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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... Stuart was chiefly instrumen- tal in bringing about Lincoln's eventual decision to enter the field of the law . During the legislative campaign of 1834 , Lincoln was much in the company of Stuart , who was then a fellow can- didate for ...
... Stuart was chiefly instrumen- tal in bringing about Lincoln's eventual decision to enter the field of the law . During the legislative campaign of 1834 , Lincoln was much in the company of Stuart , who was then a fellow can- didate for ...
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... Stuart . April 12 , 1837. John T. Stuart . Henry E. Dummer . " Congenial though the personal relations of the partners had been , Dummer was dissatisfied , perhaps for the same reason which later moved Lincoln to sever the Stuart con ...
... Stuart . April 12 , 1837. John T. Stuart . Henry E. Dummer . " Congenial though the personal relations of the partners had been , Dummer was dissatisfied , perhaps for the same reason which later moved Lincoln to sever the Stuart con ...
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... Stuart , an association which was not to end until Stuart's death . Though the bulk of their practice was in the State Supreme Court and in the federal courts , they did a con- siderable amount of circuit work until the middle ' fifties ...
... Stuart , an association which was not to end until Stuart's death . Though the bulk of their practice was in the State Supreme Court and in the federal courts , they did a con- siderable amount of circuit work until the middle ' fifties ...
Contents
Early Contacts | 3 |
The Shape of Things to Come | 21 |
Stuart Lincoln | 35 |
Copyright | |
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