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Title: An illustrated history of the State of Iowa : being a complete civil, political, and military history of the state, from its first exploration down to 1875; including a cyclopaedia of legislation during the administration of each of the governors, from Lucas (1836) to Carpenter; with historical and descriptive sketches of each county in the state separately, embracing interesting narratives of pioneer life, including an account of the commercial, agricultural and educational growth of Iowa
Year: 1876 (1870s)
Authors: Tuttle, Charles R. (Charles Richard), b. 1848 Durrie, Daniel S. (Daniel Steele), 1819-1892
Subjects: Mormons
Publisher: Chicago : Richard S. Peale & Company
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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awyer was erroneous, I)elieve the whole claim is a fraud. This changed about onemlf the jury; and they disagreed, and were discharged. Beforehe next term of court, the judges client committed some act ofborder warfare, somewhat common in Iowa in those days, andled the country, and neither he nor his have since been heard of.9 130 TuTTLifs History of Iowa. Those were grand old days of pleasantry among lawyers ofIowa. But what changes has time made upon them ! Severalof the most eloquent have long since passed to the summer land;several have retired from the bar, oppressed with the weight ofyears; and those who still linger on this side of the river, arewhitened with the frosts of age. A little while yet, and the pio-neer lawyer of Iowa, like its old settlers in common, will belongto the history of the past; but the many anecdotes of their gen-iality, sociability and forensic displays will survive them, andencourage those who succeed them, to rival their pleasantness,virtues and honors.
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CHAPTER XV. ADMINISTRATION OF GOY. LUCAS. Second Session of the Territorial Legislature — Legislative Statistics — The Capital. The second session of the territorial legislature convened atBurlington on the 4th of November and adjourned January 17,1840; and an extra session was held at the same place on the13th of July, 1840. Of the regular session, Steph. Hempsteadwas elected president and B. F. Wallace, secretary; and in thehouse, Edward Johnson was chosen speaker and Jos. T. Fales,clerk. Soon after the meeting of the legislature, the proceedingsof that body were interrupted by the death of Hon. Wm. B.Conway, secretary of the territory; and at that time therewere no provisions by statute for any person to discharge theduties of that office in case of a vacancy. To meet this emer-gency, the legislature passed a joint resolution appointing Chas.Weston fiscal agent, making it his duty to take charge of theoffice of the secretary, and perform the duties of that office,so far as prac

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