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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... York Daily News of October 30 , 1860 , likened him to " any other clever , awkward , jolly , common place , hum - drum lawyer and politician of a small country city . ” The fact of the matter is that he tried important matters and was ...
... York Daily News of October 30 , 1860 , likened him to " any other clever , awkward , jolly , common place , hum - drum lawyer and politician of a small country city . ” The fact of the matter is that he tried important matters and was ...
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... York ; an inability to stay on the wagon for any length of time was all that prevented him from rising to a position at the top of the Illinois bar . One of the most conspicuous ornaments of the Sangamon bar , which included a high ...
... York ; an inability to stay on the wagon for any length of time was all that prevented him from rising to a position at the top of the Illinois bar . One of the most conspicuous ornaments of the Sangamon bar , which included a high ...
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... York , and ran for Governor of the State on the Democratic ticket . History of Champaign County , ed . by Joseph O. Cunningham ( Chi- cago , 1905 ) , II , p . 901 . 13. Whitney , Life on the Circuit with Lincoln , p . 466 . 14. Harry E ...
... York , and ran for Governor of the State on the Democratic ticket . History of Champaign County , ed . by Joseph O. Cunningham ( Chi- cago , 1905 ) , II , p . 901 . 13. Whitney , Life on the Circuit with Lincoln , p . 466 . 14. Harry E ...
Contents
Early Contacts | 3 |
The Shape of Things to Come | 21 |
Stuart Lincoln | 35 |
Copyright | |
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