| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Lemuel Punderson Papers
| | | | Creator: | Punderson, Lemuel | | | | Dates: | 1810-1829 | | | | Abstract: | Lemuel Punderson was an attorney and land agent in Burton, Ohio, for William Ely, of Hartford, Connecticut, Henry Thorndike, of Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, and John Wyles, of Brimfield, Massachusetts. The collection consists of correspondence, contracts and deeds to land in the Western Reserve, powers of attorney, and receipts. Also includes some correspondence from Amzi Atwater, Benjamin Dwight, Asa Gilbert, Silas Hotchkiss, Andrew Hull, Jared Kirtland, Turhand Kirtland, William Lattimore, Charles Parker, Robert B. Parkman, and Simon Perkins. | | | | Call #: | MS 1268 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Punderson, Lemuel. | Deeds -- Ohio -- Burton. | Real property -- Ohio -- Burton. | Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Burton (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Peter Hitchcock Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Hitchcock, Peter Family | | | | Dates: | 1788-1898 | | | | Abstract: | Peter Hitchcock, Sr. (1781-1853) was an early settler of Burton, Ohio, who became an Ohio and United States legislator and Chief Justice of Ohio. His sons, Reuben, Henry, and Peter Jr., entered the judiciary, ministry and politics respectively and were affiliated with Burton Academy, Western Reserve College and the Atlantic and Great Western Railway Company. the collection consists of correspondence of family members and miscellaneous papers relating to Western Reserve College, Burton Academy, the Atlantic and Great Western Railway and the early history of Burton, Ohio. | | | | Call #: | MS 3325 | | | | Extent: | 19.80 linear feet (49 containers and 2 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Hitchcock, Peter, 1781-1853. | Hitchcock family. | Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. | Judges -- Ohio -- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. | Legislators -- Ohio -- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio. | Railroads -- United States. | Public Square (Cleveland, Ohio) | Law -- Ohio. | Burton (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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