Letters, 1843 October 12 and 1844 February 26, Blairsville, Indiana County, Penn., to Benjamin Colton of West Hartford, Connecticut and Gideon Welles, Comptroller, Hartford, Conn.

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Letters, 1843 October 12 and 1844 February 26, Blairsville, Indiana County, Penn., to Benjamin Colton of West Hartford, Connecticut and Gideon Welles, Comptroller, Hartford, Conn.

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Both letters relate to the Revolutionary War pension claim of Robert Geers.

2 ALS ; 31 cm.

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New England Historic Genealogical Society

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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...

Doty, Gillis.

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Colton, Benjamin, 1690?-1759

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Geers, Robert.

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