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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... connection with the pros- ecution of criminal causes . It was not uncommon in Illinois for state's attorneys to be replaced , temporarily , by outside counsel . While prosecutors on the political make were ( and are ) rarely beset with ...
... connection with the pros- ecution of criminal causes . It was not uncommon in Illinois for state's attorneys to be replaced , temporarily , by outside counsel . While prosecutors on the political make were ( and are ) rarely beset with ...
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... connection with a suit to sustain a patent , brought against it by Cyrus H. McCormick , the original inventor of the mechanical reaper which , capable of doing the work of ten strong men , had rev- olutionized farming . Emerson's connection ...
... connection with a suit to sustain a patent , brought against it by Cyrus H. McCormick , the original inventor of the mechanical reaper which , capable of doing the work of ten strong men , had rev- olutionized farming . Emerson's connection ...
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... connection across the big stream . Despite the bitter antagonism of powerful river interests - who foresaw in the creation of through rail routes from east to west the diversion of much traffic from the river and the serious loss of ...
... connection across the big stream . Despite the bitter antagonism of powerful river interests - who foresaw in the creation of through rail routes from east to west the diversion of much traffic from the river and the serious loss of ...
Contents
Early Contacts | 3 |
The Shape of Things to Come | 21 |
Stuart Lincoln | 35 |
Copyright | |
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