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Capen, Nahum, 1804-1886
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Capen, born in Canton, Mass., began to study medicine at age 18; however, ill health prevented completion of his apprenticeship and in 1825 he entered into partnership in the publishing firm of Marsh, Capen, and Lyon. He wrote papers, articles, and books on history and politics, and was an advocate of free trade, federal copyright laws, popular education, and various social welfare reforms. He was postmaster of Boston from 1857 to 1861, and is credited with working out the free delivery system. ...
United States. General Land Office
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Under regulations approved on March 20, 1915, tracts set aside as villa sites under the provisions of an act of April 12, 1910, within the former Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana, were offered for sale at public auction, beginning at Polson, Montana, on July 26, 1915. The sale was adjourned to Dayton, Montana, on August 6 and concluded at Kalispell, Montana, on August 7, 1915. There were 889 parcels of land, not less than 2 nor more than 5 acres in area, fronting on Flathead Lake, and under ...
United States. Electoral Commission (1877)
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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...
Tarkington, John Stevenson, 1832-1923
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Indianapolis, Ind. lawyer, judge, soldier, congressman and author. Tarkington married Elizabeth Booth and they had two children, author Booth Tarkington and Mary Booth Tarkington Jameson, nicknamed "Haute." Later in life John Tarkington married Linda Schulz after the death of his first wife, and wrote two collections of essays under the pseudonym John Steventon. From the description of Papers, 1844-1923 (bulk 1910-1923) (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 359630...
Doolittle, James R. (James Rood), 1815-1897
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Doolittle, a lawyer successively in New York, Wisconsin, and Illinois, was a U. S. Senator from Wisconsin (1857-1869). From the description of Papers, 1856-1892. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 469775273 James Rood Doolittle (1815-1897) was a lawyer, judge and United States senator from Wisconsin, 1857-1869. From the description of James R. Doolittle papers, 1848-1892. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 144652205 From the guide to...
Hendricks, Thomas A. (Thomas Andrews), 1819-1885
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Thomas Andrews Hendricks (September 7, 1819 – November 25, 1885) was an American politician and lawyer from Indiana who served as the 16th governor of Indiana from 1873 to 1877 and the 21st vice president of the United States from March to November 1885. Hendricks represented Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives (1851–55) and the U.S. Senate (1863–69). He also represented Shelby County, Indiana, in the Indiana General Assembly (1848–50) and as a delegate to the 1851 Indiana constitutiona...