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1	Title:	Peter M. Hitchcock Papers
	Creator:	Hitchcock, Peter M.
	Dates:	1885-1893
	Abstract:	Peter M. Hitchcock (1839?-1906) was a Cleveland, Ohio, attorney who lived at 861 Prospect Avenue. The collection consists of correspondence, dividend notes, postcards, mortgage papers, and materials relating to purchase, sale and rental of properties. The collection is relevant to the study of realty transactions in the late 19th century.
	Call #:	MS 4402
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Hitchcock, Peter M. (Peter Marshall), 1839-1906. \| Real property -- Ohio.
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2	Title:	Irad Kelley Papers
	Creator:	Kelley, Irad
	Dates:	1811-1910
	Abstract:	Irad Kelley )1791-1875) was a merchant, postmaster, real estate investor, and politician, of Cleveland, Ohio. He and his brother, Datus, owned Kelley's Island in Lake Erie. The collection consists of correspondence, land deeds and leases, financial accounts and receipts, business papers, insurance policies, and newspaper clippings. Includes postmaster's record book (1818-1829), cashbook (1831-1874), and scrapbook (1860s). Correspondents include: John W. Allen, Elisha Whittlesey, Millard Fillmore, and Alfred, Datus and Edwin Kelley.
	Call #:	MS 0485
	Extent:	0.60 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Kelly family. \| Kelley, Irad, 1791-1875. \| Deeds -- Ohio. \| Real property -- Ohio. \| Postal service -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources.
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3	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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4	Title:	Connecticut Land Company Records
	Creator:	Connecticut Land Company
	Dates:	1795-1817
	Abstract:	The collection consists of covenants, bonds, articles of agreement, and indentures involving the directors of the Connecticut Land Company and its shareholders (1795-1796); financial accounts and receipts (1796-1807); proceedings of the company and the drawings through which the company's land holdings were divided up among its shareholders (1798-1817); and bids and contracts relating to the cutting of a road through the Western Reserve in 1798.
	Call #:	MS 0802
	Extent:	0.60 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Connecticut Land Company. \| Land companies -- United States. \| Real property -- Ohio. \| Roads -- Ohio -- Design and construction. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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5	Title:	Christopher Cowan Papers
	Creator:	Cowan, Christopher
	Dates:	1784-1826
	Abstract:	Christopher Cowan (1780-1835) was a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, industrialist who built the city's first rolling mill. He was the son-in-law of Major Abraham Kirkpatrick, Revolutionary War soldier and one of Pittsburgh's early pioneers. The collection consists of correspondence, agreements, powers of attorney, and other papers, concerning the estate of Abraham Kirkpatrick and the disposal of land in Ohio's Virginia Military District. Includes an unsigned letter to Col. John Neville, Woodville, Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania 1784, containing entries made while the writer traveled through the area of southern Ohio, with a sketch showing rivers, names of settlements, and Indian camps.
	Call #:	MS 1328
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Cowan, Christopher, 1780-1835. \| Kirkpatrick, Abraham, 1749-1817 -- Estate. \| Real property -- Ohio. \| Ohio -- Description and travel.
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6	Title:	Nathan Starr Papers
	Creator:	Starr, Nathan
	Dates:	1821-1846
	Abstract:	Nathan Starr (1784-1852) was a sword and gun manufacturer, of Middletown, Connecticut, after whom the village of Western Star, in Summit County, Ohio, was named. The collection consists of correspondence relating to shipment of gun stocks from the Port of Black River in 1827, and the construction of Western Starr Seminary near Wadsworth, Ohio; and, deeds and lists of lands in Cuyahoga, Medina, and Summit Counties, Ohio, released or sold by Starr. Correspondents include John W. Allen, Dudley Griswold, and Alfred Kelley.
	Call #:	MS 0505
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Starr, Nathan. \| Western Starr Seminary (Wadsworth, Ohio) \| Deeds -- Ohio. \| Real property -- Ohio. \| Gunstocks. \| Firearms industry and trade -- United States. \| Western Star (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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7	Title:	Christopher and William Leffingwell Papers
	Creator:	Leffingwell, Christopher and William
	Dates:	1790-1831
	Abstract:	Christopher Leffingwell (1734-1810) was a resident of Norwich, Connecticut, and William Leffingwell was a resident of New Haven, Connecticut. The collection includes correspondence and associated papers concerning Ohio Company land, and field notes for a survey of a township in the Ohio Purchase. Correspondents include Wheeler Coit, Samuel H. Parsons, David Putnam, Israel Putnam, Henry Strong, Peter Williams, and Dudley Woodbridge.
	Call #:	MS 1164
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Leffingwell, Christopher, 1734-1810. \| Leffingwell, William. \| Ohio Company (1786-1795) -- History -- Sources. \| Land companies -- Ohio. \| Real property -- Ohio. \| Northwest, Old -- History -- Sources. \| Marietta (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources.
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8	Title:	Jonathan Trumbull Papers
	Creator:	Trumbull, Jonathan
	Dates:	1787-1811
	Abstract:	Jonathan Trumbull (1740-1809) was a Revolutionary soldier, governor of Connecticut, United States congressman and senator. The collection consists of correspondence, land deeds and agreements, powers of attorney, and other papers, chiefly relating to the Ohio Company. Correspondents include Samuel H. Parsons, Jonas Prentiss, Rufus Putnam, and Nathaniel Williams.
	Call #:	MS 2347
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Trumbull, Jonathan, 1740-1809. \| Ohio Company (1786-1795) -- History -- Sources. \| Deeds -- Ohio. \| Real property -- Ohio. \| Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources. \| Northwest, Old -- History -- Sources. \| Marietta (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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9	Title:	Virginia Military District in Ohio Papers
	Creator:	Anderson, Richard Claugh
	Dates:	1787-1839
	Abstract:	Richard Clough Anderson (1750-1826) was the Surveyor-General of the Virginia Military District, an area located between the Scioto and Little Miami Rivers in Ohio. The District and other land in Kentucky was granted to Virginia by Congress in 1784 to settle its claims to the Northwest Territory and reward its veterans of the American Revolution. The collection consists of seven entry books, ca. 4400 to 4800 surveys, and an index to entries, referring to land in the Virginia Military District lying between the Scioto and Little Miami Rivers in Ohio, which was surveyed under the direction of Anderson, his son-in-law, Allen Latham, and his son, William Marshall Anderson. Includes personal papers of Dr. R.G. Lewis of Madiosonville, Ohio, and miscellaneous papers of Allen Latham.
	Call #:	MS 3050
	Extent:	4.80 linear feet (10 containers and 3 oversize volumes)
	Subjects:	Anderson, Richard Clough, 1750-1826. \| Surveying -- Ohio. \| Surveyors -- Ohio. \| Bounties, Military -- United States. \| Land grants -- United States. \| Real property -- Ohio. \| Ohio -- Surveys. \| Virginia Military District -- Surveys.
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10	Title:	Simon Perkins Papers
	Creator:	Perkins, Simon
	Dates:	1758-1930
	Abstract:	Simon Perkins (1771-1844) was a surveyor, soldier, and banker, of Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, land agreements, promissory notes, powers of attorney, deeds, field books, surveys, financial accounts, receipts, ledgers, daybooks, and other papers, relating to Perkins' career as surveyor and land agent for the Erie Land Company. Includes account books and business papers of Henry B., Jacob, Jacob B., and Joseph Perkins.
	Call #:	MS 3122
	Extent:	29.67 linear feet (103 containers, 5 oversize packages, and 5 bound volumes)
	Subjects:	Perkins, Simon, 1771-1844. \| Deeds -- Ohio. \| Land titles -- Ohio. \| Real property -- Ohio. \| Postal service -- Ohio -- History. \| Canals -- Ohio. \| Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources. \| United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources.
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11	Title:	Nathaniel Massie Papers
	Creator:	Massie, Nathaniel
	Dates:	1782-1852
	Abstract:	Nathaniel Massie (1763-1813) was a deputy surveyor of Ohio's Virginia Military District. The collection consists of correspondence, legal briefs, court dockets, appeals, land warrants, surveys, title transfers, and receipts, relating chiefly to Massie's activities as deputy surveyor. The post-1813 papers relate to the settlement of Massie's estate and to land transactions and legal affairs of Henry Massie, southern Ohio lawyer.
	Call #:	MS 3282
	Extent:	3.20 linear feet (7 containers)
	Subjects:	Massie, Nathaniel, 1763-1813. \| Massie family. \| Real property -- Ohio. \| Ohio -- Surveys. \| Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865.
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12	Title:	Isaac Mills Papers
	Creator:	Mills, Isaac
	Dates:	1795-1937
	Abstract:	Isaac Mills (1767-1843) was an agent for the Sufferers' Land Company (also known as the Connecticut Firelands Company) who concluded a treaty with the Indians of the Northeast for the purchase of half a million acres of land at Fort Industry, Ohio in 1805. The collection consists of a copy book of correspondence concerning Mills' Western Reserve land dealings, his work as agent for others, and lawsuits involving Mills or his clients. Correspondents include Heman Ely, Timothy Hawley, Turhand Kirtland, Jared Kirtland, and James Monroe. Also included are miscellaneous documents such as an act setting up the Sufferers' Land Company (1803) and Mills' report to the company directors on the conclusion of the treaty with the Indians (1805).
	Call #:	MS 3776
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Mills, Isaac, 1767-1843. \| Land companies -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Indians of North America -- Ohio. \| Real property -- Ohio. \| Sandusky (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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13	Title:	Daniel Kerr Family Papers
	Creator:	Kerr, Daniel Family
	Dates:	1812-1879
	Abstract:	Daniel Kerr was an early settler and Justice of the Peace of Mentor Township, Ohio. His son, Levi, was a trustee and incorporator of the Case School of Applied Sciences in Cleveland, and a cousin of its founder, Leonard Case, Jr. The collection consists of correspondence, court documents, financial materials, land agreements, a notebook, and miscellany.
	Call #:	MS 4117
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Kerr family. \| Kerr, Daniel. \| Justices of the peace -- Ohio -- Mentor Township -- Miscellanea. \| Deeds -- Ohio. \| Land titles -- Ohio. \| Real property -- Ohio. \| Ohio -- History -- Sources.
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14	Title:	Manasseh Cutler Journals
	Creator:	Cutler, Manasseh
	Dates:	1787-1807
	Abstract:	Manasseh Cutler (1742-1823) was a land agent for the Ohio Company of Associates. The collection consists of handwritten copies of journals describing Cutler's trips to New York and Philadelphia (1787) to negotiate a contract with Congress for the purchase of lands for the Ohio Company, and to the future site of Marietta, Ohio (1788) to visit the Ohio Company purchase there. Included in the second volume is a journal of Reverend Joseph Badger (1803-1807).
	Call #:	MS 0400
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Cutler, Manasseh, 1742-1823. \| Ohio Company. \| Clergy -- Ohio -- Diaries. \| Travelers -- United States -- Diaries. \| Real property -- Ohio. \| New York (N.Y.) -- Description and travel. \| Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Description and travel. \| Marietta (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| United States -- Description and travel -- 1783-1848.
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15	Title:	Turhand Kirtland Papers
	Creator:	Kirtland, Turhand
	Dates:	1794-1880
	Abstract:	Turhand Kirtland was an agent of the Connecticut Land Company who led a survey party into the Western Reserve in 1798 and founded Poland, Ohio. He moved his family there in 1803. He also constructed the road from Youngstown to Grand River and surveyed Burton, Poland and Youngstown. He supported roads, schools and libraries in the area and became a judge and state senator. The collection consists of correspondence, letter copybooks, legal contracts, wills, powers of attorney, an account book, account notebooks, receipts, tax receipts, land surveys, field notes, probate records and election materials.
	Call #:	MS 3237
	Extent:	3.10 linear feet (8 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Kirtland, Turhand, 1755-1844. \| Kirtland family. \| Cleaveland, Moses, 1754-1806. \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Western Reserve (Ohio) \| Real property -- Western Reserve (Ohio) \| Real property -- Ohio. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Poland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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16	Title:	Leonard Case, Sr. Family Papers, Series II
	Creator:	Case, Leonard Sr. Family
	Dates:	1817-1903
	Abstract:	Leonard Sr., Leonard Jr., and William Case were prominent Cleveland, Ohio, philanthropists and railroad magnates in the 1800s. Leonard Sr was also an early settler of the area and William served as Mayor from 1850-1852. The collection consists of financial materials, receipts for the Heard and Son construction of the Case block, land agreements, files on the Ohio State Fair and Silas S. Stone, and miscellaneous materials found in the Case School accession.
	Call #:	MS 4116
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Case, Leonard, 1786-1864. \| Case family. \| Stone, Silas S. \| Railroads -- Ohio. \| Land titles -- Ohio. \| Real property -- Ohio. \| Ohio -- History -- Sources. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Surveys. \| Grandon (Ohio) -- Surveys. \| Ottawa Reserve -- Surveys.
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17	Title:	May Family Papers
	Creator:	May Family
	Dates:	1752-1917
	Abstract:	John May (1748-1812) and his son, Henry Knox May, (1780-1865) were merchants and shippers in Boston, Massachusetts, and proprietors of the Union Wharf (May's Wharf). John May was also a member and agent of the Ohio Company of Associates. His grandson, Edward Tuckerman May was an agent at the Boston Customs House. The collection consists of correspondence, financial accounts, receipts, speeches, estate papers, and other papers of John, Henry K., and Edward T. May, concerning John's land speculations, his work as land agent for the Ohio Company of Associates, his service with the Boston Militia in the Revolutionary War, and his business activities as wharfinger of Union Wharf (Boston); Henry's activities as agent for New England merchants in Alexandria, Va., and as merchant, shipmaster and wharfinger of Union Wharf (Boston); and Edward's work as Boston Custom House agent.
	Call #:	MS 0401
	Extent:	6.00 linear feet (15 containers)
	Subjects:	May family. \| Alexandria Canal Company. \| Union Wharf (Boston, Mass.) \| Customs administration -- Massachusetts -- Boston. \| Real property -- New England. \| Real property -- Ohio. \| Merchants -- Massachusetts -- Boston. \| Shipping -- Massachusetts -- Boston. \| Wharves -- Massachusetts -- Boston. \| United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources. \| United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Personal narratives. \| Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources. \| Boston (Mass.) -- Commerce. \| Alexandria (Va.) -- Commerce.
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18	Title:	Peter M. and Horace P. Weddell Papers
	Creator:	Weddell, Peter M. and Horace P.
	Dates:	1813-1872
	Abstract:	Peter M. Weddell (1788-1847) was a merchant and and Horace P. Weddell (1823-1914) was a banker of Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of land deeds and agreements, financial notes and accounts, and other papers relating to business interests of Weddell and his son, Horace Perry Weddell, including the merchandising firm of P.M. Weddell & Company, the Cleveland hotel Weddell House, and land interests in Cleveland and Newark, Ohio.
	Call #:	MS 1864
	Extent:	1.30 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	Weddell, Peter Martin, 1788-1847. \| Weddell, Horace Perry, 1823-1914. \| Weddell House (Hotel : Cleveland, Ohio). \| Peter M. Weddell & Co. (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Weddell & Clark (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Commercial Bank of Lake Erie (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Deeds -- Ohio. \| Land titles -- Ohio. \| Real property -- Ohio. \| General stores -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Hotels, taverns, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Commerce.
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