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Early Reminiscences of the Bar in Washington County Iowa
A memoir recounts arrival in Washington Iowa 1856 54 years of practice in Newton admission to the bar in Albany New York experiences in Iowa courts judge Seevers misrules and vivid courtroom anecdotes notable lawyers Wm Seevers Samuel Rice M M Crocker Gil Folsom W Penn Clark Templin Judge Smith and Judge Cook are named with glimpses of Civil War eras and a veteran account of social scenes after Hood’s defeat at Nashville including a drinking episode with a Jewish merchant in Vicksburg and a Davenport death anecdote.
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Washington
Patterson
Old Court House
Ross
Judge Ross
Pennsylvania Hotel
Iowa
Jasper
Newton
Prairies
McFarland
Albany
New York
Albany Law School
Wm. Seevers
Supreme Court
Samuel Rice
M. M. Crocker
Atty. Woods
Seevers
Oho
Iown
Crocker
Court of Appeas
New York State
Cady
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Smith
Cedar Rapids
Cook
Iowa City
Gil Folsom
W. Penn Clark
Templin
J. W. Templin
Folsom
Our
Hostetter
Wm. Penn Clark
Vicksburg
Hood
Nashville
Darkie
Clark
Davenport