circuit judge , at an annual salary of six hundred dollars . Prior to then , the four Supreme Court Judges , each of whom received a yearly ...
... judicial system , the first circuit courts , five in num- ber , each to be presided over by a circuit judge , at an annual salary of six hundred dollars . Prior to then , the four Supreme Court Judges , each of whom received a yearly ...
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... Circuit Court , 188-91 ; and Douglas , compared as law- yers , 190 ; in Tazewell Circuit Court , 193-6 ; in Woodford Cir- cuit Court , 196-7 ; never both- ered by intolerable conditions of circuit travel , 198-9 ; in Mc- Lean Circuit Court ...
... Circuit Court , 188-91 ; and Douglas , compared as law- yers , 190 ; in Tazewell Circuit Court , 193-6 ; in Woodford Cir- cuit Court , 196-7 ; never both- ered by intolerable conditions of circuit travel , 198-9 ; in Mc- Lean Circuit Court ...
Contents
Early Contacts | 3 |
The Shape of Things to Come | 21 |
Stuart Lincoln | 35 |
Copyright | |
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