Biographical annals of the civil government of the United States. From original and official sources

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Biographical Ani

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Introduction

The success which attended the publication of ray Dictionary of Con<Tei?8 has induced me to enlarge upon the scope and design of that work, so as to embrace the entire Civil Government of the United States during the first century of its existence. In doing this I have endeavored to present, within a convenient space, and in biographical form, the names and public services of all those who have, in a prominent manner, been identified with the National and State Governments of the Republic.

The Biographical Sketches number about seven thousand, and these I have illustrated with a series of Tabular Records and Papers of an historical character, in which will be found eight thousand additional names, making a total of fifteen thousand personal references in the volume.

The classes of persons included are the Delegates to the Colonial and Continental Congresses ; the Senators, Representatives, and Territorial Delegates of the Federal Congress ; Cabinet Ministers ; Justices of the Supreme and other Federal Courts ; Officials of ±he Executive Departments ; Governors of States and Territories ; Diplomatic Ministers, and such other men as have held positions of honor and trust in the civil service, sxerted an iufluence on public affairs, or acquitted themselves with acknowledsjed credit, l^ndeed, in a few instances, I have over-stepped the line which separates the civil from

he military and naval history, but all the names thus added have a place in the

earts of their countrymen, and no apology, I trust, will be required for their intro-

uction.

My purpose has been to give, in the most concise and impartial manner, a practical

id comprehensive idea of the working of our Government, as exhibited through its ; 'rsonal representatives at home and abroad. Of many men more might have beeu \ itten, but that was not deemed expedient in a work of this kind ; and where n'

enough has been said the fault must be attributed to the indifTereuce of the persons mostly interested, or to the neglect of their friends ; and I have made it a point to express no ojjiuious of living men, and but seldom to echo public opinion in regard to the dead.

The information here presented has been obtained chiefly from original sources, and from the archives of the Government ; while, for many of my facts and dates, I have availed myself of other opportunities, and am especially indebted to the publications connected with the names of Jolin L. Blake, S. Austin Allibone, George Ripley I-Vancis S. Drake Joseph Thomas, and Frederick A. P. Barnard ; and I cannot but hope that these records will lie found so correct and conveniently arranged as to render the volume indispensable, as one of reference, for all those who feel an interest in the political annals and future welfare of our country.

Georgetown. District of Columbia,

J .uuary, lS7b CHARLES LANMAN.

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