| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | John Harmon Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Harmon, John Family | | | | Dates: | 1799-1871 | | | | Abstract: | John Harmon (b. 1789) settled in Portage County, Ohio, in 1806 with his family.. The collection consists primarily of correspondence, diaries (1807-1819), autobiographical writings, speeches, financial accounts, and land papers of John Harmon and of other members of his family. The papers relate primarily to the early settlement of Portage County, Ohio, and include election polls for various townships in the county (1808), a docket book (1818-1824), a list of subscribers to the Ohio Watchman (1835), and abstracts of Connecticut Land Company records as compiled by Orrin Harmon. | | | | Call #: | MS 3022 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Harmon family. | Portage County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 4 | Title: | Portage County, Ohio, Records
| | | | Creator: | Portage County, Ohio | | | | Dates: | 1803-1851 | | | | Abstract: | Portage County, Ohio, was organized in 1808. Early inhabitants included David Hudson, Turhand Kirtland, Benjamin Tappan, Calvin Austin and Owen Brown, father of the abolitionist John Brown. Hudson and Brown were county commissioners, thus frequent signators to these documents. The collection consists of fifty-seven documents relating to the early administration of the county, including seven booklets of county treasurer's records dated 1810-1818, a tax list, legal agreements, receipts, petitions, bills and land surveys. | | | | Call #: | MS 4010 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | County government -- Ohio -- Portage County -- Records and correspondence. | Portage County (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Portage County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 6 | Title: | Harmon Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Harmon Family | | | | Dates: | 1766-1885 | | | | Abstract: | The Harmon family moved to Mantua, Portage County, Ohio from Suffield Connecticut, in 1799. Elias Harmon held several public offices and was land agent for many Connecticut residents. His son, Orrin, was active in the land business and was surveyor for Portage County and the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal. Julian Harmon was the son of Orrin. The collection contains the papers of Elias, Orrin, Julian and Martin Harmon. Includes correspondence, diaries, financial accounts and receipts, land deeds and memoranda of sales, legal documents, estate papers, powers of attorney, tax records, notebooks, surveys, and other papers, documenting their note collection and land agency business. Also, includes material on the Protection Life Insurance Co. of Hartford, the Franklin and Warren Railroad, the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal, the Independent Knights of Temperance, and the fur trade and anti-slavery movement, with references to state and national politics, banking policies, and anti-masonic movements. | | | | Call #: | MS 0104 | | | | Extent: | 5.40 linear feet (14 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Harmon family. | Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal. | Independent Knights of Temperance. | Temperance -- Ohio -- Societies, etc. | Peddlers and peddling -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Deeds -- Ohio -- Portage County. | Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Real property -- Ohio -- Portage County. | Fur trade -- United States. | Executors and administrators -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Antislavery movements -- United States. | Mantua (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Portage County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Portage County (Ohio) -- Surveys. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys.
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