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Freeman, Abraham Clark : Typed Letter Signed - Abraham Clark Freeman to Daughter Mabel, San Francisco, 1900

Original letter typed in purple ink on light beige paper. Signed in black ink by Abraham Clark Freeman as "A. C. Freeman." Datelined November 20, 1900 in San Francisco, California. 8" x 13." Two pages. Letter has a few horizontal and vertical fold lines, perhaps original. Letter is very clean and intact except for a few wrinkles and slight offsetting. A Very Good copy. Abraham Clark Freeman writes to his daughter, Mabel. Freeman begins with acknowledgment of Mabel's past correspondence. He then discusses his trip to attend a funeral in Elk Grove, California. He describes other people in attendance and meeting relatives and acquaintances. A past trip to Europe is also mentioned on occasion in the letter. Freeman then writes briefly about the state of the family farm in or near Elk Grove and his return home where he was met with a warm welcome. Abraham Clark Freeman (1843-1911) was a California lawyer, author, and teacher. He practiced law in Sacramento and San Francisco. Freeman was born in Warsaw, Illinois. His grandfather, Abraham Clark, served in the Revolutionary War, and his great-grandfather, also named Abraham Clark, was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Freeman enjoyed academic study at a young age and became a teacher when he was just 17 or 18 years old. In 1861, he and his parents moved to Elk Grove, California where, a couple years later in 1863, he decided that he wanted to change career paths and pursue law. Freeman was admitted to the bar just one year later in 1864. As a lawyer, Freeman gained renown for his sound reasoning and concise presentation of legal concepts. He was so respected that he has been compared to Abraham Lincoln. As an author, Freeman wrote many legal books and was lauded for his work, A Treatise on the Law of Judgments (1873; also known as Freeman on Judgments), which was the first national treatise to be written or published in California. Freeman also wrote Cotenancy and Partition (1874), Executions (1876), and Void Judicial States (1877). Freeman married Josephine Bonaparte Foulks (1844-1938) in 1867. They had one daughter, Mabel Vaughn Freeman (1868-1936). In 1916, Mabel married Benjamin Romaine (1865-1932) of San Francisco.. Manuscript. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: No Binding

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