| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Cowan, Christopher |
| Title: | Christopher Cowan Papers |
| Dates: | 1784-1826 |
| Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) |
| Abstract: | Christopher Cowan (1780-1835) was a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, industrialist who built the city's first rolling mill. He was the son-in-law of Major Abraham Kirkpatrick, Revolutionary War soldier and one of Pittsburgh's early pioneers. The collection consists of correspondence, agreements, powers of attorney, and other papers, concerning the estate of Abraham Kirkpatrick and the disposal of land in Ohio's Virginia Military District. Includes an unsigned letter to Col. John Neville, Woodville, Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania 1784, containing entries made while the writer traveled through the area of southern Ohio, with a sketch showing rivers, names of settlements, and Indian camps. |
| MS Number | MS 1328 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
The Christopher Cowan Papers, 1784-1826, consist of correspondence, agreements, powers of attorney, and other papers, concerning the estate of Abraham Kirkpatrick and the disposal of land in Ohio's Virginia Military District. Includes an unsigned letter to Col. John Neville, Woodville, Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania, 1784, containing entries made while the writer traveled through the area of southern Ohio, with a sketch showing rivers, names of settlements, and Indian camps.
This collection will be useful to researchers studying the early history of Ohio, especially Indian camps and early settlement in southern Ohio. Correspondents include William Armstrong, William Croghan, Philip Doddridge, Allen Latham, and Charles Shaler.
While there are no access restrictions on this collection, researchers will be asked to use the microfilm of this collection.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 1328 Christopher Cowan Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Christopher Cowan Papers 1784-1826 |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Letters 1787 1798 1817-1826 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Letter to Colonel John Newville 1784 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Agreements, powers of attorney, etc. 1784-1826 | |||||||||