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1Title:  Asahel Porter and Leverett Johnson Papers     
 Creator:  Porter, Asahel and Johnson, Levert 
 Dates:  1809-1864 
 Abstract:  In 1810, Asahel Porter and his nephew, Leverett Johnson, settled in Westlake, Cuyahoga County, Ohio (a suburb of Cleveland), where Johnson became a justice of the peace. The collection consists of land deeds and contracts, financial accounts, and miscellaneous notes of Asahel Porter and Leverett Johnson, including inventories and accounts of Porter's estate (1820s), subpoenas and other legal documents of Johnson, and Cuyahoga County tax receipts of members of the Foot(e) family (1813-1865). 
 Call #:  MS 3030 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Court records -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Land titles -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Deeds -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Real property -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Taxation -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County.
 
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2Title:  Odell and Cozad Abstracting Companies Search Books     
 Creator:  Odell and Cozad Abstracting Companies 
 Dates:  1870-1900 
 Abstract:  The Odell and Cozad Abstracting Companies were two land title search companies owned, respectively, by Jay Odell and Justus L. Cozad, and which operated in Cleveland, Ohio, in the late nineteenth century. Merged for the period 1870-1875, these companies were usually competitors in the business of supplying summaries, or abstracts, of the public records pertaining to land titles in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. The collection consists of 269 bound volumes pertaining to the process of abstracting land titles in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. They consist specifically of 163 volumes of Odell search books and 98 volumes of Cozad search books; two indexes; four subdivision books, in which the conveyances of numbered lots in recorded subdivisions are listed; an Odell copy book, which includes a collection of formal abstracts written for clients; and a Cozad foundation book, in which are copied the founding documents of the Connecticut Land Company. 
 Call #:  MS 4598 
 Extent:  50.00 linear feet (269 oversize volumes) 
 Subjects:  Odell Abstract Company. | Cozad Abstract Company. | Connecticut Land Company. | Land titles -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Abstracts of title -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Deeds -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Real property -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County.
 
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3Title:  Bassett Family Papers     
 Creator:  Bassett Family 
 Dates:  1810-1887 
 Abstract:  Homer F. Bassett resided in Rockport (now Rocky River), near Cleveland, Ohio. John M. Bassett served in the 1st Connecticut Volunteer Artillery Regiment during the Civil War. The collection consists of correspondence, contracts, and land agreements and deeds to tracts of land in Brooklyn and Rockport, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Includes letters (1861-1863) from John M. Bassett to his family, written while he was stationed in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia, giving his personal impressions of the Civil War. Other persons represented include Henry D. Bassett, Homer F. Bassett, Charles R. Jordan and Stephen Jordan. 
 Call #:  MS 2094 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Bassett family. | United States. Army. Connecticut Artillery Regiment, 1st (1862-1865) | Deeds -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Land titles -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Real property -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Soldiers -- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
 
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4Title:  George Lord Chapman Papers     
 Creator:  Chapman, George Lord 
 Dates:  1797-1893 
 Abstract:  George Lord Chapman, a native of East Haddam, Connecticut, moved to Brooklyn Township in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, before 1820. In 1835 he was appointed coroner for Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and in 1836 was elected marshal of Ohio City. The collection consists of correspondence, receipts, inventories, and agreements (1797-1807), relating to the estate of Selden Chapman of East Haddam, Conn.; land deeds and agreements (1820-1850), frequently involving Richard and Samuel Lord and Josiah Barber, realtors in Brooklyn Township, Ohio; record book (1824-1854) of Wayne, Medina & Cuyahoga Turnpike Road Company, of which Chapman was a director; and record book (1835-1840) of the New Harbour Company, a joint-stock company dealing in the sale of land which was organized in Ohio City. Also includes several letters of John Hay (1882), William McKinley (1887 and 1893), and John Sherman (1883). 
 Call #:  MS 3055 
 Extent:  0.40 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Chapman, George Lord. | Chapman, Selden -- Estate. | Brooklyn (Ohio : Township). | Deeds -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Land titles -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Real property -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Ohio City (Cleveland, Ohio).
 
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5Title:  Evans Family Papers     
 Creator:  Evans Family 
 Dates:  1872-1916 
 Abstract:  Edward, David, and John Evans were brothers and business partners in Evans Brothers and Company which specialized in land acquisition, particularly in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. The collection consists of deeds, abstracts and contracts for land in Cuyahoga County and Licking County, Ohio. 
 Call #:  MS 4356 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Evans family. | Deeds -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Deeds -- Ohio -- Licking County. | Real property -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Real property -- Ohio -- Licking County. | Installment land contracts -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Installment land contracts -- Ohio -- Licking County.
 
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