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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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802	Title:	Eveline Bosworth Cook Recollections
	Creator:	Cook, Eveline Bosworth
	Dates:	1905-1906
	Abstract:	Eveline Bosworth Cook was a descendant of Jonathan Hale, an early settler of Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio. The collection consists of recollections relating to the Hale and Hammond families, early pioneers of Bath, Ohio, and especially to their religious habits and the Old Center Church.
	Call #:	MS 3143
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Cook, Eveline Bosworth. \| Hale family. \| Hammond family. \| Bath (Ohio) -- History. \| Bath (Ohio) -- Religious life and customs.
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803	Title:	Ihna Thayer Frary Papers
	Creator:	Frary, Ihna Thayer
	Dates:	1895-1963
	Abstract:	I. T. Frary (1873-1965) was the membership and publicity secretary of the Cleveland Museum of Art (1921-1946) and author of books concerning historic homes and properties. The collection consists of correspondence and papers relating to the Federal Art Project and the Historic American Buildings Survey, scrapbooks concerning Thomas Jefferson and the Cleveland Museum of Art, newspaper clippings, and several book manuscripts.
	Call #:	MS 3144
	Extent:	2.00 linear feet (6 containers)
	Subjects:	Frary, I. T. (Ihna Thayer), b. 1873. \| Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. \| Historical American Buildings Survey. \| Federal Art Project. \| Architecture -- United States. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Description and travel.
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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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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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806	Title:	Philomathian Society Records
	Creator:	Philomathian Society
	Dates:	1849-1852
	Abstract:	The Philomathian Society was a debating society in Orange, Ohio, of which James A. Garfield was an officer. The collection consists of a constitution, by-laws, and minutes of meetings.
	Call #:	MS 3147
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Philomathian Society (Orange, Ohio) \| Debates and debating -- Ohio -- Orange -- Societies, etc. \| Forums (Discussion and debate) \| Oratory -- Ohio -- Orange -- Societies, etc.
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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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808	Title:	Ferdinand V. Hayden Papers
	Creator:	Hayden, Ferdinand V.
	Dates:	1846-1865
	Abstract:	Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden (1829-1887) was a geologist who began his career as a teacher in Oberlin, Ohio. The collection consists of letters received by Hayden while he was teaching in Oberlin, Ohio, and deposit slips with various private banks.
	Call #:	MS 3154
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Hayden, F. V. (Ferdinand Vandeveer), 1829-1887. \| Geologists -- Ohio -- Oberlin. \| Teachers -- Ohio -- Oberlin.
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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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810	Title:	Royalton Township, Ohio, Justice of the Peace Records
	Creator:	Royalton Township, Ohio, Justice of the Peace
	Dates:	1858-1899
	Abstract:	The collection consists of a docket book containing entries of several justices of the peace of Royalton Township, Ohio, and including copies of warrants, subpoenas, and judgements rendered in civil cases.
	Call #:	MS 3167
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Court calendars -- Ohio -- Royalton. \| Court records -- Ohio -- Royalton. \| Royalton (Township : Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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811	Title:	Brecksville Congregational Church Records
	Creator:	Brecksville Congregational Church
	Dates:	1816-1947
	Abstract:	The Brecksville Congregational Church was founded in 1816, in Brecksville, Ohio, as the Church of Christ. It was also known as the First Congregational Society of Brecksville, before it became the Brecksville Congregational Church. The collection consists of a confession of faith, covenant, minutes of church committee and trustee meetings, and registers of members of the church and of its predecessors, the Church of Christ and the First Congregational Society of Brecksville. The membership records contained in this collection have been indexed. Click here to search the WRHS genealogy index.
	Call #:	MS 3168
	Extent:	0.60 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Brecksville. \| Churches -- Ohio -- Brecksville. \| Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Brecksville. \| Baptismal certificates. \| Confirmation records -- Ohio -- Brecksville. \| Marriage records -- Ohio -- Brecksville. \| Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Brecksville.
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812	Title:	John Evelyn Denison Ossington Diaries
	Creator:	Ossington, John Evelyn Denison
	Dates:	1824-1825
	Abstract:	John Evelyn Denison Ossington was the speaker of England's House of Commons (1857-1872). He was created Viscount Ossington upon his retirement. The collection consists of typescript copies of diaries and of several letters (addressed to his mother) written while Denison was on a tour of Canada and the United States.
	Call #:	MS 3172
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Ossington, John Evelyn Denison, Viscount, 1800-1872. \| United States -- Description and travel -- 1783-1848. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1817-1825. \| United States -- Social life and customs -- 1783-1865. \| Canada -- Description and travel -- 1763-1867.
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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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814	Title:	Margaret Van Horn Dwight Bell Journal
	Creator:	Bell, Margaret Van Horn Dwight
	Dates:	1810
	Abstract:	The collection consists of a manuscript journal of a trip by wagon from New Haven, Connecticut, to Warren, Ohio, by Margaret Van Horn Dwight Bell (1790-1834).
	Call #:	MS 3174
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Bell, Margaret Van Horn Dwight, 1790-1834. \| Women pioneers -- United States -- Correspondence. \| Ohio -- Descripton and travel. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Description and travel. \| United States -- Description and travel -- 1783-1848.
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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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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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817	Title:	William L. Foote Papers
	Creator:	Foote, William L.
	Dates:	1819-1856
	Abstract:	William L. Foote was a resident of Ohio City, Ohio, which was annexed to Cleveland in 1854. The collection consists of personal and general correspondence, land contracts, and deeds. Most of Foote's correspondents were members of his family still living in Connecticut.
	Call #:	MS 3181
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Foote, William L. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Ohio City (Cuyahoga County) \| Deeds -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. \| Ohio City (Cleveland, Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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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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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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820	Title:	George Hurlbut Diary
	Creator:	Hurlbut, George
	Dates:	1862
	Abstract:	George Hurlbut (b. 1838 or 1839) was a 2nd Lieutenant in the 14th Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, during the American Civil War. The collection consists of a diary kept during Hurlbut's first year with the Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, during which he saw action in several engagements in Mississippi.
	Call #:	MS 3185
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Hurlbut, George, b. 1838 or 9. \| United States. Army. Ohio Light Artillery. Independent Battery, 14th (1861-1865) \| Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. \| Mississippi -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
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