http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/search?freeformQuery%3Dgovernment;expand%3Dsubject;f1-subject%3DOhio%20--%20Politics%20and%20government%20--%201787-1865. Results for your query: freeformQuery=government;expand=subject;f1-subject=Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS0259.xml 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. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS0259.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3205.xml 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. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3205.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3979.xml 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. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3979.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3238.xml 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. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3238.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS2729.xml 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. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS2729.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4979.xml 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... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4979.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS1200.xml 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 corr... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS1200.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS1529.xml 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 topi... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS1529.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS1872.xml 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. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS1872.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS2510.xml 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. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS2510.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS0104.xml 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. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS0104.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS2155A.xml 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. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS2155A.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS2805.xml 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. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS2805.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3326.xml 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. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3326.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3282.xml 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. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3282.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3304.xml 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. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3304.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3497.xml 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. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3497.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS1381.xml 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. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS1381.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS0204.xml 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. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS0204.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT