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Subject | • | Antislavery movements -- United States. | [X] | | • | Abolitionists -- Ohio -- Societies, etc. |
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| | • | Antislavery movements -- Ohio. |
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| | • | Abolitionists -- Ohio. |
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| | • | African Americans -- Colonization. |
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| | • | American Colonization Society. |
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| | • | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. |
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| | • | Temperance. |
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| | • | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. |
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| | • | United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865. |
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| | • | Western Anti-slavery Society. |
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| | • | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Abolitionists -- Massachusetts -- Boston. |
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| | • | Abolitionists -- Ohio -- Canton. |
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| | • | Abolitionists -- Ohio -- Marietta. |
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| | • | Abolitionists -- United States. |
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| | • | African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
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| | • | American Anti-Slavery Society. |
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| | • | American Bible Society. |
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| | • | Anti-Slavery Society (Cincinnati, Ohio). |
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| | • | Banks and banking -- Ohio. |
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| | • | Barclay family. |
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| | • | Barnaby, James. |
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| | • | Bostwick, Charles Edward, 1815-1877. |
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| | • | Briggs, James A., 1811-1889. |
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| | • | Canals -- Ohio. |
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| | • | Canton (Ohio) -- Race relations. |
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| | • | Canton Ladies Anti-Slavery Society (Canton, Ohio) |
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| | • | Carrick, James. |
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| | • | College students -- Ohio -- Correspondence. |
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| | • | Deeds -- Ohio -- Portage County. |
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| | • | Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895. |
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| | • | East Cleveland Anti-Slavery Society. |
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| | • | Emerson family. |
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| | • | Emerson, Caleb, 1779-1853. |
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| | • | Executors and administrators -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. |
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| | • | Farmers -- Ohio -- Jefferson County. |
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| | • | Fessenden, William Pitt, 1806-1869. |
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| | • | Ford family. |
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| | • | Fur trade -- United States. |
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| | • | Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879. |
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| | • | Gilbert, Mary Lukens. |
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| | • | Harbors -- Ohio. |
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| | • | Harmon family. |
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| | • | Harrison County (Ohio) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. |
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| | • | Independent Knights of Temperance. |
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| | • | Indians of North America -- Government relations. |
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| | • | Jefferson County (Ohio) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. |
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| | • | Lane Seminary (Cincinnati, Ohio). |
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| | • | Liberty Party. |
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| | • | Maine -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865. |
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| | • | Mansfield family. |
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| | • | Mansfield, Elizabeth Taggart. |
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| | • | Mansfield, Jeremiah Browning. |
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| | • | Mantua (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Marietta (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Northwest, Old -- History -- 1775-1865. |
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| | • | Oberlin College. |
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| | • | Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources. |
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| | • | Peddlers and peddling -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. |
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| | • | Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal. |
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| | • | Photography -- Formulae, tables, etc. |
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| | • | Pioneers -- Ohio -- Washington County. |
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| | • | Portage County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Portage County (Ohio) -- Surveys. |
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| | • | Postal service -- United States. |
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| | • | Railroads -- United States. |
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| | • | Real property -- Ohio -- Portage County. |
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| | • | Real property -- Ohio -- Washington County. |
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| | • | Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. |
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| | • | Republican Party -- United States. |
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| | • | Robinson, Marius Racine, 1806-1878. |
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| | • | Salem (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States. |
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| | • | Soldiers -- Michigan. |
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| | • | Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. |
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| | • | Taggart family. |
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| | • | Temperance -- Ohio -- Societies, etc. |
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| | • | United States -- History -- 1783-1865 -- Sources. |
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| | • | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Equipment and supplies. |
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| | • | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources. |
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| | • | United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861. |
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| | • | United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century. |
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| | • | United States. Army -- Commissariat. |
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| | • | United States. Army -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources. |
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| | • | United States. Army. Michigan Engineers Regiment, 1st (1862-1865) |
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| | • | United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 52nd (1862-1865). |
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| | • | University of Michigan. Law School. |
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| | • | Washington Benevolent Society. |
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| | • | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys. |
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| | • | Western Reserve College (Hudson, Ohio) |
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| | • | Whig Party -- United States. |
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| | • | White family. |
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| | • | Whittlesey, Elisha, 1783-1863. |
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| | • | Women -- Ohio -- Canton -- Societies and clubs. |
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| | • | Women -- Ohio -- Harrison County. |
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| | • | Women -- Ohio -- Jefferson County. |
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| | • | Wright family. |
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| | • | Wright, Elizur, 1804-1885. |
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| | • | Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870. |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 3 | Title: | Elizur Wright Letters
| | | | Creator: | Wright, Elizur | | | | Dates: | 1822-1843 | | | | Abstract: | Elizur Wright, Jr. (1804-1885) was an abolitionist, and professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Western Reserve College (Hudson, Ohio). Wright took part in the anti-slavery movement before the Civil War. His father came from Canaan, Connecticut, to Tallmadge, Ohio, in 1810, where he founded the Tallmadge Academy. The collection consists of letters to Wright, chiefly from his father, Elizur Wright, of Tallmadge, Ohio, together with some from his mother, Rhoda (Hanmer), and from his brother and sister, James and Clarissa, relating to life in Tallmadge, Western Reserve College, and the anti-slavery movement. | | | | Call #: | MS 1994 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Wright, Elizur, 1804-1885. | Wright family. | Western Reserve College (Hudson, Ohio) | Antislavery movements -- United States.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 4 | Title: | Mary Lukens Gilbert Papers
| | | | Creator: | Gilbert, mary Lukens | | | | Dates: | 1824-1843 | | | | Abstract: | Mary Lukens Gilbert was an abolitionist and teacher in a Negro school who resided in Wilmington, and later, Smithfield, Ohio. Her brother, Barclay Gilbert, lived in La Porte, Indiana. The collection consists of correspondence, primarily from her brother Barclay Gilbert, and proceedings of a meeting of anti-slavery advocates held in Boston, January 9, 1843, which concerned The Liberator. | | | | Call #: | MS 3101 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Gilbert, Mary Lukens. | Barclay family. | Abolitionists -- Ohio. | Abolitionists -- Massachusetts -- Boston. | Antislavery movements -- United States.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 5 | Title: | Charles Edward Bostwick Papers
| | | | Creator: | Bostwick, Charles Edward | | | | Dates: | 1844-1877 | | | | Abstract: | Charles Edward Bostwick (1815-1877) was an Ohio farmer, mason, builder, and proprietor of a manufacturing and tin shop, who supported the antislavery campaign and colonization movement. The collection consists of a journal, photographer's formula book, and two incomplete, undated versions of a speech given before the local auxiliary of the American Colonization Society. | | | | Call #: | MS 3921 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Bostwick, Charles Edward, 1815-1877. | Antislavery movements -- United States. | African Americans -- Colonization. | Photography -- Formulae, tables, etc.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 7 | Title: | Marius Racine Robinson Papers
| | | | Creator: | Robinson, Marius Racine | | | | Dates: | 1830-1897 | | | | Abstract: | Marius Racine Robinson (1806-1878) was a Presbyterian clergyman and editor of the Anti-Slavery Bugle (Salem, Ohio). The collection consists of correspondence (1836-1839) of Robinson with his wife, Emily; lectures and speeches (1830-1865), notes, journal, newspaper clippings, and biographical material on Robinson. Relates to the American Anti-Slavery Society in Ohio for which Robinson was lecturer, the American Colonization Society, the Anti-Slavery Society of Lane Seminary, Cincinnati, Ohio, abolitionism, emancipation, slavery, and theological subjects. | | | | Call #: | MS 1660 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Robinson, Marius Racine, 1806-1878. | American Anti-Slavery Society. | American Colonization Society. | Anti-Slavery Society (Cincinnati, Ohio). | Lane Seminary (Cincinnati, Ohio). | Antislavery movements -- United States. | Abolitionists -- Ohio.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 9 | Title: | James Barnaby Papers
| | | | Creator: | Barnaby, James | | | | Dates: | 1842-1865 | | | | Abstract: | James Barnaby was an Army officer and post commissioner at Charleston, West Virginia. The collection consists of correspondence, vouchers, invoices, and other military papers; and legal papers and other material relating to Salem, Ohio, including records of the Western Anti-Slavery Society and partnership agreement between Jacob Heaton and James C. Marshall to sell goods. | | | | Call #: | MS 1007 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Barnaby, James. | United States. Army -- Commissariat. | United States. Army -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources. | Western Anti-slavery Society. | Antislavery movements -- Ohio. | Antislavery movements -- United States. | Abolitionists -- Ohio -- Societies, etc. | Salem (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Equipment and supplies. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 10 | Title: | Caleb Emerson Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Emerson, Caleb Family | | | | Dates: | 1795-1905 | | | | Abstract: | Caleb Emerson was a Marietta, Ohio lawyer, journalist and abolitionist, and co-founder of the Marietta Branch of the Washington Benevolent Society. He married Mary Dana, the daughter of an early settler of Washington County. Their son, George Dana, was a captain in the 1st Michigan Engineers during the Civil War. Their son-in-law, William D. Bailey was Treasurer of Warren Township, Ohio. The collection consists of personal and business correspondence; legal papers, financial papers (receipts and accounts); historical, political, and biographical sketches; public letters and addresses; notes and articles on slavery, abolition, religion, and temperance; minutes and journals of the Washington Benevolent Society; civic records of Warren Township; and original poetry. | | | | Call #: | MS 0830 | | | | Extent: | 1.75 linear feet (4 containers and 3 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Emerson family. | Emerson, Caleb, 1779-1853. | United States. Army. Michigan Engineers Regiment, 1st (1862-1865) | Washington Benevolent Society. | Soldiers -- Michigan. | Pioneers -- Ohio -- Washington County. | Antislavery movements -- United States. | Abolitionists -- Ohio -- Marietta. | Temperance. | Real property -- Ohio -- Washington County. | Northwest, Old -- History -- 1775-1865. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. | Marietta (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 11 | Title: | Ford and White Family Papers Collected by Ella Almira White Ford
| | | | Creator: | Ford and White Family | | | | Dates: | 1809-1975 | | | | Abstract: | The families of Thomas White and Andrew Ford resided in Massachusetts in the mid-1600s. Their descendants migrated to Cleveland, Ohio, where Ella White (1883-1952) married Horatio Ford (1881-1952) in 1908. The collection consists primarily of genealogical data on the Horatio Ford family and the Thomas White family. Includes diaries, newspaper clippings, correspondence, certificates, receipts, forms, and miscellaneous writings by Horatio C. Ford. The diaries (1845-1848) contain references to temperance, abolitionists, the Mexican-American War, and the Liberty Party. | | | | Call #: | MS 3666 | | | | Extent: | 4.61 linear feet (7 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Ford family. | White family. | Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895. | Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879. | Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870. | East Cleveland Anti-Slavery Society. | Liberty Party. | African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. | Abolitionists -- United States. | Antislavery movements -- United States. | Temperance.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 12 | Title: | Harmon Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Harmon Family | | | | Dates: | 1766-1885 | | | | Abstract: | The Harmon family moved to Mantua, Portage County, Ohio from Suffield Connecticut, in 1799. Elias Harmon held several public offices and was land agent for many Connecticut residents. His son, Orrin, was active in the land business and was surveyor for Portage County and the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal. Julian Harmon was the son of Orrin. The collection contains the papers of Elias, Orrin, Julian and Martin Harmon. Includes correspondence, diaries, financial accounts and receipts, land deeds and memoranda of sales, legal documents, estate papers, powers of attorney, tax records, notebooks, surveys, and other papers, documenting their note collection and land agency business. Also, includes material on the Protection Life Insurance Co. of Hartford, the Franklin and Warren Railroad, the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal, the Independent Knights of Temperance, and the fur trade and anti-slavery movement, with references to state and national politics, banking policies, and anti-masonic movements. | | | | Call #: | MS 0104 | | | | Extent: | 5.40 linear feet (14 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Harmon family. | Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal. | Independent Knights of Temperance. | Temperance -- Ohio -- Societies, etc. | Peddlers and peddling -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Deeds -- Ohio -- Portage County. | Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Real property -- Ohio -- Portage County. | Fur trade -- United States. | Executors and administrators -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Antislavery movements -- United States. | Mantua (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Portage County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Portage County (Ohio) -- Surveys. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 13 | Title: | Elisha Whittlesey Papers
| | | | Creator: | Whittlesey, Elisha | | | | Dates: | 1769-1869 | | | | Abstract: | Elisha Whittlesey (1783-1863) was a lawyer, United States Representative from Ohio (1822-1838), and public official. The collection consists of correspondence, legal papers, receipts, account ledgers, memoranda, drafts of legislation, and land deeds. The Elisha Whittlesey Papers deal with his career as a member of the United States Congress for sixteen years, comptroller of the United States Treasury for eight years, and Auditor of the Post Office Department for two years. His voluminous correspondence involves a large number of men prominent in national, late, and local affairs, particularly the Whig Party, American Colonization Society, the American Bible Society, and the development of the canals, rivers, harbors, railroads, and banks of northern Ohio and the Western Reserve. His mass of legal papers deals with the practice of his law office in Canfield, Ohio, his large holdings of land in the Western Reserve, Firelands, and the Maumee Valley. His wife and family occupy another prominent place in his correspondence, and he also had an interest in agricultural problems and served in the War of 1812. | | | | Call #: | MS 1200 | | | | Extent: | 33.20 linear feet (83 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Whittlesey, Elisha, 1783-1863. | American Bible Society. | American Colonization Society. | African Americans -- Colonization. | Banks and banking -- Ohio. | Canals -- Ohio. | Harbors -- Ohio. | Indians of North America -- Government relations. | Postal service -- United States. | Railroads -- United States. | Antislavery movements -- United States. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. | United States -- History -- 1783-1865 -- Sources. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 14 | Title: | Jeremiah B. and Elizabeth Taggart Mansfield Papers
| | | | Creator: | Mansfield, Jeremiah B. and Elizabeth Taggart | | | | Dates: | 1810-1898 | | | | Abstract: | Jeremiah Browning Mansfield, the son of Samuel and Elizabeth Mansfield, was born in 1841 in Ohio, and raised on his father's farm in Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio. He and his older brother Oliver served in the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War. Jeremiah Mansfield participated in the Battles of Chickamauga and the Battle of Perrysville, and then served at Camp Sheridan in Nashville, Tennessee until the end of the war. He and Elizabeth Taggart Mansfield were married in Harrison County, Ohio in 1869. She was born in 1845 in Harrison County, Ohio, and received a teaching certificate in 1863. Her brother, Milton, attended Oberlin College and Michigan Law School. By 1880, Jeremiah and Elizabeth Mansfield had settled in Wells Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, where they farmed and raised five children. The collection consists of correspondence, essays, and miscellany relating to the Mansfield and Taggart families; Jefferson and Harrison counties, Ohio; the Civil War; and Oberlin College and Michigan Law School. The papers include letters written over a twenty-year period to James Carrick, an early settler of Harrison County, Ohio and ancestor of the Mansfield/Taggart family. | | | | Call #: | MS 4592 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Mansfield, Jeremiah Browning. | Mansfield, Elizabeth Taggart. | Mansfield family. | Taggart family. | Carrick, James. | United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 52nd (1862-1865). | Oberlin College. | University of Michigan. Law School. | Antislavery movements -- United States. | Farmers -- Ohio -- Jefferson County. | Women -- Ohio -- Harrison County. | Women -- Ohio -- Jefferson County. | College students -- Ohio -- Correspondence. | Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. | Jefferson County (Ohio) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. | Harrison County (Ohio) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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