William L. Ford and Carl August Linn papers, 1900-1920.

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William L. Ford and Carl August Linn papers, 1900-1920.

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William Ford was a White Sulphur Springs, Montana, lawyer and Meagher County attorney. Carl Linn joined Ford's law office in 1912, and was elected Meagher County attorney the same year. Collection (1900-1920, 1948, n.d.) contains correspondence, subject files, and miscellany. The collection is divided into three series: general correspondence (1900-192O, n.d.), subject files (1948, n.d.), and miscellany (1917-1919). The collection consists almost entirely of the outgoing and incoming correspondence, arranged chronologically, of William L. Ford and Carl August Linn in their capacity as private attorneys. There is some correspondence directed to them, and to which they responded, as county attorneys. Also included in the correspondence are a few incoming letters (1904) to Max Waterman (Ford's predecessor as county attorney) and from Ford's brother Arthur and his sister Ida. The rest of the correspondence is from clients, other attorneys, judges, the Montana attorney general, and landlords whose properties Ford and Linn handled. The subject file concerns the Meagher County Health Council, an organization established by the Meagher County Planning Board to persuade a physician and dentist to take up practice in Meagher County, sponsor a health clinic, sponsor health education programs, etc. The miscellany consists of William Ford's Mason membership cards and a receipt for Ford's attorney annual license tax.

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