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1	Title:	Herbert W. Dosey Papers
	Creator:	Dosey, Herbert W.
	Dates:	1938-1977
	Abstract:	Herbert W. Dosey was the chairman of the board of the Great Lakes Historical Society. Over the years Mr. Dosey held various jobs with railroad, canal and boating companies. The collection includes correspondence, articles authored by Dosey, newspaper clippings, and materials relating to Dosey's interest in model railroads. The collection includes some material on Ohio canals.
	Call #:	MS 4404
	Extent:	0.11 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Dosey, Herbert W., ca. 1895-1977. \| Canals -- Ohio. \| Railroads -- Models.
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2	Title:	Simon Perkins Papers
	Creator:	Perkins, Simon
	Dates:	1758-1930
	Abstract:	Simon Perkins (1771-1844) was a surveyor, soldier, and banker, of Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, land agreements, promissory notes, powers of attorney, deeds, field books, surveys, financial accounts, receipts, ledgers, daybooks, and other papers, relating to Perkins' career as surveyor and land agent for the Erie Land Company. Includes account books and business papers of Henry B., Jacob, Jacob B., and Joseph Perkins.
	Call #:	MS 3122
	Extent:	29.67 linear feet (103 containers, 5 oversize packages, and 5 bound volumes)
	Subjects:	Perkins, Simon, 1771-1844. \| Deeds -- Ohio. \| Land titles -- Ohio. \| Real property -- Ohio. \| Postal service -- Ohio -- History. \| Canals -- Ohio. \| Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources. \| United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources.
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3	Title:	Isaac Newton Pillsbury Papers
	Creator:	Pillsbury, Isaac Newton
	Dates:	1840-1887
	Abstract:	Isaac Newton Pillsbury was a civil engineer of Cleveland, Ohio. He served as engineer and superintendent of the 2nd Subdivision of the Cleveland, Painesville & Ashtabula Railroad Company in the 1850s. The collection consists of correspondence, notes on mathematics and surveying, notes on building estimates for bridges and arches for the Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad Company, surveys of land in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County, surveying and elevation information about Cleveland streets and the Great Lakes, surveys of routes of Cleveland railroads and of the Ohio, Miami, and Sandy & Beaver Canals, and other papers.
	Call #:	MS 1851
	Extent:	0.60 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize volume)
	Subjects:	Pillsbury, Isaac Newton. \| Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad Company. \| Railroads -- Ohio. \| Canals -- Ohio. \| Miami Canal. \| Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio). \| Sandy Beaver Canal (Ohio) \| Great Lakes. \| Streets -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Surveys. \| Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Surveys.
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4	Title:	Allen Trimble Papers
	Creator:	Trimble, Allen
	Dates:	1793-1868
	Abstract:	Allen Trimble (1783-1870) was the Governor of Ohio (1822, 1826-1830) who had served as a colonel in the War of 1812, an Ohio state congressman and senator (1816-1819), and a commissioner of the Canal Fund. His brother, William A., was a United States Senator The collection consists of correspondence, deeds, bonds, wills, receipts, army discharges, surveys, land warrants, petitions, account records and newspaper clippings relating to Governor Trimble and his family.
	Call #:	MS 3205
	Extent:	1.60 linear feet (4 containers)
	Subjects:	Trimble, Allen, 1783-1870. \| Trimble family. \| Soldiers -- Ohio -- Miscellanea. \| Canals -- Ohio. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861. \| United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources.
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5	Title:	Ohio Board of Canal Commissioners Records, Series II
	Creator:	Ohio Board of Canal Commissioners
	Dates:	1825-1914
	Abstract:	The Ohio Board of Canal Commissioners was created in 1822 through an act passed by the State of Ohio General Assembly. Early members included Thomas Worthington, Isaac Minor, and Alfred Kelley. Their duties were to examine, survey, and estimate the practicality of a canal connecting the Ohio River with Lake Erie, and to make an estimation of cost. During construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal, each commissioner was responsible for certain sections of the canal, including hiring laborers, engineers, and building suppliers. In the 1830s, Commissioners continued to mange the completed waterway, employing toll collectors, maintenance laborers, and resident engineers. Commissioners also approved requests for water rights and were responsible for the canal's finances. The canal continued to operate until a flood in 1913 destroyed much of it. The collection consists of correspondence, proposals for work on the canal, receipts for supplies ordered and delivered, legal records, and engineers' notes and reports. Most of the material documents the first twenty years of the canal's operation between Akron and Cleveland, including its planning and construction. Includes correspondence, both pro and con, concerning construction of a canal, letters requesting jobs and water rights for sawmills near the locks, and proposals for work digging the canal by individual property owners. Alfred Kelley is well-represented in the material contained in this collection.
	Call #:	MS 4658
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Kelley, Alfred, 1789-1859. \| Ohio. Board of Canal Commissioners. \| Canals -- Design and construction. \| Canals -- Design and construction -- Costs. \| Canals -- Law and legislation -- Ohio. \| Canals -- Ohio. \| Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio).
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