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 79
... March , 1837. The office had become irksome to him , his ener- getic nature and great talent requiring a less circumscribed field of activity . A likely contributing factor was the fact that the post paid a salary of but six hundred ...
... March , 1837. The office had become irksome to him , his ener- getic nature and great talent requiring a less circumscribed field of activity . A likely contributing factor was the fact that the post paid a salary of but six hundred ...
Page 191
... March term , 1851. His delaying action availed the defend- ant nothing , however , for came the day of judgment on March 19 , 1851 , when the defendants were forced to trial . The result was never in doubt , the jury promptly convicting ...
... March term , 1851. His delaying action availed the defend- ant nothing , however , for came the day of judgment on March 19 , 1851 , when the defendants were forced to trial . The result was never in doubt , the jury promptly convicting ...
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... March , 1863 , while a judge of the circuit court , Constable was arrested at Charleston by the Federal authorities ... March 28 , 1864 , " Journal of the Illinois State Hist . Soc . , March 1940 , pp . 7–56 . 24. Beveridge , Abraham ...
... March , 1863 , while a judge of the circuit court , Constable was arrested at Charleston by the Federal authorities ... March 28 , 1864 , " Journal of the Illinois State Hist . Soc . , March 1940 , pp . 7–56 . 24. Beveridge , Abraham ...
Contents
Early Contacts | 3 |
The Shape of Things to Come | 21 |
Stuart Lincoln | 35 |
Copyright | |
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