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 82
... held incom- municado and interrogated at length by the police , the mayor and Josiah Lamborn , one of the most picturesque characters at the early Illinois bar , then serving as Attorney General . After intensive questioning for the ...
... held incom- municado and interrogated at length by the police , the mayor and Josiah Lamborn , one of the most picturesque characters at the early Illinois bar , then serving as Attorney General . After intensive questioning for the ...
Page 221
... held until his death in 1850 , when he was succeeded by Thomas Drummond . Linder's sprightly collection of character sketches of coeval figures of the Illinois bench and bar describes Pope as an " eminent lawyer , " who " was pretty ...
... held until his death in 1850 , when he was succeeded by Thomas Drummond . Linder's sprightly collection of character sketches of coeval figures of the Illinois bench and bar describes Pope as an " eminent lawyer , " who " was pretty ...
Page 361
... held at Ottawa , Illinois , on August 21 , 1858. Subsequent debates were held at Freeport ( August 27 ) , Jonesboro ( September 15 ) , Charleston ( September 18 ) , Galesburg ( October 7 ) , Quincy ( October 13 ) and Alton ( October 15 ) ...
... held at Ottawa , Illinois , on August 21 , 1858. Subsequent debates were held at Freeport ( August 27 ) , Jonesboro ( September 15 ) , Charleston ( September 18 ) , Galesburg ( October 7 ) , Quincy ( October 13 ) and Alton ( October 15 ) ...
Contents
Early Contacts | 3 |
The Shape of Things to Come | 21 |
Stuart Lincoln | 35 |
Copyright | |
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