| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Robert Hanna Papers
| | | | Creator: | Hanna, Robert | | | | Dates: | 1811-1938 | | | | Abstract: | Robert Hanna (1789-1854) was the first white child born in Lynchburg, (West) Virginia. His family moved to Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1801. He became a circuit-riding minister for the Methodist Church. His great nephew, Marcus A. Hanna, became a United States Senator. The collection consists of an autobiography, a daily journal of his activities as a minister, clippings, genealogical material, sermons, scattered correspondence, a license to perform marriages, and scattered notes on the John Kersey Wharry branch of the family (ca. 1938). | | | | Call #: | MS 3838 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Hanna, Robert, 1789-1854. | Hanna family. | Methodist Church -- Ohio -- Clergy. | Circuit riders -- Ohio.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Alexander Nelson Papers
| | | | Creator: | Nelson, Alexander | | | | Dates: | 1830-1874 | | | | Abstract: | Alexander Nelson was a Methodist minister who taught at Norwalk Seminary, Worthington Female Seminary, and Baldwin Institute, in Ohio, between 1838 and 1850. He settled in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1837, but soon moved to Ohio. The collection consists of papers relating to Nelson's teaching assignments; copies of sermons and lectures on subjects such as Benedict Arnold, Western antiquities, Methodism, and the Sabbath; an address on the Bible delivered before the American Bible Society; and an autobiographical sketch. | | | | Call #: | MS 1805 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Nelson, Alexander. | Clergy -- Ohio -- Miscellanea. | Methodist Church -- Ohio -- Clergy. | Sermons, American. | Teachers -- Ohio -- Miscellanea.
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