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 174
... hundred dollars . Prior to then , the 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 ...
... hundred dollars . Prior to then , the 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 ...
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... hundred dollars . I would not go through the same labor and vexa- tion again for five hundred ; · • • Yours & c A. Lincoln19 It would appear to have been more or less established practice among lawyers , where action had to be ...
... hundred dollars . I would not go through the same labor and vexa- tion again for five hundred ; · • • Yours & c A. Lincoln19 It would appear to have been more or less established practice among lawyers , where action had to be ...
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... hundred and thirty feet long , side wheels thirty feet in diameter , and a capacity of seven hundred tons , the steamer was the last word in river packets . Christened the Effie Afton , she was owned by Captain John S. Hurd of ...
... hundred and thirty feet long , side wheels thirty feet in diameter , and a capacity of seven hundred tons , the steamer was the last word in river packets . Christened the Effie Afton , she was owned by Captain John S. Hurd of ...
Contents
Early Contacts | 3 |
The Shape of Things to Come | 21 |
Stuart Lincoln | 35 |
Copyright | |
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