Polly Rogers and Her Husband’s Lawyer
by Stacy LynnPolly Rogers and Her Husband’s Lawyer by Stacy Lynn “The allegation of adultery against the said defendant was muted in the complainant’s bill, for no other cause, than through tenderness to the said defendant’s character.” —Abraham Lincoln, affidavit for his divorce-case client Samuel Rogers, October 20, 1838 On October 4, 1835, in Sangamon […]
Read More