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1	Title:	Justus Lafayette Cozad Autobiographical Account
	Creator:	Cozad, Justus Lafayette
	Dates:	1840-1931
	Abstract:	Justus Lafayette Cozad (1833-1910) was a native of Cleveland, Ohio, who worked as a surveyor in Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, a railroad engineer in Indianapolis, and as a partner in a land-title business in Cleveland. The collection consists of a handwritten autobiography by Cozad, two typescript copies of the autobiography, newspaper and journal articles about Cozad and his family, copies of correspondence, excerpts from Cozad's diaries, news clippings, and comments on his later years written by his daughter, Gertrude.
	Call #:	MS 3142
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Cozad, Justus Lafayette, 1833-1910. \| Indians of North America -- Reservations. \| Slavery -- United States. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History. \| United States -- Description and travel -- 1848-1865.
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2	Title:	Milton Sutliff Letters
	Creator:	Sutliff, Milton
	Dates:	1838-1867
	Abstract:	Milton Sutliff was a Warren, Ohio, attorney. The collection consists of 87 letters from Joshua Giddings and Benjamin Wade concerning Ohio and United States politics and the slavery issue.
	Call #:	MS 3326
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Sutliff, Milton, 1838-1867. \| Giddings, Joshua R. (Joshua Reed), 1795-1864. \| Wade, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1800-1878. \| Slavery -- United States. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
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3	Title:	Lytle Davis, Collector, Papers
	Creator:	Davis, Lytle
	Dates:	1838-1885
	Abstract:	Lytle Davis was born in Paris, Kentucky, and moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in the late 1950s. He is a collector of African American history documents. This collection focuses on documents related to American slavery. The collection consists of photocopies of bills of sale for slaves, a warranty for a slave and her children, checks, receipts, a will, and correspondence. The collection pertains to slavery in Kentucky before and during the Civil War, especially the sale and transference of slaves by John and Esther Hume, Robert Hume, Gano Henry, Sarah Ritchie, Thomas Parker, and John Gudgell.
	Call #:	MS 4650
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Davis, Lytle, collector. \| Slavery -- United States. \| Slavery -- Kentucky. \| Slaves -- Kentucky. \| Slaveholders -- Kentucky. \| Afro-Americans -- Kentucky. \| Women slaves -- Kentucky.
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4	Title:	Joel Blakeslee Papers
	Creator:	Blakeslee, Joel
	Dates:	1815-1895
	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.
	Call #:	MS 3173
	Extent:	0.60 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Blakeslee, Joel, 1787-1863. \| Cunningham, Cyrus. \| Tappan, Abraham, 1779-1855. \| Tappan, Electra. \| Turney, Asa. \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Ashtabula County. \| Slavery -- United States. \| Madison (Lake County, Ohio) -- History. \| Ashtabula County (Ohio) -- History.
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5	Title:	John Otis Wattles and Esther Whinery Wattles Family Papers
	Creator:	Wattles, John Otis and Esther Whinery
	Dates:	1820-1960
	Abstract:	John Otis Wattles was a radical Hicksite Quaker and an ardent abolitionist. With his brother Augustus, John founded the Prairie Home Community in Logan County, Ohio; the Clermont/Excelsior, Ohio, utopian community; and, later, the town of Moneka, Kansas. John married Esther Whinery, an elementary school teacher, in 1844. The Wattles brothers and Esther actively defended John Brown. They continued to promote abolitionism and utopian communal living until John Wattles' death in 1859. Esther and her three daughters then returned from Kansas to Oberlin, Ohio, where the girls attended Oberlin College. Esther died in Coconut Grove, Florida, in 1908. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, autobiographies, by-laws, correspondence, essays, genealogical charts, journals, ledger books, lists, magazine and newspaper clippings, memoirs, minutes, notes, obituaries, poems, a scrapbook, speech texts, and wills.
	Call #:	MS 5041
	Extent:	1.20 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Wattles, John Otis, d. 1859. \| Wattles, Augustus, 1807-1876. \| Wattles, Esther Whinery, 1819-1908. \| Wattles, Lucretia Celestia, 1849-1933. \| Woodford, Harmonia Wattles, 1851-1924. \| Case, Theano Wattles, 1853-1949. \| Wattles family. \| Prairie Home Community (Logan County, Ohio) \| Excelsior Community (Clermont County, Ohio) \| Moneka (Linn County, Kansas) \| Oberlin College. \| Abolitionists -- United States. \| Quakers -- Ohio. \| Slavery -- United States. \| Collective settlements -- Ohio. \| Collective settlements -- Kansas.
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