September 18–30 Monday – (After Sam’s return from Lake Bigler and before the legislature convened on Oct. 1) In Carson City, Sam and George B. Turner (1829-1885) wrote per William M. Gillespie (1838-1885) to Orion, sending a “form for message” about a book of handwritten model forms. Sam explained, “From Hon. Chief Justice Turner—I sent your book by Dorsey, Orion—why the devil didn’t Turner send it to you himself while he was in the States?” [MTL 1: 128]. Note: Dorsey unidentified. During the first sessions Gillespie coached Sam in parliamentary procedures, and won the nickname, “Young Jefferson’s Manual” [MTB 219].
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Note from Robert Stewart: "George Enoch Turner, not George B. Turner. George was a lawyer in Portsmouth, Ohio, where John Kinney was born. George's daughter Nellie was married to Judge Allyn of Keokuk. Sad to say, George later committed suicide in San Francisco."
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