| | Book | Requires cookie* | | 62 | Title: | The bi-centenary of a Western Reserve pioneer: John Hulet, Sr
| | | | Creator: | Foster, Hazel E. | | | | Publication: | H.E. Foster, Clyde T. Foster, Cleveland, Ohio,1956. | | | | Notes: | Cover title. Mimeographed. "March 20, 1956." | | | | Call #: | Hulet family, Red File | | | | Extent: | 12 p. ; 28 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Hulet, John, -- 1756-1842 | Foster family | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Western Reserve | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Biography | Hulet family
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 64 | Title: | Sketches of Western Reserve life
| | | | Creator: | Rice, Harvey, 1800-1891 | | | | Publication: | W. W. Williams, Cleveland, O,1885. | | | | Call #: | F35D R496S | | | | Extent: | 2 l., 193 p. 2 l. pl., ports. 19 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Cleaveland, Moses, -- 1754-1806 | Carter, Lorenzo, -- 1767-1814 | Badger, Joseph, -- 1757-1846 | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Western Reserve | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History | Cleveland imprints 1885
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 67 | Title: | Lucius Verus Bierce Papers
| | | | Creator: | Bierce, Lucius Verus | | | | Dates: | 1838-1876 | | | | Abstract: | Lucius Verus Bierce (1801-1876) was a lawyer of Ravenna, Ohio. He delivered many speeches on the history of the Firelands, Mound Builders, and early preachers in the Western Reserve such as Elijah Ellsworth, Timothy Bigelow, and Ammi R. Robbins (1740-1813). The collection consists of speeches, correspondence and notes. | | | | Call #: | MS 1081 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Bierce, Lucius Verus, 1801-1876. | Bigelow, Timothy. | Ellsworth, Elijah. | Robbins, Ammi Ruhamah, 1740-1813. | Clergy -- Ohio -- Western Reserve -- Biography. | Indians of North America -- Ohio -- Antiquities. | Mound-builders -- Ohio. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History. | Ohio -- History.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 73 | 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 | Requires cookie* | | 74 | Title: | Calvin Pease Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Calvin Pease | | | | Dates: | 1817-1837 | | | | Abstract: | Calvin Pease was a lawyer, legislator and judge, of Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio, in the Connecticut Western Reserve. Pease came to the Western Reserve from Connecticut in 1800. He was admitted to the bar and was appointed the first clerk of the court of quarter sessions, a position he held until 1803. He served as judge of the Third Circuit, Court of Common Pleas (1803-1810), and justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (1816-30). Pease also served as a tax collector, primarily in Trumbull County, from 1801-1819. He served in the Ohio state legislature from Trumbull County, and also was the official agent for the U.S. postmaster-general in northeastern Ohio. He was a delegate to the canal convention meeting in Warren in 1833. Pease continued the private practice of law until his death at Warren in 1839. The collection consists of bank checks signed by Pease on the Western Reserve Bank from 1817-1837; on the Commercial Bank of Lake Erie in 1833; and promissory notes to the Western Reserve Bank, 1825-1830. | | | | Call #: | MS 4687 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Pease, Calvin, 1776-1839. | Commercial Bank of Lake Erie (Cleveland, Ohio). | Western Reserve Bank of Warren, Ohio. | Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Warren. | Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Judges -- Ohio. | Lawyers -- Ohio. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History. | Trumbull County (Ohio) -- History.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 75 | Title: | Early Settlers Association of the Western Reserve Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Early Settlers Association of the Western Reserve | | | | Dates: | 1838-2009 | | | | Abstract: | The Early Settlers Association of the Western Reserve is a Cleveland, Ohio, social organization for descendants of early settlers of the Western Reserve. Established in 1879 as the Early Settlers Association of Cuyahoga County, the organization has supported a variety of historical and civic projects. The collection consists of addresses, advertisements, agendas, agreements, annual reports, applications, articles of incorporation, bibliographies, board of trustees minutes, book manuscripts, brochures, by-laws, certificates, constitutions, correspondence, diary entries, dues payments, family trees, financial records, flyers, forms, genealogies, handbooks, indexes, inventories, invitations, itineraries, journal articles, journals, lectures, lists, magazine articles, magazine clippings, maps, meeting announcements, membership cards, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, newspaper articles, newspaper clippings, notes, obituaries, pamphlets, photographs, post cards, press releases, proclamations, programs, publications, records of proceedings, reports, research, resolutions, rosters, scrapbooks, song lyrics, speeches, and surveys. | | | | Call #: | MS 5181 | | | | Extent: | 21.00 linear feet (22 containers and 5 volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Societies, etc. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History | Early Settlers Association of the Western Reserve -- Periodicals. | Early Settlers Association of the Western Reserve. | Patriotic societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Societies, etc. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 76 | Title: | Seth Pease Papers
| | | | Creator: | Pease, Seth | | | | Dates: | 1792-1807 | | | | Abstract: | Seth Pease (1764-1819) was a Connecticut surveyor who became a United States Surveyor General in Mississippi and Orleans territory and Assistant Postmaster General. The collection consists of correspondence, notebooks, accounts, memorandums, agreements, journals, journal transcripts, field notes, financial papers and maps. | | | | Call #: | MS 3234 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Pease, Seth, 1764-1819. | Surveyors -- United States -- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. | Real property -- Western Reserve (Ohio) | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History. | Connecticut -- Surveys. | Penobscut (Maine) -- Surveys. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys. | New York (State) -- Surveys. | United States -- Description and travel -- 1783-1848. | United States -- History -- 1783-1815 -- Sources.
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 79 | Title: | Early history of Cleveland, Ohio: including papers and other matter relating to the adjacent country. With biographical notices of the pioneers and surveyors
| | | | Creator: | Whittlesey, Charles, 1808-1886 | | | | Publication: | Fairbanks, Benedict & co., printers], Cleveland, O,1867. | | | | Call #: | F34ZD W627 | | | | Extent: | viii, 487 p. illus. plates, diagrs. 23 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Atwater, Amzi, -- 1776-1850 | Connecticut Land Company | Moravians -- Ohio | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History | Ohio -- Surveys | Ohio -- Biography | Ohio -- History | Erie, Lake | Cleveland imprints 1867
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 80 | Title: | Early history of Cleveland, Ohio: including papers and other matter relating to the adjacent country : with biographical notices of the pioneers and surveyors
| | | | Creator: | Whittlesey, Charles, 1808-1886 | | | | Publication: | Fairbanks, Benedict & Co.], Cleveland,1867. | | | | Call #: | F34ZD W627E | | | | Extent: | viii, [2], [9]-487 p. : ill., plates, charts ; 31 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Atwater, Amzi, -- 1776-1850 | Connecticut Land Company | Moravians -- Ohio | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History | Ohio -- Surveys | Ohio -- Biography | Ohio -- History | Erie, Lake
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