| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Brooklyn Township, Ohio, Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Brooklyn Township, Ohio | | | | Dates: | 1832-1924 | | | | Abstract: | Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio was organized in 1818, and included territory west of the Cuyahoga River that later became Ohio City, West Cleveland, Old Brooklyn, and Brighton, all of which eventually were annexed by the city of Cleveland; and Linndale, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, and portions of Lakewood, which became independent municipalities. Early settlers of Brooklyn Township included the Brainard, Fish, Clark, Young, Barber, and Foote families. The collection consists of Township trustees' minutes (1861-1922), township fund, school fund, and poor fund accounts (1855-1924), Board of Education proceedings (1891-1911), criminal case dockets (1856-1905), civil case dockets (1867-1905), and two record books of the Cuyahoga Steam Furnace Company (1832-1834 and 1851-1871). | | | | Call #: | MS 3130 | | | | Extent: | 7.90 linear feet (47 volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Cuyahoga Steam Furnace Company (Cleveland, Ohio) | Brooklyn (Ohio : Township). | Court records -- Ohio. | Local government -- Ohio -- Brooklyn Township. | Local finance -- Ohio -- Brooklyn Township. | Public schools -- Ohio -- Brooklyn Township. | Brooklyn (Ohio : Township) -- Politics and government.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Cuyahoga Steam Furnace Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Cuyahoga Steam Furnace Company | | | | Dates: | 1834-1902 | | | | Abstract: | The Cuyahoga Steam Furnace Company produced furnace engines, hydraulic presses, boilers, mill gearing, castings, railroad construction equipment, locomotives, plows, screw propellers, and cannons for the United States Government. The collection consists primarily of commercial and legal documents and record books. Includes newspaper clippings, abstracts of titles, stock certificates, promissory notes, legal briefs, contracts, land deeds, tax forms, letters patent, receipts, bills of sale, insurance policies, memoranda, and some business correspondence. Persons represented include major shareholders Josiah Barber, Charles Hoyt, Richard Lord, and Luke Risley, and presidents William Bainbridge Castle, J.F. Holloway, and Elisha Sterling. | | | | Call #: | MS 2525 | | | | Extent: | 4.0 linear feet (5 containers and 15 volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Cuyahoga Steam Furnace Company (Cleveland, Ohio) | Locomotives -- United States. | Steam locomotives -- United States. | Marine engines.
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