Ephraim C. Dawes papers, 1836-1905, bulk 1855-1895.

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Ephraim C. Dawes papers, 1836-1905, bulk 1855-1895.

Letters mainly to family, diaries, scrapbooks, writings by Dawes and others, miscellaneous personal and military items, much of which relates to Dawes's service in the Civil War as an officer in the 53rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

4 cubic ft. (8 boxes and 1 oversize box)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7083971

Newberry Library

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Dawes, Rufus Robinson, 1838-1899

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