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1	Title:	James A. Briggs Papers
	Creator:	Briggs, James A.
	Dates:	1842-1849
	Abstract:	James A. Briggs (1811-1889) was a Cleveland, Ohio, lawyer and banker. The collection consists of letters received by Briggs, primarily from Joshua R. Giddings, concerning personal and political matters.
	Call #:	MS 2861
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Briggs, James A., 1811-1889. \| Antislavery movements -- United States. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861.
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2	Title:	Western Anti-Slavery Society Minute Book
	Creator:	Western Anti-Slavery Society
	Dates:	1857-1864
	Abstract:	The Western Anti-Slavery Society was an abolitionist society formed prior to 1856 by residents of Salem and Alliance, Ohio. The collection consists of the minute book of the executive committee of the Western Anti-Slavery Society, including its bylaws and annual reports, which were printed in the Anti-slavery Bugle (Salem, Ohio).
	Call #:	MS 0554
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Western Anti-slavery Society. \| Abolitionists -- Ohio -- Societies, etc. \| Antislavery movements -- Ohio. \| Antislavery movements -- United States.
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3	Title:	Elizur Wright Letters
	Creator:	Wright, Elizur
	Dates:	1822-1843
	Abstract:	Elizur Wright, Jr. (1804-1885) was an abolitionist, and professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Western Reserve College (Hudson, Ohio). Wright took part in the anti-slavery movement before the Civil War. His father came from Canaan, Connecticut, to Tallmadge, Ohio, in 1810, where he founded the Tallmadge Academy. The collection consists of letters to Wright, chiefly from his father, Elizur Wright, of Tallmadge, Ohio, together with some from his mother, Rhoda (Hanmer), and from his brother and sister, James and Clarissa, relating to life in Tallmadge, Western Reserve College, and the anti-slavery movement.
	Call #:	MS 1994
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Wright, Elizur, 1804-1885. \| Wright family. \| Western Reserve College (Hudson, Ohio) \| Antislavery movements -- United States.
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4	Title:	Mary Lukens Gilbert Papers
	Creator:	Gilbert, mary Lukens
	Dates:	1824-1843
	Abstract:	Mary Lukens Gilbert was an abolitionist and teacher in a Negro school who resided in Wilmington, and later, Smithfield, Ohio. Her brother, Barclay Gilbert, lived in La Porte, Indiana. The collection consists of correspondence, primarily from her brother Barclay Gilbert, and proceedings of a meeting of anti-slavery advocates held in Boston, January 9, 1843, which concerned The Liberator.
	Call #:	MS 3101
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Gilbert, Mary Lukens. \| Barclay family. \| Abolitionists -- Ohio. \| Abolitionists -- Massachusetts -- Boston. \| Antislavery movements -- United States.
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5	Title:	Charles Edward Bostwick Papers
	Creator:	Bostwick, Charles Edward
	Dates:	1844-1877
	Abstract:	Charles Edward Bostwick (1815-1877) was an Ohio farmer, mason, builder, and proprietor of a manufacturing and tin shop, who supported the antislavery campaign and colonization movement. The collection consists of a journal, photographer's formula book, and two incomplete, undated versions of a speech given before the local auxiliary of the American Colonization Society.
	Call #:	MS 3921
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Bostwick, Charles Edward, 1815-1877. \| Antislavery movements -- United States. \| African Americans -- Colonization. \| Photography -- Formulae, tables, etc.
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6	Title:	Canton Ladies Anti-Slavery Society Records
	Creator:	Canton Ladies Anti-Slavery Society
	Dates:	1836
	Abstract:	The Canton Ladies Anti-Slavery Society was an abolitionist society founded in 1836 by the women of Canton, Ohio. The collection consists of a preamble, constitution, and minutes of three meetings.
	Call #:	MS 0026
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 volume)
	Subjects:	Canton Ladies Anti-Slavery Society (Canton, Ohio) \| Antislavery movements -- United States. \| Abolitionists -- Ohio -- Societies, etc. \| Abolitionists -- Ohio -- Canton. \| Women -- Ohio -- Canton -- Societies and clubs. \| Antislavery movements -- Ohio. \| Canton (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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7	Title:	Marius Racine Robinson Papers
	Creator:	Robinson, Marius Racine
	Dates:	1830-1897
	Abstract:	Marius Racine Robinson (1806-1878) was a Presbyterian clergyman and editor of the Anti-Slavery Bugle (Salem, Ohio). The collection consists of correspondence (1836-1839) of Robinson with his wife, Emily; lectures and speeches (1830-1865), notes, journal, newspaper clippings, and biographical material on Robinson. Relates to the American Anti-Slavery Society in Ohio for which Robinson was lecturer, the American Colonization Society, the Anti-Slavery Society of Lane Seminary, Cincinnati, Ohio, abolitionism, emancipation, slavery, and theological subjects.
	Call #:	MS 1660
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Robinson, Marius Racine, 1806-1878. \| American Anti-Slavery Society. \| American Colonization Society. \| Anti-Slavery Society (Cincinnati, Ohio). \| Lane Seminary (Cincinnati, Ohio). \| Antislavery movements -- United States. \| Abolitionists -- Ohio.
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8	Title:	William Pitt Fessenden Papers
	Creator:	Fessenden, William Pitt
	Dates:	1837-1880
	Abstract:	William Pitt Fessenden (1806-1869) was a Republican legislator from Maine who became a United States Representative, Senator, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Secretary of the Treasury. He was a strong opponent of slavery. The collection consists of letters from supporters and constituents spanning Fessenden's career in the Main House of Representatives; the United States Senate; and as Secretary of the Treasury.
	Call #:	MS 2145
	Extent:	0.80 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Fessenden, William Pitt, 1806-1869. \| Antislavery movements -- United States. \| Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States. \| Whig Party -- United States. \| Republican Party -- United States. \| Maine -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
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9	Title:	James Barnaby Papers
	Creator:	Barnaby, James
	Dates:	1842-1865
	Abstract:	James Barnaby was an Army officer and post commissioner at Charleston, West Virginia. The collection consists of correspondence, vouchers, invoices, and other military papers; and legal papers and other material relating to Salem, Ohio, including records of the Western Anti-Slavery Society and partnership agreement between Jacob Heaton and James C. Marshall to sell goods.
	Call #:	MS 1007
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Barnaby, James. \| United States. Army -- Commissariat. \| United States. Army -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources. \| Western Anti-slavery Society. \| Antislavery movements -- Ohio. \| Antislavery movements -- United States. \| Abolitionists -- Ohio -- Societies, etc. \| Salem (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Equipment and supplies. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
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10	Title:	Caleb Emerson Family Papers
	Creator:	Emerson, Caleb Family
	Dates:	1795-1905
	Abstract:	Caleb Emerson was a Marietta, Ohio lawyer, journalist and abolitionist, and co-founder of the Marietta Branch of the Washington Benevolent Society. He married Mary Dana, the daughter of an early settler of Washington County. Their son, George Dana, was a captain in the 1st Michigan Engineers during the Civil War. Their son-in-law, William D. Bailey was Treasurer of Warren Township, Ohio. The collection consists of personal and business correspondence; legal papers, financial papers (receipts and accounts); historical, political, and biographical sketches; public letters and addresses; notes and articles on slavery, abolition, religion, and temperance; minutes and journals of the Washington Benevolent Society; civic records of Warren Township; and original poetry.
	Call #:	MS 0830
	Extent:	1.75 linear feet (4 containers and 3 oversize volumes)
	Subjects:	Emerson family. \| Emerson, Caleb, 1779-1853. \| United States. Army. Michigan Engineers Regiment, 1st (1862-1865) \| Washington Benevolent Society. \| Soldiers -- Michigan. \| Pioneers -- Ohio -- Washington County. \| Antislavery movements -- United States. \| Abolitionists -- Ohio -- Marietta. \| Temperance. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Washington County. \| Northwest, Old -- History -- 1775-1865. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. \| Marietta (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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11	Title:	Ford and White Family Papers Collected by Ella Almira White Ford
	Creator:	Ford and White Family
	Dates:	1809-1975
	Abstract:	The families of Thomas White and Andrew Ford resided in Massachusetts in the mid-1600s. Their descendants migrated to Cleveland, Ohio, where Ella White (1883-1952) married Horatio Ford (1881-1952) in 1908. The collection consists primarily of genealogical data on the Horatio Ford family and the Thomas White family. Includes diaries, newspaper clippings, correspondence, certificates, receipts, forms, and miscellaneous writings by Horatio C. Ford. The diaries (1845-1848) contain references to temperance, abolitionists, the Mexican-American War, and the Liberty Party.
	Call #:	MS 3666
	Extent:	4.61 linear feet (7 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Ford family. \| White family. \| Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895. \| Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879. \| Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870. \| East Cleveland Anti-Slavery Society. \| Liberty Party. \| African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. \| Abolitionists -- United States. \| Antislavery movements -- United States. \| Temperance.
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12	Title:	Harmon Family Papers
	Creator:	Harmon Family
	Dates:	1766-1885
	Abstract:	The Harmon family moved to Mantua, Portage County, Ohio from Suffield Connecticut, in 1799. Elias Harmon held several public offices and was land agent for many Connecticut residents. His son, Orrin, was active in the land business and was surveyor for Portage County and the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal. Julian Harmon was the son of Orrin. The collection contains the papers of Elias, Orrin, Julian and Martin Harmon. Includes correspondence, diaries, financial accounts and receipts, land deeds and memoranda of sales, legal documents, estate papers, powers of attorney, tax records, notebooks, surveys, and other papers, documenting their note collection and land agency business. Also, includes material on the Protection Life Insurance Co. of Hartford, the Franklin and Warren Railroad, the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal, the Independent Knights of Temperance, and the fur trade and anti-slavery movement, with references to state and national politics, banking policies, and anti-masonic movements.
	Call #:	MS 0104
	Extent:	5.40 linear feet (14 containers)
	Subjects:	Harmon family. \| Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal. \| Independent Knights of Temperance. \| Temperance -- Ohio -- Societies, etc. \| Peddlers and peddling -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Deeds -- Ohio -- Portage County. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Portage County. \| Fur trade -- United States. \| Executors and administrators -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Antislavery movements -- United States. \| Mantua (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Portage County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Portage County (Ohio) -- Surveys. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys.
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13	Title:	Elisha Whittlesey Papers
	Creator:	Whittlesey, Elisha
	Dates:	1769-1869
	Abstract:	Elisha Whittlesey (1783-1863) was a lawyer, United States Representative from Ohio (1822-1838), and public official. The collection consists of correspondence, legal papers, receipts, account ledgers, memoranda, drafts of legislation, and land deeds. The Elisha Whittlesey Papers deal with his career as a member of the United States Congress for sixteen years, comptroller of the United States Treasury for eight years, and Auditor of the Post Office Department for two years. His voluminous correspondence involves a large number of men prominent in national, late, and local affairs, particularly the Whig Party, American Colonization Society, the American Bible Society, and the development of the canals, rivers, harbors, railroads, and banks of northern Ohio and the Western Reserve. His mass of legal papers deals with the practice of his law office in Canfield, Ohio, his large holdings of land in the Western Reserve, Firelands, and the Maumee Valley. His wife and family occupy another prominent place in his correspondence, and he also had an interest in agricultural problems and served in the War of 1812.
	Call #:	MS 1200
	Extent:	33.20 linear feet (83 containers)
	Subjects:	Whittlesey, Elisha, 1783-1863. \| American Bible Society. \| American Colonization Society. \| African Americans -- Colonization. \| Banks and banking -- Ohio. \| Canals -- Ohio. \| Harbors -- Ohio. \| Indians of North America -- Government relations. \| Postal service -- United States. \| Railroads -- United States. \| Antislavery movements -- United States. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. \| United States -- History -- 1783-1865 -- Sources. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865.
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14	Title:	Jeremiah B. and Elizabeth Taggart Mansfield Papers
	Creator:	Mansfield, Jeremiah B. and Elizabeth Taggart
	Dates:	1810-1898
	Abstract:	Jeremiah Browning Mansfield, the son of Samuel and Elizabeth Mansfield, was born in 1841 in Ohio, and raised on his father's farm in Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio. He and his older brother Oliver served in the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War. Jeremiah Mansfield participated in the Battles of Chickamauga and the Battle of Perrysville, and then served at Camp Sheridan in Nashville, Tennessee until the end of the war. He and Elizabeth Taggart Mansfield were married in Harrison County, Ohio in 1869. She was born in 1845 in Harrison County, Ohio, and received a teaching certificate in 1863. Her brother, Milton, attended Oberlin College and Michigan Law School. By 1880, Jeremiah and Elizabeth Mansfield had settled in Wells Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, where they farmed and raised five children. The collection consists of correspondence, essays, and miscellany relating to the Mansfield and Taggart families; Jefferson and Harrison counties, Ohio; the Civil War; and Oberlin College and Michigan Law School. The papers include letters written over a twenty-year period to James Carrick, an early settler of Harrison County, Ohio and ancestor of the Mansfield/Taggart family.
	Call #:	MS 4592
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Mansfield, Jeremiah Browning. \| Mansfield, Elizabeth Taggart. \| Mansfield family. \| Taggart family. \| Carrick, James. \| United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 52nd (1862-1865). \| Oberlin College. \| University of Michigan. Law School. \| Antislavery movements -- United States. \| Farmers -- Ohio -- Jefferson County. \| Women -- Ohio -- Harrison County. \| Women -- Ohio -- Jefferson County. \| College students -- Ohio -- Correspondence. \| Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. \| Jefferson County (Ohio) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. \| Harrison County (Ohio) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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