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George F. Hoar: “He went to California and became afterward unquestionably the greatest lawyer they have ever had on the Pacific Coast.”

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He went to California and became afterward unquestionably the greatest lawyer they have ever had on the Pacific Coast.
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George F. Hoar
Massachusetts

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Hoar acknowledges the significant legal contributions of a peer who became a prominent lawyer in California.

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