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Start Over You searched for: Repository University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library ✖ Remove constraint Repository: University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library Creator Longyear, John Wesley, 1820-1875 ✖ Remove constraint Creator: Longyear, John Wesley, 1820-1875 Level Collection ✖ Remove constraint Level: Collection Places Michigan -- Politics and government -- 1837-1950. ✖ Remove constraint Places: Michigan -- Politics and government -- 1837-1950. Subjects Railroads -- Michigan. ✖ Remove constraint Subjects: Railroads -- Michigan. Subjects Women -- Education -- United States. ✖ Remove constraint Subjects: Women -- Education -- United States.
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2 linear feet — 2 oversize folders
Republican congressman and U.S. district judge from Lansing, Michigan. Correspondence, business and legal papers, manuscript addresses, photographs, and miscellaneous items; include material concerning Michigan politics and his Civil War activities as a member of Congress; journal, 1871 containing a few brief entries on business matters.
The papers of John Wesley Longyear spans the period from 1837 to 1875. The bulk of the collection covers two periods of Longyear's life: his two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives (1863-1866) and his service as U.S. district court judge (1870-1875).
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