Caleb Baldwin Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims documents, 1874.

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Caleb Baldwin Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims documents, 1874.

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An offer of appointment and an invitation to Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims (1874).

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United States. Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims

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Baldwin, Caleb, 1824-1876.

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Prominent nineteenth-century Iowa lawyer and judge. Caleb Baldwin came to Iowa from Pennsylvania in 1846, settling first in Fairfield and then in Council Bluffs. In 1859 he was appointed to the Iowa Supreme Court. After serving this court for 6 years (2 years as chief justice) he resumed private law practice in Council Bluffs. In 1864 President Lincoln appointed him United States District Attorney for the district of Iowa, a position he held until Lincoln's assassination. In 1874 President Grant...