Letter of John M. Niles, 1831.
Related Entities
There are 1 Entities related to this resource.
Niles, John M. (John Milton), 1787-1856
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66q2gbz (person)
John Milton Niles was a lawyer, judge, editor, author, and politician born in Windsor, Connecticut on August 20, 1787. In 1817, he founded the Hartford Weekly Times, the same year he was admitted to the bar. He was active in the Democratic Party, served on the Connecticut House of Representatives, was appointed Postmaster of Hartford, and served as United States Senator from 1835 to 1839. In 1840, he was appointed the ninth United States Postmaster General by President Martin Van Buren. He was t...
