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Charles B. Elliott, The Supreme Court of Minnesota, II, 4 Green Bag 161 (1892).

History of the Bench and Bar of Minnesota by Hiram Stevens
Publication Date: 1904
Link goes to section on the early state court.
Minnesota and Its People
Call Number: Special Collection F606 .B96 1924 4 vols.
Publication Date: 1924
Link goes to section early state court
Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society: Minnesota biographies, 1655-1912 by Warren Upham and Rose Barteau Dunlap
Call Number: Special Collections Room F 601 .M66 vol. 14
Publication Date: 1912
Link goes to page with lafayette Emmett's biography
The United States biographical dictionary and portrait gallery of eminent and self-made men. Minnesota volume.
Publication Date: 1879
Link goes to page with biographical information about Lafayette Emmett.

Minnesota's Legal Hall of Fame, Minnesota Law & Politics, Aug. 2007
Lafayette Emmett is #24 on the list.

Ex-Minnesotan Kin to Emmett: Famous Minstrel's Long-Lost Brother Found in New Mexico, The Minneapolis Journal, Sept. 24, 1904, p.15
Courts and Counsel During Twenty-Five Years, Minneapolis Journal, Nov. 26, 1903, p.90
Minnesota's First Supreme Court -- All its members still living, Minneapolis Journal, August 31, 1903, p.22
Supreme Court of Minnesota, Saint Paul Globe, March 2, 1902, p.22
The Wanderer at Albuquerque, N.M. Rushford Star, Nov. 14, 1901, p.4, column 3
City Briefs, Minneapolis Tribune, November 27, 1890, p.4, column 7
Emmett's daughter died at his home in Las Vegas, New Mexico.
Lafayette Emmett, St. Paul Daily Globe, Sept. 27, 1885, p.13, column 6
Judge Emmett, of Ortonville... Morris Tribune, Oct. 14, 1880, p.2, column 2
Judge Lafayette Emmett...Daily Globe, Oct. 14, 1878, p.2, column 3
Political Plotting, Minneapolis Tribune, June 2, 1876, p.4, column 3-4
For Chief Justice, The Anti-Monopolist, Nov. 1, 1875, p.1, column 1
Judge Emmett's Letter to Hon. E. Ayres, The Anti-Monopolist, Sept. 20, 1875, p.1, column 3
Emmett and Gilfillan, Rochester Post, Sept. 11, 1875, p.2, column 1
Decline of Partisanship, The Anti-Monopolist, Aug. 2, 1875, p.1, column 2
Mr. Young's Letter, The Anti-Monopolist, July 26, 1875, p.2, column 2
The LeSeur Sentinel is on of the two...St. Cloud Journal, July 22, 1875, p.2, column 2
Disapproval of Justice Emmett running for Chief Justice.
Judge Emmett, The Anti-Monopolist, July 19, 1875, p.1, column 4
Democratic Nominations, St. Cloud Journal, July 15, 1875, p.2, column 2 & 3
Judge Emmett, The Anti-Monopolist, Oct. 22, 1874, p.6, column 2
The Judicial Term, Saint Paul Press, Jan. 10, 1965, p.1, column 1
District Court [Report], St. Paul Daily Press, May 7, 1864, p.4, column 2
Emmett was sued over a land deal.
Supplement, 17 MEDICO-LEGAL J. 1 (1899).

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