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Benjamin Oviatt, from Litchfield, Connecticut, was one of the original settlers of Hudson, Ohio. His brother, Heman, dealt
in land in Cuyahoga, Medina, Portage, and Summit counties while a resident of Hudson, Richfield, and Cleveland, Ohio. Schuyler
R. Oviatt was Treasurer of Summit County in the 1870s. The collection consists of deeds, agreements, financial papers, and
certificates of Benjamin, Heman, Elizabeth, Orson, Marvin, Nathaniel, and Schuyler R. Oviatt. Includes a report of the Summit
County Treasurer (1876), a catalogue of books in the Richfield Sunday School (1835), the constitution of the Academic Institution
of Richfield and a list of subscribers (1847), papers relating to the Congregational Church of Richfield (1835-1858), and
notes on the history of Richfield. Also includes several letters from the abolitionist, John Brown.
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