James C. Otis collection, 1860.

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James C. Otis collection, 1860.

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Letter by Wyllys Cadwell Ransom, Nebraska Territory, 1860, to his uncle Alexis Ransom, Kalamazoo, Michigan, about the death of his father, Epaphroditus Ransom, former governor of Michigan.

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Western Michigan University, Dwight B. Waldo Library

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Western Michigan University, Dwight B. Waldo Library

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Otis, James C. (James Cornish), 1912-

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Ransom, Epaphroditus, 1799-1859

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Ransom was born in Mass. in Feb. 1797. Raised in Vt., he graduated from law school at Northampton (Mass.) in 1823. In 1834 he moved to Mich., practicing law in Bronson (Kalamazoo County, Mich.). He was appointed Judge of the 2nd Judicial Circuit and Assoc. Justice of the Mich. Supreme Court in 1836. He served as Governor of Mich., 1848-1850; Justice of the Mich. Supreme Court, 1836-1847, including Chief Justice, 1843-1847; as a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Mich., 1850-1852...