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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 222 | Title: | War of 1812: Collection of Papers
| | | | Creator: | War of 1812: Collection of Papers | | | | Dates: | 1792-1876 | | | | Abstract: | The War of 1812 papers consist primarily of material relating to accounts between the United States and various military paymasters, 1812-1815, mostly signed by Lieutenant David Clendenin, paymaster, Poland, Ohio. Includes correspondence, regimental orders, muster, regiment, and pay rolls, newspaper clippings, and lists of soldiers in various companies (including rolls of 18 companies stationed in Massachusetts and a roll of Vermont militiamen). | | | | Call #: | MS 0660 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | United States. Army -- Pay, allowances, etc. | United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. | United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Registers. | Massachusetts -- History -- War of 1812 -- Registers. | Vermont -- History -- War of 1812 -- Registers. | Ohio -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 223 | Title: | Dover, Ohio, Baptist Church Records
| | | | Creator: | Dover, Ohio, Baptist Church | | | | Dates: | 1836-1856 | | | | Abstract: | The Dover Baptist Church was founded in 1836, in Dover, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. The collection consists of one volume of records, including names of members, minutes of conference and covenant meetings, and accounts of church expenditures. | | | | Call #: | MS 0668 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Baptist Church (Dover, Cuyahoga County, Ohio) | Baptists -- Ohio -- Dover (Cuyahoga County) | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Dover (Cuyahoga County) | Churches -- Ohio -- Dover (Cuyahoga County) | Dover (Cuyahoga County, Ohio) -- Church history -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 227 | Title: | Aaron Olmsted Field Notes
| | | | Creator: | Olmsted, Aaron | | | | Dates: | ca. 1803 | | | | Abstract: | Aaron Olmsted was an original shareholder of the Connecticut Land Company and early settler of the Western Reserve (Ohio). He owned and sold off all the land in Franklin Township, Portage County, Ohio. He also founded Poland, Ohio, and gave his name to North Olmsted, Olmsted Falls, and Olmsted Township, three suburbs of Cleveland. The collection consists of notes taken during a survey of Franklin Township, Portage County, Ohio, which commenced in 1803. | | | | Call #: | MS 0680 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Olmsted, Aaron. | Real property -- Ohio -- Portage County. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys. | Franklin (Portage County, Ohio: Township) -- Surveys.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 228 | Title: | Edwin Dibell Papers
| | | | Creator: | Dibell, Edwin | | | | Dates: | 1841-1910 | | | | Abstract: | Edwin Dibell (b. 1820) was a Baptist minister, of Kingsville, Ohio. The collection consists of of letters received by Dibell while he was at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, Hamilton Seminary, Madison County, New York, and Newton Theological Institute, Newton Center, Massachusetts; together with diaries (1855-1893), account books (1844-1855), an account (1847) of work done with seamen in Providence, Rhode Island, a sketch of the town of Kingsville, Ohio, and an autobiographical account of Dibell's life. | | | | Call #: | MS 0700 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Dibell, Edwin, b. 1820 | Baptists -- Ohio -- Kingsville -- Clergy -- Diaries. | Seminarians -- United States -- Correspondence. | Merchant mariners -- Missions -- Rhode Island -- Providence. | Kingsville (Ohio) -- Description and travel.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 229 | Title: | Alfred Wolcott Field Notes and Surveys
| | | | Creator: | Wolcott, Alfred | | | | Dates: | 1799-1817 | | | | Abstract: | The collection consists of notes, surveys, and maps of land in Ashtabula, Batavia, Braceville, Brecksville, Chardon, Coitsville, Concord, Ellsworth, Fowler, Guilford, Howland, Leffingwell, Liberty, Liverpool, Monroe, Newbury, Newton, Parkman, Ravenna, Richfield, Southington, and York, Ohio. Most of these surveys of land located in the Western Reserve were made by Wolcott for General Simon Perkins. | | | | Call #: | MS 0725 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Perkins, Simon, 1771-1844. | Wolcott, Alfred. | Ohio -- Surveys. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 230 | Title: | Henry Vanderburgh Papers
| | | | Creator: | Vanderburgh, Henry | | | | Dates: | 1777-1808 | | | | Abstract: | Henry Vanderburgh (1760-1812) was the captain of a New York Regiment during the Revolutionary War, judge in the Indiana Territory, and resident of Vincennes, Indiana. The collection consists of general correspondence, 1777-1808, abstracts and accounts, 1791, between the United States and Vanderburgh, who provided sundry articles for the Indian Department and other papers. | | | | Call #: | MS 0732 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Vanderburgh, Henry, 1760-1812. | Indiana -- History -- Sources. | Northwest, Old -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 234 | Title: | John Barr Papers
| | | | Creator: | Barr, John | | | | Dates: | 1842-1873 | | | | Abstract: | John Barr was a prominent resident of Cleveland, Ohio, and officer of various literary and historical organizations. The collection consists of letters addressed to Barr in answer to his solicitations for information concerning the first settlers in, and the early history of, Cleveland and the Western Reserve; together with Barr's reminiscences of Wooster, Ohio, ca. 1873. Correspondents include John Ackley, Amzi Atwater, D.H. Beardsley, Gilman Bryant, Lewis Cass, N. Crookshank, Oliver Culver, D.C. Doan, Thomas Goodman, Julius C. Huntington, Alfred Kelley, and Stanton Sholes. | | | | Call #: | MS 0759 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Barr, John. | Pioneers -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Wooster (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 235 | Title: | Oviatt Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Oviatt Family | | | | Dates: | 1757-1915 | | | | Abstract: | Benjamin Oviatt, from Litchfield, Connecticut, was one of the original settlers of Hudson, Ohio. His brother, Heman, dealt in land in Cuyahoga, Medina, Portage, and Summit counties while a resident of Hudson, Richfield, and Cleveland, Ohio. Schuyler R. Oviatt was Treasurer of Summit County in the 1870s. The collection consists of deeds, agreements, financial papers, and certificates of Benjamin, Heman, Elizabeth, Orson, Marvin, Nathaniel, and Schuyler R. Oviatt. Includes a report of the Summit County Treasurer (1876), a catalogue of books in the Richfield Sunday School (1835), the constitution of the Academic Institution of Richfield and a list of subscribers (1847), papers relating to the Congregational Church of Richfield (1835-1858), and notes on the history of Richfield. Also includes several letters from the abolitionist, John Brown. | | | | Call #: | MS 0777 | | | | Extent: | 0.21 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Oviatt family. | Deeds -- Ohio. | Real property -- Ohio. | Richfield (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Summit County (Ohio) -- Surveys.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 236 | Title: | Otto Miller Papers
| | | | Creator: | Miller, Otto | | | | Dates: | 1790-1949 | | | | Abstract: | Otto Miller (1874-1950) was a businessman and civic leader, of Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, certificates, and family papers, relating chiefly to the genealogy of Michael Spangler and other ancestors of Miller, and to World War I. Includes letters from Aaron Woolworth, of Bridgehampton, New York, to his parents and brother, Chester Woolworth, of Longmeadow, Massachusetts, and letters to Joseph K. and Margaret (Spangler) Miller, of Cleveland, Ohio, and Joseph Woolworth, of Crawfordsville, Indiana. Also includes correspondence with Newton D. Baker, Harry I. Emerson, Edward B. Greene and Warren G. Harding pertaining to matters arising out of World War I, 1917. | | | | Call #: | MS 0783 | | | | Extent: | 1.21 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Miller, Otto, 1874-1950. | Spangler family. | Miller family. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Sources. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Ohio -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 237 | Title: | Field Notes (New Lisbon, Columbiana County, Ohio)
| | | | Creator: | Anonymous | | | | Dates: | 1850 | | | | Abstract: | The collection consists of field notes made while surveying land in and around New Lisbon, Columbiana County, Ohio. | | | | Call #: | MS 0784 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Lisbon (Ohio) -- Surveys.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 238 | Title: | Henry C. Jones Papers
| | | | Creator: | Jones, Henry C. | | | | Dates: | 1857-1878 | | | | Abstract: | Henry C. Jones (born ca. 1833) was a notary public, claims and real estate agent, and lawyer in Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio, and 1st Lieutenant in the 12th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. The collection consists of commissions and citations issued to Jones, and copies of special orders issued to Jones during the American Civil War. | | | | Call #: | MS 0787 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Jones, Henry C., b. 1833 or 4. | Soldiers -- Ohio -- Miscellanea. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Miscellanea.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 240 | Title: | Wallace Hugh Cathcart Papers
| | | | Creator: | Cathcart, Wallace Hugh | | | | Dates: | 1910-1921 | | | | Abstract: | Wallace Hugh Cathcart (1865-1942) was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, bibliophile associated with the Western Reserve Historical Society as president (1907-1913) and director (1913-1942), acquiring many of that organization's finest manuscript collections. Cathcart was also vice-president and general manager of Burrows Bros., a prosperous Cleveland book dealer, and was one of the founders, and later vice-president, of the American Booksellers & Publishers Association. Cathcart was a member of the executive committee of the Cuyahoga County Centennial Celebration, chaired by William H. Hunt and held in 1910. The week-long centennial included various dedications, street pageants, a water carnival and an aeroplane meet. During the celebration, the $3 million Cuyahoga County Courthouse and a new post office were dedicated. The Historical Commission of Ohio was created in 1918 to collect and preserve materials pertaining to Ohio's role in World War I. The collection consists of correspondence, official programs and badges and related publicity material concerning the Cuyahoga County Centennial celebration of 1910, including typescript copies of speeches given at dedicatory events and poems submitted about the county. Also included are reports and correspondence by William Farrand Felch, executive secretary of the Historical Commission of Ohio (1919-1921), concerning the demise of the Commission's collection, 1920-1921. The collection also contains newspaper clippings and miscellaneous research notes and memoranda compiled by Cathcart pertaining to various explorers and explorations of North America. | | | | Call #: | MS 0798 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Cathcart, Wallace Hugh, b. 1865. | Cuyahoga County Centennial Committee -- History -- Sources. | Historical Commission of Ohio -- History -- Sources. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Centennial celebrations, etc.
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