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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC04471.11 |
From Archive Folder | Collection of materials related to Lincoln's Cooper Institute speech 27 February 1860 |
Title | Appointment of Cephas Brainerd as Attorney of the Supreme Court |
Date | 13 January 1873 |
Author | Middleton, Daniel Wesley (1805-1880) |
Document Type | Government document |
Content Description | Middleton, clerk of the Supreme Court, appoints Brainerd as attorney of the U.S. Supreme Court per a motion made by former congressman, senator and judge Truman Smith. Smith was Brainerd's former law partner. |
Subjects | Supreme Court Law Government and Civics Congress |
People | Middleton, Daniel Wesley (1805-1880) Brainerd, Cephas (1831-1910) Smith, Truman (1791-1884) |
Place written | Washington |
Theme | Government & Politics; Law |
Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
Additional Information | Brainerd, a lawyer, contributed historical and analytical notes to Abraham Lincoln's Cooper Institute address given 27 February 1860 when published. Truman was a U.S. congressman and senator. |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |