In Saratoga, New York, 75 attorneys from 20 States and the District of Columbia establish the American Bar Association.
Postscript: Soon after Congress granted the ABA an exclusive monopoly on the practice of law—in violation of the Article I, Section 9 [Clause 8] prohibition on the granting of Titles of Nobility—Esquire (Esq.).
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 217.
American Bar Association – Wikipedia
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