Life and Character of Hon. C. C. Washburn


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Excerpt from Life and Character of Hon. C. C. Washburn: Before the State Historical Society; July 25, 1882 Gen. Simeon Mills, one of the Vice Presidents, in the chair, who announced the object of the meeting -to pay a suitable tribute of respect to the memory of the late Hon. C. C. Wash burn, LL.D., for nearly six years past the President of the Society. 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.




A Biography of Elihu Benjamin Washburne Congressman, Secretary of State, Envoy Extraordinary


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In 1869, President Grant nominated his old friend Elihu Washburne as secretary of state and then as minister to France. Washburne presented his credentials to Napoleon III and was present in 1870 for the Franco-German War. Following the war with the Germans, the people of Paris rose up in revolt and proclaimed a leftist commune. The poor response of the French government to feed the people of Paris after the peace treaty contributed to the political turmoil. This sixth volume explores the life of the American minister to France, Elihu Washburne, during the years following the Franco-German War and Paris Commune as the French government and people tried to rebuild their country following those dramatic events.