| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | St. Clair, Arthur |
| Title: | Arthur St. Clair Papers |
| Dates: | 1765-1844 |
| Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) |
| Abstract: | Arthur St. Clair (1734-1818) was a soldier, Pennsylvania political leader, and Governor of the Northwest Territory. The collection consists of correspondence, financial accounts, receipts, military resolutions, and other documents, chiefly 1790-1818. Mainly the accounts of St. Clair with merchants, grocers, lawyers, laborers, and the Hermitage Furnace and Mill Creek Iron Works in Ligonier Valley, Pennsylvania. Includes papers relating to the handling of the estate of St. Clair (1818) and financial accounts and several letters of Daniel St. Clair, Louisa St. Clair Robb, and Robert Graham. |
| MS Number | MS 0325 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
The Arthur St. Clair Papers, 1765-1844, consist of correspondence, financial accounts, receipts, military resolutions, and other documents, chiefly 1790-1818. Mainly the accounts of St. Clair with merchants, grocers, lawyers, laborers, and the Hermitage Furnace and Mill Creek Iron Works in Ligonier Valley, Pennsylvania. Includes papers relating to the handling of the estate of St. Clair (1818) and financial accounts and several letters of Daniel St. Clair, Louisa St. Clair Robb, and Robert Graham.
This collection will be useful to researchers studying the life of Arthur St. Clair (1734-1818), members of his family, and his business interests in Pennsylvania.
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 325 Arthur St. Clair Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Gift of Alfred T. Goodman, ca. 1871.
Arthur St. Clair Papers 1765-1844 |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Correspondence of Arthur St. Clair 1777-1814 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Correspondence of Louisa St. Clair Robb 1812-1827 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Correspondence of Daniel St. Clair 1800-1812 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Correspondence of James Nichols 1841-1849 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Correspondence of Robert Graham undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Correspondence of miscellaneous persons undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 4-6 | Financial accounts and receipts 1765-1859 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Accounts with Hermitage Furnace and Mill Creek Iron Works 1805-1806 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Financial papers relating to the handling of St. Clair's estate 1818 | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Miscellaneous legal documents including military resolutions and agreements 1785-1848 | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Oddments undated | |||||||||