| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Blakeslee, Joel |
| Title: | Joel Blakeslee Papers |
| Dates: | 1815-1895 |
| Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) |
| Abstract: | Joel Blakeslee (1787-1863) was a historian, of Colebrook and New Lyme, Ohio. He was connected with the Ashtabula Historical Society in the 1850s and collected information and spoke on topics of local importance. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, and other papers. Includes material relating to the history of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States Independence, slavery, and history of Madison, Lake County, Ohio, with references to Cyrus Cunningham, Abraham and Electra Tappan, Asa Turney, and other early settlers; and correspondence, account book (1820-1827), bail bonds, Jefferson Township tax records, case depositions, and other papers (1826-1860) of Samuel Hendry, clerk of the Ashtabula Court of Common Pleas. Correspondents include Quintus F. Atkins, Joseph Badger, Joshua R. Giddings, Rice Harper, P.R. Spencer, David Tod, and Benjamin F. Wade. |
| MS Number | MS 3173 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
The Joel Blakeslee Papers, 1815-1895 and undated, consist of correspondence, speeches, and other papers. Includes material relating to the history of Ashtabula County, Ohio, U.S. Independence, slavery, and history of Madison, Lake County, Ohio, with references to Cyrus Cunningham, Abraham and Electra Tappan, Asa Turney, and other early settlers; and correspondence, account book (1820-1927), bail bonds, Jefferson Township tax records, case depositions, and other papers (1826-1860) of Samuel Hendry, clerk of the Ashtabula Court of Common Pleas. Correspondents include Quintus F. Atkins, Joseph Badger, Joshua R. Giddings, Rice Harper, P.R. Spencer, David Tod, and Benjamin F. Wade.
This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of Ashtabula and Lake counties in Ohio during the nineteenth century.
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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 3173 Joel Blakeslee Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Joel Blakeslee Papers 1815-1895 undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Ashtabula histories and harbor dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Austinburgh and Cherry Valley histories dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Colebrook histories dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Denmark, Dorset, Geneva, Hartsgrove and Jefferson histories dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Madison, Morgan, New Lyme, and Orwell histories dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Plymouth, Richmond, Rone, Saybrook, and Trumbull histories dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Wayne, Williamsfield, and Windsor histories dates vary | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Writings and speeches of Joel Blakeslee and Blakeslee family papers ca. 1821-1895 | |||||||||
| 2 | 2 | Samuel Hendry papers 1826-1838 1858 | |||||||||
| 2 | 2 | General papers 1815-1886 | |||||||||
| 2 | 3 | Philosophical Society of Ashtabula records ca. 1838-1881 | |||||||||
| 2 | 3 | Research notes undated | |||||||||