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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... Eighth Circuit , Lincoln practiced there fairly frequently from 1841 ( following the change which added Shelby County to the Eighth Circuit on February 23 , 1841 , making Shelbyville the closest county seat on that circuit to Charleston ) ...
... Eighth Circuit , Lincoln practiced there fairly frequently from 1841 ( following the change which added Shelby County to the Eighth Circuit on February 23 , 1841 , making Shelbyville the closest county seat on that circuit to Charleston ) ...
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... Circuit took in the counties of Sangamon , Morgan , Greene , Macoupin , Tazewell , McLean and Macon , as then bounded . During the first two years of his practice ... circuit by transferring Menard County THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT [ 175 ]
... Circuit took in the counties of Sangamon , Morgan , Greene , Macoupin , Tazewell , McLean and Macon , as then bounded . During the first two years of his practice ... circuit by transferring Menard County THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT [ 175 ]
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... Eighth Circuit court- room , with original furnishings , in which appeared not only Lincoln , but Douglas , Adlai E. Stevenson , later to become Vice President under Cleveland , and Robert G ... EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT ( Continued ) [ 197 ]
... Eighth Circuit court- room , with original furnishings , in which appeared not only Lincoln , but Douglas , Adlai E. Stevenson , later to become Vice President under Cleveland , and Robert G ... EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT ( Continued ) [ 197 ]
Contents
Early Contacts | 3 |
The Shape of Things to Come | 21 |
Stuart Lincoln | 35 |
Copyright | |
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