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21	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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22	Title:	Ethelinda Griswold Rice Free Family Papers
	Creator:	Free, Ethelinda Griswold Rice Family
	Dates:	1712-1983
	Abstract:	Ethelinda Griswold Rice Free, daughter of Joseph and Juliet Boalt Rice of Ohio, spent most of her life gathering materials related to her family's history. She was descended from prominent families in the Western Reserve and New England. The collection consists of correspondence between members of the Free, Rice, Hulburt, Boalt and Griswold families, diaries, journals, financial and legal materials, genealogical materials, memorabilia, published and unpublished writings, newspaper clippings and materials from relatives in the Butler, Caldwell, Fisk, Hall, Hubbard, Lane, Moss and Warner families.
	Call #:	MS 4028
	Extent:	15.91 linear feet (40 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Free family. \| Rice family. \| Griswold family. \| Boalt family. \| Hulburt family. \| Free, Ethelinda Griswold Rice, 1900-1985. \| Students -- United States -- Correspondence, reminiscenses, etc. \| Family -- Ohio. \| Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Western Reserve (Ohio) \| Women -- Western Reserve (Ohio) \| Ashtabula (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| West (U.S.) -- Description and travel -- 1860-1880. \| Sandusky (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Ohio -- Description and travel.
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23	Title:	Western Reserve Printed Ephemera Collection
	Creator:	Western Reserve Historical Society
	Dates:	1834-1995
	Abstract:	The Western Reserve Printed Ephemera Collection is a collection of pamphlets drawn from previously processed collections held by Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, Ohio. The pamphlets were generally removed from their original collections due to lack of relevance to the collection, but retained and grouped together in a separate collection because of their historic value.
	Call #:	MS 5147
	Extent:	15.40 linear feet (16 containers)
	Subjects:	Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Miscellanea. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Periodicals. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Miscellanea. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Periodicals. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History.
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24	Title:	Lemuel Punderson Papers, Series II
	Creator:	Punderson, Lemuel
	Dates:	1808-1826
	Abstract:	Lemuel Punderson was a prominent Geauga County, Ohio, pioneer. He was the first permanent settler in Newbury Township in 1808, operated a grist mill and distillery in association with Eleazer Hickox, maintained a farm and saw mill, and served as a land agent in the area. The collection consists of an account book of Punderson's various activities, 1808-1826. The collection pertains to pioneer life in Geauga County, Ohio and is interesting for those researching Punderson's career or any of the facets of early Geauga County life in which he was involved.
	Call #:	MS 4430
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Punderson, Lemuel, 1782-1822. \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Geauga County. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Geauga County. \| Geauga County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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25	Title:	Calvin Pease Papers
	Creator:	Pease, Calvin
	Dates:	1798-1841
	Abstract:	Calvin Pease (1776-1839) was a lawyer, legislator and judge, of Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio, in the Connecticut Western Reserve. Pease came to the Western Reserve from Connecticut in 1800. He was admitted to the bar and was appointed the first clerk of the court of quarter sessions, a position he held until 1803. He served as judge of the Third Circuit, Court of Common Pleas (1803-1810), and justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (1816-1830). Pease also served as a tax collector, primarily in Trumbull County, from 1801-1819. He served in the Ohio state legislature from Trumbull County, and also was the official agent for the U.S. postmaster-general in northeastern Ohio. He was a delegate to the canal convention meeting in Warren in 1833. Pease continued the private practice of law until his death at Warren in 1839. The collection consists of correspondence; personal papers including land records, tax records, bank notes and accounts; business papers including bills, receipts, agreements, and deeds; field notes and land records; and legal documents from the court.
	Call #:	MS 0827
	Extent:	1.40 linear feet (4 containers)
	Subjects:	Pease, Calvin, 1776-1839. \| Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal. \| Western Reserve Bank of Warren, Ohio. \| Judges -- Ohio -- Correspondence. \| Lawyers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. \| Deeds -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Real property tax -- Ohio -- Trumbull County. \| Postal service -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Court records -- Ohio. \| Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Warren. \| Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Trumbull County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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26	Title:	Ephraim Brown Family Papers
	Creator:	Brown, Ephraim Family
	Dates:	1771-1968
	Abstract:	Ephraim Brown (1775-1845) was a land agent and legislator of North Bloomfield, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, land agreements, deeds, account books, business papers, financial receipts, certificates, and court-docket books relating to Brown's activities in the Ohio legislature (1820s-30s), as road commissioner of Ohio, and in business ventures. Includes account books of E. A. Brown & Brothers Company and other papers of Brown's son, Ephraim A. Brown; papers of other family members, and plans and charts of North Bloomfield, Ohio.
	Call #:	MS 1872
	Extent:	10.60 linear feet (8 containers and 24 oversize volumes)
	Subjects:	Brown, Ephraim, 1775-1845. \| Brown family. \| Brown, Alexander Cushing, 1885-1964. \| Brown, Ephraim Alexander, 1807-1894. \| Brown, Mary Huntington. \| Brown, Anne F. \| Court calendars -- Ohio -- Trumbull County. \| Railroads -- Ohio -- Management. \| Roads -- Ohio -- Management. \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Bloomfield (Trumbull County, Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865.
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27	Title:	Harmon Family Papers
	Creator:	Harmon Family
	Dates:	1766-1885
	Abstract:	The Harmon family moved to Mantua, Portage County, Ohio from Suffield Connecticut, in 1799. Elias Harmon held several public offices and was land agent for many Connecticut residents. His son, Orrin, was active in the land business and was surveyor for Portage County and the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal. Julian Harmon was the son of Orrin. The collection contains the papers of Elias, Orrin, Julian and Martin Harmon. Includes correspondence, diaries, financial accounts and receipts, land deeds and memoranda of sales, legal documents, estate papers, powers of attorney, tax records, notebooks, surveys, and other papers, documenting their note collection and land agency business. Also, includes material on the Protection Life Insurance Co. of Hartford, the Franklin and Warren Railroad, the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal, the Independent Knights of Temperance, and the fur trade and anti-slavery movement, with references to state and national politics, banking policies, and anti-masonic movements.
	Call #:	MS 0104
	Extent:	5.40 linear feet (14 containers)
	Subjects:	Harmon family. \| Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal. \| Independent Knights of Temperance. \| Temperance -- Ohio -- Societies, etc. \| Peddlers and peddling -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Deeds -- Ohio -- Portage County. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Portage County. \| Fur trade -- United States. \| Executors and administrators -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Antislavery movements -- United States. \| Mantua (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Portage County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Portage County (Ohio) -- Surveys. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys.
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28	Title:	David Abbot Family Papers
	Creator:	Abbot, David Family
	Dates:	1799-1886
	Abstract:	David Abbot (1765-1822) was a pioneer and legislator in the Western Reserve. He was the first settler of Willoughby, Ohio, sheriff of Trumbull County, land agent for Aaron Olmstead of the Connecticut Land Company, a delegate to the Ohio Constitutional Convention, an Ohio legislator, and Clerk of Courts and Treasurer of Huron County. His son, Benjamin Abbot, was a trustee of the First Presbyterian Society of Milan, Ohio (inc. 1828). His grandson, David, is also reflected in the collection. The collection consists of biographical information, correspondence, legal opinions, legal documents and miscellaneous non-correspondence of the Abbot family; and material on the First Presbyterian Society of Milan, Ohio and the Merrimac Christian Conference of New Hampshire, the preamble and constitution of the Christian Meeting House of Bradford, New Hampshire, and miscellaneous non-correspondence.
	Call #:	MS 1804
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Abbott family. \| Olmstead, Aaron. \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Western Reserve (Ohio) \| Pioneers -- Western Reserve (Ohio) \| Huron (Ohio) -- Maps. \| Huron (Ohio) -- Harbor. \| Huron County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Ohio -- Constitutional law. \| Ohio -- History -- 1797-1865 -- Sources. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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29	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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30	Title:	Hudson Family Papers
	Creator:	Hudson Family
	Dates:	1799-1836
	Abstract:	David Hudson, Sr. (1761-1836) was the founder of Hudson, Ohio and a member of the party which came from Litchfield, Connecticut to survey and organize Hudson in 1799. He returned in 1800 with a colonizing party which included his family. David Jr. and Anner Mary were two of his children. The collection consists of David Hudson, Sr.'s journal and account book (1799-1801), which describes the surveying party's trip from Connecticut to Hudson, Ohio and Hudson's return trip; ten of David Hudson, Jr.'s journals (1820-1836) describing farm life in early Hudson, Ohio; and Anner Mary Hudson Baldwin's recipe book (1830).
	Call #:	MS 3893
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Hudson family. \| Hudson, David, 1761-1836. \| Baldwin, Anner Mary Hudson, 1800-1892. \| Farm life -- Ohio -- Hudson. \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio. \| Pioneers -- Ohio -- Hudson -- Diaries. \| Farmers -- Ohio -- Hudson -- Diaries. \| Cookery, American. \| Hudson (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Hudson (Ohio) -- Genealogy. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Ohio -- Description and travel. \| United States -- Description and travel -- 1783-1848.
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31	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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