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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... house of the state legislature convened on November 23 , 1840. The Journal of the House of Representatives of the Twelfth General Assembly reveals an in- triguing item under date of November twenty - sixth . A prose- cutor firmly ...
... house of the state legislature convened on November 23 , 1840. The Journal of the House of Representatives of the Twelfth General Assembly reveals an in- triguing item under date of November twenty - sixth . A prose- cutor firmly ...
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... House , around the corner , or at nearby Bailey's Tavern . After a thirty - mile trip due easterly from Urbana , across the " Grand Prairie " region of east central Illinois , Judge Davis led the way to the McCormick House , where , as ...
... House , around the corner , or at nearby Bailey's Tavern . After a thirty - mile trip due easterly from Urbana , across the " Grand Prairie " region of east central Illinois , Judge Davis led the way to the McCormick House , where , as ...
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... House of Representatives , in the State House at Springfield , and unanimously resolved " that Abra- ham Lincoln is the first and only choice of the Republicans of Illinois for the United States Senate . " The convention thereupon ...
... House of Representatives , in the State House at Springfield , and unanimously resolved " that Abra- ham Lincoln is the first and only choice of the Republicans of Illinois for the United States Senate . " The convention thereupon ...
Contents
Early Contacts | 3 |
The Shape of Things to Come | 21 |
Stuart Lincoln | 35 |
Copyright | |
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