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1Title:  Political Experiences of Major General Jacob Dolson Cox     
 Creator:  Cochran, William Cox 
 Dates:  1940 
 Abstract:  Jacob Dolson Cox was a Union Army general and politician from Ohio. During the American Civil War, Cox headed the Department of the Kanawha, commanded the IX Corps of the Army of Virginia, and in 1863, assumed command of the District of Ohio and of the 3rd Division, XXIII Corps. After the war, he was Governor of Ohio (1866-1867) and was President Grant's Secretary of the Interior (1869-1870). He was also president of the Wabash Railroad and was elected to Congress in 1876. He authored Military Reminiscences of the Civil War (1900). The collection consists of a bound, ribbon copy of William Cox Cochran's(1846-1936) unfinished biography of his stepfather, Major General Jacob Dolson Cox (1828-1900). This unpublished manuscript was prepared after William Cox Cochran's death in 1936. 
 Call #:  MS 2757 
 Extent:  0.40 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Cox, Jacob D. (Jacob Dolson), 1828-1900. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns. | Generals -- United States. | Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877). | Governors -- Ohio. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1900.
 
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2Title:  Burke Aaron Hinsdale Papers     
 Creator:  Hinsdale, Burke Aaron 
 Dates:  1854-1901 
 Abstract:  Burke Aaron Hinsdale (1837-1900) was an educator who served as President of Hiram College, Superintendent of the Cleveland Public Schools, and professor at the University of Michigan. The collection consists of correspondence, student essays, notes, receipts, articles, clippings, biographical material, and other papers concerning Hinsdale's student days, his positions at Hiram College, the Cleveland Public Schools, and the University of Michigan, his association with James A. Garfield, and his writing of The Works of James Abram Garfield (1882-83), containing information on Garfield's early life and the Republican convention of 1880. Includes letters of condolence to Mrs. Hinsdale on her husband's death. 
 Call #:  MS 1772 
 Extent:  2.30 linear feet (6 containers and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Hinsdale, B. A. (Burke Aaron), 1837-1900. | Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881. | Hinsdale, B. A. (Burke Aaron), 1837-1900. Works of James Abram Garfield, 1882-1883. | Hiram College. | University of Michigan. | Cleveland Public Schools. | Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) | College presidents -- Ohio. | College teachers -- Michigan. | Political conventions -- United States. | School superintendants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1900.
 
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