The story of a great nationOr, Our country's achievements, military, naval, political, and civil . ROBERT B. RHETT. Born in Beaufort. S. C Dec. 34, IKIX). He went bv thefamily name of Smith until It^iT, when he assumed h\sancestral one of Khett. Became a lawyer. Enteredpolitical life, 1836, when lie was elected to the .StateLegislattire. Elected Attorney-General of the Was an emphatic States Ki^^hts advocate. Mem-ber of Congress, lK3(i-]fU9. Elected U. S. Senator, I(«0;resigned, ;3. Memt)er of Stale .Secession Chairman of the Comniillee of the ProvisionalCon
The story of a great nationOr, Our country's achievements, military, naval, political, and civil . ROBERT B. RHETT. Born in Beaufort. S. C Dec. 34, IKIX). He went bv thefamily name of Smith until It^iT, when he assumed h\sancestral one of Khett. Became a lawyer. Enteredpolitical life, 1836, when lie was elected to the .StateLegislattire. Elected Attorney-General of the Was an emphatic States Ki^^hts advocate. Mem-ber of Congress, lK3(i-]fU9. Elected U. S. Senator, I(«0;resigned, ;3. Memt)er of Stale .Secession Chairman of the Comniillee of the ProvisionalCongress, which reported the < uiifrdcrate to the National Uemocratic Convention, Sept. 14 R. M. T. HUNTER. Born in Essex Co., Va., April 31, 18«1. Educated atthe Iuiversity of Virginia and the Winchester LawSchool. Member of Congress 1831, 41, 46, 4V, andSpeaker 1839-41. U. S. Senator. Was Secretaryof State in the Confederacy, a Confederate Senator, andone of the Commissioners who met President Lincolnand Secretary Seward at the Hampton Koads confer-ence, Feb., 1865. Appointed Collector of Customs forthe District of Tappahannock, Va., .May 31, 1,885 DiedJuly 18, 1887.
Size: 1486px × 1682px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookidstoryofgreatnati00shea
