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The American Centennial Festival Exhibition at Philadelphia: the Hon. J. R. Hawley...1876. Creator: Unknown.

The American Centennial Festival Exhibition at Philadelphia: the Hon. J. R. Hawley, President of the Commission, 1876. Major-General in the US army: 'He practised as a lawyer, and edited the Hartford Evening Press, an organ of the Free Soil or Abolition party. In the Civil War between North and South he was one of the earliest volunteers, and soon rose to the command of a regiment, with which he fought in Florida and in Virginia; he was promoted...to be a Brigadier-General, and held command both at Wilmington and at Richmond. In 1866 General Hawley was elected Governor of Connecticut, and he has since been more than once nominated for the United States Senate, and has sat in the House of Representatives at Washington. He...has latterly been at Philadelphia to perform the business of the post he now holds as President of the Centennial Festival Commission. From "Illustrated London News", 1876.
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Titre: The American Centennial Festival Exhibition at Philadelphia: the Hon. J. R. Hawley...1876. Creator: Unknown.
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The American Centennial Festival Exhibition at Philadelphia: the Hon. J. R. Hawley, President of the Commission, 1876. Major-General in the US army: 'He practised as a lawyer, and edited the Hartford Evening Press, an organ of the Free Soil or Abolition party. In the Civil War between North and South he was one of the earliest volunteers, and soon rose to the command of a regiment, with which he fought in Florida and in Virginia; he was promoted...to be a Brigadier-General, and held command both at Wilmington and at Richmond. In 1866 General Hawley was elected Governor of Connecticut, and he has since been more than once nominated for the United States Senate, and has sat in the House of Representatives at Washington. He...has latterly been at Philadelphia to perform the business of the post he now holds as President of the Centennial Festival Commission. From "Illustrated London News", 1876.
Personnalités: JOSEPH ROSWELL HAWLEY
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Taille de l'image: 3653 × 4960 px | 51.8 MB
Taille d'impression: 30.9 × 42.0 cm | 1438.2 × 1952.8 in (300 dpi)