| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | Thomas Wilson Papers
| | | | Creator: | Wilson, Thomas | | | | Dates: | 1866-1889 | | | | Abstract: | Thomas Wilson emigrated to the United States from Scotland in 1854. He began his career in shipping as a ship boy at the age of sixteen, and by the age of twenty was a captain. He left New York City in 1867 for the Great Lakes, where he invested in the shipping industry and eventually owned and operated the Wilson Marine Transit Company, based in Cleveland, Ohio. The company specialized in bulk cargo shipping on the Great Lakes. By the time of Wilson's death in 1900, the company's fleet included 17 steamers, two sailing ships, and a barge. The collection consists of correspondence, publications, and legal documents relating to Wilson's career in the shipping industry. Included are articles of co-partnership of the Cleveland Block Company, articles of agreement between Thomas Wilson and his wife Mary (from whom he borrowed money to build his first ship), and a pamphlet published by the Wilson Marine Transit Company. | | | | Call #: | MS 4612 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Wilson, Thomas, 1848-1900. | Wilson Marine Transit Company. | Cleveland Block Company. | Inland water transportation -- Great Lakes. | Shipping -- Great Lakes. | Shipbuilding -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2 | Title: | Maria D. Coffinberry Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Coffinberry, Maria D. Family | | | | Dates: | 1767-1930 | | | | Abstract: | The collection includes records of the Coffinberry and Morgan families and allied families of Hampson, Duane, DuBarry, and Chevalier. Members of these families were at the forefront of events in American, Ohio and Cleveland history, from before the Revolutionary War until the Reconstruction period and beyond. The collection consists of correspondence, journals, other manuscript materials, plats, maps, pamphlets, political broadsides, speeches, newspaper clippings, biographical and genealogical items, engravings, campaign ribbons, and other family memorabilia. | | | | Call #: | MS 2805 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Coffinberry family. | Morgan family. | Hampson family. | Duane family. | DuBarry family. | Chevalier family. | Shipbuilding -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Western Reserve (Ohio) | Cumberland Gap, Battle of, 1862. | Vicksburg (Miss.) -- History -- Siege, 1863. | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources. | United States -- History -- War with Mexico, 1845-1848 -- Personal narratives. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. | United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century. | United States -- Description and travel -- 1783-1848. | Texas -- History -- Revolution, 1835-1836 -- Personal narratives. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. | Zanesville (Ohio) -- Biography.
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