Aylett Rains Cotton memoirs : ms., 1961-1963.

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Aylett Rains Cotton memoirs : ms., 1961-1963.

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Concerns his early life in Clinton, Iowa; family history; move to California in 1883; education at Belmont School, Stanford University and Hastings Law School; social life in San Francisco; the Borel family; experiences in the Klondike; career as chief prosecuting attorney in the Philippines; law practice in San Francisco; campaign for assistant district attorney in San Francisco in 1909; San Francisco graft prosecution; the Tom Mooney case; politics in San Mateo; prohibition and the depression; service as judge, Superior.

[240] leaves ; 28 cm.

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Borel family.

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Mooney, Thomas J., 1882-1942

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Thomas J. Mooney was born on December 8, 1882 in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Indiana and Massachusetts. A molder by trade, Mooney first came to California in 1908, permanently settling in San Francisco in 1910. There he became involved in the work of the Socialist party and various labor organizing activites. In 1916, Mooney and Warren K. Billings were wrongfully convicted of the Preparedness Day bombing of July 22. Mooney's plight became a cause amongst labor until his eventual release and ...

Cotton, Aylett R. (Aylett Rains), 1874-1965.

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Aylett Rains Cotton, Jr., was born Dec. 29, 1874, De Witt, Iowa; son of Aylett Rains Cotton (1826-1912) and Hattie Elizabeth Walker (1855-1921); married to Alice Grace Borel (1877-1936), then following her death to Sophia Borel (1874-1953); died Apr. 15, 1965, San Mateo, California. From the description of Aylett Rains Cotton memoirs : ms., 1961-1963. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 214942904 ...

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