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Samuel Bissell (1797-1895) was a congregational minister and educator in Twinsburg, Ohio. The collection consists of a
diary (1819) of a visit to New Haven, Connecticut; album of autographs (1823) of classmates of Bissell at Yale University;
account books; daybooks (1825-1875) relating to the Twinsburg Institute; correspondence (1825-1895) with the Office of Indian
Affairs, and other papers concerning efforts of Bissell on behalf of Indian youths; sermons; mortgage deeds, financial papers,
and ledgers. Includes letters and receipts of parents of Bissell, Robert and Thankful Bissell, of Aurora, Ohio, and correspondence
with the Western Reserve Historical Society and the Samuel Bissell Memorial Library Association of Twinsburg, Ohio.
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