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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Colwell, Stephen 1800-1872 (search)
Colwell, Stephen 1800-1872 Author; born in Brooke county, Va., March 25, 1800; graduated at Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, in 1819; admitted to the Virginia bar in 1821, and practised in Pittsburg and Philadelphia. After the Civil War he was appointed a commissioner to examine the national system of internal revenue. He gave much time to this work, and his conclusions largely determined the financial policy of the country. His publications include Letter to members of the legislature of Pennsylvania on the removal of deposits from the Bank of the United States by order of the President; The relative position in our industry of foreign commerce, domestic production, and internal trade; Position of Christianity in the United States, in its relation with our political system and religious instruction in the public schools; The South: a letter from a friend in the North with reference to the effects of disunion upon slavery, etc. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 15, 1872.