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great changes by his stern integrity, perseverance, and industry. Whatever measures he
reported, the Congress were quite sure to adopt. He was at the head of the Treasury Department,
and superintendent of the building of the Washington Monument, as far as that work
was completed, prior to the War of the Union. He spent the most of his life in Washington,
D. C. His death occurred in 1S65. On a preceding page is an engraving of him.
Hon. Elisha IVIiitttesey may have been related to William Whittlesey, the .Archbishop of
Canterbury, who was primate of all England from 136S to his death, in June, 1374. This
relationship, however, has not been traced.
JOHN COGSWELL.
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(Srnralostcal.
Joh.n'^ Cogswell, (Ec/i.'ardK WiUiain\ Williaur, Jolui^), son of
i Edward i 23 and Hannah (Brown) Cogswell, was born April 5, 1721,
in Ipswich, Mass. He married Sarah Fireman. It is said that they
resided in Vermont.
Amy, [235].
AUK,..\IL, [236].
Elish.a, [237].
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their children were:
ittcmorau^ia.
John, [238].
S.VKAH, [239].
John Coc.swei.l was a farmer. To what place he removed in Vermont and his subsequent
history are unknown. There was a John Cogswell, who died Sept. 9, 17S7, in the siMy.
seventh year of his age, and was buried in Chebacco Parish, Ipswich, Mass., who may have
been identical with the above named.
Amy Cogrcvel! [ 235 ] may be the same who married Nathan Hunt, of Little Compton, R. I-
LUCY COGSWELL.