A. Hyatt Smith arrived at Janesville — the passages disagree: November 22, 1842 or December 1842 .

The evidence

• “He immediately entered upon a large and lucrative practice in partnership with his former preceptors, one of whom, James Smith, retiring from the firm on account of failing health. "Working unremittingly for six years so impaired his health that his physicians advised a change of climate, and accordingly he arrived at Janesville on November 22, 1842. Here Mr.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/32-courts-and-legal-profession.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 251 / book p. 752

  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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