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    William Cornell Jewett

    Birth: 2-19-1823

    Death: 10-27-1893

    Nickname: "Colorado Jewett"

Biography

Provocateur and Peace Activist. Involved in failed Niagara Falls Conference of 1864 intending to end the American Civil War. Fanny Seward references him in her 1862-1863 diary, where she states "Fred read aloud that amusing letter of crazy William Cornell Jewett's to the President."

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Biography and Citation Information:
Biography: 
Provocateur and Peace Activist. Involved in failed Niagara Falls Conference of 1864 intending to end the American Civil War. Fanny Seward references him in her 1862-1863 diary, where she states "Fred read aloud that amusing letter of crazy William Cornell Jewett's to the President."
Citation Type: 
Journal Article
Journal or Newspaper Title: 
The Historian
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Clark C. Spence and Robin W. Winks
Article Title: 
William "Colorado" Jewett of the Niagara Falls Conference
Year: 
1960
Volume: 
23
Issue: 
1
Start Page: 
23
End Page: 
53
Citation Notes: 
JSTOR: https://www.jstor.org/stable/24437696
Citation for Birth Info:
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
History and genealogy of the Jewetts of America
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Frederic Clarke Jewett
Publisher Location: 
New York
Publisher Name: 
The Grafton Press
Year: 
1908
Start Page: 
259
Citation Notes: 
HathiTrust: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005770441
Citation for Death Info:
Citation Type: 
Journal Article
Journal or Newspaper Title: 
Jewett Family of America
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Thomas Jewett
Article Title: 
William "Colorado" Jewett
Year: 
2014
Issue: 
2
Start Page: 
10
Citation Notes: 
https://www.jewett.org/jfa_backissues/jfa_quarterly_2014_2.pdf