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Excerpt from Encyclopedia of Connecticut Biography, Genealogical-Memorial: Representative Citizens It was not so much from the point of view of the formal observation of his' duties and obligations, however, that honor is due Mr. Loomis, as because of the' courageous attitude he assumed in the face of the appalling responsibilities of those ominous days. The close of Bu chanan's administration and the opening of Lincoln's witnessed the rapid develop ment of that controversy which came to a head with the outbreak of the terrible war which was to last so long and drain the nation of so much wealth and so many valuable lives, and for those in whose hands lay the shaping of events the bur den was indeed a heavy one. Fortunate. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.