| Abstract: | The families of Benjamin Mastick, of Windham, Vermont, and Levi Tomlinson, of Derby, Connecticut, intermarried after relocating in Burton, Ohio, and Rockport (now Rocky River), Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, account books, land deeds, agreements, estate papers, legal documents, and financial records of the Mastick and Tomlinson families. Includes correspondence relating to Levi Tomlinson's activities as land agent for shareholders in the Connecticut Land Company and material on the development of Rockport, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Also includes account books of Levi Tomlinson and Benjamin Mastick; land deeds, agreements, estate papers, legal documents, and financial records concerning Joseph, Benjamin, Benjamin, Jr., Cynthia, Elliot, Asahel, and Edwin B. Mastick and Levi and Lewis Tomlinson; petitions by citizens of Rockport, Ohio, addressed to the commissioners of Cuyahoga County, and other documents relating to the growth and development of that township; and a letterbook of Edwing B. Mastick, 1848-1851. | |