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Frank WakefieldGuys, this law firm thing is not impossible. Thing to do is figure out who did legal work for American Caramel, and it is most likely a Philadelphia law firm. Once that law firm is identified, we can figure out who the current attorneys are, and then see if any of them are baseball nuts.
That stuff about the ATT lawyers, DeLancey Nicoll was possibly the District Attorney for New York county in the 1890s. He was a democrat, and was a presidential convention delagate a couple of times. After public service I reckon he went into private practice, hence his appearance in the anti-trust case. Nicoll was associate counsel for the Interborough Rapid Transit Company when it was formed and constructed in NY. He lived at 23 East 39th Street in New York...
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Frank.