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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 862 | Title: | Turhand Kirtland Papers
| | | | Creator: | Kirtland, Turhand | | | | Dates: | 1794-1880 | | | | Abstract: | Turhand Kirtland was an agent of the Connecticut Land Company who led a survey party into the Western Reserve in 1798 and founded Poland, Ohio. He moved his family there in 1803. He also constructed the road from Youngstown to Grand River and surveyed Burton, Poland and Youngstown. He supported roads, schools and libraries in the area and became a judge and state senator. The collection consists of correspondence, letter copybooks, legal contracts, wills, powers of attorney, an account book, account notebooks, receipts, tax receipts, land surveys, field notes, probate records and election materials. | | | | Call #: | MS 3237 | | | | Extent: | 3.10 linear feet (8 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Kirtland, Turhand, 1755-1844. | Kirtland family. | Cleaveland, Moses, 1754-1806. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Western Reserve (Ohio) | Real property -- Western Reserve (Ohio) | Real property -- Ohio. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Poland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 863 | Title: | Edward Tiffin Papers
| | | | Creator: | Tiffin, Edward | | | | Dates: | 1785-1853 | | | | Abstract: | Edward Tiffin (1766-1829) was a United States senator and first governor of Ohio. He was an early settler of Chillicothe, Ohio and also served as U.S. Commissioner of Public Lands (1812-1814) and Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory (1814-1829). He was also a lay preacher and a doctor. The collection consists of correspondence, commercial and legal documents, sermons, maps, surveys, and booklets of financial and medical prescription data. | | | | Call #: | MS 3238 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Tiffin, Edward, 1766-1829. | Methodist Church -- United States -- Sermons. | Sermons, American. | Northwest, Old -- Surveys. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Ohio -- Governors. | Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 865 | Title: | Charity School for Boys, Wolverhampton, England, Record Book
| | | | Creator: | Charity School for Boys, Wolverhampton, England | | | | Dates: | 1716-1798 | | | | Abstract: | Button Gwinett was a signer of the Declaration of Independence who was affiliated with the Charity School for Boys in Wolverhampton, England. The collection consists of a photocopy of a minute book which contains three signatures of Button Gwinett. | | | | Call #: | MS 3241 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 oversize volume) | | | | Subjects: | Gwinett, Button, 1732-1777 -- Autographs. | Charity School for Boys (Wolverhampton, Eng.)
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 868 | Title: | United States Army 2nd Infantry Regiment Roster
| | | | Creator: | United States Army 2nd Infantry Regiment | | | | Dates: | 1791 | | | | Abstract: | The collection consists of a negative photostat copy of a roster of troops engaged in the Battle of Maumee of the Lakes, November 4, 1791. Fought by a Battalion of the 2nd United States Infantry, and levies form Maine, Kentucky, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and New Jersey, under Major General Arthur St. Clair. A photostatic copy of pp. 17-18 and 21-31, Record Group 94, National Archives and Records Administration; pp. 19-20 are lacking. | | | | Call #: | MS 3244 | | | | Extent: | 0.01 linear feet (1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | St. Clair, Arthur, 1734-1818. | United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 2nd. | Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1790-1794. | Northwest, Old -- History -- 1775-1865. | United States -- History -- 1783-1815. | Maumee River Valley (Ind. and Ohio)
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 870 | Title: | Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Cleveland, Ohio Records
| | | | Creator: | Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Cleveland, Ohio | | | | Dates: | 1874-1951 | | | | Abstract: | The Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Cleveland, Ohio, was a temperance organization founded in 1874 and incorporated in 1880 as the Woman's Christian Temperance League. It was an auxiliary of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Ohio. In 1886 it changed its name to the Non-Partisan Woman's Christian Temperance Union. In 1933 it became the Woman's Philanthropic Union. It was also involved in many civic and charitable activities. The collection consists of a constitution, articles of incorporation, minutes of board and committee meetings, letters, and financial records. | | | | Call #: | MS 3247 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Woman's Christian Temperance Union (Cleveland, Ohio) | Friendly Inn (Cleveland, Ohio) | Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Temperance -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 873 | Title: | Barney J. Young Account Book
| | | | Creator: | Young, Barney J. | | | | Dates: | 1886-1923 | | | | Abstract: | Barney J. Young was a dealer in manufactured tobacco in Millersburg, Ohio. The collection consists of a bound volume of financial accounts. | | | | Call #: | MS 3250 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Young, Barney J. | Millersburg (Ohio) -- History.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 874 | Title: | Louis A. Moses Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Moses, Louis A. Family | | | | Dates: | 1857-1957 | | | | Abstract: | Louis Augustus Moses (1876-1952) was a Cleveland, Ohio, realtor who married Olive Crane (d. 1957). Howard R. Dille collected materials on his family genealogy. The collection consists of correspondence, notes, and newspaper clippings relating to the genealogies of the Moses, Crane and Dille families, and memorial resolutions and letters of condolence upon the death of Louis A. Moses. | | | | Call #: | MS 3251 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Moses family. | Crane family. | Dille family. | Moses, Louis Augustus, 1876-1952.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 876 | Title: | James Mason Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Mason, James Family | | | | Dates: | 1832-1941 | | | | Abstract: | The Mason family resided in Cleveland, Ohio, and had ties to the Garfield, Robinson and Strong families. The collection consists of land contracts and other legal papers of Mr. & Mrs. James Mason (1817-1885), poems and other writings of Mary L. Mason (d. 1899), and family correspondence of the Mason, Garfield, Robinson and Strong families. | | | | Call #: | MS 3254 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Mason family. | Garfield family. | Robinson family. | Strong family.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 879 | Title: | Hezekiah Eldredge Papers
| | | | Creator: | Eldredge, Hezekiah | | | | Dates: | 1821-1876 | | | | Abstract: | Hezekiah Eldredge (1795-1845) was an architect, carpenter and builder. He worked in Rochester, New York until 1834 when he moved to Cleveland, Ohio. Alonzo Eldredge was his son. Hezekiah Eldredge was a builder of churches, residences, banks, warehouses, and stores, and was active in the Rochester, New York area from 1825-1834 and in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1834-1845. The collection consists of agreements, receipts, labor and building materials statements, pass and time books, correspondence, ledgers, account books, a ciphering book and plans of Hezekiah and Alonzo Eldredge, and a biography of Hezekiah Eldredge by Sarah E. Rusk. | | | | Call #: | MS 3259 | | | | Extent: | 2.00 linear feet (4 containers and 4 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Eldredge, Hezekiah, 1795-1845. | Architecture -- New York. | Architects -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Architects -- New York -- Rochester. | Carpenters -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Carpenters -- New York -- Rochester. | Architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 880 | Title: | Samuel Mather Record Book
| | | | Creator: | Mather, Samuel | | | | Dates: | 1825-1840 | | | | Abstract: | Samuel Mather, Jr. (b. 1745) was a descendant of Cotton and Increase Mather. He owned land in York and Lafayette townships, Medina County, and in Sheffield, Ashtabula County. His heirs included his sons, Thomas, Samuel and James Mather, and his daughters, Anna Lord, Mehitable and Margaret Sill, Fanny Chapman and Lydia Hubbard. The collection consists of a bound volume detailing the distribution of Mather's estate, entitled "Division of lands in the Western Reserve state of Ohio belonging to Samuel Mather Junior Esq. deceased among his heirs." | | | | Call #: | MS 3262 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Mather, Samuel, b. 1745. | Mather family. | Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Real property -- Ohio -- Medina County. | Real property -- Ohio -- Ashtabula County. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History.
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