Letter, 1877 January 19, Hartford, Conn., to unidentified newspaper editor.

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Letter, 1877 January 19, Hartford, Conn., to unidentified newspaper editor.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/15276819

Expresses his displeasure over the role of William D. Bishop in the handling of the disputed 1876 presidential election and over Bishop's influence on Alfred Edmund Burr.

4 p. ; 25 x 20 cm.

Connecticut Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6860291

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Bishop, William D. (William Darius), 1827-1904

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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...

Burr, Alfred Edmund, 1815-1900

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