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1Title:  Turhand Kirtland Papers     
 Creator:  Kirtland, Turhand 
 Dates:  1794-1880 
 Abstract:  Turhand Kirtland was an agent of the Connecticut Land Company who led a survey party into the Western Reserve in 1798 and founded Poland, Ohio. He moved his family there in 1803. He also constructed the road from Youngstown to Grand River and surveyed Burton, Poland and Youngstown. He supported roads, schools and libraries in the area and became a judge and state senator. The collection consists of correspondence, letter copybooks, legal contracts, wills, powers of attorney, an account book, account notebooks, receipts, tax receipts, land surveys, field notes, probate records and election materials. 
 Call #:  MS 3237 
 Extent:  3.10 linear feet (8 containers and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Kirtland, Turhand, 1755-1844. | Kirtland family. | Cleaveland, Moses, 1754-1806. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Western Reserve (Ohio) | Real property -- Western Reserve (Ohio) | Real property -- Ohio. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Poland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
 
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2Title:  Ethelinda Griswold Rice Free Family Papers     
 Creator:  Free, Ethelinda Griswold Rice Family 
 Dates:  1712-1983 
 Abstract:  Ethelinda Griswold Rice Free, daughter of Joseph and Juliet Boalt Rice of Ohio, spent most of her life gathering materials related to her family's history. She was descended from prominent families in the Western Reserve and New England. The collection consists of correspondence between members of the Free, Rice, Hulburt, Boalt and Griswold families, diaries, journals, financial and legal materials, genealogical materials, memorabilia, published and unpublished writings, newspaper clippings and materials from relatives in the Butler, Caldwell, Fisk, Hall, Hubbard, Lane, Moss and Warner families. 
 Call #:  MS 4028 
 Extent:  15.91 linear feet (40 containers and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Free family. | Rice family. | Griswold family. | Boalt family. | Hulburt family. | Free, Ethelinda Griswold Rice, 1900-1985. | Students -- United States -- Correspondence, reminiscenses, etc. | Family -- Ohio. | Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) | Frontier and pioneer life -- Western Reserve (Ohio) | Women -- Western Reserve (Ohio) | Ashtabula (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | West (U.S.) -- Description and travel -- 1860-1880. | Sandusky (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Ohio -- Description and travel.
 
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3Title:  David Abbot Family Papers     
 Creator:  Abbot, David Family 
 Dates:  1799-1886 
 Abstract:  David Abbot (1765-1822) was a pioneer and legislator in the Western Reserve. He was the first settler of Willoughby, Ohio, sheriff of Trumbull County, land agent for Aaron Olmstead of the Connecticut Land Company, a delegate to the Ohio Constitutional Convention, an Ohio legislator, and Clerk of Courts and Treasurer of Huron County. His son, Benjamin Abbot, was a trustee of the First Presbyterian Society of Milan, Ohio (inc. 1828). His grandson, David, is also reflected in the collection. The collection consists of biographical information, correspondence, legal opinions, legal documents and miscellaneous non-correspondence of the Abbot family; and material on the First Presbyterian Society of Milan, Ohio and the Merrimac Christian Conference of New Hampshire, the preamble and constitution of the Christian Meeting House of Bradford, New Hampshire, and miscellaneous non-correspondence. 
 Call #:  MS 1804 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Abbott family. | Olmstead, Aaron. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Western Reserve (Ohio) | Pioneers -- Western Reserve (Ohio) | Huron (Ohio) -- Maps. | Huron (Ohio) -- Harbor. | Huron County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Ohio -- Constitutional law. | Ohio -- History -- 1797-1865 -- Sources. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
 
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