Correspondence, 1872-1878.

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Correspondence, 1872-1878.

Letters written by Robt. G. Ingersoll & Benj. F. Marsh to and for Jones, an office-seeker, to help him get a government position.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893

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Rutherford B. Hayes was born in Delaware, Ohio, in 1822 and earned degrees from Kenyon College and Harvard Law School before starting a career as a lawyer in Cincinnati. Hayes served as a major general in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War and was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1864. Hayes then was elected Governor of Ohio and later served one term as President of the United States (1877-1881) before retiring to his home in Fremont, Ohio, where he died in 1893.President of the Uni...

Marsh, Benjamin Franklin, 1839-1905

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Jones, K. K. (Kiler Kent), b. 1825.

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Businessman & farmer in Quincy, Ill. Jones had published newspapers in Chicago and Quincy, and dealt in grain in Chicago. The letters suggest that the Chicago fire had wiped out much of his fortune. From the description of Correspondence, 1872-1878. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 42269363 ...

Ingersoll, Robert Green, 1833-1899

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Ingersoll: unmarried lawyer in Peoria, Ill. From the description of Letter : Peoria, Ill., to Miss Han Selby, Smithland, Ky., 1859 Sept. 24. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 41986349 Ingersoll: lawyer, author, lecturer, well-known proponent of agnosticism. Hackley (1837-1905): businessman & philanthropist from Muskegon, Mich. From the description of Letter : New York, [N.Y.], to Mr. [Charles Henry?] Hackley, 1897 July 21. (Abraham L...