| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Charles Whittlesey Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Whittlesey, Charles | | | | Dates: | 1827-1897 | | | | Abstract: | Charles Whittlesey (1808-1886) was an Army officer, lawyer, and geologist, of Cleveland, Ohio. the collection consists of correspondence, field note books, articles, legal and financial papers, scrapbooks on geology, archaeology, and meteorology, student writings, papers relating to Whittlesey's Civil War service, and papers and notes on topics in archaeology, ethnography, geography, history, astronomy, meteorology, and geology. | | | | Call #: | MS 2872 | | | | Extent: | 3.40 linear feet (8 containers and 3 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Whittlesey, Charles, 1808-1886. | Chippewa Indians. | Geology -- United States. | Archaeology -- United States. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources. | Ohio -- Surveys. | Wisconsin -- Surveys.
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