George Howland Cox scrapbook 1860-1928 1860-1914 Cox, George Howland scrapbook

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George Howland Cox scrapbook 1860-1928 1860-1914 Cox, George Howland scrapbook

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This collection contains unbound material from a scrapbook compiled by George Howland Cox, a banker in Cambridge, Massachusetts, around the turn of the 20th century. Materials include a series of letters written by cadet William A. Simpson during his time at the United States Military Academy as well as Cox family correspondence, newspaper clippings, and ephemera.

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