James Watson Webb
General James Watson Webb was a United States diplomat, newspaper publisher and a New York politician in the Whig and Republican parties.
Webb was born in Claverack, New York to Catherine and Gen. Samuel Blachley Webb, a Revolutionary officer of distinction. At agehe moved to Cooperstown, New York to live with his brotherinlaw and guardian, Judge George Morrill. He entered the United States Army in August 1819, advanced to the grade of first lieutenant in 1823, and in the following year became assistant commissary of subsistence.
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