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most beautiful piece of marble statuary.
My second office mate was David S. Collins, son of
Thomas Collins of in Virga. He was a
wild, harum scarum sort of a fellow, and
never done any good. I saw him in 1812, driving
a waggon in the North Western Army. I found him
out by accident; he told me, he knew me on sight
& had been endeavoring to avoid me.
Joshua Baker, son of John Baker of Winchester
also wrote in the office part of the time
as did also, Mr. Edward Shropshire, afterwards
a respectable farmer of Clarke County.
The Quarter session of court composed of three Judges
(Robert Clark, John Martin & Original Young)
citizens of the county, sat on the 4th Monday
in June, and at that time had a very strong
bar - Genl. Levi Todd, James Brown, Henry
Clay, George M. Bibb, Jesse Bledsoe & others.
Judge Robert Trimble of the Supreme Court of
the U. S. was raised in Clarke County, but he
came to the bar, a year or two afterwards.
Genl. Todd, was an old man, was called the father
of the bar, tho' I don't expect he was much
of a Lawyer, he is one of the pioneers of the
county, a man of high character, & universally esteemed. His brother, Col. John Todd
was killed at the battle of the "Blue Licks".
Mr. Brown was probably 35 or 40 years of age
a gentleman of high literary & legal attainment,
a good speaker, but not eloquent. He had
been Secretary of State, during the administration
of Gov. Shelby: was a man of towering &
majestic person, very proud, austere & haughty
in fact repulsive in his manners, & was exceedingly
unpopular. He was the first Secretary
of State in the Territory of Orleans - afterwards
Senator to Congress & Minister to France. Mr. Clay, Mr.
Bibb & Mr. Bledsoe had come to to the bar a short
time before; they were all three great favorites
with the people, & considered very promising. Mr.