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 25
... involved for the most part small amounts and were relatively uncomplicated— only four had attended college or law school . Observing closely their methods , Lincoln must have realized , if anything more pointedly than before , that a ...
... involved for the most part small amounts and were relatively uncomplicated— only four had attended college or law school . Observing closely their methods , Lincoln must have realized , if anything more pointedly than before , that a ...
Page 138
... involved in his acceptance of the case , one may be certain that , once in it , Lincoln tried it to the hilt . Few judgments can be more shallow than the one which would have us believe that Lincoln in effect threw in his hand and ...
... involved in his acceptance of the case , one may be certain that , once in it , Lincoln tried it to the hilt . Few judgments can be more shallow than the one which would have us believe that Lincoln in effect threw in his hand and ...
Page 178
... involved in bringing the cases on for trial , and then await- ing arrival of the more experienced trial lawyers at terms of court . It is an interesting fact that , while for the most part the visiting attorneys had their court papers ...
... involved in bringing the cases on for trial , and then await- ing arrival of the more experienced trial lawyers at terms of court . It is an interesting fact that , while for the most part the visiting attorneys had their court papers ...
Contents
Early Contacts | 3 |
The Shape of Things to Come | 21 |
Stuart Lincoln | 35 |
Copyright | |
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