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Found in 10 Collections and/or records:

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Salmon P. Chase Papers

Identifier: MSS15610
Abstract Abolitionist, lawyer, United States senator, governor of Ohio, United States secretary of the treasury, and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, speeches, writings, financial and legal papers, biographical material, and other papers pertaining to Chase's career and personal life. Topics include Chase's activities as an abolitionist, his law practice in Cincinnati, membership in the Liberty Party, involvement in national and state politics as...
Dates 1755-1898; Majority of material found within ( 1824-1872)
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Thomas Ewing Family Papers

Identifier: MSS20099
Abstract Correspondence, diaries, journals, legal files, military records, speeches and writings, reports, notes, autographs, scrapbooks, biographical material, commonplace books, financial records, genealogies, photographs, printed matter, and maps pertaining to members of the Ewing family including Thomas Ewing (1789-1871), senator from Ohio and cabinet member; Thomas Ewing (1829-1896), Union general during the Civil War and congressman from Ohio; Ellen Ewing Sherman and her husband, William T....
Dates 1757-1941; Majority of material found within 1815-1896
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James A. Garfield Papers

Identifier: MSS291956
Abstract

United States president, army officer, lawyer, and educator. Family, personal, and official correspondence including records of Garfield's Civil War military service, diary (1848-1881), speeches and other public statements, legal papers, genealogical material, college notebooks, tributes, printed matter, scrapbooks, and other material relating primarily to Garfield's career and death.

Dates 1775-1889; Majority of material found within 1850-1881
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Gibson-Getty-McClure Families Papers

Identifier: MSS22681
Abstract Correspondence, diaries, financial papers, military papers, and miscellany relating to various members of these allied families from the area of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Includes correspondence of General George Gibson (d. 1861) and the jurist John Bannister Gibson (1780-1853) and papers, 1777-1854, relating to the Revolutionary War service of their father, Colonel George Gibson (1747-1791); papers of George Washington Getty (1819-1901) and members of his family relating primarily to...
Dates 1777-1926; Majority of material found within 1880-1901
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Ulysses S. Grant Papers

Identifier: MSS23333
Abstract

United States president and army officer. General and family correspondence, speeches, reports, messages, manuscript of Grant’s memoirs (1885), military records, financial and legal records, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, memorabilia, and miscellaneous papers relating to Grant’s career in the military, politics, and government.

Dates 1819-1974; Majority of material found within 1843-1885
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Andrew Johnson Papers

Identifier: MSS27839
Abstract

U. S. president, vice president, senator, representative, and army officer. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, messages and speeches, courts-martial and amnesty records, financial records, lists, newspaper clippings, printed matter, scrapbooks, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Johnson's presidency.

Dates 1783-1947; Majority of material found within 1865-1869
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F. W. Lander and J. M. Lander Papers

Identifier: MSS29322
Abstract

Engineer, explorer, and army officer (F. W Lander). Actress (J. M. Lander). Correspondence, writings, military dispatches and telegrams, notes, maps, reports, scrapbooks, printed material, and other papers relating to F. W. Lander’s explorations in the West, advocacy of a western railroad system, political activities in California, and service during the Civil War. Also correspondence, scrapbooks, and other papers documenting the acting career of J. M. Lander.

Dates 1836-1894; Majority of material found within ( 1849-1862)
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Abraham Lincoln Papers

Identifier: MSS30189
Abstract

United States president and representative and lawyer from Illinois. Correspondence and other papers relating primarily to Abraham Lincoln's presidency and the Civil War.

Dates 1774-1948
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George Brinton McClellan Papers

Identifier: MSS31898
Abstract

Army officer and governor of New Jersey. Correspondence, diaries, military papers, memoranda, telegrams, notes, writings, printed copies of speeches, articles, and books relating primarily to McClellan's Civil War service, particularly the Yorktown and Maryland campaigns.

Dates 1783-1898; Majority of material found within 1850-1885
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B. F. Wade Papers

Identifier: MSS44263
Abstract

Lawyer, United States senator from Ohio, and Republican Party leader. Chiefly political correspondence relating to Wade's career in the Senate as well as personal letters concerning his law practice and business. Includes printed speeches, maps, family letters, business records, and other material.

Dates 1832-1886; Majority of material found within 1852-1869