Papers. 1848-1913.

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Papers. 1848-1913.

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United States senator and minister to Japan. Collection contains letters, a letterbook, and miscellaneous items which highlight Bingham's political positions. Also includes diaries and letters of Emma Bingham reflecting life in Japan and personal matters. Contact repository for more information.

0.25 cubic foot.

Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 8092063

Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society

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United States. Congress. Senate

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Bingham, John Armor, 1815-1900

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Born in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, where his carpenter and bricklayer father, Hugh, had moved after service in the War of 1812, Bingham attended local public schools. After his mother's death in 1827, his father remarried. John moved west to Ohio to live with his merchant uncle, Thomas, after clashing with his new stepmother. The teenager apprenticed as a printer for two years, helping to publish the Luminary, an anti-Masonic newspaper. He then returned to Pennsylvania to study at Mercer Colle...