Pike collection, 1823-1881 (bulk 1850-1877).

Dana, Charles A. (Charles Anderson), 1819-1897

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Charles Anderson Dana (August 8, 1819 – October 17, 1897) was an American journalist, author, and senior government official. He was a top aide to Horace Greeley as the managing editor of the powerful Republican newspaper New-York Tribune until 1862. During the American Civil War, he served as Assistant Secretary of War, playing especially the role of the liaison between the War Department and General Ulysses S. Grant. In 1868 he became the editor and part-owner of the New York Sun. He at first ...

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

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Horace Greeley (February 3, 1811 – November 29, 1872) was an American newspaper editor and publisher who was the founder and editor of the New-York Tribune, among the great newspapers of its time. Long active in politics, he served briefly as a congressman from New York, and was the unsuccessful candidate of the new Liberal Republican party in the 1872 presidential election against incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant, who won by a landslide. Greeley was born to a poor family in Amherst, New ...

Morrill, Lot M. (Lot Myrick), 1812-1883

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American statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to W.P. Fessenden, 1862 Nov. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612916 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to William Pitt Fessenden, 1867 Dec. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612918 U.S. secretary of the treasury, U.S. senator from and governor of Maine. From the description of Letters of Lot M. Morrill, 1867-1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: ...

Pike, James Shepherd, 1811-1882

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Journalist, U.S. minister to the Netherlands, businessman, and abolitionist, of Robbinston and Calais, Me.; founder of Calais Free Library. From the description of Pike collection, 1850-1878 and undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 302286956 Journalist, diplomat, and author. From the description of Papers of James Shepherd Pike, 1849-1869. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454963 James Sheperd Pike was born in Calais in 1811. He was a journalist for th...

Fogg, George Gilman, 1813-1881

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Lawyer, editor, and diplomat, of Concord, N.H. From the description of Papers, 1831-1881. (New Hampshire Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70961457 ...

Fessenden, William Pitt, 1806-1869

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Republican legislator from Maine who became a U.S. Representative, Senator, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Secretary of the Treasury. He was a strong opponent of slavery. From the description of Papers, 1837-1869. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 17462689 William Pitt Fesssenden was a U.S. senator from Maine (1854-1864, 1865-1869) and Secretary of the Treasury during the Civil War (1864-1865). His sons, General Francis and Brigadier General ...

Calais Free Library (Calais, Me.)

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Calais Free Library and Reading Room founded in 1892 by James Shepherd Pike; building opened to the public in 1893; name later changed to Calais Free Library. A large addition was added to the back of the original building in 1985 with a major renovation to the older part of the library taking place in 2002. From the description of Calais Free Library history collection, 1891-1993. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154690539 ...

Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873

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Lawyer. From the description of Letter, 1845 March 4, Cincinnati, [Ohio], to Robert F. Paine, Columbus, O[hio]. (University of Toledo). WorldCat record id: 13541605 Salmon P. Chase served as the Secretary of the Treasury from 1861 to 1864. He oversaw the creation of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (1862) and implemented the introduction of the income tax and the national currency. From the description of Letter press book of the Secretary of the Treasury. 1863, Ju...

Greely, Philip, 1809-1854

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Stevens, John L. (John Leavitt), 1820-1895

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Journalist and diplomat; editor in chief of Kennebec Journal; state legislator; U.S. minister to Paraguay and Uruguay (1870-1874), to Sweden and Norway (1877-1883), and to Hawaii (1889-1893); author of Picturesque Hawaii; resident of Augusta, Me. From the description of John L. Stevens correspondence, 1888-1894. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 192095724 ...

Maine. Governor (1858-1861 : Morrill)

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Warren, Fitz Henry, 1816-1878

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Army officer. From the description of Fitz Henry Warren correspondence and signed portrait, 1860. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981314 ...