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Occasional Publications of the Bounds Law Library, Number Three contains a biographical and critical introduction to Stephens Croom (1839-1883) and the memoir/journal kept by Croom from 1875-1876. Cicero Stephens Croom was an attorney who lived and worked in Mobile, Alabama. His descriptions of the practice of law in Alabama state and federal courts and commentary of contentious issues shines a light on Alabama's legal history during one of the state's most difficult periods.
Publication Date
2002
Publisher
University of Alabama School of Law
City
Tuscaloosa
Keywords
John C. Payne Special Collections, Cicero Stephens Croom, Alabama lawyers
Disciplines
Law | Legal History
Recommended Citation
Croom, Cicero Stephens; Pruitt, Paul M. Jr.; and Durham, David I., "Occasional Publications of the Bounds Law Library, Number Three: The Private Life of a New South Lawyer: Stephens Croom's 1875-1876 Journal" (2002). Occasional Publications of the Bounds Law Library. 3.
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