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Description: ONE SENT TO Charles Francis Conant was born in Milford, New Hampshire, on April 22, 1835. He was the son of Benjamin I. and Louisa H. (Gutterson) Conant. His father was a prominent Milford mercantile and lumber dealer, and upon the completion of his education in the community's public schools and the Milford Academy, Conant served as bookkeeper in, and for a short time, ran his father's store. In 1860, he and Bainbridge Wadleigh, who would later serve New Hampshire as a U.S. senator, organized the Lincoln Young Men's Wide Awake Club, an organization for young men who supported Republican principles. Upon the outbreak of the Civil War, Conant enlisted in a local regiment for three months' service. He fulfilled his obligation on garrison duty at Fort Constitution. He then enlisted for three years' service, but an illness precluded him from completing his term.In 1863, Conant was appointed to a clerkship in the U.S. War Department, where he served until 1865, when he accepted a position in the Treasury Department. After several promotions, he was appointed chief of the Division of Estimates, Warrants, and Appropriations in April 1870. As chief of the warrants division, Conant was responsible for completing the monthly debt statement of the United States and preparing the Book of Estimates. In July 1874, he was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, being the first man to rise to the position after having served a clerkship. This fact is significant, for it reflected changing attitudes in civil service. Reformers supported a more professional approach to staffing government offices. While not a traditional political appointment, Conant's placement was upon the recommendation of future President James Garfield, with whom he had developed a close friendship while Garfield was chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. His appointment was viewed favorably by the press and civil service reformers. While he was assistant secretary, Conant also often served as acting secretary during the illness of Secretary Benjamin Bristow, attending Cabinet meetings and completing other duties in Bristow's absence.Immediately upon Hayes taking office in March 1877, Secretary John Sherman appointed Conant as the department's funding agent, replacing John P. Bigelow, and placed him in charge of the financial transactions of the government in London in relation to refunding the national debt. He spent three years in London, overseeing the sale of U.S. bonds in the European financial market. He worked closely with the Rothschilds and Drexel, Morgan. His correspondence to Sherman was transmitted to Congress and was published in 1880 under the title Specie Resumption and Refunding of the National Debt.In 1879, Conant and his wife and children returned to the United States, settling in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Although he and Garfield had cultivated a close working friendship in the mid-1870's, Conant for some reason did not receive an appointment when Garfield became president in 1881. Conant instead retired from public life, preparing a number of articles on financial subjects for publication. He also acted as financial agent for a group of investors who intended to develop a rapid transit system between New York and Boston.Conant died at Cambridge on July 26, 1886, leaving his widow, Harriet Lincoln Shaw, and children Clara Louise, Charles Edward and Arthur Straiton Conant. He was buried in Milford. ---- ---- SEE PHOTOS !!! NO RESERVE, SHIPPING AND HANDLING IS $2.00 IN USA, OR $4.00 FOREIGN. I COMBINE SHIPPING COSTS ON MULTIPLE ITEM TO SAVE YOU MONEY.

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Location: Oceanside, New York

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