Subject | • | Afro-Americans -- Colonization -- Africa. |
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| | • | Boston (Mass.) -- Commerce. |
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| | • | Brady, Samuel, 1756-1795. |
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| | • | Canals -- Ohio. |
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| | • | Canfield (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Connecticut Land Company. |
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| | • | Court calendars -- Ohio. |
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| | • | Deeds -- Ohio. |
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| | • | Dyer, Albion Morris, 1858-1912. |
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| | • | Firelands (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Griswold, Stanley, 1763-1815 -- Estate. |
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| | • | Henderson, James Patterson. |
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| | • | Land companies -- Ohio. |
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| | • | Land titles -- Ohio. |
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| | • | Leffingwell, Christopher, 1734-1810. |
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| | • | Leffingwell, William. |
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| | • | Marietta (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | May family. |
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| | • | Merchants -- Massachusetts -- Boston. |
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| | • | Methodist Church -- United States -- Sermons. |
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| | • | Newville (Ohio) -- History |
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| | • | Northwest, Old -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Northwest, Old -- Surveys. |
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| | • | Ohio -- Description and travel. |
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| | • | Ohio -- Governors. |
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| | • | Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources. | [X] | | • | Ohio -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. |
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| | • | Ohio -- Militia -- History. |
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| | • | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. |
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| | • | Ohio Company (1786-1795) -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Ohio. Board of Canal Fund Commissioners. |
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| | • | Perkins, Simon, 1771-1844. |
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| | • | Physicians -- Ohio -- Newville. |
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| | • | Postal service -- Ohio -- History. |
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| | • | Real property -- New England. |
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| | • | Real property -- Ohio. |
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| | • | Sermons, American. |
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| | • | Shipping -- Massachusetts -- Boston. |
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| | • | Stow, Joshua. |
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| | • | Surveying -- Ohio. |
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| | • | Tiffin, Edward, 1766-1829. |
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| | • | Trumbull, Jonathan, 1740-1809. |
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| | • | Union Wharf (Boston, Mass.) |
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| | • | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Personal narratives. |
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| | • | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources. |
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| | • | United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. |
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| | • | United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865. |
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| | • | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys. |
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| | • | Wharves -- Massachusetts -- Boston. |
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| | • | Whittlesey, Elisha, 1783-1863. |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Joshua Stow Papers
| | | | Creator: | Stow, Joshua | | | | Dates: | 1795-1832 | | | | Abstract: | Joshua Stow was an original shareholder in the Connecticut Land Company and commissary on the Moses Cleaveland surveying party in the Western Reserve. The ollection consists of a summary of expenses for surveys in the Western Reserve for the Connecticut Land Company; letters from Jared Mansfield, Samuel Storrs, Joseph Beebe, Oliver Beebe, Leonard Case, Noah Newton, and from Henry Champion, a director of the Connecticut Land Company, concerning the southwest boundary of the Western Reserve; and papers concerning the survey of the Firelands by Maxfield Ludlow. | | | | Call #: | MS 1100 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1) | | | | Subjects: | Stow, Joshua. | Connecticut Land Company. | Surveying -- Ohio. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Christopher and William Leffingwell Papers
| | | | Creator: | Leffingwell, Christopher and William | | | | Dates: | 1790-1831 | | | | Abstract: | Christopher Leffingwell (1734-1810) was a resident of Norwich, Connecticut, and William Leffingwell was a resident of New Haven, Connecticut. The collection includes correspondence and associated papers concerning Ohio Company land, and field notes for a survey of a township in the Ohio Purchase. Correspondents include Wheeler Coit, Samuel H. Parsons, David Putnam, Israel Putnam, Henry Strong, Peter Williams, and Dudley Woodbridge. | | | | Call #: | MS 1164 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Leffingwell, Christopher, 1734-1810. | Leffingwell, William. | Ohio Company (1786-1795) -- History -- Sources. | Land companies -- Ohio. | Real property -- Ohio. | Northwest, Old -- History -- Sources. | Marietta (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | May Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | May Family | | | | Dates: | 1752-1917 | | | | Abstract: | John May (1748-1812) and his son, Henry Knox May, (1780-1865) were merchants and shippers in Boston, Massachusetts, and proprietors of the Union Wharf (May's Wharf). John May was also a member and agent of the Ohio Company of Associates. His grandson, Edward Tuckerman May was an agent at the Boston Customs House. The collection consists of correspondence, financial accounts, receipts, speeches, estate papers, and other papers of John, Henry K., and Edward T. May, concerning John's land speculations, his work as land agent for the Ohio Company of Associates, his service with the Boston Militia in the Revolutionary War, and his business activities as wharfinger of Union Wharf (Boston); Henry's activities as agent for New England merchants in Alexandria, Va., and as merchant, shipmaster and wharfinger of Union Wharf (Boston); and Edward's work as Boston Custom House agent. | | | | Call #: | MS 0401 | | | | Extent: | 6.00 linear feet (15 containers) | | | | Subjects: | May family. | Alexandria Canal Company. | Union Wharf (Boston, Mass.) | Customs administration -- Massachusetts -- Boston. | Real property -- New England. | Real property -- Ohio. | Merchants -- Massachusetts -- Boston. | Shipping -- Massachusetts -- Boston. | Wharves -- Massachusetts -- Boston. | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources. | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Personal narratives. | Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources. | Boston (Mass.) -- Commerce. | Alexandria (Va.) -- Commerce.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 4 | Title: | Jonathan Trumbull Papers
| | | | Creator: | Trumbull, Jonathan | | | | Dates: | 1787-1811 | | | | Abstract: | Jonathan Trumbull (1740-1809) was a Revolutionary soldier, governor of Connecticut, United States congressman and senator. The collection consists of correspondence, land deeds and agreements, powers of attorney, and other papers, chiefly relating to the Ohio Company. Correspondents include Samuel H. Parsons, Jonas Prentiss, Rufus Putnam, and Nathaniel Williams. | | | | Call #: | MS 2347 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Trumbull, Jonathan, 1740-1809. | Ohio Company (1786-1795) -- History -- Sources. | Deeds -- Ohio. | Real property -- Ohio. | Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources. | Northwest, Old -- History -- Sources. | Marietta (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 6 | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 8 | Title: | Edward Tiffin Papers
| | | | Creator: | Tiffin, Edward | | | | Dates: | 1785-1853 | | | | Abstract: | Edward Tiffin (1766-1829) was a United States senator and first governor of Ohio. He was an early settler of Chillicothe, Ohio and also served as U.S. Commissioner of Public Lands (1812-1814) and Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory (1814-1829). He was also a lay preacher and a doctor. The collection consists of correspondence, commercial and legal documents, sermons, maps, surveys, and booklets of financial and medical prescription data. | | | | Call #: | MS 3238 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Tiffin, Edward, 1766-1829. | Methodist Church -- United States -- Sermons. | Sermons, American. | Northwest, Old -- Surveys. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Ohio -- Governors. | Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 9 | Title: | Elisha Whittlesey Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Whittlesey, Elisha | | | | Dates: | 1801-1863 | | | | Abstract: | Elisha Whittlesey was a lawyer, United States Representative from Ohio for eight terms from 1823-1838, and comptroller of the Treasury under Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, and Lincoln. A resident of Canfield, Ohio, Whittlesey was prosecuting attorney for the entire Western Reserve from 1807-1823, and was an officer and private secretary to Gen. Wm. Henry Harrison during the War of 1812. As a circuit lawyer, Whittlesey specialized in land cases, and his business interests were in the handling of eastern capital invested in Ohio lands. Affiliated with the Natl. Republican and Whig parties, Whittlesey was a typical conservative state leader of the 19th century, primarily concerned with economic matters affecting the growth of Ohio. Active in the American Colonization Society, he believed in expatriation as the answer to the slavery problem. The collection consists of financial papers, notes, speeches, docket books, newspaper clippings, certificates of appointment, and letters to Whittlesey. The speeches include topics such as African colonization, agriculture, the Ohio Militia, and the War of 1812. The letters include material on Brady's Leap, the Ohio Canal Fund Commissioners, the estate of Samuel Griswold, and the history of Canfield, Ohio, the Firelands and the Western Reserve. Also included are ca. 140 letters from early Ohio governors, members of the Ohio Constitutional Convention, state legislators, and soldiers during the War of 1812, mostly addressed to Elijah Wadsworth, concerning political and military matters in Ohio, particularly the Western Reserve, 1801-1857. | | | | Call #: | MS 1529 | | | | Extent: | 2.40 linear feet (6 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Whittlesey, Elisha, 1783-1863. | Griswold, Stanley, 1763-1815 -- Estate. | Brady, Samuel, 1756-1795. | Ohio. Board of Canal Fund Commissioners. | Afro-Americans -- Colonization -- Africa. | Court calendars -- Ohio. | Canfield (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Firelands (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources. | Ohio -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. | Ohio -- Militia -- History. | United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865.
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