Annals of Cleveland

Persons and Personages

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1482

Cleveland Morning Leader, 20 January 1864 (ed; 5 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.3 ~ View at ChronAm

1482 - L. Jan. 20; ed: 2/3 - A gentleman calling on President Lincoln
found him counting bills. The President said, "This, sir, is something
out of my line," and told the man that the money was for a poor, sick
negro, employed by the treasury departinent. This man, unable to write
his name, could not draw his pay.
"How many men are there, occupying a position with one-tenth the
responsibility of the president's who would turn aside from the cares
of State, to perform a similar act." (5)

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Lincoln, Abraham; *Persons & Personages; U. S. treasury department

1483

Cleveland Morning Leader, 3 March 1864 (ed; 3 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.4 ~ View at ChronAm

1483 - L. Mar. 3; ed:2/4 - Rochester, N. Y., held a bazaar in honor of
General Grant. The ladies there requested a lock of his hair, to be
sold to the highest bidder. Grant, it was learned later, was more than
glad to accommodate.
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"We hope the ladies won't follow the hint of this Rochester
correspondent and cut all the hair off the hero's head." (3)

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Rochester, N. Y.

1485

Cleveland Morning Leader, 20 May 1864 (ed; 9 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

1485 - L. May 20; ed: 2/2 - Nathaniel Hawthorne died yesterday in Boston.
"His loss is indeed a national one, and should be mourned by the whole
nation. For 'no man is more truly American in thought, feelings, and
sympathies, ' no one of all American writers more worthy to be crowned
with our greenest laurels than Nathaniel Hawthorne." (9)

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Boston, Mass.; Hawthorne, Nathaniel

1486

Cleveland Morning Leader, 3 June 1864 (1 inches) ~ See original
p.4, col.4 ~ View at ChronAm

1486 - L June 3:4/4 - Resolutions were adopted by the teachers of
Cleveland Commercial college, and by many other pupils of Platt R.
Spencer, the great American penman, showing their deep respect and
love, as well as their appreciation of the Spencerian style of pen-
manship which he gave the world. (1)

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Cleveland commercial college; Spencer, Platt R.

1488

Cleveland Morning Leader, 9 June 1864 (ed; 5 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

1488 - L June 9; ed:2/1 - The duke of Malakoff, better known in this
country as Marshal Pelissier, is dead. He was born in 1794, and the
70 years of his life were spent almost entirely in the service of the
grand army of France.
"He was a rough and cruel soldier, but brave and bold." (5)

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Duke of Malakoff

1489

Cleveland Morning Leader, 22 December 1864 (ed; 9 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

1489 - L Dec. 22; ed: 2/1 - William Lewis Dayton, U. S. minister to
France, was one of the nation's ablest statesmen and one of its best
diplomatists. He was born in New Jersey 57 years ago, was admitted to
the bar in 1830, and was elected to the state council in 1837. In the
spring of 1861, he was appointed minister to France, and has since per-
formed the duties of that office with distinguished ability and success.
"News of his death... will cause a deep feeling of sorrow throughout the
country." (9)

Index terms:

Dayton, William L. (minister to France); France; New Jersey