| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Asa Emerson Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Emerson, Asa Family | | | | Dates: | 1831-1955 | | | | Abstract: | In 1821 Asa Emerson and his family settled in the area that is now Parma Heights, a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. Family members have included a post master, a President of Cleveland City Council, and many teachers, ministers, and businessmen. The collection consists of correspondence (1831-1939), genealogies and histories of the Emerson and Gale families, clippings on early Cleveland history, a travel diary of Leslie Emerson, and miscellaneous documents. | | | | Call #: | MS 3767 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Emerson family. | Gale family. | Parma Heights (Ohio) -- History. | Michigan -- Description and travel. | Ohio -- Description and travel. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Caleb Emerson Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Emerson, Caleb Family | | | | Dates: | 1795-1905 | | | | Abstract: | Caleb Emerson was a Marietta, Ohio lawyer, journalist and abolitionist, and co-founder of the Marietta Branch of the Washington Benevolent Society. He married Mary Dana, the daughter of an early settler of Washington County. Their son, George Dana, was a captain in the 1st Michigan Engineers during the Civil War. Their son-in-law, William D. Bailey was Treasurer of Warren Township, Ohio. The collection consists of personal and business correspondence; legal papers, financial papers (receipts and accounts); historical, political, and biographical sketches; public letters and addresses; notes and articles on slavery, abolition, religion, and temperance; minutes and journals of the Washington Benevolent Society; civic records of Warren Township; and original poetry. | | | | Call #: | MS 0830 | | | | Extent: | 1.75 linear feet (4 containers and 3 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Emerson family. | Emerson, Caleb, 1779-1853. | United States. Army. Michigan Engineers Regiment, 1st (1862-1865) | Washington Benevolent Society. | Soldiers -- Michigan. | Pioneers -- Ohio -- Washington County. | Antislavery movements -- United States. | Abolitionists -- Ohio -- Marietta. | Temperance. | Real property -- Ohio -- Washington County. | Northwest, Old -- History -- 1775-1865. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. | Marietta (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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