Finding aid for the Bassett Family Papers


Repository: Western Reserve Historical Society
Creator: Bassett Family
Title: Bassett Family Papers
Dates: 1810-1887
Extent: 0.20 linear feet (1 container)
Abstract: Homer F. Bassett resided in Rockport (now Rocky River), near Cleveland, Ohio. John M. Bassett served in the 1st Connecticut Volunteer Artillery Regiment during the Civil War. The collection consists of correspondence, contracts, and land agreements and deeds to tracts of land in Brooklyn and Rockport, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Includes letters (1861-1863) from John M. Bassett to his family, written while he was stationed in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia, giving his personal impressions of the Civil War. Other persons represented include Henry D. Bassett, Homer F. Bassett, Charles R. Jordan and Stephen Jordan.
MS Number MS 2094
Location: closed stacks
Language: The records are in English

Scope and Content

The Bassett Family Papers, 1810-1887, consist of correspondence, contracts, and land agreements and deeds to tracts of land in Brooklyn and Rockport, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Includes letters (1861-1863) from John M. Bassett to his family, written while he was stationed in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia, giving his personal impressions of the Civil War. Other persons represented include Henry D. Bassett, Homer F. Bassett, Charles R. Jordan and Stephen Jordan.

This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of the American Civil War, the history of Brooklyn and Rockport in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and the Basset family in the nineteenth century.


Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged by document type and is maintained in one folder.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Bassett family.
Deeds -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County.
Land titles -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County.
Real property -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County.
Soldiers -- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
United States. Army. Connecticut Artillery Regiment, 1st (1862-1865)

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 2094 Bassett Family Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Acquisition Information

Gift of Clayton W. Tyler in 1936.