Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1811, June 21 | Born, Paris, Maine |
| 1830 | Published Jeffersonian in Paris, Maine, with Hannibal Hamlin |
| 1833 | Moved Jeffersonian to Portland, Maine |
| 1839 | Appointed clerk, Post Office Department, Washington, D.C. |
| 1854 | Appointed assistant postmaster general |
| 1861 | Appointed postmaster general |
| 1867 | Toured Europe |
| 1875-1876 | Toured Europe |
| 1878 | Published Sketches of Travel: or, Twelve Months in Europe. Washington, D.C.: J. B. Adams |
| 1881 | Secretary, Washington Monument Society, Washington, D.C. |
| 1895 | Published Turning on the Light. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co. |
| 1897, May | Died, Washington, D.C. |