| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Leonard Case, Sr. Family Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Case, Leonard Sr. Family | | | | Dates: | 1817-1903 | | | | Abstract: | Leonard Sr., Leonard Jr., and William Case were prominent Cleveland, Ohio, philanthropists and railroad magnates in the 1800s. Leonard Sr was also an early settler of the area and William served as Mayor from 1850-1852. The collection consists of financial materials, receipts for the Heard and Son construction of the Case block, land agreements, files on the Ohio State Fair and Silas S. Stone, and miscellaneous materials found in the Case School accession. | | | | Call #: | MS 4116 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Case, Leonard, 1786-1864. | Case family. | Stone, Silas S. | Railroads -- Ohio. | Land titles -- Ohio. | Real property -- Ohio. | Ohio -- History -- Sources. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Surveys. | Grandon (Ohio) -- Surveys. | Ottawa Reserve -- Surveys.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Leonard Case, Sr. Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Case, Leonard Sr. | | | | Dates: | 1795-1917 | | | | Abstract: | Leonard Case, Sr. (1786-1864) was a land agent, bank and railroad executive, and politician in Cleveland, Ohio. His sons, Leonard Jr., a noted philanthropist, and William, a politician, were active in local civic and business affairs. His brother Zophar was a lawyer and politician in Clinton County, Illinois. His nephew Eckstein was a lawyer and Secretary-Treasurer of the Case School of Applied Science. The collection consists of maps, plats, surveys, and deeds to land in Cuyahoga County and Cleveland, three account books of the Connecticut School Fund, memoirs of Leonard Case Sr., ca. 200 federal land grants to U.S. veterans (1848-1857), histories of the Western Reserve and Trumbull County, reminiscences of Benjamin Lane, a diary and correspondence of William Case, a field book of Zophar Case, and letters from Cleveland businessmen to Eckstein Case. | | | | Call #: | MS 2871 | | | | Extent: | 3.10 linear feet (5 containers and 2 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Case family. | Eckstein family. | Case, Leonard, 1786-1864. | Land titles -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Land titles -- Michigan. | Real property -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Real property -- Michigan. | Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865. | Ohio -- Maps. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Maps. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Maps. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Surveys. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Clinton County (Ill.) -- Surveys.
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