| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | Ira Wright Field Notes
| | | | Creator: | Wright, Ira | | | | Dates: | 1804-1806 | | | | Abstract: | Ira Wright was an Ohio surveyor who worked for Abraham Tappan. The collection consists of six booklets of notes taken while surveying land adjacent to the Portage Path between the Cuyahoga and Tuscarawas rivers. The booklets are signed and dated by Abraham Tappan. | | | | Call #: | MS 3430 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Wright, Ira. | Tappan, Abraham, 1779-1855. | Surveyors -- Ohio. | Ohio -- Surveys.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2 | 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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