Format | • | Manuscript Collection | [X] |
Subject | • | Akron (Ohio) -- History. |
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| | • | Akron (Ohio) -- Maps. |
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| | • | Akron (Ohio) -- Surveys. | [X] | | • | Antislavery movements -- Ohio. |
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| | • | Barberton (Ohio) -- Surveys. |
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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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| | • | Franklin (Summit County, Ohio) -- Surveys. |
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| | • | Green (Summit County, Ohio) -- Surveys. |
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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.) |
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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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| | • | Paul Bros. -- Archives. |
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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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| | • | Real property -- Ohio -- Summit County -- Maps. |
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| | • | Real property surveys. |
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| | • | Sons of Temperance of North America. Elyria Division, No. 400 (Elyria, OH). |
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| | • | Summit County (Ohio) -- Surveys. |
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| | • | Surveying -- Ohio -- Summit County -- Tables. |
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| | • | Surveying -- Ohio -- Summit County. |
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| | • | Surveyors -- Ohio -- Akron -- Archives. |
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| | • | Surveys -- Plotting. |
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| | • | Temperance -- Ohio -- Societies, etc. |
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| | • | Topographical surveying -- Ohio -- Summit County. |
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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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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | Paul Bros. Survey and Land Records of Summit County, Ohio
| | | | Creator: | Paul Bros. | | | | Dates: | 1839-1917 | | | | Abstract: | Paul Bros. was a surveying, engineering and mining firm in Akron, Ohio, which was the chief surveying entity of a five-county area in the vicinity of Summit County, Ohio, for approximately 100 years. Hosea Paul (1809-1870), who came to Ohio in 1834, founded the firm and was Summit County surveyor from 1857-1870. His son Robert became county surveyor when his father died, and Robert's son Edward W. also belonged to the firm. Hosea Jr., county auditor in 1874 and also deputy county surveyor, directed the affairs of the firm before moving to Cleveland where he was Cuyahoga County recorder from 1912-1921. Other members of the firm were also children of Hosea Paul, including George, T. Dwight, Harrison D., and Edward J. The firm was also known as H. Paul & Co. The collection consists of field notes, large and small maps, property drawings, pages of mathematical computations to determine acreage, miscellaneous notes and comments, metes and bounds descriptions prepared for county records, allotment maps, affidavits in support of markers, estimates of water flow, correspondence and other information. Most of the documents are contained in packets by tracts. There are also numerous field notebooks and ledger books, and indexes of names of property holders. The records pertain primarily to the towns of Akron and Barberton, and to the townships of Franklin and Green in Summit County, Ohio. | | | | Call #: | MS 3376 | | | | Extent: | 34.20 linear feet (75 containers and 1 oversize volume) | | | | Subjects: | Paul Bros. -- Archives. | Surveying -- Ohio -- Summit County. | Surveying -- Ohio -- Summit County -- Tables. | Surveyors -- Ohio -- Akron -- Archives. | Surveys -- Plotting. | Topographical surveying -- Ohio -- Summit County. | Real property -- Ohio -- Summit County -- Maps. | Real property surveys. | Summit County (Ohio) -- Surveys. | Akron (Ohio) -- Surveys. | Barberton (Ohio) -- Surveys. | Franklin (Summit County, Ohio) -- Surveys. | Green (Summit County, Ohio) -- Surveys.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2 | 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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