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1	Title:	Elijah Wadsworth Family Papers, Series II
	Creator:	Wadsworth, Elijah family
	Dates:	1702-1910
	Abstract:	General Elijah Wadsworth (1747-1817) was a prominent figure in the early history of Ohio's Western Reserve who served in both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. He was a captain in the 2nd continental light dragoons in the Revolutionary War and was the commander, major-general, of the 4th division of the Ohio Militia during the War of 1812. Wadsworth was also the largest land owner in Canfield during its early years, and its first postmaster, and its tax collector during the early years. Elijah Wadsworth's two descendants who are most frequently encountered in the collection are Maria C. Wadsworth and Henry Wadsworth. Maria C. Wadsworth was the daughter, and only child, of Elijah Wadsworth's son George. She lived in Canfield and married William B. Dawson. Henry Wadsworth (1784-1830) was a son of Elijah Wadsworth. He stayed behind in Litchfield, Connecticut, when Gen. Wadsworth moved to Canfield, and stayed in the general area all his life. Frederick, (1786-1869) George (1793-1832), and Rhoda Wadsworth (1748- ?) were other children of Elijah. The collection consists of letters and documents relating to the Wadsworth family starting with Gen. Elijah Wadsworth, and continuing on through his children and grandchildren, with some items from family friends, like Elisha Whittlesey, and life/society in this period. The collection includes personal letters, official correspondence, receipts, other financial records, land sale/purchase contacts, wills and other estate management documents, land surveys, and other miscellaneous documents.
	Call #:	MS 4979
	Extent:	0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Wadsworth, Elijah, 1747-1817. \| Wadsworth family \| Whittlesey, Elisha, 1783-1863. \| Hinde, Thomas S. (Thomas Spottswood), 1785-1846. \| Connecticut Land Company. \| Ohio. Militia -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Postmasters -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Ohio -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. \| United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Trumbull County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys.
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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:	Bernard Rich Hollander Papers
	Creator:	Hollander, Bernard Rich
	Dates:	1894-1976
	Abstract:	Bernard R. Hollander (1927-1975) was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, attorney who was a leader in many legal, civic, Jewish and educational organizations, including Anshe Chesed Congregation, the National Federation of Temple Brotherhoods and Expo Israel '70. The collection consists of correspondence, notes, writings, appointment calendars, clippings, memorabilia, papers relating to Hollander's activities in various Jewish organizations, and business or legal papers of Sidney and Helen Rich Hollander, Hollander Drug Company and Louis Rich.
	Call #:	MS 3979
	Extent:	4.30 linear feet (5 containers)
	Subjects:	Wadsworth, Elijah, 1747-1817. \| Wadsworth family. \| Whittlesey, Elisha, 1783-1863. \| Hinde, Thomas S. (Thomas Spottswood), 1785-1846. \| Connecticut Land Company. \| Ohio. Militia -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. -- Sources. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Postmasters -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Ohio -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. \| United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Trumbull County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys.
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4	Title:	Ohio Militia, 4th Division Records
	Creator:	Ohio Militia, 4th Division
	Dates:	1807-1830
	Abstract:	The Ohio Militia was established by the Ohio Constitution in 1803. Based on precedents established by the Northwest Territory, male citizens between the ages of 16 and 45 in Ohio were required to perform military duty. The Ohio Militia was divided into four divisions initially, with a fifth established in 1813. Elijah Wadsworth of Canfield, Ohio, commanded the 4th Division. Each division was further divided into four or five brigades, which were then divided into regiments and companies. The collection consists of orders, class rolls, record of appointments, and court-of-inquiry reports of the 4th Division of the Ohio Militia.
	Call #:	MS 0428
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 volume)
	Subjects:	Ohio Militia. Division, 4th. \| Courts-martial and courts of inquiry -- Ohio. \| United States -- Armed Forces -- Ohio -- Records and correspondence. \| Ohio -- Militia. \| United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources.
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5	Title:	Elijah Wadsworth Family Papers
	Creator:	Wadsworth, Elijah
	Dates:	1742-1868
	Abstract:	Elijah Wadsworth (1747-1817) was a Western Reserve pioneer who came from Litchfield, Connecticut, to Canfield, Ohio, in 1802. He was sheriff of Trumbull County and Major-General of the 4th Division, Ohio Militia during the War of 1812. His son, Frederick Wadsworth, was sheriff of Portage County, Ohio. Wedworth Wadsworth, a cousin, lived in Durham, Connecticut. the collection consists of correspondence, letter copies, autograph envelopes with biographical data on prominent Western Reserve residents, land lists, surveys, indentures, accounts, receipts, summonses, depositions, and Ohio Militia election returns, military receipts, provision returns, and morning papers, belonging to Elijah, Frederick, and Wedworth Wadsworth. Included are a number of letters from Samuel Huntington, 1765-1817.
	Call #:	MS 2729
	Extent:	0.80 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Wadsworth, Elijah, 1747-1817. \| Wadsworth family. \| Connecticut Land Company. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Medina County. \| Real property -- Michigan -- Monroe County. \| Trumbull County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Ohio -- Militia -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. \| Ohio -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. \| United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Biography. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys.
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6	Title:	John Stites Gano Papers
	Creator:	Gano, John Stites
	Dates:	1812-1814
	Abstract:	John Stites Gano (1766-1822) was a Cincinnati, Ohio, resident who served as major general and later as commander-in-chief of the Ohio Militia in Lower Sandusky during the War of 1812. The collection consists of correspondence and orders.
	Call #:	MS 1583
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Gano, John Stites, 1766-1822. \| Ohio -- Militia -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. \| Ohio -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. \| United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources.
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7	Title:	War of 1812: Collection of Papers
	Creator:	War of 1812: Collection of Papers
	Dates:	1792-1876
	Abstract:	The War of 1812 papers consist primarily of material relating to accounts between the United States and various military paymasters, 1812-1815, mostly signed by Lieutenant David Clendenin, paymaster, Poland, Ohio. Includes correspondence, regimental orders, muster, regiment, and pay rolls, newspaper clippings, and lists of soldiers in various companies (including rolls of 18 companies stationed in Massachusetts and a roll of Vermont militiamen).
	Call #:	MS 0660
	Extent:	0.80 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	United States. Army -- Pay, allowances, etc. \| United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. \| United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Registers. \| Massachusetts -- History -- War of 1812 -- Registers. \| Vermont -- History -- War of 1812 -- Registers. \| Ohio -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources.
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8	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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9	Title:	George Tod Papers
	Creator:	Tod, George
	Dates:	1783-1834
	Abstract:	George Tod (1773-1841) was a Trumbull County, Ohio lawyer, tax appraiser and road commissioner who became a state senator (1804-1806, and 1810-1812), Ohio Supreme Court judge (1807-1810) and judge of the Ohio Circuit Court of Appeals, 3rd District (1816-1829). He also served as an officer during the War of 1812. the collection consists of correspondence, military documents, court records, and financial and legal papers of George Tod, a journal of his father David Tod (1783), and documents concerning a case argued by his son David Tod (1834).
	Call #:	MS 3203
	Extent:	2.80 linear feet (7 containers)
	Subjects:	Tod, George, 1773-1841. \| Tod, David. \| Real property -- Valuation -- Ohio -- Trumbull County. \| Roads -- Ohio -- Trumbull County. \| Trumbull County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865 -- Sources. \| United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources.
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10	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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