| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Eldredge, Hezekiah |
| Title: | Hezekiah Eldredge Papers |
| Dates: | 1821-1876 |
| Extent: | 2.00 linear feet (4 containers and 4 oversize volumes) |
| Abstract: | Hezekiah Eldredge (1795-1845) was an architect, carpenter and builder. He worked in Rochester, New York until 1834 when he moved to Cleveland, Ohio. Alonzo Eldredge was his son. Hezekiah Eldredge was a builder of churches, residences, banks, warehouses, and stores, and was active in the Rochester, New York area from 1825-1834 and in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1834-1845. The collection consists of agreements, receipts, labor and building materials statements, pass and time books, correspondence, ledgers, account books, a ciphering book and plans of Hezekiah and Alonzo Eldredge, and a biography of Hezekiah Eldredge by Sarah E. Rusk. |
| MS Number | MS 3259 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
The Hezekiah Eldredge Papers, 1821-1876 and undated, consist of agreements, receipts, labor and building materials statements, pass and time books, correspondence, ledgers, account books, a ciphering book and plans of Hezekiah and Alonzo Eldredge, and a biography of Hezekiah Eldredge by Sarah E. Rusk.
This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of Cleveland, Ohio, and architecture, carpentry, and construction there in 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 3259 Hezekiah Eldredge Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Gift of Mrs. Rogers D. Rusk in 1965 and 1969.
Hezekiah Eldredge Papers 1821-1876 undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Statements for carpentry work done, Weedsport, New York 1821-1825 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Check books for labor and agreement for lease of machinery for hoisting boats 1825-1829 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Statements for carpentry work, labor, building materials, etc. 1830-1834 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Passbooks with various stores in Cleveland, Ohio 1834-1837 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5-6 | Statements and receipts for carpentry work, labor, building materials, etc. 1835 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Agreements, receipts, etc. 1836-1839 | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Certificate of Master Mason in the Most Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of. . .Masons 1854 | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 | "Hezekiah Eldredge (1795-1845) Master Builder of Western New York State and the Western Reserve" by Sarah E. Rusk (photocopy of typescript) undated | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 1-2 | Agreements, receipts, etc. 1840-1849 undated | |||||||||
| 2 | 3 | Miscellaneous documents dates vary | |||||||||
| 2 | 2 | Driscoll and Eldredge ledger 1831-1839 | |||||||||
| 2 | 3 | Ledger for major building for S. S. Stone 1844-1846 | |||||||||
| 2 | 4 | Ledger 1930-1838 | |||||||||
| Box | Volume | ||||||||||
| 3 | 9 | Journal 1838 | |||||||||
| 3 | 10 | Ledger 1838 | |||||||||
| 3 | 11 | Receipt book 1836-1845 | |||||||||
| Box | Volume | ||||||||||
| 4 | 12-12a | Receipt book 1845 | |||||||||
| 4 | 13 | Account book 1846-1876 | |||||||||
| 4 | 14 | Ciphering book, Rochester, New York 1830-1833 | |||||||||
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| 5-6 | Waste book 1832-1837 | ||||||||||
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| 7-8 | Journal 1835-1838 | ||||||||||