Papers, 1884-1937.

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Papers, 1884-1937.

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Correspondence (chiefly letterpress volumes covering 1893-1909), attorney docket ledgers with indexes, financial records, and case subject files. Includes correspondence (1923-1936) as president of State Bar Association of N.D. Major case papers includes Katherine Rotenburg v. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Fisher, Waldo Fisher (1926-1927), Myron R. Kent murder case (1894), Merchants National Bank of Saint Paul v. Movius Land and Loan Co., et. al., Lidgerwood, N.D. (1925-1927) and son Melvin D.'s Columbia University law notebooks (1914-1916), scrapbooks, and speeches. Also transcripts of testimony for U.S.A. v. Henry von Bank, U.S.A. v. Kate Richards O'Hare, A.D. Weeks, et. al., v. Charles Hetland and City of Fargo. Estate cases for Clara Henderson Roberts (1935-1937) and Paul Martin (1926) included. Subjects include state and national politics, Democratic Party, and Spanish-American War.

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Columbia University

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O'Hare, Kate Richards, 1877-1948

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Hildreth, Melvin Davis, 1890-1959

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Movius Land and Loan Company (N.D.)

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American bar association

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Hildreth, Melvin A., 1859-1944.

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Born at Watertown, N.Y. Admitted to the bar 1883, moved to Fargo, N.D. 1888, married Luella Davis 1889. Awarded Medal of Honor for services as judge advocate during Spanish American War, active in N.D. National Guard (1905-1908), Fargo city attorney (1892-1894, 1902-1904), U.S. district attorney (1914-1923), practiced law in Fargo until 1943. Died January 13, 1944. From the description of Papers, 1884-1937. (North Dakota State University Library). WorldCat record id: 29124117 ...

State Bar Association of North Dakota

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Merchants National Bank (Saint Paul, Minn.)

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Kent, Myron R., d. 1912.

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