THE

LIFE AND TIMES

OF

SILAS WRIGHT.

BY R. H. GILLET,

AUTHOR OF THE "DEMOCRACY OF THE UNITED STATES," AND "THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,
ITS OFFICERS AND THEIR DUTIES."'

VOLUME I.

ALBANY:

THE ARGUS COMPANY, PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS.

1874.

Entered according to act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and

seventy-four,

BY R. H. GILLET,

In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

ΤΟ

HON. FRANCIS PRESTON BLAIR

The Life-long Personal and Political Friend

ОР

SILAS WRIGHT,

THIS WORK ON HIS LIFE AND TIMES IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED,