Letters : to Henry Lee Higginson, 1863-1865, 1909-1914.

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Letters : to Henry Lee Higginson, 1863-1865, 1909-1914.

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Concern chiefly personal matters; letters from the 1860s contain information about Adams' service in the Civil War.

13 items ; 26 cm. or smaller.

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Adams, Charles Francis, 1835-1915

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Soldier, businessman, civic leader and historian. Descendant of two presidents and the son of a noted diplomat, Adams served with distinction as a Union officer during the Civil War. After the war, he became a nationally recognized authority on the railroad industry, chairing the Massachusetts Railroad Commission from 1869 to 1879, and ultimately taking on the presidency of the Union Pacifc Railroad for six stormy years, 1884-1890. From 1890 to 1915, Adams was content to be a man of a...