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- GLC#
- GLC06944
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 1912
- Author/Creator
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
- Title
- Counsel Against the People
- Place Written
- New York
- Pagination
- 38 p. : w/ hand corrections Height: 26.5 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Primary time period
- Progressive Era to New Era, 1900-1929
- Sub-Era
- The Politics of Reform
Four cases re: dangerous working conditions, victims inability to fight back due to ignorance and poverty, preference of big business over the common man; "Douglas assailed Abraham Lincoln... as these four great corporation lawyers have assailed me." On thin paper. Includes extensive autograph additions and corrections. The last page is completely autograph pencil. Damage on pp. 1-3 slightly affecting text in upper left corner.
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