Abraham Lincoln letter : Washington (D.C.), to Gideon Welles : ALS, 1861 May 23.
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Cummins, George W. (George Wyckoff), 1865-
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Dr. George Wyckoff Cummins (1865-1942) of Belvidere, N.J. (Warren County), graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons (N.Y.), and was granted a Ph. D. in Philosophy from Yale (1887). He practiced medicine in Belvidere for nearly fifty years and played an active role in the Warren County Medical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was also known for inventing improved methods of annealing copper, iron, and copper wire, and was the author of The Annea...
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...
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...
