Letter, 1861 October 26, Washington, D.C., to Samuel Taylor, Hartford, Conn.

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Letter, 1861 October 26, Washington, D.C., to Samuel Taylor, Hartford, Conn.

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Expresses sympathy and sorrow on the death of Taylor's sister Sarah. It carries his mind back to the anguish and early death of his daughter.

3 p. ; 20 x 13 cm.

Connecticut Historical Society

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Taylor, Samuel, 1833-1908.

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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...

Taylor, Sarah Kinne, 1841-1861.

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