| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2 | 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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