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* Captain of a ship filled with
men from Gardiner sailing San Fransisco and the great 1849 Gold
Rush *
* Discovered what became Scammon's Lagoon *
* Wrote
& Illustrated "Marine Mammals of the Pacific"
a scientific milestone *
* Captained Ship laying 1st
telegraph cable to Russia via Siberia to St Petersburg *
*
popular adventure author *
*
actually Charles was born ½ mile over the Whitefield
townline in East Pittston, where his father was now was a town
official.
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* West Point Graduate *
*
Taught at West Point *
* Fought in Seminole War *
* Future
President's McKinley and Hayes both served under him *
*
Fought at Antietam *
* promoted to Brigadier General
*
*President of the Ohio Military Academy *
*
Prolific Essay Writer *
* United States Foreign Counsel to
P.E.I. *
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*First public attorney in 1835
Chicago *
*published
"Seammon's Reports" (4 vols., 1832-'43) *
*Founded
Chicago Journal (1844) Newspaper *
*Founded railroads
in Chicago*
* Founded the Hahnemann
hospital in Chicago*
*Founded the Swedenborgian
Church in Chicago“
* Main Speaker at
Lincoln's Nomination *
*
wrote the original ordinances to set up the Chicago public
schools *
*Founder of the
original University of Chicago *
* Founder of Chicago
Historical Society *
* Pallbearer at Lincoln's Funeral *
*
one of the wealthiest men in America *
*Scammon Art
Lecture Series at U. of Chicago *
*Through
bequest and purchase, the Scammon property became the site of the
Laboratory Schools of the University of Chicago *
*donated the
money for the observatory tower and dome anjd salary of the
astronomer of the Chicago Astronomical Society
*
*president of the Marine Bank *
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