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| | James Bailey Silkman |
 | | Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, edited by James Grant Wilson, John Fiske and Stanley L. Klos. |
 | | SILKMAN, James Bailey, lawyer, born in Bedford, Westchester County, New York, 9 October, 1819; died in New York city, 4 February, 1888. |
 | | He was graduated at Yale in 1845, studied law, and after laboring as a journalist was admitted to the bar in 1850, soon establishing a good practice. |
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