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1	Title:	John Morgan Papers
	Creator:	Morgan, John
	Dates:	1788-1801
	Abstract:	John Morgan was a Hartford, Connecticut resident who, along with John Caldwell and Jonathan Brace, was one of the original trustees of the Connecticut Land Company. The deed of trust to them from the 35 company proprietors was the original title source to most of the property in the Connecticut Western Reserve, the area in what is now northeastern Ohio consisting of over 3 million acres which was bought by the company on credit in 1795 for $1.2 million. The collection consists of contracts, agreements, and quitclaim deeds pertaining to land in the Western Reserve. Parties involved in the transactions include John Morgan, Daniel L. Coit, Samuel Hinckley, Joseph Howland, Elias Morgan and Ephraim Root.
	Call #:	MS 1138
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Morgan, John. \| Connecticut Land Company. \| Deeds -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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2	Title:	Mastick and Tomlinson Family Papers
	Creator:	Mastick and Tomlinson Family
	Dates:	1782-1869
	Abstract:	The families of Benjamin Mastick, of Windham, Vermont, and Levi Tomlinson, of Derby, Connecticut, intermarried after relocating in Burton, Ohio, and Rockport (now Rocky River), Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, account books, land deeds, agreements, estate papers, legal documents, and financial records of the Mastick and Tomlinson families. Includes correspondence relating to Levi Tomlinson's activities as land agent for shareholders in the Connecticut Land Company and material on the development of Rockport, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Also includes account books of Levi Tomlinson and Benjamin Mastick; land deeds, agreements, estate papers, legal documents, and financial records concerning Joseph, Benjamin, Benjamin, Jr., Cynthia, Elliot, Asahel, and Edwin B. Mastick and Levi and Lewis Tomlinson; petitions by citizens of Rockport, Ohio, addressed to the commissioners of Cuyahoga County, and other documents relating to the growth and development of that township; and a letterbook of Edwing B. Mastick, 1848-1851.
	Call #:	MS 1272
	Extent:	1.0 linear feet (2 containers and 2 oversize volumes)
	Subjects:	Mastick family. \| Tomlinson family. \| Deeds -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Rocky River (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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3	Title:	Lemuel Punderson Papers
	Creator:	Punderson, Lemuel
	Dates:	1810-1829
	Abstract:	Lemuel Punderson was an attorney and land agent in Burton, Ohio, for William Ely, of Hartford, Connecticut, Henry Thorndike, of Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, and John Wyles, of Brimfield, Massachusetts. The collection consists of correspondence, contracts and deeds to land in the Western Reserve, powers of attorney, and receipts. Also includes some correspondence from Amzi Atwater, Benjamin Dwight, Asa Gilbert, Silas Hotchkiss, Andrew Hull, Jared Kirtland, Turhand Kirtland, William Lattimore, Charles Parker, Robert B. Parkman, and Simon Perkins.
	Call #:	MS 1268
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Punderson, Lemuel. \| Deeds -- Ohio -- Burton. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Burton. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Burton (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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4	Title:	Daniel Lathrop Coit Papers
	Creator:	Coit, Daniel Lathrop
	Dates:	1815-1819
	Abstract:	Daniel Lathrop Coit (1754-1833) was a resident of Norwich, Connecticut, and original shareholder in the Connecticut Land Company that developed the Western Reserve and Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of land agreements and associated papers concerning sales by Coit to residents of Medina and Portage Counties, Ohio.
	Call #:	MS 1314
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Coit, Daniel Lathrop, 1754-1833. \| Connecticut Land Company. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Medina County. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Portage County. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History.
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5	Title:	Samuel Mather Record Book
	Creator:	Mather, Samuel
	Dates:	1825-1840
	Abstract:	Samuel Mather, Jr. (b. 1745) was a descendant of Cotton and Increase Mather. He owned land in York and Lafayette townships, Medina County, and in Sheffield, Ashtabula County. His heirs included his sons, Thomas, Samuel and James Mather, and his daughters, Anna Lord, Mehitable and Margaret Sill, Fanny Chapman and Lydia Hubbard. The collection consists of a bound volume detailing the distribution of Mather's estate, entitled "Division of lands in the Western Reserve state of Ohio belonging to Samuel Mather Junior Esq. deceased among his heirs."
	Call #:	MS 3262
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Mather, Samuel, b. 1745. \| Mather family. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Medina County. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Ashtabula County. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History.
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6	Title:	Connecticut Land Company Miscellaneous Records
	Creator:	Connecticut Land Company
	Dates:	1765-1835
	Abstract:	The Connecticut Land Company (1795-1809) was a syndicate of 35 groups representing 58 individuals who purchased on credit the majority of Connecticut's Western Reserve land as a speculative venture. Proceeds from the sale of the Reserve were used to establish the Connecticut School Fund. The Western Reserve was that area of northeastern Ohio which Connecticut reserved for her citizens in 1786 in exchange for ceding the remainder of her western land claims to the newly-formed United States government. Settlers were slow to purchase Reserve lands, and many of the original proprietors did not make any profits due to company mismanagement. The collection consists of correspondence of Elias Perkins, Joseph Perkins, Oliver Phelps and various other interested people as well as an historical sketch of the Western Reserve lands, land records of New Lisbon, Ohio, and will and estate records. This collection pertains primarily to the efforts of company members to sell the land and settle the frontier known as Connecticut's Western Reserve.
	Call #:	MS 4240
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Connecticut Land Company. \| Real property -- Ohio -- New Lisbon. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Decedents' estates -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| New Lisbon (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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7	Title:	Elijah Wadsworth Family Papers
	Creator:	Wadsworth, Elijah
	Dates:	1742-1868
	Abstract:	Elijah Wadsworth (1747-1817) was a Western Reserve pioneer who came from Litchfield, Connecticut, to Canfield, Ohio, in 1802. He was sheriff of Trumbull County and Major-General of the 4th Division, Ohio Militia during the War of 1812. His son, Frederick Wadsworth, was sheriff of Portage County, Ohio. Wedworth Wadsworth, a cousin, lived in Durham, Connecticut. the collection consists of correspondence, letter copies, autograph envelopes with biographical data on prominent Western Reserve residents, land lists, surveys, indentures, accounts, receipts, summonses, depositions, and Ohio Militia election returns, military receipts, provision returns, and morning papers, belonging to Elijah, Frederick, and Wedworth Wadsworth. Included are a number of letters from Samuel Huntington, 1765-1817.
	Call #:	MS 2729
	Extent:	0.80 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Wadsworth, Elijah, 1747-1817. \| Wadsworth family. \| Connecticut Land Company. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Medina County. \| Real property -- Michigan -- Monroe County. \| Trumbull County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Ohio -- Militia -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. \| Ohio -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. \| United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Biography. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys.
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8	Title:	Bernard Rich Hollander Papers
	Creator:	Hollander, Bernard Rich
	Dates:	1894-1976
	Abstract:	Bernard R. Hollander (1927-1975) was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, attorney who was a leader in many legal, civic, Jewish and educational organizations, including Anshe Chesed Congregation, the National Federation of Temple Brotherhoods and Expo Israel '70. The collection consists of correspondence, notes, writings, appointment calendars, clippings, memorabilia, papers relating to Hollander's activities in various Jewish organizations, and business or legal papers of Sidney and Helen Rich Hollander, Hollander Drug Company and Louis Rich.
	Call #:	MS 3979
	Extent:	4.30 linear feet (5 containers)
	Subjects:	Wadsworth, Elijah, 1747-1817. \| Wadsworth family. \| Whittlesey, Elisha, 1783-1863. \| Hinde, Thomas S. (Thomas Spottswood), 1785-1846. \| Connecticut Land Company. \| Ohio. Militia -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. -- Sources. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Postmasters -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Ohio -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. \| United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Trumbull County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys.
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9	Title:	John Breck Family Papers, Joint Manuscript and Microfilm Edition
	Creator:	Breck, John Family
	Dates:	1782-1993
	Abstract:	The John Breck family, natives of Massachusetts, purchased land in the Western Reserve from the Connecticut Land Company. By 1803, John Breck was sole owner of the family's land in what is now Brecksville, Ohio. He married Clarissa Allen and they had six children. Seth Paine and Alfred Wolcott surveyed the Breck family land in 1811. Paine and his family became Brecksville's first settlers. The first family member to live in Brecksville was John Breck's nephew, the Reverend Joseph Hunt Breck, who later settled in Newburgh, Ohio. John Breck's sons John Adams, Theodore, and Edward, came to Brecksville in 1830. Theodore Breck was a merchant in Brecksville, served as a Cuyahoga County commissioner, and represented the Brecksville area in the Ohio state legislature. Edward M. Breck setled in Huntsburg, Geauga County, Ohio, and in later years returned to Brecksville. His son, Edward King Breck, married Mary Louisa Oakes of Brecksville, and they had two children. Their son, Theodore Breck attended Oberlin College and Amherst College and received a medical degree from Wooster College. He served in World War I, was on the staff of Glenville Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, was a member of the Early Settlers Club, and president of the Brecksville Centennial in 1911. The collection consists of Consists of letters, diaries, poems, writings, newspaper clippings, obituaries, historical notes, receipts, accounts, contracts, deeds, land surveys, wills, powers of attorney, legal documents, certificates, and photographs.
	Call #:	MS 4675
	Extent:	0.90 linear feet (2 containers, 1 oversize folder, and 2 rolls of microfilm)
	Subjects:	Breck, John, 1770-1827. \| Breck family. \| Deeds -- Ohio -- Brecksville. \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Brecksville. \| Pioneers -- Ohio -- Brecksville. \| Surveyors -- Ohio -- Brecksville. \| Surveyors -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Brecksville. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Brecksville (Ohio) -- History. \| Brecksville (Ohio) -- Genealogy. \| Brecksville (Ohio) -- Surveys. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History.
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10	Title:	Elijah Wadsworth Family Papers, Series II
	Creator:	Wadsworth, Elijah family
	Dates:	1702-1910
	Abstract:	General Elijah Wadsworth (1747-1817) was a prominent figure in the early history of Ohio's Western Reserve who served in both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. He was a captain in the 2nd continental light dragoons in the Revolutionary War and was the commander, major-general, of the 4th division of the Ohio Militia during the War of 1812. Wadsworth was also the largest land owner in Canfield during its early years, and its first postmaster, and its tax collector during the early years. Elijah Wadsworth's two descendants who are most frequently encountered in the collection are Maria C. Wadsworth and Henry Wadsworth. Maria C. Wadsworth was the daughter, and only child, of Elijah Wadsworth's son George. She lived in Canfield and married William B. Dawson. Henry Wadsworth (1784-1830) was a son of Elijah Wadsworth. He stayed behind in Litchfield, Connecticut, when Gen. Wadsworth moved to Canfield, and stayed in the general area all his life. Frederick, (1786-1869) George (1793-1832), and Rhoda Wadsworth (1748- ?) were other children of Elijah. The collection consists of letters and documents relating to the Wadsworth family starting with Gen. Elijah Wadsworth, and continuing on through his children and grandchildren, with some items from family friends, like Elisha Whittlesey, and life/society in this period. The collection includes personal letters, official correspondence, receipts, other financial records, land sale/purchase contacts, wills and other estate management documents, land surveys, and other miscellaneous documents.
	Call #:	MS 4979
	Extent:	0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Wadsworth, Elijah, 1747-1817. \| Wadsworth family \| Whittlesey, Elisha, 1783-1863. \| Hinde, Thomas S. (Thomas Spottswood), 1785-1846. \| Connecticut Land Company. \| Ohio. Militia -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Postmasters -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Ohio -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. \| United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Trumbull County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys.
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11	Title:	Manuscripts Relating to the Early History of the Connecticut Western Reserve
	Creator:	Western Reserve Historical Society
	Dates:	1764-1874
	Abstract:	The Connecticut Western Reserve was the area of northeast Ohio that Connecticut had reserved for her citizens in 1786 in exchange for ceding all western land claims to the U.S. government. The area comprised all land south of Lake Erie to 41' latitude and within 120 miles of Pennsylvania's western border. The Connecticut Land Company (1795-1809) was authorized by Connecticut to purchase and resell most of the Western Reserve, and received title to all Reserve land except for the 500,000-acre Firelands on the extreme west which was reserved for Connecticut victims whose lands were burned by the British in the Revolution. Gen. Moses Cleaveland, a company director and its general agent, led the first company survey party to the Reserve in 1796 and founded the settlement of Cleveland at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River. The collection consists of records of the Connecticut Land Company, including articles of association, proceedings, reports, minutes, accounts, records of drafts, and other papers, 1795-1827; land surveys, field notes, and plats of early Western Reserve surveyors, 1796-1815; journals and diaries of early residents, 1765-1807; correspondence; newspaper clippings; statements in response to John Barr and others soliciting information on the early history of Cleveland and the Western Reserve; writings of Charles Whittlesey on topics such as the 1797 surveying party, local town histories, history of the Northwest Territory; biographical sketches of early settlers, including Lorenzo Carter, Simon Perkins, Abraham and Benjamin Tappan, and John Walworth; and miscellaneous papers relating to the early history of Cleveland and the Western Reserve, including John Heckewelder's description of northeast Ohio, 1796. Many of the documents in the collection are transcripts of items collected by John Barr and Charles Whittlesey 1840-1860. Also included in the register are two appendices. Appendix I is an alphabetical list by township of land surveys and plats contained in the collection. Appendix II is a conversion chart listing old and new citations to containers and folder numbers within the collection.
	Call #:	MS 0001
	Extent:	2.60 linear feet (7 containers)
	Subjects:	Carter, Lorenzo, 1767-1814. \| Clarke, James S. \| Perkins, Simon, 1771-1844. \| Tappan, Abraham, 1779-1855. \| Tappan, Benjamin, 1773-1857. \| Walworth, John, 1765-1812. \| Connecticut Land Company. \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio. \| Pioneers -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Surveyors -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Description and travel. \| United States -- Description and travel -- 1783-1848. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys. \| Northwest, Old -- History. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History.
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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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13	Title:	Zalmon Fitch Papers
	Creator:	Fitch, Zalmon
	Dates:	1781-1866
	Abstract:	Zalmon Fitch (1785-1860) was an early Ohio attorney and land agent, and a leader in the financial circles of Cleveland and Warren, Ohio. Born in Norwalk, Connecticut, Fitch established the second general store in the Western Reserve in Canfield, Ohio, in 1810. He moved to Warren in 1813 and served as the land agent for several of the original stockholders of the Connecticut Land Company. Fitch was cashier of the Western Reserve Bank when it was established in 1816 and served in that capacity for 23 years until he became president. Fitch was the trustee appointed by the receivers of the Bank of Cleveland to settle its affairs after its collapse in the Panic of 1837. Fitch also served on the board of directors of the Cleveland & Pittsburgh Railroad in 1859. The ollection consists of correspondence, contracts, surveys, financial calculations, tax records, receipts, promissory notes, sight drafts, insurance policies, powers of attorney, and miscellaneous legal papers, relating to Fitch's activities as a land agent; records of the Bank of Cleveland and the Western Reserve Bank; correspondence concerning the Banks of Geauga, Geneva, Orleans, and St. Clair, the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad, and the Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati Railroad; correspondence and transactions of Simon Perkins, Elihu Spencer, and William Williams; and copies of letters, a will, affidavits, and an essay pertaining to John Fitch, inventor of the steamboat.
	Call #:	MS 0581
	Extent:	7.00 linear feet (15 containers)
	Subjects:	Fitch, Zalmon, 1785-1860. \| Bank of Geauga (Geauga, Ohio) \| Bank of Geneva (Geneva, Ohio) \| Bank of Orleans (Orleans, Ohio) \| Bank of St. Clair (St. Clair, Ohio) \| Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad. \| Bank of Cleveland (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad. \| Western Reserve Bank of Warren, Ohio. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Railroad companies -- Ohio. \| Real property tax -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Installment land contracts -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys.
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14	Title:	Calvin Pease Papers
	Creator:	Pease, Calvin
	Dates:	1798-1841
	Abstract:	Calvin Pease (1776-1839) was a lawyer, legislator and judge, of Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio, in the Connecticut Western Reserve. Pease came to the Western Reserve from Connecticut in 1800. He was admitted to the bar and was appointed the first clerk of the court of quarter sessions, a position he held until 1803. He served as judge of the Third Circuit, Court of Common Pleas (1803-1810), and justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (1816-1830). Pease also served as a tax collector, primarily in Trumbull County, from 1801-1819. He served in the Ohio state legislature from Trumbull County, and also was the official agent for the U.S. postmaster-general in northeastern Ohio. He was a delegate to the canal convention meeting in Warren in 1833. Pease continued the private practice of law until his death at Warren in 1839. The collection consists of correspondence; personal papers including land records, tax records, bank notes and accounts; business papers including bills, receipts, agreements, and deeds; field notes and land records; and legal documents from the court.
	Call #:	MS 0827
	Extent:	1.40 linear feet (4 containers)
	Subjects:	Pease, Calvin, 1776-1839. \| Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal. \| Western Reserve Bank of Warren, Ohio. \| Judges -- Ohio -- Correspondence. \| Lawyers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. \| Deeds -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Real property tax -- Ohio -- Trumbull County. \| Postal service -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Court records -- Ohio. \| Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Warren. \| Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Trumbull County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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15	Title:	Western Reserve Manuscripts (Western Reserve Historical Society Manuscript Vertical File)
	Creator:	Various
	Dates:	1636-1991
	Abstract:	The Western Reserve Manuscripts is a collection of small manuscript accessions that have been donated to the Western Reserve Historical Society since its founding in 1867. These manuscripts often consist of one document but can include multiple items contained in one folder. This collection of material documents numerous subjects and themes in the history of Cleveland, Ohio, and the region of northeast Ohio known as the Western Reserve. The collection consists of advertisements, agreements, applications, articles, autobiographies, autograph books and autographs, biographical sketches, certificates, correspondence, deeds, diaries, drawings, envelopes, genealogies, histories, indentures, invoices, letters, lists, manuscripts, memoranda, newspaper clippings, notes, papers, photographs, poems, receipts, reports, scripts, speech transcripts, telegrams, and other material. Western Reserve Historical Society library staff began to describe these manuscripts in this finding aid in 2015. This is an ongoing project that will be updated for public access as the project progresses in real time.
	Call #:	MS 5362
	Extent:	27.80 linear feet (29 containers)
	Subjects:	Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys. \| Pioneers -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Surveyors -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History. \| Connecticut Land Company. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. \| Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources. \| Slavery -- United States -- History -- Sources. \| United States -- History -- 19th century. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- 19th century. \| Temperance -- Ohio -- Societies, etc. \| Antislavery movements -- Ohio.
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16	Title:	Perkins Family Papers
	Creator:	Perkins Family
	Dates:	1823-1937
	Abstract:	Joseph and Jacob Perkins were sons of Simon Perkins, general land agent in the Western Reserve. They came from Warren, Ohio, to Cleveland in the 1850s to engage in banking, railroad building, real estate and various businesses. Together they organized and operated the Cleveland & Mahoning Railroad. Joseph was president of the Bank of Commerce (1852-1872), a leading benefactor of Cleveland charities, the first president of Cleveland City Hospital, and a trustee for Western Reserve College (1846-1885). Jacob, also a businessman and president of the Cleveland & Mahoning Railroad, was a prominent Ohio politician as well, serving as a member of the Ohio Constitutional Convention in 1850. His son, Jacob Bishop Perkins, was a large real estate owner and builder in Cleveland. Joseph Perkins' papers include business correspondence, building construction contracts, land, tenement, and office leases, financial statements and business records, maps and surveys, cancelled land contracts and cancelled checks. Jacob Perkins' papers include voluminous correspondence, and accounts and receipts of business affairs. Jacob Bishop Perkins' papers include correspondence, legal papers, contracts, deeds, leases, maps, and surveys, all pertaining primarily to his affairs as a real estate owner and builder in Cleveland. Other family papers include school books, letter books, estate papers, genealogical information, a scrapbook on the early settlement of the Western Reserve, business papers of Joseph's son Douglas and a Civil War diary by another son Charles. Also included are photographs, diaries, trip journals, correspondence from Simon and Nancy Perkins, financial journals, ledgers and account books of Stephen E. Brooks, as well as material relating to the Cleveland, Warren & Pittsburgh Railroad, the Chicago, Danville & Vincennes Railroad, the Cleveland Female Seminary, the Cleveland Board of Park Commissioners, the Hill Clutch Company and the Walker Manufacturing Company.
	Call #:	MS 3107
	Extent:	22.00 linear feet (46 containers)
	Subjects:	Perkins family. \| Perkins, Joseph, 1819-1885 -- Archives. \| Perkins, Jacob, 1821-1859 -- Archives. \| Perkins, Jacob B. (Jacob Bishop), 1854-1936 -- Archives. \| Perkins, Douglas, 1855-1921 -- Archives. \| Perkins, Charles, -- Diaries. \| Perkins, Simon, 1771-1844. \| Fitch family. \| Cleveland Female Seminary. \| Chicago, Danville & Vincennes Railroad Company. \| Hill Clutch Company. \| Walker Manufacturing Company. \| Cleveland (Ohio). Board of Park Commissioners. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Real property tax -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Deeds -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Real estate investment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Installment land contracts -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Building leases -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Commercial buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Education, Secondary -- Connecticut -- Middletown -- History -- Sources. \| Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Warren. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Buildings, structures, etc. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys. \| Warren (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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