Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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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. |