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Description
Israel Washburn outlined his ideas about prohibiting the trade of slaves until the constitution was amended to abolish slavery in a letter to his brother, Elihu Washburne, who was a member of Congress. Washburn asked for confirmation that his plan, detailed in a previous paper, was received by President Lincoln.
Israel Washburn Jr. (1813-1883), of Livermore, was the first son of Israel Washburn and Martha "Patty" Benjamin Washburn. While practicing law in Orono, he became interested in politics and was elected to the Maine legislature in 1842, as a member of the Whig party. He was elected to Congress in 1851 and became a founding member of the Republican party.
Washburn served as the 29th Governor of Maine from 1861 to 1863. He declined to be nominated for a third term. He was then appointed Collector of the Port of Portland, a position he held for 14 years.
Wasburn had four children with his first wife, Mary Maud Webster of Orono. She died in 1873. Three years later he married Robina Napier Brown of Bangor.
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About This Item
- Title: Israel Washburn on prohibition of inter-state slave trade, Portland, 1864
- Creator: Israel Washburn Jr.
- Creation Date: 1864-07-27
- Subject Date: 1864-07-27
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 20.25 cm x 25.4 cm
- Local Code: Box 1 Folder 2 Letter 15
- Collection: Israel Washburn Jr. Collection, Correspondence, Sent: 1841-1883
- Object Type: Text
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Slave trade--United States
- Slavery--United States
- Maine--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Washburn family
- Lawyers--Maine--Orono
- Politics & government--Washington D.C.
- Washburn, Israel, 1813-1883--correspondence
- Washburne, E. B. (Elihu Benjamin), 1816-1887--correspondence
- Governors--United States--Maine
- Washburn, Israel, 1813-1883
People
- Brettun, Henry
- Brown Washburn, Robina Napier
- Fessenden, William Pitt
- Halleck, Henry Wager
- Lincoln, Abraham
- Meade, George Gordon
- Washburn, Israel
- Washburn, Martha Benjamin
- Washburne, Elihu
- Webster Washburn, Mary Maud
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Washburn Norlands Living History Center290 Norlands Road, Livermore, ME 04253
(207) 897-4366
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