Rutherford B. Hayes letter to Uncle Scott, 1870 March 13.

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Rutherford B. Hayes letter to Uncle Scott, 1870 March 13.

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Consists of one autograph letter signed by Rutherford B. Hayes to "Uncle Scott" (Matthew Scott Cook) concerning the Cook ancestry. Enclosed is a Cook genealogy written by Hayes that includes his "guess as to the first Cook." The letter is dated 13 March 1870 from Columbus and is on State of Ohio Executive Department stationery. Includes State of Ohio Executive Department envelope addressed to M. Scott Cook, Chillicothe, O.

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Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8151200

Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Cook family

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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...

Cook, Matthew Scott, -1882?

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Surveyor, farmer, businessman and Ohio State legislator, of Chillicothe, Ohio. From the description of Papers, 1807-1887 / Matthew Scott Cook. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 19898780 ...