| 1838/10/08 |
John Milton Hay is born in Salem, Indiana |
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| 1858/00/00 |
John Hay graduates from Brown University, Providence, RI |
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| 1859/00/00 |
John Hay joins the law office of his uncle, Milton Hay, Springfield, Il |
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| 1861/00/00 |
John Hay becomes the Assistant private secretary to Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1864 |
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| 1864/00/00 |
John Hay becomes the Assistant adjutant general in the United States army, 1864-1865 |
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| 1865/00/00 |
John Hay becomes Secretary of American legation, Paris, France, 1865-1867 |
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| 1865/04/15 |
American President Abraham Lincoln dies at the Petersen House. |
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Petersen House |
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| 1867/00/00 |
John Hay becomes Charge daffaires, Vienna, Austria, 1867-1868 |
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| 1869/00/00 |
John Hay becomes Secretary of American legation, Madrid, Spain, 1869-1870 |
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| 1870/00/00 |
John Hay becomes an editorial writer for the New York Tribune, 1870-1875 |
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| 1874/02/04 |
On a Wednesday evening, Clara Stone marries John Hay in her parent's parlor, a elegant and decorous affair. |
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Marriage of Clara Stone and John Hay |
| 1879/00/00 |
John Hay serves as Assistant secretary of state, 1879-1881 |
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| 1881/00/00 |
John Hay serves as an Editor for the New York Tribune, 1881 |
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| 1891/00/00 |
A summer house, The Fells, is completed for John and Clara Hay. The oldest part of the house is the southernmost section, including part of the main dwelling and the servants' ell which originally stood as separate units connected by a narrow passage. |
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Hay Estate |
Newbury |
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| 1897/00/00 |
John Hay serves as the American Ambassador to Great Britain, 1897-1898 |
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| 1898/00/00 |
John Hay serves as Secretary of State, 1898-1905 |
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| 1905/07/01 |
John Hay dies at Lake Sunapee, Newbury, New Hampshire. |
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Hay Estate |
Newbury |
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