| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | Herbert W. Dosey Papers
| | | | Creator: | Dosey, Herbert W. | | | | Dates: | 1938-1977 | | | | Abstract: | Herbert W. Dosey was the chairman of the board of the Great Lakes Historical Society. Over the years Mr. Dosey held various jobs with railroad, canal and boating companies. The collection includes correspondence, articles authored by Dosey, newspaper clippings, and materials relating to Dosey's interest in model railroads. The collection includes some material on Ohio canals. | | | | Call #: | MS 4404 | | | | Extent: | 0.11 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Dosey, Herbert W., ca. 1895-1977. | Canals -- Ohio. | Railroads -- Models.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 3 | 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 | Save | | 4 | 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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