Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1834, Jan. 16 | Born, Urbana, Ohio |
| 1837 | Family moved to Mt. Morris, Ill. |
| 1855 | Graduated from Asbury University, Indiana |
| 1857 | Shorthand reporter for lawyers, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1858 | Reporter for Chicago Tribune: reports Lincoln-Douglas Debates Official reporter for state of Illinois |
| 1863 | Reporter for War Department courts-martial |
| 1865 | Reporter for Board of Treaty Commissioners to the Indians |
| 1867-1868 | Toured Europe |
| 1871 | Secretary to Santo Domingo Commission |
| 1872 | Personal secretary for Senator Oliver P. Morton |
| 1874 | Married Sallie Reynolds |
| 1874 | Appointed secretary to United States Legation, Paris, France |
| 1881 | Assistant secretary of state |
| 1882 | Elected to Congress |
| 1890 | Chairman, House Committee on Foreign Affairs |
| 1898 | Appointed to committee for Hawaiian Islands government |
| 1902 | Regent, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. |
| 1906 | Died, Narragansett Pier, R.I. |