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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... field from New Salem and borrow law books . Sometimes he walked but generally rode . He was the most uncouth looking ... fields of inquiry which stirred his questing mind , Lincoln verified the maxim that it is better to know ...
... field from New Salem and borrow law books . Sometimes he walked but generally rode . He was the most uncouth looking ... fields of inquiry which stirred his questing mind , Lincoln verified the maxim that it is better to know ...
Page 67
... Field v . The People , presented such a situation . Alexander Pope Field , a Whig wheel horse , was , as has been noted , at one time considered among the forefront of the state's criminal law- yers . He also is said to have obtained ...
... Field v . The People , presented such a situation . Alexander Pope Field , a Whig wheel horse , was , as has been noted , at one time considered among the forefront of the state's criminal law- yers . He also is said to have obtained ...
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... Field , filed a motion to quash the writ , which motion was granted by Judge Treat . The same day , the Supreme Court up- held Field's right to the office of Secretary of State . By then , however , Field , a contentious individual ...
... Field , filed a motion to quash the writ , which motion was granted by Judge Treat . The same day , the Supreme Court up- held Field's right to the office of Secretary of State . By then , however , Field , a contentious individual ...
Contents
Early Contacts | 3 |
The Shape of Things to Come | 21 |
Stuart Lincoln | 35 |
Copyright | |
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