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 78
... Logan & Lincoln , though their association is said to have commenced on April fourteenth , the date of disso- lution of the Stuart and Lincoln partnership . During the two - week ... Logan , soon to attain to a leading [ 78 ] Logan & Lincoln.
... Logan & Lincoln , though their association is said to have commenced on April fourteenth , the date of disso- lution of the Stuart and Lincoln partnership . During the two - week ... Logan , soon to attain to a leading [ 78 ] Logan & Lincoln.
Page 79
... Logan's commanding talents and acquisitive ways , this meant a very real financial sacrifice . He opened his first court in Sangamon County on March 9 , 1835 , the same day that Douglas began his career as State's At- torney . It was ...
... Logan's commanding talents and acquisitive ways , this meant a very real financial sacrifice . He opened his first court in Sangamon County on March 9 , 1835 , the same day that Douglas began his career as State's At- torney . It was ...
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... Logan terminated . As in the case of Stuart , the dissolution was effected amicably . Logan told Herndon : " Our partnership continued perhaps three years . I then told him [ Lincoln ] that I wished to take my son David with me who had ...
... Logan terminated . As in the case of Stuart , the dissolution was effected amicably . Logan told Herndon : " Our partnership continued perhaps three years . I then told him [ Lincoln ] that I wished to take my son David with me who had ...
Contents
Early Contacts | 3 |
The Shape of Things to Come | 21 |
Stuart Lincoln | 35 |
Copyright | |
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