Guide to the Samuel S. Cox Diary Documenting Travels in Europe, 1851 May-July SPEC.RARE.0073 Finding aid prepared by Beth Crowner

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2019 March This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2019-03-27T09:19-0400 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Samuel S. Cox Diary Documenting Travels in Europe SPEC.RARE.0073 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 1 0.08 Cubic feet 1851 May-July Samuel Sullivan Cox (1824-1889) was an Ohio Congressman and diplomat to the Ottoman Empire, working in politics from 1855 until his death in 1889. He lived in Zanesville, Ohio. The Samuel S. Cox Diary Documenting Travels in Europe was written during Cox's honeymoon tour of European countries from May 7 to July 18, 1851, which he later used to publish A Buckeye Abroad: or, Wanderings in Europe and the Orient, in 1852. (1) flat box English Cox, S. S. (Samuel Sullivan), 1824-1889 Acquisitions Information

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Samuel Sullivan Cox (1824-1889) was an Ohio Congressman and diplomat to the Ottoman Empire, working in politics from 1855 until his death in 1889. Born in Zanesville, Ohio, he graduated from Brown University in 1846. He published several books, including works on travel, and became editor of the Ohio Statesman in 1853. Cox was strongly against the abolitionist movement, and believed in white supremacy, which can occasionally be seen in his journal entries, written works, and speeches before Congress.

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The Samuel S. Cox Diary Documenting Travels in Europe was written by Cox during his honeymoon tour of European countries from May 7 to July 18, 1851, which he later used to publish A Buckeye Abroad: or, Wanderings in Europe and the Orient, in 1852. Traveling with his wife, Julia, her brother Philo, and a cousin named Lucy, Cox visited France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Scotland, England, Ireland, parts of the Mediterranean, and Greece. Two news clippings concerning the British House of Commons are also pasted in the journal.

 Cox, S. S. (Samuel Sullivan), 1824-1889 -- Diaries Diaries Europe--Description and travel Legislators--Ohio--19th century Travelers' writings, American--Europe--19th century