| LC control no. | no2018001391
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| Descriptive conventions | rda
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| Personal name heading | Black, George A., 1841-1914
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| Variant(s) | Black, George Adolph, 1841-1914
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| Biography/History note | George A. Black (1841-1914) served as Secretary of Utah Territory from 1870 to 1876.
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| Birth date | 1841
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| Death date | 1914
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| Affiliation | United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 45th (1861-1865)
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| Found in | George A. Black papers, 1862-1927 (George Adolph Black was born in 1841; by 1862 he was living in Freeport, Illinois; during the Civil War he served in the 45th Regiment of Illinois Volunteers; Black would eventually be appointed to work with the territorial government in Utah; he appears to have worked closely with John Wilson Shaffer in 1870; in November 1870 Black was appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant to serve as the Secretary of Utah Territory under Governor Vernon H. Vaughan; Vaughan only served four months until February 1871; at this time, Black served as acting governor until July 1871, when George Lemuel Woods was appointed as governor, and Black again served as secretary; Black would continue to serve under two more governors (Samuel B. Axtell and George W. Emery) until 1876; George A. Black died in 1914)
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| Associated language | eng
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