Speech, Judge Isaac Parker Memorial

 
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Speech, Judge Isaac Parker Memorial
Judge Parker Memorial speech
Judge Parker Memorial speech

Speech, Judge Isaac Parker Memorial

Object number1999.063.08
Date1896
OriginFort Smith, Arkansas
Mediumpaper and ink
DimensionsOverall: 8 x 13 in. (20.3 x 33 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum collection
Terms
    DescriptionJudge Isaac Parker Memorial signed by 5 prominent lawyers of Fort Smith, Arkansas. The judges praise Parker for bringing law and order to the Western and Indian Territory. "Judge Parker donned his judicial robes at a critical period of history. . . . Good men revered him and bad men feared him. . . Stood a bulwark between social order on the one hand and social chaos on the other." December 1896
    Status
    Not on view