Subject | • | Installment land contracts -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. |
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| | • | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys. | [X] | | • | Bank of Cleveland (Cleveland, Ohio). |
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| | • | Bank of St. Clair (St. Clair, Ohio) |
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| | • | Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Warren. |
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| | • | Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. |
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| | • | Building leases -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Chicago, Danville & Vincennes Railroad Company. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Buildings, structures, etc. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio). Board of Park Commissioners. |
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| | • | Cleveland Female Seminary. |
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| | • | Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad. |
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| | • | Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad. |
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| | • | Commercial buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Deeds -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. |
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| | • | Education, Secondary -- Connecticut -- Middletown -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Fitch family. |
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| | • | Fitch, Zalmon, 1785-1860. |
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| | • | Hill Clutch Company. |
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| | • | Perkins family. |
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| | • | Perkins, Charles, -- Diaries. |
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| | • | Perkins, Douglas, 1855-1921 -- Archives. |
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| | • | Perkins, Jacob B. (Jacob Bishop), 1854-1936 -- Archives. |
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| | • | Perkins, Jacob, 1821-1859 -- Archives. |
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| | • | Perkins, Joseph, 1819-1885 -- Archives. |
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| | • | Perkins, Simon, 1771-1844. |
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| | • | Railroad companies -- Ohio. |
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| | • | Real estate investment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Real property -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. |
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| | • | Walker Manufacturing Company. |
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| | • | Warren (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Western Reserve Bank of Warren, Ohio. |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | 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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