Diary, 1854.

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Diary, 1854.

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Describes the death of his seventeen year old daughter Annie; mentions visits with John M. Niles, visit to Samuel Colt's embankment, the silencing and death of Father John Brady; frequent references to the Missouri Compromise and to Connecticut and United States politics.

1 v. ; 11 cm.

Connecticut Historical Society

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Brady, John, 1806-1854.

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Welles, Anna Jane, 1836-1854.

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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...

Colt, Samuel, 1814-1862

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Samuel Colt (1814-1862), inventor and industrialist, was founder of the Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company, now known as Colt's Manufacturing Company. From the description of Colt, Samuel, 1814-1862 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10581278 ...

Niles, John M. (John Milton), 1787-1856

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John Milton Niles was a lawyer, judge, editor, author, and politician born in Windsor, Connecticut on August 20, 1787. In 1817, he founded the Hartford Weekly Times, the same year he was admitted to the bar. He was active in the Democratic Party, served on the Connecticut House of Representatives, was appointed Postmaster of Hartford, and served as United States Senator from 1835 to 1839. In 1840, he was appointed the ninth United States Postmaster General by President Martin Van Buren. He was t...