| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Nichols and Merrill Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Nichols and Merrill Family | | | | Dates: | 1839-1872 | | | | Abstract: | John Nichols was superintendent of Western Reserve Teachers' Seminary, Kirtland, Ohio from 1847-1853. Charles C. Merrill resided in Kirtland and Chardon, Ohio and was an associate of Nichols' during the latter's superintendency. The collection consists of correspondence and other papers of the families of John Nichols and his associate, Charles C. Merrill. Includes letters (1840-1848) to Nathan Daggett, postmaster at Kirtland, and other papers relating to postal service there, including a petition addressed to United States Postmaster Francis Granger requesting the removal of Kirtland's incumbent postmaster, undated. | | | | Call #: | MS 1859 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Merrill family. | Nichols family. | Postal service -- Ohio -- Kirtland. | Lake County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Dr. John M. Henderson Papers
| | | | Creator: | Henderson, John M. | | | | Dates: | 1810-1892 | | | | Abstract: | Dr. John M. Henderson was an early pioneer of the Connecticut Western Reserve in Ohio, arriving sometime before 1813 in Chagrin Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. He established a successful medical practice and in 1834 co-founded the medical school of the Willoughby University, Willoughby, Ohio. He was a trustee, treasurer, and secretary of the Willoughby Medical College, and was awarded an honorary degree in 1837. He also served as a postmaster and justice of the peace of Chagrin Township, Cuyahoga County (later Willoughby, Lake County), Ohio. The collection consists of an account book, correspondence, election tickets, resolutions, bylaws, minutes, essays, petitions, and legal documents including agreements, receipts, bills, depositions, inventories, oaths, testimonies, summons, subpoenas, notes, bonds, judgements, writs, settlements, and executions. | | | | Call #: | MS 0533 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Henderson, John M. | Willoughby Medical College. | Medical colleges -- Ohio -- Willoughby. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Physicians -- Ohio -- Willoughby. | Court records -- Ohio -- Willoughby. | Willoughby (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Willoughby (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | Lake County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Lake County (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Hendrick E. Paine Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Paine, Hendrick E. Family | | | | Dates: | 1787-1941 | | | | Abstract: | Hendrick E. Paine was the grand-nephew of Edward Paine, who founded Painesville, Ohio, in 1800. He became an Ohio Militia colonel, justice of the peace, deputy sheriff of Geauga County, and an early settler of Le Roy Township in Lake County. His son, Henry, held a number of township and county offices, including justice of the peace and Lake County Commissioner. The collection consists of correspondence, receipts, account and docket books, financial papers, deeds, land agreements, and other legal papers, estate papers, newspaper clippings, and other family and personal papers, of Hendrick, Charles, Eleazar, and Henry Paine. Includes letters, documents, memoranda, and other genealogical material of Mary D. Kewish, relating to the Barnes, Clague, Ellsworth, Hobart, Loomis, Mills, Paine, Phelps, and Tuttle families; and school district record books and registers for Le Roy Township. | | | | Call #: | MS 3492 | | | | Extent: | 3.30 linear feet (7 containers and 10 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Barnes family. | Clague family. | Ellsworth family. | Hobart family. | Loomis family. | Mills family. | Payne family. | Phelps family. | Tuttle family. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Lake County. | Painesville (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Le Roy Township (0hio) -- History -- Sources. | Lake County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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