| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Joseph Gaspard Chaussegros De Lery Papers
| | | | Creator: | De Lery, Joseph Gaspard Chaussegros | | | | Dates: | 1749-1908 | | | | Abstract: | Joseph Gaspard Chaussegros De Lery (1721-1797) was a Canadian engineer. The collection consists of journals, 1749-1858, in French and English, kept by De Lery on visits to Detroit and Carillon (Quebec) and to a council of the Five Nations, and accounts of the captures of Fort Bull and Fort Oswego and progress on the fortification of Quebec. Also, correspondence, 1906-1908, between Charles W. Burrow, A.E. Gosselin, Webb C. Hayes, John T. Mack, and Reuben G. Thwaites, and newspaper clippings, relating to the De Lery journals and Sandoski (Sandusky) forts. | | | | Call #: | MS 1027 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | De Lery, Joseph Gaspard Chaussegros, 1721-1797. | Fort Oswego (Oswego, N.Y.) -- Capture, 1756. | Carillon (Quebec) -- Description and travel. | Quebec (Province) -- Description and travel. | Detroit (Michigan) -- Description and travel. | Michigan -- Description and travel. | Sandusky (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Quebec (Quebec) -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763 -- Sources. | United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763 -- Campaigns. | Canada -- History -- 1755-1763 -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Matthew Scott Cook Papers
| | | | Creator: | Cook, Matthew Scott | | | | Dates: | 1807-1887 | | | | Abstract: | Matthew Scott Cook (1803-1882) was a surveyor, farmer, businessman and Ohio State legislator, of Chillicothe, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, land agreements and deeds, survey and field notes, financial receipts, legal briefs, travel journals, memoranda and account books relating to Cook's farm; meteorological data; and American Civil War correspondence. Includes 17 diaries of Amos Wheeler, Jr. | | | | Call #: | MS 2129 | | | | Extent: | 1.40 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Cook, Matthew Scott, 1803-1882. | Cook family. | Agriculture -- Ohio -- Finance. | Meteorology -- United States -- Observations. | River life -- United States. | Ohio River. | Mississippi River. | Chillicothe (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Ross County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Massachusetts -- Description and travel. | New York (State) -- Description and travel. | Quebec (Province) -- Description and travel. | United States -- Description and travel. | United States -- Politics and government. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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