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2 unusual facts about Gustavus Fox


Gustavus Fox

In 1866, he was sent on a special mission to Russia; he conveyed the congratulations of the President to Tsar Alexander II upon his escape from assassination.

Little attention was paid to his paper until 1986, when the National Geographic Society also concluded that Samana Cay was San Salvador.


William Faxon

Welles wanted to appoint Faxon as chief clerk of the Navy at this time, but the politically influential Francis Preston Blair and his son Montgomery Blair pressured Lincoln to appoint Gustavus Fox instead.


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