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 115
... records of the Spring- field Marine and Fire Insurance Company , he came upon one of the most significant Lincoln finds in years - three journals and a store ledger of John Irwin & Company and Robert Irwin & Com- pany , covering the ...
... records of the Spring- field Marine and Fire Insurance Company , he came upon one of the most significant Lincoln finds in years - three journals and a store ledger of John Irwin & Company and Robert Irwin & Com- pany , covering the ...
Page 222
... records of his earlier cases there are incomplete , sufficient data is at hand to show that even during the early years of his practice Lincoln received his fair share of business in the United States courts . When Lincoln was admitted ...
... records of his earlier cases there are incomplete , sufficient data is at hand to show that even during the early years of his practice Lincoln received his fair share of business in the United States courts . When Lincoln was admitted ...
Page 230
... records of many of Lincoln's cases in the federal courts of Illinois were lost in the fire traditionally attributed to Mrs. O'Leary's cow . A number of the surviving files may be found in the Federal Records Center in Chicago ; the case ...
... records of many of Lincoln's cases in the federal courts of Illinois were lost in the fire traditionally attributed to Mrs. O'Leary's cow . A number of the surviving files may be found in the Federal Records Center in Chicago ; the case ...
Contents
Early Contacts | 3 |
The Shape of Things to Come | 21 |
Stuart Lincoln | 35 |
Copyright | |
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