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| | • | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Description and travel. |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 21 | Title: | Samuel Mather Record Book
| | | | Creator: | Mather, Samuel | | | | Dates: | 1825-1840 | | | | Abstract: | Samuel Mather, Jr. (b. 1745) was a descendant of Cotton and Increase Mather. He owned land in York and Lafayette townships, Medina County, and in Sheffield, Ashtabula County. His heirs included his sons, Thomas, Samuel and James Mather, and his daughters, Anna Lord, Mehitable and Margaret Sill, Fanny Chapman and Lydia Hubbard. The collection consists of a bound volume detailing the distribution of Mather's estate, entitled "Division of lands in the Western Reserve state of Ohio belonging to Samuel Mather Junior Esq. deceased among his heirs." | | | | Call #: | MS 3262 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Mather, Samuel, b. 1745. | Mather family. | Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Real property -- Ohio -- Medina County. | Real property -- Ohio -- Ashtabula County. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 22 | Title: | Isaac Mills Papers
| | | | Creator: | Mills, Isaac | | | | Dates: | 1795-1937 | | | | Abstract: | Isaac Mills (1767-1843) was an agent for the Sufferers' Land Company (also known as the Connecticut Firelands Company) who concluded a treaty with the Indians of the Northeast for the purchase of half a million acres of land at Fort Industry, Ohio in 1805. The collection consists of a copy book of correspondence concerning Mills' Western Reserve land dealings, his work as agent for others, and lawsuits involving Mills or his clients. Correspondents include Heman Ely, Timothy Hawley, Turhand Kirtland, Jared Kirtland, and James Monroe. Also included are miscellaneous documents such as an act setting up the Sufferers' Land Company (1803) and Mills' report to the company directors on the conclusion of the treaty with the Indians (1805). | | | | Call #: | MS 3776 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Mills, Isaac, 1767-1843. | Land companies -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Indians of North America -- Ohio. | Real property -- Ohio. | Sandusky (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 23 | Title: | Connecticut Land Company Miscellaneous Records
| | | | Creator: | Connecticut Land Company | | | | Dates: | 1765-1835 | | | | Abstract: | The Connecticut Land Company (1795-1809) was a syndicate of 35 groups representing 58 individuals who purchased on credit the majority of Connecticut's Western Reserve land as a speculative venture. Proceeds from the sale of the Reserve were used to establish the Connecticut School Fund. The Western Reserve was that area of northeastern Ohio which Connecticut reserved for her citizens in 1786 in exchange for ceding the remainder of her western land claims to the newly-formed United States government. Settlers were slow to purchase Reserve lands, and many of the original proprietors did not make any profits due to company mismanagement. The collection consists of correspondence of Elias Perkins, Joseph Perkins, Oliver Phelps and various other interested people as well as an historical sketch of the Western Reserve lands, land records of New Lisbon, Ohio, and will and estate records. This collection pertains primarily to the efforts of company members to sell the land and settle the frontier known as Connecticut's Western Reserve. | | | | Call #: | MS 4240 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Connecticut Land Company. | Real property -- Ohio -- New Lisbon. | Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Decedents' estates -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | New Lisbon (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 24 | Title: | Lemuel Punderson Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Punderson, Lemuel | | | | Dates: | 1808-1826 | | | | Abstract: | Lemuel Punderson was a prominent Geauga County, Ohio, pioneer. He was the first permanent settler in Newbury Township in 1808, operated a grist mill and distillery in association with Eleazer Hickox, maintained a farm and saw mill, and served as a land agent in the area. The collection consists of an account book of Punderson's various activities, 1808-1826. The collection pertains to pioneer life in Geauga County, Ohio and is interesting for those researching Punderson's career or any of the facets of early Geauga County life in which he was involved. | | | | Call #: | MS 4430 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Punderson, Lemuel, 1782-1822. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Geauga County. | Real property -- Ohio -- Geauga County. | Geauga County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 25 | Title: | Margaret Manor Butler Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Butler, Margaret Manor | | | | Dates: | 1950-1971 | | | | Abstract: | Margaret Manor Butler was a historian in the Cleveland, Ohio, area who wrote several books on the history of Lakewood, Ohio and the Western Reserve, including: A Pictorial History of the Western Reserve, 1796-1860. The collection consists of correspondence and county subject files concerning the publication of: A Pictorial history of the Western Reserve. The collection pertains largely to the process of compiling a pictorial history and to the history of the Western Reserve. | | | | Call #: | MS 4453 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Butler, Margaret Manor, 1898-1971. | Women historians -- Ohio. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Pictorial works. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Butler, Margaret Manor, 1898-1971. A pictorial history of the Western Reserve, 1796-1860
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| Book | Save | | 27 | Title: | Turhand Kirtland papers, 1794-1880, bulk 1794-1844
| | | | Creator: | Kirtland, Turhand, 1755-1844 | | | | | Kirtland, Henry T. | | | | | Atwater, Caleb, 1778-1867 | | | | | Bull, Thomas. | | | | | Champion, Henry. | | | | | Ellsworth, Martin. | | | | | Huntington, Samuel, 1765-1817 | | | | | Law, William, 1779-1856 | | | | Publication: | | | | | Call #: | MS. 3237 | | | | Extent: | 11 rolls of microfilm. | | | | Subjects: | Kirtland, Turhand, -- 1755-1844 | Kirtland family | Cleaveland, Moses, -- 1754-1806 | Frontier and pioneer life -- Western Reserve (Ohio) | Real property -- Western Reserve (Ohio) | Real property -- Ohio | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources | Poland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 29 | Title: | Connecticut School Fund Managers Record Books
| | | | Creator: | Connecticut School Fund Managers | | | | Dates: | 1801-1810 | | | | Abstract: | The state of Connecticut created a school fund from the proceeds of the sale of the state's Western Reserve land to the Connecticut Land Company in 1795. This company, a syndicate of 35 purchasing groups representing 58 individuals, paid $1.2 million on credit, with each purchasing group issuing personal securities. The Connecticut General Assembly empowered the school fund managers to take mortgages on lands in the Reserve as collateral security on personal bonds to the fund. Due to poor planning and company mismanagement, resale of Reserve lands was slow and few of the original proprietors made profits. An 1810 report on the school fund showed that $162,533 of interest on the company's debt was unpaid and that the collateral of the original debt was not safe. The school fund was managed throughout the 19th and 20th centuries and by 1957 had earned over $17 million since its founding in 1795. The collection consists of reports of the "Subscribers managers of the School Fund" empowered by the Connecticut General Assembly in 1800 to manage the Connecticut school funds produced from the sale of the Western Reserve lands. The collection consists of two volumes (1801-1803 and 1807-1810) of copies of regulations for the disposition of bonds, including account listings of bonds by number and original bondholder, the amount and location of lands placed as collateral security for the bonds, and listings of bond transfers and delinquent interest payments due. John Treadwell, Jonathan Brace, Hezekiah Ripley, and Andrew Kingsbury were managers of the fund. Included is a report by the commissioner of the school fund in 1810. | | | | Call #: | MS 0800 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Connecticut. School Fund Managers. | Connecticut Land Company. | School lands -- Connecticut. | Public land sales -- Connecticut. | Land tenure -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Real estate investment -- Ohio -- Western Reserve -- Finance. | Bonds -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Mortgage bonds -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Education -- Connecticut -- Finance. | Connecticut -- Public lands. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 30 | Title: | David Abbot Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Abbot, David Family | | | | Dates: | 1799-1886 | | | | Abstract: | David Abbot (1765-1822) was a pioneer and legislator in the Western Reserve. He was the first settler of Willoughby, Ohio, sheriff of Trumbull County, land agent for Aaron Olmstead of the Connecticut Land Company, a delegate to the Ohio Constitutional Convention, an Ohio legislator, and Clerk of Courts and Treasurer of Huron County. His son, Benjamin Abbot, was a trustee of the First Presbyterian Society of Milan, Ohio (inc. 1828). His grandson, David, is also reflected in the collection. The collection consists of biographical information, correspondence, legal opinions, legal documents and miscellaneous non-correspondence of the Abbot family; and material on the First Presbyterian Society of Milan, Ohio and the Merrimac Christian Conference of New Hampshire, the preamble and constitution of the Christian Meeting House of Bradford, New Hampshire, and miscellaneous non-correspondence. | | | | Call #: | MS 1804 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Abbott family. | Olmstead, Aaron. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Western Reserve (Ohio) | Pioneers -- Western Reserve (Ohio) | Huron (Ohio) -- Maps. | Huron (Ohio) -- Harbor. | Huron County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Ohio -- Constitutional law. | Ohio -- History -- 1797-1865 -- Sources. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 31 | Title: | Turhand Kirtland Papers
| | | | Creator: | Kirtland, Turhand | | | | Dates: | 1794-1880 | | | | Abstract: | Turhand Kirtland was an agent of the Connecticut Land Company who led a survey party into the Western Reserve in 1798 and founded Poland, Ohio. He moved his family there in 1803. He also constructed the road from Youngstown to Grand River and surveyed Burton, Poland and Youngstown. He supported roads, schools and libraries in the area and became a judge and state senator. The collection consists of correspondence, letter copybooks, legal contracts, wills, powers of attorney, an account book, account notebooks, receipts, tax receipts, land surveys, field notes, probate records and election materials. | | | | Call #: | MS 3237 | | | | Extent: | 3.10 linear feet (8 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Kirtland, Turhand, 1755-1844. | Kirtland family. | Cleaveland, Moses, 1754-1806. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Western Reserve (Ohio) | Real property -- Western Reserve (Ohio) | Real property -- Ohio. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Poland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 32 | 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 | | 33 | Title: | Valuable lands for sale, very low, and on liberal terms: the subscriber having been appointed the attorney in fact, and agent of Messrs. Samuel Hughs and T. Street, of the city of New-Haven, Conn., proprietors in fee simple of Township 5, Range 18, in the Connecticut Western Reserve : and being duly authorized to sell the same, offers at private sale the lands in said township
| | | | Creator: | Beach, Moses S. | | | | | Hughs, Samuel. | | | | | Street, T. | | | | Publication: | M.S. Beach, New-Haven, Huron County, Ohio,1825 | | | | Notes: | Dated: Feb. 15, 1825. Within ornamental borders. | | | | Call #: | Vault | | | | Extent: | 1 broadside ; 41.5 x 31.5 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Real property -- Ohio -- Russia (Township) | Real property -- Ohio -- Lorain County | Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve | Land settlement -- Ohio -- Russia (Township) | Land settlement -- Ohio -- Lorain County | Land settlement -- Ohio -- Western Reserve | Russia (Ohio : Township) -- History -- Sources | Lorain County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources | Ohio imprints 1825
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 34 | 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 | | 35 | Title: | Ephraim Brown Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Brown, Ephraim Family | | | | Dates: | 1771-1968 | | | | Abstract: | Ephraim Brown (1775-1845) was a land agent and legislator of North Bloomfield, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, land agreements, deeds, account books, business papers, financial receipts, certificates, and court-docket books relating to Brown's activities in the Ohio legislature (1820s-30s), as road commissioner of Ohio, and in business ventures. Includes account books of E. A. Brown & Brothers Company and other papers of Brown's son, Ephraim A. Brown; papers of other family members, and plans and charts of North Bloomfield, Ohio. | | | | Call #: | MS 1872 | | | | Extent: | 10.60 linear feet (8 containers and 24 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Brown, Ephraim, 1775-1845. | Brown family. | Brown, Alexander Cushing, 1885-1964. | Brown, Ephraim Alexander, 1807-1894. | Brown, Mary Huntington. | Brown, Anne F. | Court calendars -- Ohio -- Trumbull County. | Railroads -- Ohio -- Management. | Roads -- Ohio -- Management. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Bloomfield (Trumbull County, Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 36 | Title: | Hudson Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Hudson Family | | | | Dates: | 1799-1836 | | | | Abstract: | David Hudson, Sr. (1761-1836) was the founder of Hudson, Ohio and a member of the party which came from Litchfield, Connecticut to survey and organize Hudson in 1799. He returned in 1800 with a colonizing party which included his family. David Jr. and Anner Mary were two of his children. The collection consists of David Hudson, Sr.'s journal and account book (1799-1801), which describes the surveying party's trip from Connecticut to Hudson, Ohio and Hudson's return trip; ten of David Hudson, Jr.'s journals (1820-1836) describing farm life in early Hudson, Ohio; and Anner Mary Hudson Baldwin's recipe book (1830). | | | | Call #: | MS 3893 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Hudson family. | Hudson, David, 1761-1836. | Baldwin, Anner Mary Hudson, 1800-1892. | Farm life -- Ohio -- Hudson. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio. | Pioneers -- Ohio -- Hudson -- Diaries. | Farmers -- Ohio -- Hudson -- Diaries. | Cookery, American. | Hudson (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Hudson (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Ohio -- Description and travel. | United States -- Description and travel -- 1783-1848.
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| Book | Save | | 37 | Title: | Hudson family papers, 1799-1836
| | | | Creator: | Hudson family. | | | | | Hudson, David, 1761-1836 | | | | | Hudson, David, 1805-1836 | | | | | Baldwin, Anner Mary Hudson, 1800-1892 | | | | Publication: | | | | | Call #: | MS. 3893 | | | | Extent: | 1 roll of microfilm. | | | | Subjects: | Hudson family | Hudson, David, -- 1761-1836 | Hudson, David, -- 1805-1836 | Baldwin, Anner Mary Hudson, -- 1800-1892 | Farm life -- Ohio -- Hudson | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio | Pioneers -- Ohio -- Hudson -- Diaries | Farmers -- Ohio -- Hudson -- Diaries | Cooking, American | Hudson (Ohio) -- History -- Sources | Hudson (Ohio) -- Genealogy | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources | Ohio -- Description and travel | United States -- Description and travel -- 1783-1848
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| Book | Save | | 38 | Title: | Elijah Wadsworth family papers, 1792-1868
| | | | Creator: | Wadsworth, Elijah, 1747-1817 | | | | | Wadsworth, Frederick, 1786-1869 | | | | | Wadsworth, Wedworth, 1782-1860 | | | | | Austin, Eliphalet. | | | | | Boardman, Elijah. | | | | | Bradley, Abraham. | | | | | Granger, Gideon, 1767-1822 | | | | | Guitteau, Judson. | | | | Publication: | | | | | Call #: | MS. 2729 | | | | Extent: | 2 rolls of microfilm. | | | | 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. -- 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 | Save | | 39 | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 40 | Title: | Zalmon Fitch Papers
| | | | Creator: | Fitch, Zalmon | | | | Dates: | 1781-1866 | | | | Abstract: | Zalmon Fitch (1785-1860) was an early Ohio attorney and land agent, and a leader in the financial circles of Cleveland and Warren, Ohio. Born in Norwalk, Connecticut, Fitch established the second general store in the Western Reserve in Canfield, Ohio, in 1810. He moved to Warren in 1813 and served as the land agent for several of the original stockholders of the Connecticut Land Company. Fitch was cashier of the Western Reserve Bank when it was established in 1816 and served in that capacity for 23 years until he became president. Fitch was the trustee appointed by the receivers of the Bank of Cleveland to settle its affairs after its collapse in the Panic of 1837. Fitch also served on the board of directors of the Cleveland & Pittsburgh Railroad in 1859. The ollection consists of correspondence, contracts, surveys, financial calculations, tax records, receipts, promissory notes, sight drafts, insurance policies, powers of attorney, and miscellaneous legal papers, relating to Fitch's activities as a land agent; records of the Bank of Cleveland and the Western Reserve Bank; correspondence concerning the Banks of Geauga, Geneva, Orleans, and St. Clair, the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad, and the Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati Railroad; correspondence and transactions of Simon Perkins, Elihu Spencer, and William Williams; and copies of letters, a will, affidavits, and an essay pertaining to John Fitch, inventor of the steamboat. | | | | Call #: | MS 0581 | | | | Extent: | 7.00 linear feet (15 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Fitch, Zalmon, 1785-1860. | Bank of Geauga (Geauga, Ohio) | Bank of Geneva (Geneva, Ohio) | Bank of Orleans (Orleans, Ohio) | Bank of St. Clair (St. Clair, Ohio) | Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad. | Bank of Cleveland (Cleveland, Ohio). | Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad. | Western Reserve Bank of Warren, Ohio. | Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Railroad companies -- Ohio. | Real property tax -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Installment land contracts -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys.
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