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 94
... four sons and four daughters set a lively tempo , was a center of entertainment , and strangers were always welcome . That he was thrifty and not indifferent to making money seems undisputed , for he accumulated a comfort- LOGAN ...
... four sons and four daughters set a lively tempo , was a center of entertainment , and strangers were always welcome . That he was thrifty and not indifferent to making money seems undisputed , for he accumulated a comfort- LOGAN ...
Page 174
... four Supreme Court Judges , each of whom received a yearly salary of eight hundred dollars , held circuit court sessions . The public sense of a wise economy was apparently shocked at the expenditure of sixty - two hundred dollars each ...
... four Supreme Court Judges , each of whom received a yearly salary of eight hundred dollars , held circuit court sessions . The public sense of a wise economy was apparently shocked at the expenditure of sixty - two hundred dollars each ...
Page 323
... four hundred thousand dollars . Peter H. Watson , a patent attorney of Washington , D.C. , representing the Manny interests , called upon Lincoln at the latter's home in June , 1855 and paid him a retainer of four hundred dollars . It ...
... four hundred thousand dollars . Peter H. Watson , a patent attorney of Washington , D.C. , representing the Manny interests , called upon Lincoln at the latter's home in June , 1855 and paid him a retainer of four hundred dollars . It ...
Contents
Early Contacts | 3 |
The Shape of Things to Come | 21 |
Stuart Lincoln | 35 |
Copyright | |
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