Subject | • | Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. |
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| | • | Connecticut Land Company. |
(8)
| | • | Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve |
(8)
| | • | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History. |
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| | • | Connecticut Land Company |
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| | • | Deeds -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. |
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| | • | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. |
(4)
| | • | Trumbull County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. |
(4)
| | • | Ohio -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. |
(3)
| | • | Real property -- Ohio -- Medina County. |
(3)
| | • | Surveyors -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. |
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| | • | United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. |
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| | • | Wadsworth, Elijah, 1747-1817. |
(3)
| | • | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources |
(3)
| | • | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys |
(3)
| | • | Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Warren. |
(2)
| | • | Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. |
(2)
| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History. |
(2)
| | • | Hinde, Thomas S. (Thomas Spottswood), 1785-1846. |
(2)
| | • | Installment land contracts -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. |
(2)
| | • | Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal. |
(2)
| | • | Perkins, Simon, 1771-1844. |
(2)
| | • | Pioneers -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. |
(2)
| | • | Postmasters -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. |
(2)
| | • | Real property -- Ohio -- Portage County. |
(2)
| | • | Real property tax -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. |
(2)
| | • | Surveyors -- Ohio -- Western Reserve |
(2)
| | • | Temperance -- Ohio -- Societies, etc. |
(2)
| | • | Wadsworth family |
(2)
| | • | Wadsworth family. |
(2)
| | • | Western Reserve (Ohio) |
(2)
| | • | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History |
(2)
| | • | Western Reserve Bank of Warren, Ohio. |
(2)
| | • | Whittlesey, Elisha, 1783-1863. |
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| | • | Antislavery movements -- Ohio. |
(1)
| | • | Antislavery movements -- United States. |
(1)
| | • | Bank of Cleveland (Cleveland, Ohio). |
(1)
| | • | Bank of Geauga (Geauga, Ohio) |
(1)
| | • | Bank of Geneva (Geneva, Ohio) |
(1)
| | • | Bank of Orleans (Orleans, Ohio) |
(1)
| | • | Bank of St. Clair (St. Clair, Ohio) |
(1)
| | • | Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Breck family |
(1)
| | • | Breck family. |
(1)
| | • | Breck, John, -- 1770-1827 |
(1)
| | • | Breck, John, 1770-1827. |
(1)
| | • | Brecksville (Ohio) -- Genealogy |
(1)
| | • | Brecksville (Ohio) -- Genealogy. |
(1)
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| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 21 | Title: | Elijah Wadsworth Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Wadsworth, Elijah | | | | Dates: | 1742-1868 | | | | Abstract: | Elijah Wadsworth (1747-1817) was a Western Reserve pioneer who came from Litchfield, Connecticut, to Canfield, Ohio, in 1802. He was sheriff of Trumbull County and Major-General of the 4th Division, Ohio Militia during the War of 1812. His son, Frederick Wadsworth, was sheriff of Portage County, Ohio. Wedworth Wadsworth, a cousin, lived in Durham, Connecticut. the collection consists of correspondence, letter copies, autograph envelopes with biographical data on prominent Western Reserve residents, land lists, surveys, indentures, accounts, receipts, summonses, depositions, and Ohio Militia election returns, military receipts, provision returns, and morning papers, belonging to Elijah, Frederick, and Wedworth Wadsworth. Included are a number of letters from Samuel Huntington, 1765-1817. | | | | Call #: | MS 2729 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Wadsworth, Elijah, 1747-1817. | Wadsworth family. | Connecticut Land Company. | Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Real property -- Ohio -- Medina County. | Real property -- Michigan -- Monroe County. | Trumbull County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Ohio -- Militia -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. | Ohio -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. | United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Biography. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 22 | Title: | Bernard Rich Hollander Papers
| | | | Creator: | Hollander, Bernard Rich | | | | Dates: | 1894-1976 | | | | Abstract: | Bernard R. Hollander (1927-1975) was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, attorney who was a leader in many legal, civic, Jewish and educational organizations, including Anshe Chesed Congregation, the National Federation of Temple Brotherhoods and Expo Israel '70. The collection consists of correspondence, notes, writings, appointment calendars, clippings, memorabilia, papers relating to Hollander's activities in various Jewish organizations, and business or legal papers of Sidney and Helen Rich Hollander, Hollander Drug Company and Louis Rich. | | | | Call #: | MS 3979 | | | | Extent: | 4.30 linear feet (5 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Wadsworth, Elijah, 1747-1817. | Wadsworth family. | Whittlesey, Elisha, 1783-1863. | Hinde, Thomas S. (Thomas Spottswood), 1785-1846. | Connecticut Land Company. | Ohio. Militia -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. -- Sources. | Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Postmasters -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Ohio -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. | United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Trumbull County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 23 | Title: | Elijah Wadsworth Family Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Wadsworth, Elijah family | | | | Dates: | 1702-1910 | | | | Abstract: | General Elijah Wadsworth (1747-1817) was a prominent figure in the early history of Ohio's Western Reserve who served in both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. He was a captain in the 2nd continental light dragoons in the Revolutionary War and was the commander, major-general, of the 4th division of the Ohio Militia during the War of 1812. Wadsworth was also the largest land owner in Canfield during its early years, and its first postmaster, and its tax collector during the early years. Elijah Wadsworth's two descendants who are most frequently encountered in the collection are Maria C. Wadsworth and Henry Wadsworth. Maria C. Wadsworth was the daughter, and only child, of Elijah Wadsworth's son George. She lived in Canfield and married William B. Dawson. Henry Wadsworth (1784-1830) was a son of Elijah Wadsworth. He stayed behind in Litchfield, Connecticut, when Gen. Wadsworth moved to Canfield, and stayed in the general area all his life. Frederick, (1786-1869) George (1793-1832), and Rhoda Wadsworth (1748- ?) were other children of Elijah. The collection consists of letters and documents relating to the Wadsworth family starting with Gen. Elijah Wadsworth, and continuing on through his children and grandchildren, with some items from family friends, like Elisha Whittlesey, and life/society in this period. The collection includes personal letters, official correspondence, receipts, other financial records, land sale/purchase contacts, wills and other estate management documents, land surveys, and other miscellaneous documents. | | | | Call #: | MS 4979 | | | | Extent: | 0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Wadsworth, Elijah, 1747-1817. | Wadsworth family | Whittlesey, Elisha, 1783-1863. | Hinde, Thomas S. (Thomas Spottswood), 1785-1846. | Connecticut Land Company. | Ohio. Militia -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. | Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Postmasters -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Ohio -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. | United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Trumbull County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 24 | Title: | Perkins Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Perkins Family | | | | Dates: | 1823-1937 | | | | Abstract: | Joseph and Jacob Perkins were sons of Simon Perkins, general land agent in the Western Reserve. They came from Warren, Ohio, to Cleveland in the 1850s to engage in banking, railroad building, real estate and various businesses. Together they organized and operated the Cleveland & Mahoning Railroad. Joseph was president of the Bank of Commerce (1852-1872), a leading benefactor of Cleveland charities, the first president of Cleveland City Hospital, and a trustee for Western Reserve College (1846-1885). Jacob, also a businessman and president of the Cleveland & Mahoning Railroad, was a prominent Ohio politician as well, serving as a member of the Ohio Constitutional Convention in 1850. His son, Jacob Bishop Perkins, was a large real estate owner and builder in Cleveland. Joseph Perkins' papers include business correspondence, building construction contracts, land, tenement, and office leases, financial statements and business records, maps and surveys, cancelled land contracts and cancelled checks. Jacob Perkins' papers include voluminous correspondence, and accounts and receipts of business affairs. Jacob Bishop Perkins' papers include correspondence, legal papers, contracts, deeds, leases, maps, and surveys, all pertaining primarily to his affairs as a real estate owner and builder in Cleveland. Other family papers include school books, letter books, estate papers, genealogical information, a scrapbook on the early settlement of the Western Reserve, business papers of Joseph's son Douglas and a Civil War diary by another son Charles. Also included are photographs, diaries, trip journals, correspondence from Simon and Nancy Perkins, financial journals, ledgers and account books of Stephen E. Brooks, as well as material relating to the Cleveland, Warren & Pittsburgh Railroad, the Chicago, Danville & Vincennes Railroad, the Cleveland Female Seminary, the Cleveland Board of Park Commissioners, the Hill Clutch Company and the Walker Manufacturing Company. | | | | Call #: | MS 3107 | | | | Extent: | 22.00 linear feet (46 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Perkins family. | Perkins, Joseph, 1819-1885 -- Archives. | Perkins, Jacob, 1821-1859 -- Archives. | Perkins, Jacob B. (Jacob Bishop), 1854-1936 -- Archives. | Perkins, Douglas, 1855-1921 -- Archives. | Perkins, Charles, -- Diaries. | Perkins, Simon, 1771-1844. | Fitch family. | Cleveland Female Seminary. | Chicago, Danville & Vincennes Railroad Company. | Hill Clutch Company. | Walker Manufacturing Company. | Cleveland (Ohio). Board of Park Commissioners. | Real property -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Real property tax -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Deeds -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Real estate investment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Installment land contracts -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Building leases -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Commercial buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Education, Secondary -- Connecticut -- Middletown -- History -- Sources. | Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Warren. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Buildings, structures, etc. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys. | Warren (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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