| Manuscript Collection | Save | 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 | Save | 3 | 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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