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 93
... Peoria , in connection with the little known " Jackass Suit " of Jacob B. Backenstos v . Baldwin S. Samuel , in which he rep- resented the defendant . The case , a recent discovery , involved , among other things , a sale by the ...
... Peoria , in connection with the little known " Jackass Suit " of Jacob B. Backenstos v . Baldwin S. Samuel , in which he rep- resented the defendant . The case , a recent discovery , involved , among other things , a sale by the ...
Page 156
... Peoria , by way of New York , an associate of Lincoln on the judicial circuit and one of the outstanding personages ... Peoria to each settler who had not " heretofore received a confirmation of claim or donation of any tract of land or ...
... Peoria , by way of New York , an associate of Lincoln on the judicial circuit and one of the outstanding personages ... Peoria to each settler who had not " heretofore received a confirmation of claim or donation of any tract of land or ...
Page 235
... Peoria Bridge Case . The plaintiff insurance company , having paid out on the claim of their assured , whose steamboat had been sunk by striking a pier of a railroad bridge over the Illinois River near Peoria , was subrogated to the ...
... Peoria Bridge Case . The plaintiff insurance company , having paid out on the claim of their assured , whose steamboat had been sunk by striking a pier of a railroad bridge over the Illinois River near Peoria , was subrogated to the ...
Contents
Early Contacts | 3 |
The Shape of Things to Come | 21 |
Stuart Lincoln | 35 |
Copyright | |
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