Subject | • | Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources |
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| | • | United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. |
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| | • | Ohio Company (1786-1795) |
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| | • | Ohio Company (1786-1795) -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Real property -- Ohio |
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| | • | United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865. |
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| | • | Whittlesey, Elisha, 1783-1863. |
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| | • | African Americans -- Colonization. |
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| | • | Alexandria (Va.) -- Commerce. |
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| | • | Alexandria Canal Company. |
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| | • | American Bible Society. |
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| | • | American Colonization Society. |
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| | • | Antislavery movements -- United States. |
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| | • | Banks and banking -- Ohio. |
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| | • | Barker family |
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| | • | Barker, Joseph, -- 1765-1843 |
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| | • | Boston (Mass.) -- Commerce. |
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| | • | Brady, Samuel, 1756-1795. |
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| | • | Canfield (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Connecticut Land Company. |
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| | • | Court calendars -- Ohio. |
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| | • | Court records -- Ohio -- Adams County. |
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| | • | Courts-martial and courts of inquiry -- Ohio -- Adams County. |
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| | • | Deeds -- Ohio |
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| | • | Dyer, Albion Morris, 1858-1912. |
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| | • | Firelands (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Sources |
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| | • | Griswold, Stanley, 1763-1815 -- Estate. |
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| | • | Harbors -- Ohio. |
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| | • | Hayslip, John. |
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| | • | Henderson, James Patterson. |
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| | • | Huntington, Samuel, -- 1765-1817 |
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| | • | Huntington, Samuel, 1765-1817. |
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| | • | Imprints, Early American To 1820 |
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| | • | Indians of North America -- Government relations. |
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| | • | Indians of North America -- Ohio -- History -- Sources |
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| | • | Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1790-1794. |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 21 | Title: | Simon Perkins Papers
| | | | Creator: | Perkins, Simon | | | | Dates: | 1758-1930 | | | | Abstract: | Simon Perkins (1771-1844) was a surveyor, soldier, and banker, of Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, land agreements, promissory notes, powers of attorney, deeds, field books, surveys, financial accounts, receipts, ledgers, daybooks, and other papers, relating to Perkins' career as surveyor and land agent for the Erie Land Company. Includes account books and business papers of Henry B., Jacob, Jacob B., and Joseph Perkins. | | | | Call #: | MS 3122 | | | | Extent: | 29.67 linear feet (103 containers, 5 oversize packages, and 5 bound volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Perkins, Simon, 1771-1844. | Deeds -- Ohio. | Land titles -- Ohio. | Real property -- Ohio. | Postal service -- Ohio -- History. | Canals -- Ohio. | Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources. | United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 22 | Title: | Nathaniel Massie Papers
| | | | Creator: | Massie, Nathaniel | | | | Dates: | 1782-1852 | | | | Abstract: | Nathaniel Massie (1763-1813) was a deputy surveyor of Ohio's Virginia Military District. The collection consists of correspondence, legal briefs, court dockets, appeals, land warrants, surveys, title transfers, and receipts, relating chiefly to Massie's activities as deputy surveyor. The post-1813 papers relate to the settlement of Massie's estate and to land transactions and legal affairs of Henry Massie, southern Ohio lawyer. | | | | Call #: | MS 3282 | | | | Extent: | 3.20 linear feet (7 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Massie, Nathaniel, 1763-1813. | Massie family. | Real property -- Ohio. | Ohio -- Surveys. | Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 23 | Title: | Christopher and William Leffingwell Papers
| | | | Creator: | Leffingwell, Christopher and William | | | | Dates: | 1790-1831 | | | | Abstract: | Christopher Leffingwell (1734-1810) was a resident of Norwich, Connecticut, and William Leffingwell was a resident of New Haven, Connecticut. The collection includes correspondence and associated papers concerning Ohio Company land, and field notes for a survey of a township in the Ohio Purchase. Correspondents include Wheeler Coit, Samuel H. Parsons, David Putnam, Israel Putnam, Henry Strong, Peter Williams, and Dudley Woodbridge. | | | | Call #: | MS 1164 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Leffingwell, Christopher, 1734-1810. | Leffingwell, William. | Ohio Company (1786-1795) -- History -- Sources. | Land companies -- Ohio. | Real property -- Ohio. | Northwest, Old -- History -- Sources. | Marietta (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 24 | Title: | Edward Tiffin Papers
| | | | Creator: | Tiffin, Edward | | | | Dates: | 1785-1853 | | | | Abstract: | Edward Tiffin (1766-1829) was a United States senator and first governor of Ohio. He was an early settler of Chillicothe, Ohio and also served as U.S. Commissioner of Public Lands (1812-1814) and Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory (1814-1829). He was also a lay preacher and a doctor. The collection consists of correspondence, commercial and legal documents, sermons, maps, surveys, and booklets of financial and medical prescription data. | | | | Call #: | MS 3238 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Tiffin, Edward, 1766-1829. | Methodist Church -- United States -- Sermons. | Sermons, American. | Northwest, Old -- Surveys. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Ohio -- Governors. | Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865.
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| Book | Save | | 25 | Title: | Jonathan Trumbull papers, 1787-1811
| | | | Creator: | Trumbull, Jonathan, 1740-1809 | | | | | Parsons, Samuel H. | | | | | Prentiss, Jonas. | | | | | Putnam, Rufus, 1738-1824 | | | | | Williams, Nathaniel. | | | | | Ohio Company (1786-1795) | | | | Publication: | | | | | Call #: | Microfilm Cab. (40:3) MS 2347 | | | | Extent: | 1 roll of microfilm. | | | | Subjects: | Trumbull, Jonathan, -- 1740-1809 | Ohio Company (1786-1795) -- History -- Sources | Deeds -- Ohio | Real property -- Ohio | Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources | Northwest, Old -- History -- Sources | Marietta (Ohio) -- History -- Sources
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 26 | Title: | James Newton Papers
| | | | Creator: | Newton, James | | | | Dates: | 1815-1878 | | | | Abstract: | James Newton was a Connecticut native who moved to Hudson, Ohio, to join the mercantile business of his sister (Eunice Newton Oviatt) and brother-in-law (Heman Oviatt). He later prospered as a farmer in Charlestown, Portage County. His brothers John and Eben moved to Ohio and entered politics. John was an Ohio state legislator and associate judge of the Ohio Supreme Court. Eben was a state senator, a judge of the common pleas court, and a U.S. congressman. A relative, Sophia Newton, was president of the Female Missionary Sewing Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Charlestown (est. 1844). Another relative, Emma Newton, left behind three composition books (1837-1838). The collection consists of family correspondence, land documents, receipts, Emma Newton's composition books and the by-laws and minutes of the Female Missionary Sewing Society. | | | | Call #: | MS 4052 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Newton, James, 1784-1854 | Newton family | Legislators -- Ohio | Pioneers -- Ohio | Women pioneers -- Ohio | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio | Women -- Ohio -- Charlestown -- Societies and clubs | Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 27 | Title: | Elisha Whittlesey Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Whittlesey, Elisha | | | | Dates: | 1801-1863 | | | | Abstract: | Elisha Whittlesey was a lawyer, United States Representative from Ohio for eight terms from 1823-1838, and comptroller of the Treasury under Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, and Lincoln. A resident of Canfield, Ohio, Whittlesey was prosecuting attorney for the entire Western Reserve from 1807-1823, and was an officer and private secretary to Gen. Wm. Henry Harrison during the War of 1812. As a circuit lawyer, Whittlesey specialized in land cases, and his business interests were in the handling of eastern capital invested in Ohio lands. Affiliated with the Natl. Republican and Whig parties, Whittlesey was a typical conservative state leader of the 19th century, primarily concerned with economic matters affecting the growth of Ohio. Active in the American Colonization Society, he believed in expatriation as the answer to the slavery problem. The collection consists of financial papers, notes, speeches, docket books, newspaper clippings, certificates of appointment, and letters to Whittlesey. The speeches include topics such as African colonization, agriculture, the Ohio Militia, and the War of 1812. The letters include material on Brady's Leap, the Ohio Canal Fund Commissioners, the estate of Samuel Griswold, and the history of Canfield, Ohio, the Firelands and the Western Reserve. Also included are ca. 140 letters from early Ohio governors, members of the Ohio Constitutional Convention, state legislators, and soldiers during the War of 1812, mostly addressed to Elijah Wadsworth, concerning political and military matters in Ohio, particularly the Western Reserve, 1801-1857. | | | | Call #: | MS 1529 | | | | Extent: | 2.40 linear feet (6 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Whittlesey, Elisha, 1783-1863. | Griswold, Stanley, 1763-1815 -- Estate. | Brady, Samuel, 1756-1795. | Ohio. Board of Canal Fund Commissioners. | Afro-Americans -- Colonization -- Africa. | Court calendars -- Ohio. | Canfield (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Firelands (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources. | Ohio -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. | Ohio -- Militia -- History. | United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 28 | Title: | May Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | May Family | | | | Dates: | 1752-1917 | | | | Abstract: | John May (1748-1812) and his son, Henry Knox May, (1780-1865) were merchants and shippers in Boston, Massachusetts, and proprietors of the Union Wharf (May's Wharf). John May was also a member and agent of the Ohio Company of Associates. His grandson, Edward Tuckerman May was an agent at the Boston Customs House. The collection consists of correspondence, financial accounts, receipts, speeches, estate papers, and other papers of John, Henry K., and Edward T. May, concerning John's land speculations, his work as land agent for the Ohio Company of Associates, his service with the Boston Militia in the Revolutionary War, and his business activities as wharfinger of Union Wharf (Boston); Henry's activities as agent for New England merchants in Alexandria, Va., and as merchant, shipmaster and wharfinger of Union Wharf (Boston); and Edward's work as Boston Custom House agent. | | | | Call #: | MS 0401 | | | | Extent: | 6.00 linear feet (15 containers) | | | | Subjects: | May family. | Alexandria Canal Company. | Union Wharf (Boston, Mass.) | Customs administration -- Massachusetts -- Boston. | Real property -- New England. | Real property -- Ohio. | Merchants -- Massachusetts -- Boston. | Shipping -- Massachusetts -- Boston. | Wharves -- Massachusetts -- Boston. | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources. | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Personal narratives. | Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources. | Boston (Mass.) -- Commerce. | Alexandria (Va.) -- Commerce.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 29 | Title: | Elisha Whittlesey Papers
| | | | Creator: | Whittlesey, Elisha | | | | Dates: | 1769-1869 | | | | Abstract: | Elisha Whittlesey (1783-1863) was a lawyer, United States Representative from Ohio (1822-1838), and public official. The collection consists of correspondence, legal papers, receipts, account ledgers, memoranda, drafts of legislation, and land deeds. The Elisha Whittlesey Papers deal with his career as a member of the United States Congress for sixteen years, comptroller of the United States Treasury for eight years, and Auditor of the Post Office Department for two years. His voluminous correspondence involves a large number of men prominent in national, late, and local affairs, particularly the Whig Party, American Colonization Society, the American Bible Society, and the development of the canals, rivers, harbors, railroads, and banks of northern Ohio and the Western Reserve. His mass of legal papers deals with the practice of his law office in Canfield, Ohio, his large holdings of land in the Western Reserve, Firelands, and the Maumee Valley. His wife and family occupy another prominent place in his correspondence, and he also had an interest in agricultural problems and served in the War of 1812. | | | | Call #: | MS 1200 | | | | Extent: | 33.20 linear feet (83 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Whittlesey, Elisha, 1783-1863. | American Bible Society. | American Colonization Society. | African Americans -- Colonization. | Banks and banking -- Ohio. | Canals -- Ohio. | Harbors -- Ohio. | Indians of North America -- Government relations. | Postal service -- United States. | Railroads -- United States. | Antislavery movements -- United States. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. | United States -- History -- 1783-1865 -- Sources. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865.
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