James A. Garfield Papers 1775-1889 (bulk 1850-1881)

Grant, Ulysses Simpson, 1822-1885

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Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant, April 27, 1822, Point Pleasant, Ohio-died July 23, 1885, Wilton, New York) was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. As president, Grant was an effective civil rights executive who worked with the Radical Republicans during Reconstruction to protect African Americans, created the Justice Department, and reestablish the public credit. Promoted lieutenant-general, in 1864, Grant led the Union Army in winning the American Civ...

Sherman, John, 1823-1900

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Sherman was born in Lancaster, Ohio to Charles Robert Sherman and his wife, Mary Hoyt Sherman, the eighth of their 11 children. John Sherman's grandfather, Taylor Sherman, a Connecticut lawyer and judge, first visited Ohio in the early nineteenth century, gaining title to several parcels of land before returning to Connecticut. After Taylor's death in 1815, his son Charles, newly married to Mary Hoyt, moved the family west to Ohio. Several other Sherman relatives soon followed, and Charles becam...

Lieber, Francis, 1800-1872

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Political scientist and author; born in Berlin, settled in U.S. 1827. From the description of ALsS : to George Mifflin Dallas, 1846. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122365122 Political scientist and educator. From the description of Letter, 1865 July 28, New York, to Dr. C[harles?] D[aniel?] Drake, St. Louis, Missouri [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647806353 Francis Lieber: German American political phil...

Cox, Jacob Dolson, 1828-1900

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Jacob Dolson Cox was born in Montreal (then located in the British colonial Province of Lower Canada) on October 27, 1828. His father and mother respectively were Jacob Dolson Cox and Thedia Redelia (Kenyon) Cox, both Americans and residents of New York. His father Jacob was of Dutch origin, descended from Hanoverian emigrant Michael Cox (Koch) who arrived in New York in 1702. His mother Thedia was descended from Revolutionary War Connecticut soldier Payne Kenyon who was there when British Gener...

Chandler, William E. (William Eaton), 1835-1917

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U.S. secretary of the navy, senator from New Hampshire, and lawyer. From the description of William E. Chandler papers, 1863-1917. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982265 U.S. Secretary of the Navy, senator from New Hampshire, and lawyer. From the description of Papers [microform], 1876-1882. (Rutherford B Hayes Presidential Center). WorldCat record id: 62739785 William E. Chandler, a Republican, was U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1889-1901, Assistant ...

Credit Mobilier of America

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Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901

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U.S. Army officer during the Civil War and public official, New York and New Jersey. From the description of Letters, 1894-1895. (Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 70975832 American army officer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Morristown, to an unidentified Senator, [1876?] Feb. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270618668 From the description of Autograph telegram signed : [n.p.], to General Morell, Miner...

Pratt, Albert M.

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Robinson, James S.

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Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920

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Carolyn Wells published under the pseudonym Rowland Wright. From the description of Autograph postcard signed from W.D. Howells to Carolyn Wells, Rahway [manuscript], 19th or 20th century. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 694525270 Author, editor, critic. From the description of Letters chiefly to Alexander? Black [manuscript] 1888-1919. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647943111 William Dean Howells was an American novelist...

Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829-1886

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Chester Alan Arthur (October 5, 1829 – November 18, 1886) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 21st President of the United States from 1881 to 1885....

Ward, Samuel, 1814-1884

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American lobbyist and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to William Makepeace Thackeray, 1861 Mar. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270856372 Ward, an American lobbyist, financier, author, and adventurer, was well known in social and political circles in both the U.S. and Europe. Maud Howe Elliott was his niece, and the daughter of reformer Julia Ward Howe. From the guide to the Papers, ca. 1814-1936., (Houghton Library, Harvard...

Campbell, Alexander, 1788-1866

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Bundy, J. M. (Jonas Mills), 1835-1891

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Bundy was an American author and a magazine editor in New York City. From the description of Letter, 1869. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80684922 ...

Rosecrans, William S. (William Starke), 1819-1898

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General during the Civil War; congressman from California (1881-1885); U.S. Register of the Treasury (1885-1893). From the description of Papers, 1864-1895. (University of Notre Dame). WorldCat record id: 24039377 William Starke Rosecrans was an inventor, coal-oil company executive, diplomat, politician, and United States Army officer during the Civil War. He was the victor at prominent Western Theater battles such as Second Corinth, Stones River, and the Tullahoma Campaign,...

Spencer, Platt R. (Platt Rogers), 1800-1864

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Teacher and originator of Spencerian penmanship. From the description of P. R. Spencer letter : Geneva, Ohio, to A. H. Webster, 1855 Sept. 12. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 173260178 Penmanship teacher and business school co-founder, of Geneva, Ohio. From the description of Miscellanea, [late 18--]-1976 (bulk [late 18--]). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70953287 From the description of Letter, 1852 Dec. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 7...

Rhodes, James H.

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Hopkins, Mark, 1802-1887

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Curtis, John Jay, 1857-1931

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Robison, John P., 1811-1889

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Physician, businessman, merchant, and state legislator, of Bedford, Ohio; b. John Peter Robison. From the description of Daybook, 1834-1841. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70945820 Physician, businessman, and state legislator, of Ohio. From the description of Papers of John P. Robison, 1850-1907. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79448859 ...

Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912

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U.S. politician, historian and newspaper editor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cedarville, to Schuyler Colfax, 1863 Sept. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 649441349 American newspaperman, editor, diplomat, and historian. From the description of Papers of Whitelaw Reid [manuscript], 1878-1893. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647879858 From the description of Papers of Whitelaw Reid, 1878-1893. (University of Virginia). ...

Ingersoll, Robert Green, 1833-1899

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Ingersoll: unmarried lawyer in Peoria, Ill. From the description of Letter : Peoria, Ill., to Miss Han Selby, Smithland, Ky., 1859 Sept. 24. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 41986349 Ingersoll: lawyer, author, lecturer, well-known proponent of agnosticism. Hackley (1837-1905): businessman & philanthropist from Muskegon, Mich. From the description of Letter : New York, [N.Y.], to Mr. [Charles Henry?] Hackley, 1897 July 21. (Abraham L...

Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881

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James Garfield, twentieth President of the United States, was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, in 1831. After embarking on an academic career, he joined the Ohio volunteer infantry regiment, and in 1863 was appointed Major General in the same regiment. He served as a member of the U. S. House of Representatives from 1863 to 1880, when he was elected President. His inauguration took place on March 4, 1881, but his term of office was unfortunately brought to an abrupt end with his assassination by C...

Riddle, A. G. (Albert Gallatin), 1816-1902

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Author, lawyer, State representative, U.S. Representative from Ohio, and U.S. Consul to Cuba. From the description of Papers, 1835-1902 / [Albert Gallatin Riddle]. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 19824807 Albert Gallatin Riddle (1816-1902) was born in Monson, Massachusetts, and moved with his family to Newbury, Ohio, in 1817. He was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1840, and was the prosecuting attorney fro Geauga County, Ohio, from 1840-1846. Rid...

Stanley-Brown, Mary Garfield, 1867-1947

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Mary Garfield Stanley-Brown (1867-1947), known as Mollie as a girl, was the daughter of assassinated President Garfield. From the description of Mollie Garfield (Mary Garfield Stanley-Brown) papers regarding President James Garfield, 1874-1883. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 669909659 Mary (Mollie) Garfield Stanley-Brown was the daughter of President James A. Garfield and Lucretia Rudolph Garfield. She married Joseph Stanley-Brown in 1888 and had three children; Rudolph, Rut...

Dahlgren, Madeleine Vinton, 1825-1898

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Washington author. From the description of Letter : to Mr. Harvey, 1871 Feb 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22343650 ...

Phillips, Thomas Wharton, 1835-1912

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Converse, Julius Orrin, 1834-

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Black, Jeremiah S. (Jeremiah Sullivan), 1810-1883

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United States Attorney General. From the description of Jeremiah S. Black letters, 1860-1877. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936671 Biographical Note 1810, Jan. 10 Born, near Stony Creek, Pa. 1830 Admitted to the bar in Pennsylvania ...

Austin, Harmon, 1817-1893

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Howells, William Cooper, 1807-1894

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American printer; father of William Dean Howells (1837-1920). From the description of Letters written by William Cooper Howells to his brother Joseph [Howells], 1888-1893. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122443884 ...

Hiram College

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Nichol, Thomas M.

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