Joseph C. Abbott

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Joseph C. Abbott

Quill platform ID: p11323.

"(July 15, 1825 -- October 8, 1881) Joseph Carter Abbot was a(n) lawyer, owner and editor of a newspaper, general, soldier, collector of port, inspector of posts, establisher of a town, manufacturer of lumber, editor of multiple newspapers, special agent, and American politician. He was born in Concord, New Hampshire and moved to Wilmington, North Carolina. Abbot was a owner and editor of the Daily American (1852-1856), editor of the Boston Atlas (1859), and editor of the Washington Post. He served as a member of the commission to adjust the boundary between New Hampshire and Canada, delegate to the State constitution convention (1868), collector of the port of Wilmington, inspector of posts along the eastern line of the sourthern coast, established the town of Abbotsburg, North Carolina, and was employed as a special agent in the United States Treasury Department. Joseph was adjutant general of New Hampshire (1855 - 1861), served in the Union Army (1861 - 1865), breveted brigadier general, and was commandant of Wilmington, North Carolina. Abbot was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate (July 14, 1868 - March 3, 1871). [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=A000006]"

Member of North Carolina Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875, North Carolina Delegation—United States Fifteenth Amendment.

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