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•Land companies -- Western Reserve (Ohio) (3)
•Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. (3)
•Cleaveland, Moses, 1754-1806. (2)
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•Pease, Seth, 1764-1819. (1)
•Penobscut (Maine) -- Surveys. (1)
•Poland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. (1)
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•Root, Ephraim, 1762-1825. (1)
•Surveyors -- United States -- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. (1)
•United States -- Description and travel -- 1783-1848. (1)
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•Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Exploring expeditions. (1)
•Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys. (1)
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1Title:  Ephraim Root Papers     
 Creator:  Root, Ephraim 
 Dates:  1769-1837 
 Abstract:  Ephraim Root (1762-1825) was a Connecticut lawyer and state congressman who was also clerk of the Connecticut Land Company. The collection consists of correspondence, financial papers, legal documents and memorandums of Ephraim Root; and accounts, a tax list, minutes, memorandums, draft slips and a draft book of the Connecticut Land Company. 
 Call #:  MS 3235 
 Extent:  1.20 linear feet (3 containers) 
 Subjects:  Root, Ephraim, 1762-1825. | Connecticut Land Company. | Land companies -- Western Reserve (Ohio) | Real property -- Western Reserve (Ohio) | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History.
 
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2Title:  Erie Land Company Records     
 Creator:  Erie Land Company 
 Dates:  1801 
 Abstract:  The Erie Land Company was organized to purchase, subdivide, and resell land in the Western Reserve. The collection consists of lists of lands in the Western Reserve sold to various persons. 
 Call #:  MS 3422 
 Extent:  0.10 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Erie Land Company. | Land companies -- Western Reserve (Ohio) | Real property -- Western Reserve (Ohio) | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
 
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3Title:  Moses Cleaveland Papers     
 Creator:  Cleaveland, Moses 
 Dates:  1780-1805 
 Abstract:  Moses Cleaveland (1754-1806) was a Connecticut lawyer, legislator and army officer who became the Director and agent for the Connecticut Land Company and agent for the Erie Land Company. He led its first surveying and exploring party into the Western Reserve in 1795 and founded the City of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1796. The collection consists of correspondence, land memorandums, journal abstracts, and military, financial and legal papers. 
 Call #:  MS 3233 
 Extent:  0.40 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Cleaveland, Moses, 1754-1806. | Connecticut Land Company. | Erie Land Company. | Land companies -- Western Reserve (Ohio) | Real property -- Western Reserve (Ohio) | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Exploring expeditions. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Ohio -- History -- Sources.
 
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4Title:  Seth Pease Papers     
 Creator:  Pease, Seth 
 Dates:  1792-1807 
 Abstract:  Seth Pease (1764-1819) was a Connecticut surveyor who became a United States Surveyor General in Mississippi and Orleans territory and Assistant Postmaster General. The collection consists of correspondence, notebooks, accounts, memorandums, agreements, journals, journal transcripts, field notes, financial papers and maps. 
 Call #:  MS 3234 
 Extent:  0.40 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Pease, Seth, 1764-1819. | Surveyors -- United States -- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. | Real property -- Western Reserve (Ohio) | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History. | Connecticut -- Surveys. | Penobscut (Maine) -- Surveys. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys. | New York (State) -- Surveys. | United States -- Description and travel -- 1783-1848. | United States -- History -- 1783-1815 -- Sources.
 
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5Title:  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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