Friday,
December 5, 1845.Springfield,
IL. | [Either at June or Dec. term of U.S.
Court, Lincoln is associate of Grant Goodrich in three cases in which Grace
Lawson (Lawrence) is defendant. Cases involve fraud and misrepresentation in
sale of land. Butterfield, Collins, and Baker are attorneys for defendant.
"Lincoln in closing the case" wrote Goodrich, "made the best jury argument I
ever heard him make."Hertz,
Hidden Lincoln,
330.] |