Papers 1836-1856.

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Papers 1836-1856.

U.S. Representative from Ohio, U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Governor of Ohio, and U.S. Comptroller of the Treasury. Chiefly letters of recommendation, petitions for patronage and pardons, resignations, and official reports from Medill's term as Governor (1853-56.) Includes material relating to blacks and the Peyton Polly slave kidnapping case, and minor personal correspondence (1840.) Contact repository for more information.

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Vallandigham, Clement Laird, 1820-1871

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Clement Laird Vallandigham was born July 29, 1820, in New Lisbon, Ohio (now Lisbon, Ohio), to Clement and Rebecca Laird Vallandigham. His father, a Presbyterian minister, educated his son at home. In 1841, Vallandigham had a dispute with the college president at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. He was honorably dismissed, but he never received a degree. Edwin M. Stanton, the future Secretary of War under President Lincoln, was Vallandigham's close friend before the Civil War....

Hunt, William Edward

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Epithet: Canon of Wells British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001031.0x000290 James Hanley (1901-1985) was a British playwright and novelist whose books often had seafaring themes, and whose plays included THE INNER JOURNEY and SAY NOTHING. He also co-edited a book on the singer Fyodor Chaliapin. James Hanley died on Nov. 11, 1985, at the age of 84. From the description of James H...

Polly, Peyton.

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Edgerton, Alfred P. (Alfred Peck), 1813-1897

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Hicksville, Ohio, and Fort Wayne, Indiana, politician and businessman. From the description of Why Indians are now to be permitted to vote under certain conditions : in the land, erstwhile, of the Miamis and of the Pottawatomies letter, [1881?]. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 39380885 Alfred Peck Edgerton (1813-1897) is the founder of Edgerton, Ohio. He moved from New York to Hicksville, Ohio, in 1837 and became manager of the American Land Company. He was a member ...

Harlan, James K.

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Lowe, Peter Perlee.

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Leet, Ralph.

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Democratic Party (Ohio)

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Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873

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Lawyer. From the description of Letter, 1845 March 4, Cincinnati, [Ohio], to Robert F. Paine, Columbus, O[hio]. (University of Toledo). WorldCat record id: 13541605 Salmon P. Chase served as the Secretary of the Treasury from 1861 to 1864. He oversaw the creation of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (1862) and implemented the introduction of the income tax and the national currency. From the description of Letter press book of the Secretary of the Treasury. 1863, Ju...

Wilson, J. W.

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Johnston, John.

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McCook, George W. (George Wythe), 1822-1877

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Dorsey, G. Volney (Godwin Volney), 1812-1885

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Medill, William, 1802-1865

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Lawyer, U.S. representative and governor of Ohio, and U.S. government official. From the description of William Medill papers, 1834-1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980164 ...

Ohio. Militia

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Anderson Spenser (fl. 1812) commanded a company of Butler County Ohio riflemen that was called into federal service on the frontier in 1812. From the guide to the Ohio Militia Muster Roll, ., 1812-1817, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

Tweed, William Marcy, 1823-1878

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