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African Americans -- Colonization. (1)
Afro-Americans -- Colonization -- Africa. (1)
American Bible Society. (1)
American Colonization Society. (1)
Antislavery movements -- United States. (2)
Banks and banking -- Ohio. (1)
Bloomfield (Trumbull County, Ohio) -- History -- Sources. (1)
Brady, Samuel, 1756-1795. (1)
Brown family. (1)
Brown, Alexander Cushing, 1885-1964. (1)
Brown, Anne F. (1)
Brown, Ephraim Alexander, 1807-1894. (1)
Brown, Ephraim, 1775-1845. (1)
Brown, Mary Huntington. (1)
Canals -- Ohio. (2)
Canfield (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. (1)
Chevalier family. (1)
Coffinberry family. (1)
Columbiana County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. (1)
Connecticut Land Company. (3)
Court calendars -- Ohio -- Trumbull County. (1)
Court calendars -- Ohio. (1)
Cumberland Gap, Battle of, 1862. (1)
Deeds -- Ohio -- Portage County. (1)
Democratic Hickory Club (Center, Columbiana County, Ohio) (1)
Democratic Party. Ohio. (1)
DuBarry family. (1)
Duane family. (1)
Executors and administrators -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. (1)
Firelands (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. (1)
Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio. (1)
Frontier and pioneer life -- Western Reserve (Ohio) (1)
Fur trade -- United States. (1)
Giddings, Joshua R. (Joshua Reed), 1795-1864. (1)
Griswold, Stanley, 1763-1815 -- Estate. (1)
Hampson family. (1)
Hanna family. (1)
Harbors -- Ohio. (1)
Harmon family. (1)
Hinde, Thomas S. (Thomas Spottswood), 1785-1846. (2)
Hine, Homer H., 1776-1856. (1)
Huntington, Samuel, 1765-1817. (1)
Independent Knights of Temperance. (1)
Indians of North America -- Government relations. (1)
Laird family. (1)
Lawyers -- Ohio -- Youngstown -- Correspondence. (1)
Leet family. (1)
Leete, Ralph, 1823-1905. (1)
Mantua (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. (1)
Massie family. (1)
Massie, Nathaniel, 1763-1813. (1)
Methodist Church -- United States -- Sermons. (1)
Morgan family. (1)
New Lisbon Tippecanoe Club (New Lisbon, Ohio) (1)
Northwest, Old -- Surveys. (1)
Ohio -- Governors. (1)
Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources. (5)
Ohio -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. (4)
Ohio -- Militia -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. (1)
Ohio -- Militia -- History. (1)
Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865.[X]
Ohio -- Surveys. (2)
Ohio. Board of Canal Fund Commissioners. (1)
Ohio. Militia -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. (1)
Ohio. Militia -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. -- Sources. (1)
Peddlers and peddling -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. (1)
Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal. (1)
Political parties -- Ohio. (1)
Portage County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. (1)
Portage County (Ohio) -- Surveys. (1)
Postal service -- United States. (1)
Postmasters -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. (2)
Presbyterian Church (New Lisbon, Ohio) (1)
Railroads -- Ohio -- Management. (1)
Railroads -- United States. (1)
Real property -- Michigan -- Monroe County. (1)
Real property -- Ohio -- Medina County. (1)
Real property -- Ohio -- Portage County. (1)
Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. (4)
Real property -- Ohio. (1)
Roads -- Ohio -- Management. (1)
Robertson family. (1)
Sermons, American. (1)
Shipbuilding -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
Slavery -- United States. (1)
Soldiers -- Ohio -- Miscellanea. (1)
Surveyors -- Ohio -- Correspondence. (1)
Sutliff, Milton, 1838-1867. (1)
Tappan, Abraham, 1779-1855. (1)
Temperance -- Ohio -- Societies, etc. (1)
Texas -- History -- Revolution, 1835-1836 -- Personal narratives. (1)
Tiffin, Edward, 1766-1829. (1)
Trimble family. (1)
Trimble, Allen, 1783-1870. (1)
Trumbull County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. (3)
United States -- Description and travel -- 1783-1848. (1)
United States -- History -- 1783-1865 -- Sources. (1)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. (1)
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources. (1)
United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. (6)
United States -- History -- War with Mexico, 1845-1848 -- Personal narratives. (1)
United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865. (3)
United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861. (1)
United States -- Politics and government -- 1849-1877. (1)
United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century. (3)
Vallandigham family. (1)
Vallandigham, Clement L. (Clement Laird), 1820-1871. (1)
Vicksburg (Miss.) -- History -- Siege, 1863. (1)
Wade, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1800-1878. (1)
Wadsworth family (1)
Wadsworth family. (2)
Wadsworth, Elijah, 1747-1817. (3)
Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Biography. (1)
Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. (8)
Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys. (5)
Whig Party (Ohio) (1)
Whittlesey, Elisha, 1783-1863. (4)
Zanesville (Ohio) -- Biography. (1)
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1Title:  Whig Party, Ohio, Records     
 Creator:  Whig Party, Ohio 
 Dates:  ca. 1838 
 Abstract:  The collection consists of a list of the members of the central committee of the Whig Party and of committees of vigilance in towns and counties throughout Ohio. 
 Call #:  MS 0204 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Whig Party (Ohio) | Political parties -- Ohio. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865.
 
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2Title:  Hanna Family Papers     
 Creator:  Hanna Family 
 Dates:  1812-1926 
 Abstract:  The Hanna Family is an Ohio family (New Lisbon and Cleveland) whose members included Senator Marcus A. Hanna and businessman Leonard C. Hanna. The collection consists of correspondence, legal documents, charts, deeds, notes, wills, photos, and magazine and newspaper clippings containing genealogical data relating primarily to members of the Hanna family in Cleveland and Ohio, especially to Robert, Benjamin, and Leonard Hanna. Includes 7 v. of congratulatory messages sent to Marcus A. Hanna after successful campaigns of the Republican Party in which Hanna played a major role. 
 Call #:  MS 2510 
 Extent:  3.50 linear feet (5 containers and 8 oversize volumes) 
 Subjects:  Hanna family. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. | United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
 
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3Title:  Homer H. Hine (1776-1856) Papers     
 Creator:  Hine, Homer H. 
 Dates:  1796-1857 
 Abstract:  Homer H. Hine (1776-1856) was a Youngstown, Ohio attorney who was active in local business and state political circles. The collection consists of letters addressed to Homer H. Hine from Samuel Bryson, Samuel Huntington, Allen Trimble, Elijah Wadsworth, Elisha Whittlesey, and others. 
 Call #:  MS 2155A 
 Extent:  0.10 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Hine, Homer H., 1776-1856. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Youngstown -- Correspondence. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865.
 
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4Title:  Milton Sutliff Letters     
 Creator:  Sutliff, Milton 
 Dates:  1838-1867 
 Abstract:  Milton Sutliff was a Warren, Ohio, attorney. The collection consists of 87 letters from Joshua Giddings and Benjamin Wade concerning Ohio and United States politics and the slavery issue. 
 Call #:  MS 3326 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Sutliff, Milton, 1838-1867. | Giddings, Joshua R. (Joshua Reed), 1795-1864. | Wade, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1800-1878. | Slavery -- United States. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. | United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
 
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5Title:  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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6Title:  Ralph Leete Papers     
 Creator:  Leete, Ralph 
 Dates:  1840-1916 
 Abstract:  Ralph Leete (1823-1905) was an Ironton, Ohio attorney who was active in Democratic Party politics. The collection consists of correspondence with relatives concerning family matters and Ohio politics. 
 Call #:  MS 3304 
 Extent:  0.40 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Leete, Ralph, 1823-1905. | Leet family. | Democratic Party. Ohio. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865.
 
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7Title:  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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8Title:  Abraham Tappan Papers     
 Creator:  Tappan, Abraham 
 Dates:  1803-1879 
 Abstract:  Abraham Tappan (1779-1855) was a surveyor and postmaster of Unionville, Ohio, during the nineteenth century. The collection includes correspondence relating to land transactions, surveys and politics in the Western Reserve; and field notes made by Tappan while surveying Henry Champion's land in Concord Township, the road from the Muskingum River to Lake Erie, the road from the mouth of the Grand River to Warren, Ohio, and areas west of the Cuyahoga River and north of the Tuscarawas River. 
 Call #:  MS 0259 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Tappan, Abraham, 1779-1855. | Surveyors -- Ohio -- Correspondence. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. | Ohio -- Surveys. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys.
 
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9Title:  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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10Title:  Elijah Wadsworth Family Papers, Series II     
 Creator:  Wadsworth, Elijah family 
 Dates:  1702-1910 
 Abstract:  General Elijah Wadsworth (1747-1817) was a prominent figure in the early history of Ohio's Western Reserve who served in both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. He was a captain in the 2nd continental light dragoons in the Revolutionary War and was the commander, major-general, of the 4th division of the Ohio Militia during the War of 1812. Wadsworth was also the largest land owner in Canfield during its early years, and its first postmaster, and its tax collector during the early years. Elijah Wadsworth's two descendants who are most frequently encountered in the collection are Maria C. Wadsworth and Henry Wadsworth. Maria C. Wadsworth was the daughter, and only child, of Elijah Wadsworth's son George. She lived in Canfield and married William B. Dawson. Henry Wadsworth (1784-1830) was a son of Elijah Wadsworth. He stayed behind in Litchfield, Connecticut, when Gen. Wadsworth moved to Canfield, and stayed in the general area all his life. Frederick, (1786-1869) George (1793-1832), and Rhoda Wadsworth (1748- ?) were other children of Elijah. The collection consists of letters and documents relating to the Wadsworth family starting with Gen. Elijah Wadsworth, and continuing on through his children and grandchildren, with some items from family friends, like Elisha Whittlesey, and life/society in this period. The collection includes personal letters, official correspondence, receipts, other financial records, land sale/purchase contacts, wills and other estate management documents, land surveys, and other miscellaneous documents. 
 Call #:  MS 4979 
 Extent:  0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Wadsworth, Elijah, 1747-1817. | Wadsworth family | Whittlesey, Elisha, 1783-1863. | Hinde, Thomas S. (Thomas Spottswood), 1785-1846. | Connecticut Land Company. | Ohio. Militia -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. | Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Postmasters -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Ohio -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. | United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Trumbull County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys.
 
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11Title:  Elisha Whittlesey Papers     
 Creator:  Whittlesey, Elisha 
 Dates:  1769-1869 
 Abstract:  Elisha Whittlesey (1783-1863) was a lawyer, United States Representative from Ohio (1822-1838), and public official. The collection consists of correspondence, legal papers, receipts, account ledgers, memoranda, drafts of legislation, and land deeds. The Elisha Whittlesey Papers deal with his career as a member of the United States Congress for sixteen years, comptroller of the United States Treasury for eight years, and Auditor of the Post Office Department for two years. His voluminous correspondence involves a large number of men prominent in national, late, and local affairs, particularly the Whig Party, American Colonization Society, the American Bible Society, and the development of the canals, rivers, harbors, railroads, and banks of northern Ohio and the Western Reserve. His mass of legal papers deals with the practice of his law office in Canfield, Ohio, his large holdings of land in the Western Reserve, Firelands, and the Maumee Valley. His wife and family occupy another prominent place in his correspondence, and he also had an interest in agricultural problems and served in the War of 1812. 
 Call #:  MS 1200 
 Extent:  33.20 linear feet (83 containers) 
 Subjects:  Whittlesey, Elisha, 1783-1863. | American Bible Society. | American Colonization Society. | African Americans -- Colonization. | Banks and banking -- Ohio. | Canals -- Ohio. | Harbors -- Ohio. | Indians of North America -- Government relations. | Postal service -- United States. | Railroads -- United States. | Antislavery movements -- United States. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. | United States -- History -- 1783-1865 -- Sources. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865.
 
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12Title:  Samuel Huntington Correspondence     
 Creator:  Huntington, Samuel 
 Dates:  1801-1817 
 Abstract:  Samuel Huntington (1765-1817) was an Ohio state legislator, Ohio Supreme Court Justice, and Governor of Ohio (1808-1810). The collection consists of letters to Huntington relating to Ohio politics and elections, land transactions, War of 1812, and settlement and development of the Western Reserve. Correspondents include Henry Champion, Moses Cleaveland, Gideon Granger, Stanley Griswold, Return J. Meigs, Jeremiah Morrow, Calvin Pease, John Smith, Amos Spafford, Edward Tiffin, George Tod, Elisha Tracy, Elijah Wadsworth, and Thomas Worthington. 
 Call #:  MS 3497 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Huntington, Samuel, 1765-1817. | Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. | United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources.
 
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13Title:  Vallandigham and Laird Family Papers     
 Creator:  Vallandigham and Laird Family 
 Dates:  1793-1871 
 Abstract:  The Vallandigham family descended from Michael Van Landegham who emigrated from French Flanders to Virginia. Clement Vallandigham married Rebecca Laird in 1807 and moved to New Lisbon, Ohio. The Vallandigham and Laird families had members in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Most prominent among them was Clement Laird Vallandigham, a lawyer, Democratic politician, congressman from Ohio, and spokesman of Northerners opposing the Civil War, and John Laird, a lawyer and Ohio senator. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, writings, financial documents, legal documents, and miscellany of members of the Laird, Vallandigham and Robertson families, including Clement, Clement L., Elizabeth, George, James L., Mary E., and Rebecca Vallandigham, and John Laird. 
 Call #:  MS 1381 
 Extent:  0.21 linear feet (1 container and one vertical file folder) 
 Subjects:  Laird family. | Robertson family. | Vallandigham family. | Vallandigham, Clement L. (Clement Laird), 1820-1871. | Democratic Hickory Club (Center, Columbiana County, Ohio) | New Lisbon Tippecanoe Club (New Lisbon, Ohio) | Presbyterian Church (New Lisbon, Ohio) | Columbiana County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1849-1877.
 
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14Title:  Nathaniel Massie Papers     
 Creator:  Massie, Nathaniel 
 Dates:  1782-1852 
 Abstract:  Nathaniel Massie (1763-1813) was a deputy surveyor of Ohio's Virginia Military District. The collection consists of correspondence, legal briefs, court dockets, appeals, land warrants, surveys, title transfers, and receipts, relating chiefly to Massie's activities as deputy surveyor. The post-1813 papers relate to the settlement of Massie's estate and to land transactions and legal affairs of Henry Massie, southern Ohio lawyer. 
 Call #:  MS 3282 
 Extent:  3.20 linear feet (7 containers) 
 Subjects:  Massie, Nathaniel, 1763-1813. | Massie family. | Real property -- Ohio. | Ohio -- Surveys. | Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865.
 
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15Title:  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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16Title:  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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17Title:  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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18Title:  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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19Title:  Bernard Rich Hollander Papers     
 Creator:  Hollander, Bernard Rich 
 Dates:  1894-1976 
 Abstract:  Bernard R. Hollander (1927-1975) was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, attorney who was a leader in many legal, civic, Jewish and educational organizations, including Anshe Chesed Congregation, the National Federation of Temple Brotherhoods and Expo Israel '70. The collection consists of correspondence, notes, writings, appointment calendars, clippings, memorabilia, papers relating to Hollander's activities in various Jewish organizations, and business or legal papers of Sidney and Helen Rich Hollander, Hollander Drug Company and Louis Rich. 
 Call #:  MS 3979 
 Extent:  4.30 linear feet (5 containers) 
 Subjects:  Wadsworth, Elijah, 1747-1817. | Wadsworth family. | Whittlesey, Elisha, 1783-1863. | Hinde, Thomas S. (Thomas Spottswood), 1785-1846. | Connecticut Land Company. | Ohio. Militia -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. -- Sources. | Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Postmasters -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Ohio -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. | United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Trumbull County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys.
 
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