| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | Isaac Newton Pillsbury Papers
| | | | Creator: | Pillsbury, Isaac Newton | | | | Dates: | 1840-1887 | | | | Abstract: | Isaac Newton Pillsbury was a civil engineer of Cleveland, Ohio. He served as engineer and superintendent of the 2nd Subdivision of the Cleveland, Painesville & Ashtabula Railroad Company in the 1850s. The collection consists of correspondence, notes on mathematics and surveying, notes on building estimates for bridges and arches for the Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad Company, surveys of land in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County, surveying and elevation information about Cleveland streets and the Great Lakes, surveys of routes of Cleveland railroads and of the Ohio, Miami, and Sandy & Beaver Canals, and other papers. | | | | Call #: | MS 1851 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize volume) | | | | Subjects: | Pillsbury, Isaac Newton. | Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad Company. | Railroads -- Ohio. | Canals -- Ohio. | Miami Canal. | Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio). | Sandy Beaver Canal (Ohio) | Great Lakes. | Streets -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Surveys. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Surveys.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2 | Title: | Merchant Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Merchant Family | | | | Dates: | 1812-1907 | | | | Abstract: | Ahaz Merchant (1794-1862) was a surveyor in Cuyahoga County from 1833-1835 and 1845-1850. His son, Aaron merchant (1817-1875) was also a Cuyahoga County Surveyor from 1854-1869. Aaron Merchant's son, Corwin C. Merchant was a surveyor as well. The collection consists of correspondence, banking and tax papers, deeds, land descriptions, land surveys, topographical surveys, maps, blueprints, subdivision plats, diaries, field books, account books, and deed index books. | | | | Call #: | MS 3477 | | | | Extent: | 9.20 linear feet (22 containers and 4 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | Merchant family. | Land use -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County -- Planning. | Real estate development -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Streets -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Streets -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | City planning -- Ohio. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Surveys. | City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Surveys.
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