Subject | • | Akron (Ohio) -- History. |
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| | • | Akron (Ohio) -- Maps. |
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| | • | Akron (Ohio) -- Surveys. |
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| | • | Antislavery movements -- Ohio. |
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| | • | Antislavery movements -- United States |
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| | • | Campaign literature -- 1848 -- Liberty Party |
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| | • | Canals -- Ohio -- Akron -- Rates and tolls. |
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| | • | Commissioners of deeds -- Ohio. |
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| | • | Elyria (Ohio) -- History. |
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| | • | Free-Soil Party |
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| | • | Hamlin, Edward Stowe, 1808-1894. |
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| | • | Kelley, Alfred, 1789-1859. |
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| | • | Kingsbury, Harmon. |
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| | • | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Akron. |
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| | • | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Elyria. |
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| | • | Liberty Party (U.S.) | [X] | | • | Northwest, Old -- Politics and government |
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| | • | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865 |
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| | • | Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio) -- History. |
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| | • | Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio) -- Rates and tolls. |
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| | • | Ohio. Court of Common Pleas (Lorain County). |
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| | • | Portage County Temperance Society (Ohio). |
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| | • | Postal service -- Ohio -- Akron -- History. |
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| | • | Postmasters -- Ohio -- Akron. |
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| | • | Slavery -- United States |
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| | • | Slavery -- United States -- Justification |
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| | • | Slavery and the church |
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| | • | Sons of Temperance of North America. Elyria Division, No. 400 (Elyria, OH). |
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| | • | Temperance -- Ohio -- Societies, etc. |
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| | • | United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861 |
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| | • | Wade, Edward, 1802-1866. |
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| | • | Wade, Welles, and Hamlin. |
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| | • | Welles, Melancthon Woolsey, 1802-1896. |
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| | Book | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | American anti-slavery conventions: a series of extracts illustrative of the proceedings and principles of the "Liberty Party" in the United States: with the bearings of the anti-slavery cause on missions
| | | | Publication: | W. Oliphant & Sons, D. Robertson, [etc., etc.], Edinburgh, Glasgow,1846. | | | | Call #: | E449 A513 | | | | Extent: | 47 p. 19 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Liberty Party (U.S.) | Slavery and the church
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Proceedings of the National Liberty Convention, held at Buffalo, N.Y., June 14th & 15th, 1848: including the resolutions and addresses adopted by that body : and speeches of Beriah Green and Gerrit Smith on that occasion
| | | | Creator: | Liberty Party (U.S.) National convention(1848 : Buffalo, N.Y.) | | | | | Green, Beriah, 1795-1874 | | | | | Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874 | | | | Publication: | S.W. Green, Utica [N.Y.],1848. | | | | Call #: | E420 L69 | | | | Extent: | 52 p. ; 22 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Liberty Party (U.S.) | Campaign literature -- 1848 -- Liberty Party
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 7 | Title: | Melancthon Woolsey Welles Papers
| | | | Creator: | Welles, Melancthon Woolsey | | | | Dates: | 1818-1896 | | | | Abstract: | Melancthon Woolsey Welles came to Cleveland, Ohio, ca. 1819 to study law at the firm of Kelley and Cowles. His sister, Mary Seymour Welles, had married prominent Clevelander Alfred Kelley in 1817. Welles was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1823. He then moved to Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio, and was appointed the first prosecuting attorney for that county in 1824. In 1826, Welles became the first toll collector at Akron, Ohio, on the Ohio and Erie Canal. While in Akron, he also served as the first postmaster, was a justice of the peace, and practiced law. Welles was a member of the Portage County Temperance Society, an incorporator of the Akron Lyceum and Library Association, and an agent for the Ohio State Temperance Society. He returned to Elyria in 1835 to practice law. In 1837, Welles moved to Cleveland and entered into a law partnership with Edward Wade and Edward Hamlin. He continued his involvement with temperance and antislavery groups while living in Cleveland. In 1841, he returned to Elyria, continuing his antislavery and temperance endeavors. Welles also served as a Commissioner of deeds for the State of Ohio and a Notary Public for Lorain County. During the 1840s, he became a member of the Liberty Party, and subsequently, the Free Soil Party. In 1849, through the auspices of Dr. Norton S. Townshend, Welles was appointed state agent for the sale of school lands, and moved to Defiance, Defiance County, Ohio. By 1860, Welles was living at Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa, and working as a land agent. He remained in Iowa the rest of his life. The collection consists of accounts, a journal, letters, articles of agreement, notes, memoranda, newspaper circular letters, newspaper clippings, deeds, receipts, drafts, commissions and appointments, business cards, a speech, a petition, and a constitution. Of particular interest to the study of early Akron, Ohio, is a photocopy of a ca. 1825 manuscript map of the village. The original map has been removed to the Manuscript Map Collection as MS Map 486A. Also of interest is a circular letter from the Executive Committee of the Portage County Temperance Society, signed by Welles and dated 1829, and a constitution, bylaws, and rules of order of the Sons of Temperance of the State of Ohio, Elyria Division, No. 400, dated 1848. | | | | Call #: | MS 4759 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Welles, Melancthon Woolsey, 1802-1896. | Kelley, Alfred, 1789-1859. | Kingsbury, Harmon. | Wade, Edward, 1802-1866. | Hamlin, Edward Stowe, 1808-1894. | Wade, Welles, and Hamlin. | Sons of Temperance of North America. Elyria Division, No. 400 (Elyria, OH). | Portage County Temperance Society (Ohio). | Liberty Party (U.S.) | Ohio. Court of Common Pleas (Lorain County). | Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio) -- History. | Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio) -- Rates and tolls. | Canals -- Ohio -- Akron -- Rates and tolls. | Postmasters -- Ohio -- Akron. | Postal service -- Ohio -- Akron -- History. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Akron. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Elyria. | Temperance -- Ohio -- Societies, etc. | Antislavery movements -- Ohio. | Commissioners of deeds -- Ohio. | Akron (Ohio) -- History. | Akron (Ohio) -- Maps. | Akron (Ohio) -- Surveys. | Elyria (Ohio) -- History.
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