Correspondence, 1852-1900.

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Correspondence, 1852-1900.

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Micofilmed copies of handwritten correspondence. The materials relate to Cox's work as Secretary of the Interior, to the administration of Ulysses S. Grant, to the suffrage of Afro-Americans, to the Reconstruction of the United States following the American Civil War (1861-1865), to the formation of the Liberal Republican Party, and to the debate on the gold standard for currency. These items are reels number 1, 3, and 5 of a seven reel collection.

3 reels of microfilm.

Harold B. Lee Library

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