Collection, 1853-1943.

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Collection, 1853-1943.

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Harrison family correspondence and Benjamin Harrison's professional papers. Series I includes Harrison's personal and professional papers and correspondence relating to his law practice, Civil War service, presidency, and Indiana and national politics. There are also photographs and memorabilia. Series II are papers of Caroline Scott Harrison, including personal correspondence and memorabilia. Series III includes the personal correspondence of Mary Lord Harrison. One letter to Charles W. Fairbanks concerns the selection of a biographer for her late husband. Series IV, V, and VI contain the correspondence of Mary Harrison McKee (daughter of Benjamin and Caroline Harrison); Mary Saunders Harrison (Mrs. Russell B. Harrison), and John Witherspoon Scott (father of Caroline Harrison). Other correspondents include Noble Chase Butler, Schuyler Colfax, Russell B. Harrison, and Charles W. Fairbanks.

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Fairbanks, Charles W. (Charles Warren), 1852-1918

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Charles Warren Fairbanks (May 11, 1852 – June 4, 1918) was an American politician who served as a senator from Indiana from 1897 to 1905 and the 26th vice president of the United States from 1905 to 1909. He was also the Republican vice presidential nominee in the 1916 presidential election. Born near Unionville Center, Ohio, Fairbanks moved to Indianapolis after graduating from Ohio Wesleyan University. He became an attorney and railroad financier, working under railroad magnate Jay Gould. F...

Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885

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Schuyler Colfax Jr. (March 23, 1823 – January 13, 1885) was an American journalist, businessman, and politician who served as the 17th Vice President of the United States from 1869 to 1873, and prior to that as the 25th Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1863 to 1869. Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for Indiana's 9th congressional district as a member of the anti-slavery Indiana People's Party in 1854, Colfax joined the Republican Party during his first term. He served as ...

Butler, Noble Chase, 1844-1933

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Lawyer in Salem, Ind. and clerk of the federal district and circuit courts in Indianapolis. From the description of Papers, 1809-1933. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 27776062 ...

United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 70th (1862-1865)

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Col. Sanders D. Bruce served with the 20th Kentucky Infantry Regiment during the Civil War as commanding officer at Bowling Green, Ky. and as provost-marshal-general in Lexington, Ky. James H. Kelly served with the 70th Indiana Infantry Regiment and lived in Greenwood, Ind. toward the end of his life. From the description of Records, 1862, 1923. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 36545947 ...

Harrison, Caroline Lavinia Scott, 1832-1892

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Caroline Scott Harrison was a music teacher and wife of the 23rd President, Benjamin Harrison. Fascinated by history and preservation, in 1890 she helped found the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) serving as its first President General. The centennial of President Washington’s inauguration heightened the nation’s interest in its heroic past, and in 1890 Caroline Scott Harrison lent her prestige as First Lady to the founding of the National Society of the Daug...

Scott, John W. (John Witherspoon), 1800-1892

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Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901

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Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) was a Republican politician who served as the 23rd President of the United States from 1889 to 1893. He was both preceded and succeeded in office by Democrat Grover Cleveland. From the guide to the Benjamin Harrison letter to George C. Baker, 1888, (Brooklyn Historical Society) John Harrington Farley, born in Cleveland in 1845, was a Democratic politician who served three terms on Cleveland's city council (1871-1877) and two terms as its mayor (...

Harrison, Russell B. (Russell Benjamin), 1854-1936

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The son of President Benjamin Harrison, Harrison was a businessman, politician, and lawyer. A native of Ohio, Harrison moved to Montana in 1878, where he ran the U.S. Assay Office; invested in land, railroads, cattle, and mining enterprises; and bought the HELENA DAILY JOURNAL in 1890. During his father's presidency he was involved in a libel suit brought by John Schuyler Crosby. After serving in the Spanish-American War, he settled in Indianapolis, practiced law, and served in the Indiana House...

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Harrison, Mary Lord, 1858-1948

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Harrison, Mary Saunders, 1860-1944

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McKee, Mary Scott Harrison, 1858-1930

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