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1	Title:	Charles Edward Bostwick Papers
	Creator:	Bostwick, Charles Edward
	Dates:	1844-1877
	Abstract:	Charles Edward Bostwick (1815-1877) was an Ohio farmer, mason, builder, and proprietor of a manufacturing and tin shop, who supported the antislavery campaign and colonization movement. The collection consists of a journal, photographer's formula book, and two incomplete, undated versions of a speech given before the local auxiliary of the American Colonization Society.
	Call #:	MS 3921
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Bostwick, Charles Edward, 1815-1877. \| Antislavery movements -- United States. \| African Americans -- Colonization. \| Photography -- Formulae, tables, etc.
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2	Title:	Harmon Family Papers
	Creator:	Harmon Family
	Dates:	1766-1885
	Abstract:	The Harmon family moved to Mantua, Portage County, Ohio from Suffield Connecticut, in 1799. Elias Harmon held several public offices and was land agent for many Connecticut residents. His son, Orrin, was active in the land business and was surveyor for Portage County and the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal. Julian Harmon was the son of Orrin. The collection contains the papers of Elias, Orrin, Julian and Martin Harmon. Includes correspondence, diaries, financial accounts and receipts, land deeds and memoranda of sales, legal documents, estate papers, powers of attorney, tax records, notebooks, surveys, and other papers, documenting their note collection and land agency business. Also, includes material on the Protection Life Insurance Co. of Hartford, the Franklin and Warren Railroad, the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal, the Independent Knights of Temperance, and the fur trade and anti-slavery movement, with references to state and national politics, banking policies, and anti-masonic movements.
	Call #:	MS 0104
	Extent:	5.40 linear feet (14 containers)
	Subjects:	Harmon family. \| Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal. \| Independent Knights of Temperance. \| Temperance -- Ohio -- Societies, etc. \| Peddlers and peddling -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Deeds -- Ohio -- Portage County. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Portage County. \| Fur trade -- United States. \| Executors and administrators -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Antislavery movements -- United States. \| Mantua (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Portage County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Portage County (Ohio) -- Surveys. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys.
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3	Title:	Ford and White Family Papers Collected by Ella Almira White Ford
	Creator:	Ford and White Family
	Dates:	1809-1975
	Abstract:	The families of Thomas White and Andrew Ford resided in Massachusetts in the mid-1600s. Their descendants migrated to Cleveland, Ohio, where Ella White (1883-1952) married Horatio Ford (1881-1952) in 1908. The collection consists primarily of genealogical data on the Horatio Ford family and the Thomas White family. Includes diaries, newspaper clippings, correspondence, certificates, receipts, forms, and miscellaneous writings by Horatio C. Ford. The diaries (1845-1848) contain references to temperance, abolitionists, the Mexican-American War, and the Liberty Party.
	Call #:	MS 3666
	Extent:	4.61 linear feet (7 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Ford family. \| White family. \| Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895. \| Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879. \| Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870. \| East Cleveland Anti-Slavery Society. \| Liberty Party. \| African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. \| Abolitionists -- United States. \| Antislavery movements -- United States. \| Temperance.
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4	Title:	Caleb Emerson Family Papers
	Creator:	Emerson, Caleb Family
	Dates:	1795-1905
	Abstract:	Caleb Emerson was a Marietta, Ohio lawyer, journalist and abolitionist, and co-founder of the Marietta Branch of the Washington Benevolent Society. He married Mary Dana, the daughter of an early settler of Washington County. Their son, George Dana, was a captain in the 1st Michigan Engineers during the Civil War. Their son-in-law, William D. Bailey was Treasurer of Warren Township, Ohio. The collection consists of personal and business correspondence; legal papers, financial papers (receipts and accounts); historical, political, and biographical sketches; public letters and addresses; notes and articles on slavery, abolition, religion, and temperance; minutes and journals of the Washington Benevolent Society; civic records of Warren Township; and original poetry.
	Call #:	MS 0830
	Extent:	1.75 linear feet (4 containers and 3 oversize volumes)
	Subjects:	Emerson family. \| Emerson, Caleb, 1779-1853. \| United States. Army. Michigan Engineers Regiment, 1st (1862-1865) \| Washington Benevolent Society. \| Soldiers -- Michigan. \| Pioneers -- Ohio -- Washington County. \| Antislavery movements -- United States. \| Abolitionists -- Ohio -- Marietta. \| Temperance. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Washington County. \| Northwest, Old -- History -- 1775-1865. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. \| Marietta (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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5	Title:	Jeremiah B. and Elizabeth Taggart Mansfield Papers
	Creator:	Mansfield, Jeremiah B. and Elizabeth Taggart
	Dates:	1810-1898
	Abstract:	Jeremiah Browning Mansfield, the son of Samuel and Elizabeth Mansfield, was born in 1841 in Ohio, and raised on his father's farm in Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio. He and his older brother Oliver served in the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War. Jeremiah Mansfield participated in the Battles of Chickamauga and the Battle of Perrysville, and then served at Camp Sheridan in Nashville, Tennessee until the end of the war. He and Elizabeth Taggart Mansfield were married in Harrison County, Ohio in 1869. She was born in 1845 in Harrison County, Ohio, and received a teaching certificate in 1863. Her brother, Milton, attended Oberlin College and Michigan Law School. By 1880, Jeremiah and Elizabeth Mansfield had settled in Wells Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, where they farmed and raised five children. The collection consists of correspondence, essays, and miscellany relating to the Mansfield and Taggart families; Jefferson and Harrison counties, Ohio; the Civil War; and Oberlin College and Michigan Law School. The papers include letters written over a twenty-year period to James Carrick, an early settler of Harrison County, Ohio and ancestor of the Mansfield/Taggart family.
	Call #:	MS 4592
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Mansfield, Jeremiah Browning. \| Mansfield, Elizabeth Taggart. \| Mansfield family. \| Taggart family. \| Carrick, James. \| United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 52nd (1862-1865). \| Oberlin College. \| University of Michigan. Law School. \| Antislavery movements -- United States. \| Farmers -- Ohio -- Jefferson County. \| Women -- Ohio -- Harrison County. \| Women -- Ohio -- Jefferson County. \| College students -- Ohio -- Correspondence. \| Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. \| Jefferson County (Ohio) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. \| Harrison County (Ohio) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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