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Albert Beveridge: “He signed the Council records in large and dashing hand with flourishes--it is the handwriting of a confident…”

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He signed the Council records in large and dashing hand with flourishes--it is the handwriting of a confident, care-free, rollicking young man with a tinge of the dare-devil in him.
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Albert Beveridge
Republican · Indiana

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Beveridge describes Marshall's youthful handwriting as indicative of his confident character.

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