| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | William C. McFarland Papers
| | | | Creator: | McFarland, William C. | | | | Dates: | 1855-1930 | | | | Abstract: | William C. McFarland (b. 1838-?) was born in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, of Scots-Irish extraction. He was a descendant of the McFarlane Clan of Loch Sloy, Scotland. He was educated in Pennsylvania, and taught in Kentucky from 1859-1861. He then attended Ohio State and Union Law College of Cleveland, Ohio, graduating with a degree of A.B. In 1862 McFarland practiced law in Cleveland until 1864, when he joined the Quartermaster's Department of the Union Army at Nashville, Tennessee. He resumed his law practice in Cleveland after the war. He was elected by the Republican Party as a representative from Cuyahoga County to the Ohio General Assembly in 1871, serving until 1873. In 1875, he formed the law firm Critchfield & McFarland, engaging in corporate and commercial law. It was in business for two years, and following its demise, McFarland traveled to Europe. He wrote many letters during time spent overseas, detailing his experiences and observations to the Cleveland Herald. McFarland was a conservative Republican politician. In addition, he was ranked among the most successful lawyers in Cleveland. The collection consists of anecdotes, articles, essays, newspaper clippings, postcards, and speeches. | | | | Call #: | MS 4862 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | McFarland, William C., b. 1838. -- Speeches. | American essays -- 19th century. | Slavery -- United States -- 19th century. | African Americans -- Art -- 19th century. | African Americans -- Music -- 19th century. | American poetry -- African American authors -- 19th century. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- 19th century. | Law -- United States -- 19th century. | Agriculture -- United States -- 19th century. | United States -- History -- 19th century. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1849-1877. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- 19th century.
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