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Type of Document Thesis Author Maynard, Jr., Jackson Wilder Author's Email Address jwmaynard2003@yahoo.com URN etd-04092004-173344 Title "According to Their Capacities and Talents": Frontier Attorneys in Tallahassee During the Territorial Period Degree Master of Arts Department History, Department of Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Dr. Sally Hadden Committee Chair Dr. Jim Jones Committee Member Dr. Paul Strait Committee Member Keywords
- Territorial Period
- Lawyers
- Attorneys
- Tallahassee
- Antebellum Florida
Date of Defense 2004-03-30 Availability unrestricted Abstract The thesis identifies and describes the practice of attorneys in frontier Tallahassee during the Territorial Period. The thesis will also address dichotomies posed by past historians regarding the nature of the practice of law during the early- to mid-nineteenth centuries. The first, propounded by historian Roscoe Pound, maintains that this era was a period of decline in the legal profession, but also a “Golden Age.” The second, posed by historian Jerold Auerbach, maintains that lawyers during this period were “country lawyers” (in the model of Abraham Lincoln or Daniel Webster) or aristocrats.The thesis argues that attorneys practicing in frontier Tallahassee during this period were professional and quite competent; their actions do not give rise to the idea that this was a period of decline for the practice of law. The thesis also maintains that lawyers during this period were more in the model of aristocrats. The thesis also contains an appendix listing all those identified as have practiced in and about Tallahassee from 1824-1845 along with some brief biographical notes.
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