[Transcriber's notes:
Footnotes are at the end of the chapter.
The author's spelling of names has been retained.
A few commas have been deleted or moved for clarity.]
REMINISCENCES
OF
SIXTY YEARS IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS
VOLUME I
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From a photograph by Purdy, of Boston. Copyright, 1896.
[signature] Geo: S. Boutwell
Reminiscences of
Sixty Years
in Public Affairs
by George S. Boutwell
Governor of Massachusetts, 1851-1852
Representative in Congress, 1863-1869
Secretary of the Treasury, 1869-1873
Senator from Massachusetts, 1873-1877
etc., etc.