Edward Saloman collection, 1833-1866.
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Salomon, Edward, 1828-1909
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Edward Salomon (August 11, 1828 – April 21, 1909) was a Jewish American politician and lawyer. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the eighth Governor of Wisconsin, having ascended to office from the Lieutenant Governorship. He was the first Jewish Governor of Wisconsin. Born in Ströbeck, in the Province of Saxony, in what was then the Kingdom of Prussia, he attended the University of Berlin before fleeing the country in 1849, immigrating to the United States and settling in Manito...
Pope, John, 1822-1892
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Pope, son of Illinois politician and judge Nathaniel Pope, was a West Point graduate and had an army career. After the Union army loss at 2nd Manassas (Bull Run) in August 1862, Pope was sent to Minnesota to put down the Sioux Indian uprising. He retired from the army in 1886. From the description of Letters, June 1861. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 310760857 American army officer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Fo...