| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Daniel L. Coit Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Coit, Daniel L. Family | | | | Dates: | 1800-1914 | | | | Abstract: | Daniel L. Coit was an original shareholder in the Connecticut Land Company. Henry H. Coit settled in Cleveland, Ohio, in the early 1800s and later moved to Liverpool. William H. Coit resided on Cleveland's east side until his death in the 1890s. The collection consists of correspondence, land deeds, maps, and surveys of tracts of land in Cleveland and in Liverpool, Ohio, belonging to Daniel, Henry and William Coit. Includes commission certificates of Henry H. Coit, and a combined recipe book and garden journal (ca. 1837). | | | | Call #: | MS 3289 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Coit family. | Real property -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real property -- Ohio -- Liverpool. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Surveys. | Liverpool (Ohio) -- Surveys.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Merchant Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Merchant Family | | | | Dates: | 1812-1907 | | | | Abstract: | Ahaz Merchant (1794-1862) was a surveyor in Cuyahoga County from 1833-1835 and 1845-1850. His son, Aaron merchant (1817-1875) was also a Cuyahoga County Surveyor from 1854-1869. Aaron Merchant's son, Corwin C. Merchant was a surveyor as well. The collection consists of correspondence, banking and tax papers, deeds, land descriptions, land surveys, topographical surveys, maps, blueprints, subdivision plats, diaries, field books, account books, and deed index books. | | | | Call #: | MS 3477 | | | | Extent: | 9.20 linear feet (22 containers and 4 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | Merchant family. | Land use -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County -- Planning. | Real estate development -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Streets -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Streets -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | City planning -- Ohio. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Surveys. | City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Surveys.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 4 | Title: | Leonard Case, Sr. Family Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Case, Leonard Sr. Family | | | | Dates: | 1817-1903 | | | | Abstract: | Leonard Sr., Leonard Jr., and William Case were prominent Cleveland, Ohio, philanthropists and railroad magnates in the 1800s. Leonard Sr was also an early settler of the area and William served as Mayor from 1850-1852. The collection consists of financial materials, receipts for the Heard and Son construction of the Case block, land agreements, files on the Ohio State Fair and Silas S. Stone, and miscellaneous materials found in the Case School accession. | | | | Call #: | MS 4116 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Case, Leonard, 1786-1864. | Case family. | Stone, Silas S. | Railroads -- Ohio. | Land titles -- Ohio. | Real property -- Ohio. | Ohio -- History -- Sources. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Surveys. | Grandon (Ohio) -- Surveys. | Ottawa Reserve -- Surveys.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 5 | Title: | Leonard Case, Sr. Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Case, Leonard Sr. | | | | Dates: | 1795-1917 | | | | Abstract: | Leonard Case, Sr. (1786-1864) was a land agent, bank and railroad executive, and politician in Cleveland, Ohio. His sons, Leonard Jr., a noted philanthropist, and William, a politician, were active in local civic and business affairs. His brother Zophar was a lawyer and politician in Clinton County, Illinois. His nephew Eckstein was a lawyer and Secretary-Treasurer of the Case School of Applied Science. The collection consists of maps, plats, surveys, and deeds to land in Cuyahoga County and Cleveland, three account books of the Connecticut School Fund, memoirs of Leonard Case Sr., ca. 200 federal land grants to U.S. veterans (1848-1857), histories of the Western Reserve and Trumbull County, reminiscences of Benjamin Lane, a diary and correspondence of William Case, a field book of Zophar Case, and letters from Cleveland businessmen to Eckstein Case. | | | | Call #: | MS 2871 | | | | Extent: | 3.10 linear feet (5 containers and 2 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Case family. | Eckstein family. | Case, Leonard, 1786-1864. | Land titles -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Land titles -- Michigan. | Real property -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Real property -- Michigan. | Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865. | Ohio -- Maps. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Maps. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Maps. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Surveys. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Clinton County (Ill.) -- Surveys.
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