| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | E. B. Finley Scrapbooks
| | | | Creator: | Finley, E. B. | | | | Dates: | 1881-1899 | | | | Abstract: | Ebenezer Byron Finley (1833-1916) was a United States congressman, 1877-1881, judge of the third circuit of Ohio, and attorney from Bucyrus, Ohio. He served as Adjutant General of Ohio, 1884-1886. The collection consists of two scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings concerning the assassination of President James A. Garfield, 1881, and speeches delivered by General Finley. | | | | Call #: | MS 1126 | | | | Extent: | 0.30 linear feet (2 volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Finley, E. B. (Ebenezer Byron), 1833-1916. | Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881 -- Assassination. | Presidents -- United States -- Assassination.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | James A. Garfield Papers
| | | | Creator: | Garfield, James A. | | | | Dates: | 1857-1936 | | | | Abstract: | James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) was born in Orange Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. He was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, United States Congressman and Senator, and was the twentieth President of the United States who was assassinated in 1881. The collection consists of correspondence, diary (1873), and newspaper clippings, relating to Garfield's career and assassination, Garfield Monument in Lakeview Cemetery, Cleveland, and the establishment of Lawnfield, his home in Mentor, Ohio, as a memorial museum. Includes correspondence (1874-1900) of his wife, Lucretia Rudolph Garfield. Correspondents include N.L. Chaffee, Burke A. Hinsdale, Frederick Kinsman, and Charles Whittlesey. | | | | Call #: | MS 3049 | | | | Extent: | 4.10 linear feet (10 containers and 1 oversize volume) | | | | Subjects: | Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881. | Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881 -- Assassination. | Presidents -- United States. | Presidents -- United States -- Assassination.
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