Chapter XVI: �william A. Buckingham

The Buckinghams an Original Puritan Family�Rev. Thomas Buckingham�Gov. Buckingham's Father and Mother�Lebanon, the Birthplace of Five Governors�Gov. Buckingham's Education�He Teaches School�His Natural Executive Tendency�His Business Career�His Extreme Punctuality in Payments�His Business and Religious Character�His Interest in the Churches and Schools�His Benefactions in those Directions�His Political Course�He Accepts Municipal but not Legislative Offices�A Member of the Peace Conference�He Himself Equips the First State Militia in the War�His Zealous Co-operation with the Government�Sends Gen. Aiken to Washington�The Isolation of that City from the North�Gov. Buckingham's Policy for the War; Letter to Mr. Lincoln�His Views on Emancipation; Letter to Mr. Lincoln�Anecdote of the Temperance Governor's Staff. 463