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Lawyers and Poetry

James Simmons

(1821-1899)
Wisconsin

James Simmons was a lawyer & merchant. His father, John Simmons (1775-1829), was a lawyer, farmer, and justice of the peace.

Poetry

James Simmons, The Early Settler, a Poem (Geneva, Wisconsin: Geneva Lake Herald Print, 1874)

Writings

James Simmons, A Digest of Wisconsin Reports: from the earliest period to the year 1868 . . . (Albany [New York]: W. Gould & Son, 1868)

____________, A Digest of Wisconsin Reports, from the year 1868 to the year 1874 . . . (Albany [New York]: W. Gould & Son, 1874)

____________, The History of Geneva, Wisconsin (Geneva: Geneva Lake Herald, 1875)

____________, Digest of Moak's English Reports: volume 1 to [30] (Albany, New York: W. Gould, 1878-1883)

____________, A Digest of Wisconsin Reports, from the year 1874 to the year 1879 . . . (Albany [New York: W. Gould & Son, 1879)

____________, Simmons' New Digest of Wisconsin Reports: from the year 1884 to the year 1890 . . . (Albany: Weed, Parson & Co., 1892)

____________, A Digest of New York Reports: from 1876 to 1881 . . . (Albany [New York]; W. Gould, 1892)(with William Wait & George W. Clington)

____________, Annals of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin 1835-1897. . . (Lake Geneva, Wisconsin: Office of the Herald, 1897)

____________, Autobiographical (Madison, Wisconsin: Mrs. Sturges W. Bailey, 1969)

Research Resoruces

Simmons Family Papers
Manuscripts Collection
Sheldon Museum Research Center