Once Upon a House

Winter 1843

A law student reported for the "Argus" newspaper of Madison the proceedings of the lower house of the territorial legislature.

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The evidence

  • “For over three years he resided in Green Bay, spending his time as a law student and as clerk in the United States Land Office, while he also engaged in the survey of government lands. In the winter of 1843-44 he reported for the "Argus" newspaper of Madison the proceedings of the lower house of the territorial”

    1908-brown-rock-county/32-courts-and-legal-profession.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 239 / book p. 741

    Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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    The passage on the printed page (Vol. 2, PDF p. 239 / book p. 741)
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