The Isaac Mills Papers, 1795-1937 (bulk 1795-1842), consist of a copy book of correspondence concerning Mills' Western Reserve land dealings, his work as agent for others, and lawsuits involving Mills or his clients. Correspondents include Heman Ely, Timothy Hawley, Turhand Kirtland, Jared Kirtland, and James Monroe. Also included are miscellaneous documents such as an act setting up the Sufferers' Land Company (1803) and Mills' report to the company directors on the conclusion of the treaty with the Indians (1805).
This collection will be useful to researchers studying the early history of the Western Reserve, real estate issues in Ohio, and treaties with Native American tribes in Ohio.
The collection is arranged by document type and then chronologically.
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[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 3776 Isaac Mills Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Gift of the Saginaw Public Libraries in 1979.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.