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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 5. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 2 | 2 | Browse | Search |
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 2 | 2 | Browse | Search |
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: a brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Adam Badeau, Grant in peace: from Appomattox to Mount McGregor, a personal memoir | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 18. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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Taft, Alphonso 1810-1891
Jurist; born in Townshend, Vt., Nov. 5, 1810; graduated at Yale College; admitted to the bar in 1838; practised in Cincinnati, O.; and was judge of the Superior Court of Cincinnati in 1866-72.
He was made Secretary of War in March, 1876, and in May of the same year was transferred to the Attorney-Generalship, serving till March, 1877; was United States minister to Austria in 1882-84; was then transferred to Russia, where he served one year.
He died in San Diego, Cal., May 21, 1891.