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Diary, 1873-1892

出版	1873
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=89A8MwEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋John A. Gallaher was born in 1844 on a farm in West Virginia. He attended college in Marietta, Ohio, and graduated in 1869. He attended Cincinnati Law School, passed the bar in April 1873, and immediately opened up a practice in Bellaire, Ohio. He practiced before many different courts, including the United States Supreme Court. The pages contain Gallaher's thoughts on many events: his "quite short and easy" examination for the bar by Messrs. Ramsey, Smith, Walker, Kittredge & Horton; his swearing in as an attorney by Judge Murdock of the Hamilton County District Court; his move to Bellaire where he "took an office over Hoge, Shust & Co.'s Bank;" his first client; his first criminal defense for a defendant charged with "shooting with intent to kill." He picks up again in March of 1878 after "almost four years of silence," with details on his engagement, marriage, the birth of his first child "Little Bessie," his first anniversary, and much else. The diary continues with the birth of their second child, the death of his brother James from cancer, the death of his father soon after. In addition to family matters, Gallaher details the nomination of Garfield for President, local election results, his participation in political campaigns, the death of arctic explorer Captain Hall, a smallpox outbreak, the sale of the Centennial Hotel, the Credit Mobilier Investigation, the failure of Jay Cooke & Co., the last spike driven on the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, the deaths of Louis Napoleon and several military figures.