Letter: Washington, [D.C.], to W[illard] C. Flagg, L[awson] A. Parks and M[oses] G. Atwood, 1864 Jan. 2.

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...

Flagg, Willard C., 1792-1878,

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Lovejoy, Elijah P. (Elijah Parish), 1802-1837

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Alton, Ill. newspaper editor and abolitionist, he was also an ordained Presbyterian minister and had edited the St. Louis Observer. He left St. Louis after several printing presses had been destroyed by pro-slavery mobs and came to Alton. There too, the pro-slavery faction destroyed his presses. In just such an attempt, a member of the mob shot Lovejoy and he died trying to save his press. From the description of Papers, 1835-1837. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat rec...

Atwood, Moses G. (Moses Gilman), 1805-1869

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Alton, Illinois, businessman and city official, formerly of Concord, New Hampshire. From the description of Letter : Alton, [Illinois], to Moody Kent, 1861 Feb. 10. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 26677452 ...

Parks, Lawson A., 1813-1875,

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