George Harrington

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George Harrington (* 1815 in Boston , Massachusetts , † December 5, 1892 at sea) was an American diplomat .

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Born in Boston and later Georgia resident, George Harrington joined the Department of the Treasury during the presidency of James Knox Polk . Under his friend Salmon Portland Chase , he became office manager and rose on March 13, 1861 to the ministerial director of the department. In 1860 Harrington attended the Republican National Convention as a Republican delegate for Washington, DC . After the attack on Abraham Lincoln , he was responsible for organizing Lincoln's funeral. From July 7, 1865 to July 20, 1869, Harrington was the successor to George G. Fogg "Minister Resident" in Switzerland .

Harrington founded the American Telegraph Works company on October 1, 1870 with Thomas Alva Edison , which existed until January 1873. He died in 1892 while a ship was to take him to Paris .

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  • Paul Israel: Edison: A Life of Invention . John Wiley & Sons, 2000, ISBN 0-471-36270-0 .
  • Charles Lanman: Biographical Annals of the Civil Government of the United States: During its First Century. From Original and Official Sources . Anglim, Washington 1876, (online) .
  • The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the United States . Volume 12, White, New York 1904, p. 337, (online) .
  • Dennis Northcott (Ed.): Guide to Civil War Manuscripts in the Missouri Historical Society Archives . April 25, 2007, p. 37, PDF .

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SURNAME Harrington, George
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH 1815
PLACE OF BIRTH Boston , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH December 5, 1892
Place of death at sea