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Note from page 509: 1. This case was tried in federal court in 1845. Nathaniel Pope was sole U.S. district judge in Illinois, from the beginning of statehood until his death in 1850.

Note from page 509: 2. Parker v. Hoyt was tried in U.S. district court in Chicago between July 9 and July 24, 1850 (Lincoln Legals).

Note from page 510: 3. Hurd v. Rock Island Bridge Co. was tried in U.S. district court in Chicago in September 1857.

Note from page 510: 4. William H. Herndon's lecture on Ann Rutledge.