This is a collection of the Hartford Evening Press that was printed 1929-1930 with a specific section dedicated to the personal correspondence of  former Harford Evening Press editor General Joseph R. Hawley (1826-1905). He was the 42nd Governor of Connecticut, a U.S. politician in the Republican and Free Soil parties, a Federal Civil War general, and a journalist and newspaper editor. He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives and was a four-term U.S. Senator.

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