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Title: Historical review of Chicago and Cook county and selected biography. A.N. Waterman ... ed. and author of Historical review
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Waterman, Arba N. (Arba Nelson), 1836-1917
Subjects: Chicago (Ill.) -- History Chicago (Ill.) -- Biography Cook County (Ill.) -- History Cook County (Ill.) -- Biography
Publisher: Chicago, New York, The Lewis publishing company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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marked was his judicial temperament that his name was often men-tioned for the federal bench. His devotion to the cause of civic bet-terment is, aside from his success as a lawyer, the most interestingfeature of his career to the general public regard. The Civic Federa-tion and similar organizations were strengthened by his support. Adolph Moses was born at Speyer, capital of thePalatinate, Ger-many, on the 27th of February, 1837, being a son of Joseph andRebecca (Adler) Moses. From early boyhood his own inclinationsand his parents wishes coincided in the choice of the legal profession,but, after passing through the public and Latin schools of his nativeplace, he found such a prevailing prejudice against his race in Ger-many that he decided to come to America. Arriving at New Orleanson the twenty-second of December, 1852, the youth at once became astudent at the Louisiana University, and had the benefit of receivinghis first professional instruction from such lawyers as Randall Hunt,
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