| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Oviatt, Hiram P. |
| Title: | Hiram P. Oviatt Papers |
| Dates: | 1816-1897 |
| Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) |
| Abstract: | Hiram P. Oviatt (1821-1872) was a soldier in Battery K of the 1st Ohio Light Artillery Regiment. The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, land deeds, and military papers, relating to Oviatt and his wife, Lucy Ann Bullard Oviatt. Includes diary kept by Oviatt while he was prospecting for gold in California in 1850; two letters (1827-1828) containing references to political conditions in Canada; and papers concerning members of the Bullard, Hamilton, and Oviatt families of Euclid, Ohio. Other correspondents include Hannah Bullard and Tyler Parker. |
| MS Number | MS 3518 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
The Hiram P. Oviatt Papers, 1816-1897, consist of correspondence, diaries, land deeds, and military papers, relating to Oviatt and his wife, Lucy Ann Bullard Oviatt. Includes diary kept by Oviatt while he was prospecting for gold in California in 1850; 2 letters (1827-1828) containing references to political conditions in Canada; and papers concerning members of the Bullard, Hamilton, and Oviatt families of Euclid, Ohio. Other correspondents include Hannah Bullard and Tyler Parker.
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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 3518 Hiram P. Oviatt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Gift of Mrs. Lin A. Hamilton in 1970.
Hiram P. Oviatt Papers 1816-1897 |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Letters 1824-1869 1897 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Diary 1850 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Diary 1850? | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Military papers 1845 1863-1864 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Genealogy papers dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Deeds 1816-1854 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Guardianship paper 1847 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Will 1873 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Financial papers 1850 1867 1877 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Miscellaneous material dates vary | |||||||||