Original, March 24, 1866 issue of Supplement to The Courant - Hartford Connecticut newspaper. Post Civil War era with a tribute to General Joseph Hawley, who went on to be Connecticut Governor.
Also an original letter from Mrs. Sigourney, conversations with a southern colonel, etc..
Page size: 12 x 9 1/2inches. 8 pages.
JOSEPH ROSWELL HAWLEY, Connecticut’s 25th governor was born in
Stewartsville, North Carolina, on October 31, 1826. In 1847 he graduated
from Hamilton College, then studied law, and was admitted to the bar in
1850. Hawley was editor and part owner of the Hartford Evening Press, which merged with the Hartford Courant in
1867. He served in 13 battles during the Civil War, and was the
military governor of Wilmington, North Carolina. Hawley rose to the rank
of major general by the time he was discharged in 1866. Hawley first
entered politics in 1866, when he was elected Governor of Connecticut.
During his tenure, a confrontation erupted between the shipping and
railroad industries in the state, and an offer was denied to permit
railroads to bridge the Connecticut River at its mouth. Hawley lost his
reelection bid, and returned to his editorial interests. He was
appointed to fill a vacancy in the U.S. House of Representatives in
1872, and served again in Congress in 1879. Hawley also served in the
U.S. Senate from 1881 to 1905, and served as chairman on the Civil
Service Commission. Governor Joseph R. Hawley died in Washington, D.C.,
on March 17, 1905, and is buried in Hartford’s Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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