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1Title:  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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2Title:  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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3Title:  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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