Correspondence of George C. Wedderburn, 1865-1872.

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Correspondence of George C. Wedderburn, 1865-1872.

Personal, political, and business correspondence of George C. Wedderburn, chiefly letters addressed to him. The letters discuss his contributions to various periodicals, family news, and business enterprises and transactions, including a steamship line and various publishing projects. Included is Wedderburn's correspondence with Gilbert Carlton Walker and Montgomery Blair regarding the Cincinnati Convention of Liberal Republican party in May 1872.

55 pieces.

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Wedderburn, George C.

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George C. Wedderburn, an Alexandria, Va., businessman, journalist, and publisher. In 1867 he was appointed of Virginia Board of Immigration. The firm where he was a partner went out of business in Mar. 1872. In 1873-1874 he was manager of Richmond Enquirer Publishing Company. From the description of Correspondence of George C. Wedderburn, 1865-1872. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122386462 ...

Walker, Gilbert Carlton, 1833-1885

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Blair, Montgomery, 1813-1883

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St. Louis, Missouri, lawyer; U.S district attorney, Missouri, 1839-1841; mayor, St. Louis, 1842-1843; judge, Court of Common Pleas, 1843-1849; first solicitor, U.S. Court of Claims, 1855; counsel for Dred Scott, 1856; postmaster general, 1860-1864; Maryland congressman, 1878. From the description of Letter: Wash[ington, D.C.] to Rev[erend] W[illiam] B[uell] Sprague, Albany, N.Y., 1865 Nov. 20. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27327626 Montgomery Bl...

Liberal Republican Party. National Convention (1872 : Cincinnati)

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