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| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 423 | Title: | John Stevens Papers
| | | | Creator: | Stevens, John | | | | Dates: | 1813-1909 | | | | Abstract: | John Stevens (1798-1877) was a Baptist clergyman, editor, and professor at the Granville Literary and Theological Institution (later Denison University), Granville, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, reports, minutes, deeds, financial documents, speeches, writings, and newspaper clippings. | | | | Call #: | MS 1455 | | | | Extent: | 1.60 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Stevens, John, 1798-1877. | American Baptist Missionary Union. | American Baptist Home Mission Society. | Baptist Board of Foreign Missions (U.S.) | Baptists -- Ohio -- History -- Sources. | Baptists -- United States -- History -- Sources. | Baptists -- Ohio -- Cincinnati -- History -- Sources. | Baptists -- United States -- Societies, etc. | Baptists -- Education -- Ohio. | Press, Baptist -- United States. | Baptists -- Missions -- United States. | Cincinnati (Ohio) -- Church history -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 424 | Title: | Kirtland and Morse Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Kirtland and Morse Family | | | | Dates: | 1779-1910 | | | | Abstract: | The Kirtland and Morse families were founders of Poland, Ohio, and include among their members Judge Turhand Kirtland, Dr. Jared P. Kirtland, and businessmen Henry K. and Henry G. Morse. The collection consists of correspondence, account books, daybooks, land deeds, shipping records, and other papers of George, Henry T., Jared and Turhand Kirtland, and of Edwin, Eldredge, Elkanah, Emery and Henry K. Morse, and of other members of the Kirtland and Morse families. Includes records of the Kirtland and Morse Company and of the Morse Bridge Company, papers of Richard Hall and William Truman, a transcript of a journal by William Law, a history of Anthony Wayne's Indian campaign, and a biography of and letters to Dr. Jared Potter. | | | | Call #: | MS 1463 | | | | Extent: | 4.10 linear feet (8 containers and 8 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Potter, Jared, 1742-1810. | Kirtland family. | Morse family. | Agriculture -- Ohio -- Poland. | Mills and mill-work -- Ohio -- Poland. | Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1790-1794. | Wayne's Campaign, 1794. | Poland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 426 | Title: | First Congregational Church, Parma, Ohio, Records
| | | | Creator: | First Congregational Church, Parma, Ohio | | | | Dates: | 1835-1874 | | | | Abstract: | The First Congregational Church was founded in 1835, in Parma, Ohio (now a suburb of Cleveland). The collection consists of minutes of church meetings, confession of faith, and lists of members. Includes minutes of meetings and other records of the First Congregational Church and Society of Parma. The membership records contained in this collection have been indexed. Click here to search the WRHS genealogy index. | | | | Call #: | MS 1468 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | First Congregational Church (Parma, Ohio) | Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Parma. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Parma. | Parma (Ohio) -- Church history -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 427 | Title: | Presbyterian Church, Willoughby, Ohio, Records
| | | | Creator: | Presbyterian Church, Willoughby, Ohio | | | | Dates: | 1829-1897 | | | | Abstract: | Presbyterian church located in Willoughby, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. The collection consists of bills, receipts, treasurer's reports, and contracts and payroll reports for rebuilding the church (1883-1897); and correspondence concerning efforts to procure a minister to replace Rev. A.G. Waugh, 1890. Also includes contracts, correspondence, receipts, and stock certificates of Martin E. Gray of Willoughby, Ohio 1829-1857). | | | | Call #: | MS 1485 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Presbyterian Church (Willoughby, Ohio) | Presbyterian Church -- Ohio -- Willoughby. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Willoughby. | Willoughby (Ohio) -- Church history -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 428 | Title: | Benjamin F. and Lucy E. L. Taylor Papers
| | | | Creator: | Benjamin F. and Lucy E. L. Taylor | | | | Dates: | 1839-1927 | | | | Abstract: | Benjamin F. Taylor (1819-1887) was an American journalist, lecturer, and poet who lived his last six years in Cleveland, Ohio. His wife, Lucy E. L. Taylor, was a member of the Cleveland Board of Education during the early 1900s. The collection consists of letters relating to the careers of Benjamin Franklin Taylor and his second wife Lucy E. Leaming Taylor. Includes letters (1840) from Taylor while a teacher at Brooklyn (Mich.) High School to his father, Stephen William Taylor; copies of poems and general correspondence (1861-84); original ms. of a novel, Theophilus Trent (1887); and speeches delivered by Lucy E. L. Taylor on a variety of topics relating to history, education, and culture. | | | | Call #: | MS 1498 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Taylor, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin ), 1819-1887. | Taylor, Lucy E. Leaming. | Journalists -- United States -- Correspondence. | Poets, American -- Correspondence. | School board members -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Miscellanea. | Authors, American -- Correspondence.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 431 | Title: | Thompson and Tuttle Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Thompson and Tuttle Family | | | | Dates: | 1812-1915 | | | | Abstract: | Allen Trimble was governor of Ohio during the 1820s. His daughter, author and temperance leader Eliza Jane Trimble, married a lawyer, James Henry Thompson. Their daughter, Mary McArthur Thompson, was an artist, author and temperance lecturer who married Herbert Tuttle, an educator, journalist and historian. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, biographical and genealogical data, legal and business papers, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, photos, and other papers of Mary M. Thompson Tuttle, Eliza J. Trimble Thompson, Herbert Tuttle, James Henry Thompson, and Allen Trimble. | | | | Call #: | MS 1511 | | | | Extent: | 4.40 linear feet (11 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Thompson family. | Tuttle family. | Trimble, Allen, 1783-1870. | Temperance. | Ohio -- Politics and government.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 432 | Title: | Providence Baptist Church, Hamilton, Warren County, Ohio, Records
| | | | Creator: | Providence Baptist Church, Hamilton, Warren County, Ohio | | | | Dates: | 1820-1846 | | | | Abstract: | Providence Baptist Church was organized in 1820, at Bear Run in Hamilton Township, Warren County, Ohio, with the assistance of three other Baptist churches in Warren County. The collection consists of a covenant, rules, minutes of meetings, and a list of members. | | | | Call #: | MS 1512 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Providence Baptist Church (Hamilton, Warren County, Ohio) | Baptists -- Ohio -- Hamilton (Warren County) | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Hamilton (Warren County) | Hamilton (Warren County, Ohio) -- Church history -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 433 | Title: | Josiah Fox Papers
| | | | Creator: | Fox, Josiah | | | | Dates: | 1826-1836 | | | | Abstract: | Josiah Fox (1763-1847) was a resident of Mount Pleasant, Ohio, and member of the Society of Friends. The collection consists of correspondence and documents relating to the Society of Friends, the Hicksites vs. Orthodox Friends controversy in the Ohio Yearly Meeting, and the activities of Josiah Fox, Elisha Bates, Elias Hicks, Isaac T. Hopper, and other Quakers of Mount Pleasant, Ohio. Includes a record of the Friends' trial at Steubenville, 1828; a proposal for publishing "Orthodoxy Unmasked, or All is Not Gold that Glitters," 1829; and a petition seeking incorporation for the Ohio Yearly Meeting from the Ohio legislature, 1832. | | | | Call #: | MS 1515 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Fox, Josiah, 1763-1847. | Bates, Elisha, 1779 or 80-1838. | Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830. | Hopper, Isaac Tatem, 1771-1852. | Society of Friends. Ohio Yearly Meeting. | Quakers -- Ohio -- Mount Pleasant. | Churches -- Ohio -- Mount Pleasant. | Quakers -- Ohio -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. | Hicksites -- Ohio -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. | Ohio -- Church history -- 19th century -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 435 | Title: | First Presbyterian Church of East Cleveland Records
| | | | Creator: | First Presbyterian Church of East Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1807-1858 | | | | Abstract: | The First Presbyterian Church was founded in 1807 in East Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of a confession of faith, list of charter members, minutes of annual and session meetings, constitution, record (1830) of the suspension and reinstatement of Jedediah D. Crocker, treasurers' book (1836-1871), and copies of the church's publication, Contact, 1950-1958. | | | | Call #: | MS 1528 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Crocker, Jedediah D. | First Presbyterian Church (East Cleveland, Ohio). | Churches -- Ohio -- East Cleveland. | Presbyterian Church -- Ohio -- East Cleveland. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- East Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 436 | Title: | Elisha Whittlesey Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Whittlesey, Elisha | | | | Dates: | 1801-1863 | | | | Abstract: | Elisha Whittlesey was a lawyer, United States Representative from Ohio for eight terms from 1823-1838, and comptroller of the Treasury under Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, and Lincoln. A resident of Canfield, Ohio, Whittlesey was prosecuting attorney for the entire Western Reserve from 1807-1823, and was an officer and private secretary to Gen. Wm. Henry Harrison during the War of 1812. As a circuit lawyer, Whittlesey specialized in land cases, and his business interests were in the handling of eastern capital invested in Ohio lands. Affiliated with the Natl. Republican and Whig parties, Whittlesey was a typical conservative state leader of the 19th century, primarily concerned with economic matters affecting the growth of Ohio. Active in the American Colonization Society, he believed in expatriation as the answer to the slavery problem. The collection consists of financial papers, notes, speeches, docket books, newspaper clippings, certificates of appointment, and letters to Whittlesey. The speeches include topics such as African colonization, agriculture, the Ohio Militia, and the War of 1812. The letters include material on Brady's Leap, the Ohio Canal Fund Commissioners, the estate of Samuel Griswold, and the history of Canfield, Ohio, the Firelands and the Western Reserve. Also included are ca. 140 letters from early Ohio governors, members of the Ohio Constitutional Convention, state legislators, and soldiers during the War of 1812, mostly addressed to Elijah Wadsworth, concerning political and military matters in Ohio, particularly the Western Reserve, 1801-1857. | | | | Call #: | MS 1529 | | | | Extent: | 2.40 linear feet (6 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Whittlesey, Elisha, 1783-1863. | Griswold, Stanley, 1763-1815 -- Estate. | Brady, Samuel, 1756-1795. | Ohio. Board of Canal Fund Commissioners. | Afro-Americans -- Colonization -- Africa. | Court calendars -- Ohio. | Canfield (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Firelands (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources. | Ohio -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. | Ohio -- Militia -- History. | United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 437 | Title: | James Backus Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Backus, James Family | | | | Dates: | 1788-1889 | | | | Abstract: | The collection consists of general correspondence between members of the Backus family of Norwich, Connecticut, and other members of the family, and of the Woodbridge family who emigrated to Marietta, Muskingum, or Norwalk, Ohio; together with a folder of Marietta, Ohio, newspaper clippings from the 1880s. | | | | Call #: | MS 1548 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Backus, James, 1764-1816. | Backus family. | Woodbridge family. | Marietta (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 438 | Title: | Newcomb Family Reunion Records
| | | | Creator: | Newcomb Family | | | | Dates: | 1880-1923 | | | | Abstract: | The collection consists of minutes of reunions held throughout Geauga and Cuyahoga counties in Ohio of the Newcomb Family. | | | | Call #: | MS 1553 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Newcomber family.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 439 | Title: | First Universalist Church, Upper Sandusky, Ohio, Records
| | | | Creator: | First Universalist Church, Upper Sandusky, Ohio | | | | Dates: | 1870-1912 | | | | Abstract: | The First Universalist Church was founded in 1870, in Upper Sandusky (Wyandot County), Ohio. The collection consists of a subscription list, minutes of meetings, constitution and bylaws adopted in 1880, list of members, and financial records. | | | | Call #: | MS 1559 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | First Universalist Church (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Upper Sandusky. | Unitarian Universalist churches -- Ohio -- Upper Sandusky. | Upper Sandusky (Ohio) -- Church history -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 440 | Title: | New York Artillery Regiment, 3rd, Battery C Regimental Orders
| | | | Creator: | New York Artillery Regiment, 3rd, Battery C | | | | Dates: | 1861-1863 | | | | Abstract: | The New York Artillery Regiment, 3rd, Battery C was a Union army regiment from New York during the American Civil War. It was originally designated the 19th Infantry Regiment but was renamed in December, 1861. The collection consists of orders and descriptive rolls. | | | | Call #: | MS 1561 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 volume) | | | | Subjects: | United States. Army. New York Artillery Regiment, 3rd (1861-1865). Battery C. | United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 19th (1861). Company C. | United States -- Armed Forces -- Order-books. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories -- New York Artillery -- 3rd. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
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