J. P. Sanderson papers, 1846-1865.

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J. P. Sanderson papers, 1846-1865.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5953882

Includes correspondence, including copies of political letters while Sanderson worked in Missouri as Provost Marshal General and a correspondence journal during his army career from 1862 to April 1864. The Order of American Knights (O.A.K.) exposure papers explain the rebel conspiracy in detail through reports of undercover agents and testimonies of the conspirators. One scrapbook includes newspaper articles regarding the O.A.K. Exposure; another contains J.P. Sanderson Jr.'s collection of newspaper clippings, 1864 through 1865 documenting the assassination of President Lincoln, the trial of the assassination, the Wirz Trial, and other important events.

1.33 cubic ft.

Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7775196

Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society

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Sanderson, John P., 1818-1864.

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Army officer in the Civil War. From the description of John P. Sanderson diary, 1863-1864. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63934930 John Phillip Sanderson was born in East Hanover, Pennsylvania on February 14, 1818. He was admitted to the bar in 1839, served in the legislature in 1845, and later in 1847, the state senate. He published the Philadelphia "Daily News" from 1848 to 1856. In 1861 he was appointed Assistant Secretary of War, but resigned that same...