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Robert A. Pinn, attorney-at-law

Newspaper article

December 31, 1899

Article about the office of Robert Pinn, Attorney-at-law, in downtown Massillon. Pinn was a Civil War veteran, awarded the medal of honor. He was the first black lawyer in Massillon.

Published in the Evening Independent Souvenir Edition, 1899


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Robert A. Pinn, attorney-at-law

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