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One of the Greatest Secretaries In History The Life and Times of Captain George W. Ely. This book was edited by my cousins GEORGE W. ELY, III, and William Dodds Hawkins and was accepted into the New York Stock Exchange''s archives, New York Public Library, New York Historical Society and many libraries of the U.S. Department of Army. GEORGE W. ELY, III is also the grandson of RAY LYMAN WILBUR who was President of Standford University, R.L. Wilbur was also Secretary of the Interior under President Hoover for four years, for many years and Lyman''s brother was CURTIS WILBUR, Secretary of the Navy under President COOLIDGE. Civil War begins Adamson finds Photograph which is George W. Ely in the Capitol Dome in 1861 with Captain Henry Bidwell. Ely thought so highly of Captain Bidwell that he named his son Henry Bidwell Ely. When Bidwell died Ely replaced him "as the youngest Captain of the Seventh Regiment." Bidwell is holding paper in hand above. Two men of N.Y. City''s 7th Regiment are looking up to Ely for drink of water. The Ely book contains seventy photographs including some never before published of the Civil War. The Life and Times of Captain George W. Ely sells for only .00 and .50 postage within the USA. It is 8 by 11 1/2 format. Adamson''s first book has been retyped setted. Adamson donated 150 copies to the U.S. Army.CLICK HERE FOR letter from U.S. Army Read on: GEORGE W. ELY was born January 6, 1840, in West Springfield, Massachusetts. In 1857, at 17, he enlisted in the Seventh Regiment of the New York National Guard. George William Ely was a soldier in the Civil War and watchdog of the New York Stock Exchange, a towering figure in both fields. Here is how Colonel Emmons Clark describes Ely the soldier, in his History of The Seventh Regiment: "Captain Ely was a thorough soldier, a strict disciplinarian, and a dashing and popular officer. He was remarkably soldierly in appearance, with great physical strength and powers of endurance. He was distinguished for