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1	Title:	Documents Signed by Presidents of the United States
	Creator:	Documents Signed by Presidents of the United States
	Dates:	1803-1875
	Abstract:	The collection consists of land grants and appointments signed by the following United States Presidents, or their secretaries: John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, and Ulysses S. Grant.
	Call #:	MS 0940
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Land grants -- United States. \| Presidents -- United States -- Autographs. \| United States -- Officials and employees -- Selection and appointment.
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2	Title:	Johnson and Hemrickhouse Family Papers
	Creator:	Johnson and Hemrickhouse Family
	Dates:	1795-1917
	Abstract:	The Johnson and Hemrickhouse families were two pioneering families of Coshocton, Ohio. The Johnson brothers (John, Joseph and William) were Irish immigrants who settled in Coshocton in 1820. They married three daughters of Peter Hemrickhouse (who settled in Coshocton in 1832), while their sister married Hemrickhouse's eldest son. The collection consists of correspondence; land deeds and agreements; field notes, surveys of land in Coshocton County; financial documents such as invoices and receipts; and law office papers relating to Thomas Hemrickhouse, William and James Johnson, and other members of their families.
	Call #:	MS 1385
	Extent:	3.60 linear feet (9 containers)
	Subjects:	Johnson family. \| Humrickhouse family. \| First Presbyterian Church (Coshocton, Ohio). \| Deeds -- Ohio -- Coshocton. \| Land titles -- Ohio -- Coshocton. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Coshocton. \| Land grants -- United States.
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3	Title:	Virginia Military District in Ohio Papers
	Creator:	Anderson, Richard Claugh
	Dates:	1787-1839
	Abstract:	Richard Clough Anderson (1750-1826) was the Surveyor-General of the Virginia Military District, an area located between the Scioto and Little Miami Rivers in Ohio. The District and other land in Kentucky was granted to Virginia by Congress in 1784 to settle its claims to the Northwest Territory and reward its veterans of the American Revolution. The collection consists of seven entry books, ca. 4400 to 4800 surveys, and an index to entries, referring to land in the Virginia Military District lying between the Scioto and Little Miami Rivers in Ohio, which was surveyed under the direction of Anderson, his son-in-law, Allen Latham, and his son, William Marshall Anderson. Includes personal papers of Dr. R.G. Lewis of Madiosonville, Ohio, and miscellaneous papers of Allen Latham.
	Call #:	MS 3050
	Extent:	4.80 linear feet (10 containers and 3 oversize volumes)
	Subjects:	Anderson, Richard Clough, 1750-1826. \| Surveying -- Ohio. \| Surveyors -- Ohio. \| Bounties, Military -- United States. \| Land grants -- United States. \| Real property -- Ohio. \| Ohio -- Surveys. \| Virginia Military District -- Surveys.
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