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| Manuscript Collection | Save | 801 | Title: | Justus Lafayette Cozad Autobiographical Account
| | | Creator: | Cozad, Justus Lafayette | | | Dates: | 1840-1931 | | | Abstract: | Justus Lafayette Cozad (1833-1910) was a native of Cleveland, Ohio, who worked as a surveyor in Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, a railroad engineer in Indianapolis, and as a partner in a land-title business in Cleveland. The collection consists of a handwritten autobiography by Cozad, two typescript copies of the autobiography, newspaper and journal articles about Cozad and his family, copies of correspondence, excerpts from Cozad's diaries, news clippings, and comments on his later years written by his daughter, Gertrude. | | | Call #: | MS 3142 | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Cozad, Justus Lafayette, 1833-1910. | Indians of North America -- Reservations. | Slavery -- United States. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History. | United States -- Description and travel -- 1848-1865.
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Manuscript Collection | Save | 804 | Title: | Samuel J. Ritchie Papers
| | | Creator: | Ritchie, Samuel J. | | | Dates: | 1870-1920 | | | Abstract: | Samuel J. Ritchie (1838-1908) was a railroad and mining promoter, and resident of Summit County, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, notes, legal proceedings, and other papers dealing primarily with the construction and operation of the Central Ontario Railroad Co. and the incorporation and affairs of the Canadian Copper Company and the Anglo-American Iron Company, three companies which Ritchie served as president. Includes papers relating to Ritchie's discovery of copper and nickel mines in Sudbury, Ontario and to his large coal properties in West Virginia., and family correspondence, private account books, and newspaper clippings. | | | Call #: | MS 3145 | | | Extent: | 21.60 linear feet (40 containers and 11 oversize volumes) | | | Subjects: | Ritchie, Samuel J., 1838-1908. | Ritchie family. | Copper mines and mining -- Ontario. | Nickel mines and mining -- Ontario. | Iron mines and mining -- Canada. | Iron mines and mining -- United States. | Coal mines and mining -- West Virginia. | Railroads -- Ontario.
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Manuscript Collection | Save | 805 | Title: | James Frederick Jackson Papers
| | | Creator: | Jackson, James Frederick | | | Dates: | 1904-1926 | | | Abstract: | James Frederick Jackson (1861-1927) was the superintendent of Cleveland Associated Charities in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of Jackson's speeches on various aspects of charity, social work, philanthropy, family life, and social welfare. | | | Call #: | MS 3146 | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Jackson, James Frederick, 1861-1927. | Charity. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Family. | Social service. | Speeches, addresses, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Save | 807 | Title: | Fayette Brown Family Papers
| | | Creator: | Brown, Fayette Family | | | Dates: | 1831-1891 | | | Abstract: | Fayette Brown (1823-1910) was a banker and industrialist who resided in Cleveland, Ohio with his wife, Cornelia, and children, Alexander, William, and Mary. The collection consists of personal correspondence of members of the Brown family, poetry, grade reports, a cash sheet detailing school expenses, a Union Army payroll sheet, and notices and memoranda from the Northern Ohio Sanitary Fair (1864). | | | Call #: | MS 3150 | | | Extent: | 1.40 linear feet (4 containers) | | | Subjects: | Brown family. | Brown, Fayette, 1823-1910. | Strikes and lockouts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Labor -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women -- United States -- Social life and customs. | Upper classes -- United States -- Social life and customs. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. | Yellowstone National Park.
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Manuscript Collection | Save | 809 | Title: | Henry B. Boynton Papers
| | | Creator: | Boynton, Henry B. | | | Dates: | 1854-1931 | | | Abstract: | Henry B. Boynton (b. 1829) was a farmer, of Orange, Ohio. The collection consists of letters to Boynton from his cousin, President James A. Garfield, clippings relating to Garfield's death, and journal (1854-1856) kept by Boynton and his brother, William A. Boynton, student at Hiram Eclectic Institute and bookseller. | | | Call #: | MS 3160 | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Boynton, Henry B., b. 1829. | Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881.
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Manuscript Collection | Save | 813 | Title: | Joel Blakeslee Papers
| | | Creator: | Blakeslee, Joel | | | Dates: | 1815-1895 | | | Abstract: | Joel Blakeslee (1787-1863) was a historian, of Colebrook and New Lyme, Ohio. He was connected with the Ashtabula Historical Society in the 1850s and collected information and spoke on topics of local importance. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, and other papers. Includes material relating to the history of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States Independence, slavery, and history of Madison, Lake County, Ohio, with references to Cyrus Cunningham, Abraham and Electra Tappan, Asa Turney, and other early settlers; and correspondence, account book (1820-1827), bail bonds, Jefferson Township tax records, case depositions, and other papers (1826-1860) of Samuel Hendry, clerk of the Ashtabula Court of Common Pleas. Correspondents include Quintus F. Atkins, Joseph Badger, Joshua R. Giddings, Rice Harper, P.R. Spencer, David Tod, and Benjamin F. Wade. | | | Call #: | MS 3173 | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | Subjects: | Blakeslee, Joel, 1787-1863. | Cunningham, Cyrus. | Tappan, Abraham, 1779-1855. | Tappan, Electra. | Turney, Asa. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Ashtabula County. | Slavery -- United States. | Madison (Lake County, Ohio) -- History. | Ashtabula County (Ohio) -- History.
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Manuscript Collection | Save | 815 | Title: | John Seward Papers
| | | Creator: | Seward, John | | | Dates: | 1803-1846 | | | Abstract: | John Seward (b. 1784) was a minister in Portage County, Ohio. The collection consists of a diary kept while Seward was a student and teacher in Granville, Ohio (1803-1806), copy of a sermon he delivered, and several letters addressed to him and his wife in Aurora, Ohio. | | | Call #: | MS 3176 | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Seward, John, b. 1784. | Teachers -- Ohio -- Granville. | Clergy -- Ohio.
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Manuscript Collection | Save | 816 | Title: | Rufus Percival Ranney Docket Book
| | | Creator: | Ranney, Rufus Percival | | | Dates: | 1836-1853 | | | Abstract: | Rufus Percival Ranney (1813-1891) was an attorney in Warren and Cleveland, Ohio, Ohio, Supreme court justice, and first president of the Ohio Bar Association. The collection consists of a docket book containing entries for cases contested in Portage, Trumbull, and Ashtabula counties, a synopsis of the law of real property taken principally from James Kent's Commentaries on American Law (1826-1830), and some financial records. | | | Call #: | MS 3180 | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Ranney, Rufus Percival, 1813-1891. | Court calendars -- Ohio -- Ashtabula County. | Court calendars -- Ohio -- Trumbull County. | Court records -- Ohio -- Portage County. | Court calendars -- Ohio -- Portage County. | Court records -- Ohio -- Ashtabula County. | Court records -- Ohio -- Trumbull County.
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Manuscript Collection | Save | 818 | Title: | Abigail Reid Family Correspondence
| | | Creator: | Reid, Abigail Family | | | Dates: | 1823-1899 | | | Abstract: | Abigail Reid (1804-1861) resided in Lorain County, Ohio. The collection consists of general and personal correspondence, primarily from Jerusha Whipple of Nelson, New York, to her sister, Abigail Reid, and to Dolly Murdock and Saba Jones. Includes 11 letters addressed to Conrad Reid and others (1834-1899), and a school certificate of Mary Abigail Reid (1884). | | | Call #: | MS 3182 | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Reid family. | Reid, Abigail Murdock, 1804-1861.
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Manuscript Collection | Save | 819 | Title: | Henry Hallock Hosford Genealogical Papers
| | | Creator: | Hosford, Henry Hallock | | | Dates: | 1930-1961 | | | Abstract: | Henry Hallock Hosford (1859-1965) was a descendant of the Hosford family which was prominent in the development of Oberlin College and Lorain County, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, notes, charts, and memoranda books, concerning the genealogy of the Hosford family and of other related families, including Field, Knowlton, Marshall, Nutting, Plant, Rogers, and Woods. | | | Call #: | MS 3184 | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Hosford, Henry Hallock, 1859-1965. | Hosford family. | Field family. | Knowlton family. | Marshall family. | Nutting family. | Plant family. | Rogers family. | Wood family.
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