John Covode papers, 1854-1870.

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John Covode papers, 1854-1870.

Incoming correspondence together with a draft of a report by Covode on conditions in the Mississippi Valley after the Civil War. Correspondents include Thomas E. Cochrane, Andrew Gregg Curtin, Alexander K. McClure, Edwin McMasters Stanton, Gideon Welles, and Henry White. Covode's report is printed in the Report of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction (1866), part 4, page 114.

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McClure, Alexander K. (Alexander Kelly), 1828-1909

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McClure was a Republican politician and owner of a newspaper in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. He helped to influence the Pennsylvania delegates to vote for Abraham Lincoln at the 1860 Republican nominating convention. McClure was a major opponent of Simon Cameron. From the description of Papers, January 3-24, 1861. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 137751501 Alexander K. McClure was a Pennsylvania newspaper publisher and politician. Born in Sherman's ...

Cochrane, Thomas E.

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White, Henry, Pennsylvania legislator

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Curtin, Andrew Gregg, 1817-1894.

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Governor of Pennsylvania. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to Attorney General Hoar, 1869 May 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270527031 Andrew Gregg Curtin was the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and Governor of Pennsylvania during the Civil War. From the description of A.G. Curtin letter to James T. Hale, 1855 March 29. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 49839092 ...

United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Reconstruction

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Covode, John, 1808-1871

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John Covode was a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania. From the description of John Covode Papers, 1854-1870. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122387770 Covode was the chairman of the Pennsylvania Republican State Central Committee. From the description of Letterbooks, 1870. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122616721 Pennsylvania representative to Congress, 1855-63, 1867-71. From the description of Correspondence, 185...

Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869

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American jurist and politician. From the description of Letter signed : "War Department," to William Pitt Fessenden, 1862 May 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580939 U.S. secretary of war 1862-1868. From the description of Telegram (draft) : ms. : Washington, D.C., to Ulysses S. Grant, Appomattox C.H., Va., 1865 Apr. 9. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122380613 Secretary of War; Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. ...

Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878

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A native of Glastonbury, Conn., Gideon Welles began his career as a lawyer but took up journalism as a profession, founding the Hartford Times, which he also edited, in 1826. Active in the Democratic Party in Connecticut, he served in the Connecticut state legislature and in several state offices. He later shifted his allegiance to the Republican Party due to his strong anti-slavery views and founded the Hartford Evening Press, a zealously Republican newspaper. President Abraham Lincoln appointe...