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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... seat of Logan County . Lincoln , as chairman of the Eleventh General Assembly , reported favorably on the bill which carved Logan County out of sprawl- ing Sangamon in 1839. At his suggestion , the new county was named in honor of his ...
... seat of Logan County . Lincoln , as chairman of the Eleventh General Assembly , reported favorably on the bill which carved Logan County out of sprawl- ing Sangamon in 1839. At his suggestion , the new county was named in honor of his ...
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... seat to Mt. Pulaski which , with a population of three hundred , was somewhat larger than Postville . Lincoln played a leading role in the court battle touched off by the transfer . At the time of the original location of the county seat ...
... seat to Mt. Pulaski which , with a population of three hundred , was somewhat larger than Postville . Lincoln played a leading role in the court battle touched off by the transfer . At the time of the original location of the county seat ...
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... seat . ( Both Mason and Cass were outside the Eighth Circuit . ) This resulted in what lawyers call a " severance ... seat of Cass until 1870 , when a group of citizens of the neighboring town of Virginia stole the public records from ...
... seat . ( Both Mason and Cass were outside the Eighth Circuit . ) This resulted in what lawyers call a " severance ... seat of Cass until 1870 , when a group of citizens of the neighboring town of Virginia stole the public records from ...
Contents
Early Contacts | 3 |
The Shape of Things to Come | 21 |
Stuart Lincoln | 35 |
Copyright | |
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