| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Maria D. Coffinberry Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Coffinberry, Maria D. Family | | | | Dates: | 1767-1930 | | | | Abstract: | The collection includes records of the Coffinberry and Morgan families and allied families of Hampson, Duane, DuBarry, and Chevalier. Members of these families were at the forefront of events in American, Ohio and Cleveland history, from before the Revolutionary War until the Reconstruction period and beyond. The collection consists of correspondence, journals, other manuscript materials, plats, maps, pamphlets, political broadsides, speeches, newspaper clippings, biographical and genealogical items, engravings, campaign ribbons, and other family memorabilia. | | | | Call #: | MS 2805 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Coffinberry family. | Morgan family. | Hampson family. | Duane family. | DuBarry family. | Chevalier family. | Shipbuilding -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Western Reserve (Ohio) | Cumberland Gap, Battle of, 1862. | Vicksburg (Miss.) -- History -- Siege, 1863. | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources. | United States -- History -- War with Mexico, 1845-1848 -- Personal narratives. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. | United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century. | United States -- Description and travel -- 1783-1848. | Texas -- History -- Revolution, 1835-1836 -- Personal narratives. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. | Zanesville (Ohio) -- Biography.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | 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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