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George Sewall Boutwell (January 28, 1818 – February 27, 1905) was an American politician, lawyer, and statesman from Massachusetts.
Learn about George S. Boutwell, who served as Secretary of the Treasury under President Ulysses S. Grant. He improved the organization of the Department, reorganized the Mint, and blocked a gold market cornering scheme.
George Sewall Boutwell (born Jan. 28, 1818, Brookline, Mass., U.S.—died Feb. 27, 1905, Groton, Mass.) was a leading Radical Republican during the American Civil War and Reconstruction era. Boutwell worked as a clerk while teaching himself law and in 1842 was elected to the state legislature.
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Learn about the life and achievements of George S. Boutwell, a Republican politician who served as secretary of the treasury under Ulysses S. Grant and as a senator under Rutherford B. Hayes. Find out how he changed his party affiliation, fought for the Union, and opposed imperialism.
The collection contains correspondence, documents, and manuscripts of George S. Boutwell, a Republican politician and lawyer from Massachusetts. He served as a commissioner of internal revenue, a congressman, a senator, and a counsel for the French and American claims commission.
From thwarting the Wall Street gold conspiracy of Jay Gould and Jim Fisk on Black Friday in 1869 to denying the outrageous restitution claims of Antonio Pelletier, the “Last of the Ocean Slave Traders,” George's story was too good to pass up.
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