Finding aid for the Ira Wright Field Notes


Repository: Western Reserve Historical Society
Creator: Wright, Ira
Title: Ira Wright Field Notes
Dates: 1804-1806
Extent: 0.10 linear feet (1 container)
Abstract: Ira Wright was an Ohio surveyor who worked for Abraham Tappan. The collection consists of six booklets of notes taken while surveying land adjacent to the Portage Path between the Cuyahoga and Tuscarawas rivers. The booklets are signed and dated by Abraham Tappan.
MS Number MS 3430
Location: closed stacks
Language: The records are in English

Scope and Content

The Ira Wright Field Notes, 1804 and 1806, consist of six booklets of notes taken while surveying land adjacent to the Portage Path between the Cuyahoga and Tuscarawas rivers. The booklets are signed and dated by Abraham Tappan.

This collection will be useful to researchers studying the early history of the Western Reserve and land and real estate issues in the Portage Path in the early nineteenth century.


Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged chronologically 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:

Ohio -- Surveys.
Surveyors -- Ohio.
Tappan, Abraham, 1779-1855.
Wright, Ira.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 3430 Ira Wright Field Notes, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio