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1	Title:	Albion Morris Dyer Papers
	Creator:	Dyer, Albion Morris
	Dates:	1904-1912
	Abstract:	Albion Morris Dyer (1858-1912) was a Curator of the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of research notes and copies of documents relating to the early history of the Western Reserve, primarily the Connecticut Land Company.
	Call #:	MS 2830
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Dyer, Albion Morris, 1858-1912. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources.
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2	Title:	Connecticut Land Company Records
	Creator:	Connecticut Land Company
	Dates:	1795-1817
	Abstract:	The collection consists of covenants, bonds, articles of agreement, and indentures involving the directors of the Connecticut Land Company and its shareholders (1795-1796); financial accounts and receipts (1796-1807); proceedings of the company and the drawings through which the company's land holdings were divided up among its shareholders (1798-1817); and bids and contracts relating to the cutting of a road through the Western Reserve in 1798.
	Call #:	MS 0802
	Extent:	0.60 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Connecticut Land Company. \| Land companies -- United States. \| Real property -- Ohio. \| Roads -- Ohio -- Design and construction. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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3	Title:	John Morgan Papers
	Creator:	Morgan, John
	Dates:	1788-1801
	Abstract:	John Morgan was a Hartford, Connecticut resident who, along with John Caldwell and Jonathan Brace, was one of the original trustees of the Connecticut Land Company. The deed of trust to them from the 35 company proprietors was the original title source to most of the property in the Connecticut Western Reserve, the area in what is now northeastern Ohio consisting of over 3 million acres which was bought by the company on credit in 1795 for $1.2 million. The collection consists of contracts, agreements, and quitclaim deeds pertaining to land in the Western Reserve. Parties involved in the transactions include John Morgan, Daniel L. Coit, Samuel Hinckley, Joseph Howland, Elias Morgan and Ephraim Root.
	Call #:	MS 1138
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Morgan, John. \| Connecticut Land Company. \| Deeds -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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4	Title:	Erie Land Company Records
	Creator:	Erie Land Company
	Dates:	1801
	Abstract:	The Erie Land Company was organized to purchase, subdivide, and resell land in the Western Reserve. The collection consists of lists of lands in the Western Reserve sold to various persons.
	Call #:	MS 3422
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Erie Land Company. \| Land companies -- Western Reserve (Ohio) \| Real property -- Western Reserve (Ohio) \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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5	Title:	Lemuel Punderson Papers, Series II
	Creator:	Punderson, Lemuel
	Dates:	1808-1826
	Abstract:	Lemuel Punderson was a prominent Geauga County, Ohio, pioneer. He was the first permanent settler in Newbury Township in 1808, operated a grist mill and distillery in association with Eleazer Hickox, maintained a farm and saw mill, and served as a land agent in the area. The collection consists of an account book of Punderson's various activities, 1808-1826. The collection pertains to pioneer life in Geauga County, Ohio and is interesting for those researching Punderson's career or any of the facets of early Geauga County life in which he was involved.
	Call #:	MS 4430
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Punderson, Lemuel, 1782-1822. \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Geauga County. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Geauga County. \| Geauga County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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6	Title:	Margaret Manor Butler Papers, Series II
	Creator:	Butler, Margaret Manor
	Dates:	1950-1971
	Abstract:	Margaret Manor Butler was a historian in the Cleveland, Ohio, area who wrote several books on the history of Lakewood, Ohio and the Western Reserve, including: A Pictorial History of the Western Reserve, 1796-1860. The collection consists of correspondence and county subject files concerning the publication of: A Pictorial history of the Western Reserve. The collection pertains largely to the process of compiling a pictorial history and to the history of the Western Reserve.
	Call #:	MS 4453
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Butler, Margaret Manor, 1898-1971. \| Women historians -- Ohio. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Pictorial works. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Butler, Margaret Manor, 1898-1971. A pictorial history of the Western Reserve, 1796-1860
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7	Title:	Samuel L. Egbert Account Book
	Creator:	Egbert, Samuel L.
	Dates:	1830-1850
	Abstract:	Samuel L. Egbert (1801-1885) was an early resident of the Western Reserve of Ohio, arriving at Fairport, Geauga County, Ohio in 1828. By 1830 he was a resident of Chagrin Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio (later Willoughby Township, Lake County, Ohio). Egbert married Frances Miller (1793-1880) and had several children. He worked as a carpenter and joiner. He also served as postmaster of Willoughby, ca. 1853-1861. The collection consists of one volume of business accounts concerning his carpentry and joiner business and general household accounts. The book was also used by his son, William Henry Egbert, as a copy and notebook.
	Call #:	MS 0454
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 volume)
	Subjects:	Egbert, Samuel L., 1801-1885. \| Account books -- Ohio -- Lake County. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Willoughby (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Carpenters -- Ohio -- Lake County.
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8	Title:	William Law Papers
	Creator:	Law, William
	Dates:	1795-1838
	Abstract:	William Law (1779-1856) was an attorney and land agent in the Western Reserve for his father, William Law of Cheshire, Connecticut. The collection consists of correspondence, deeds, legal papers, journals, field notes, and records of William Law's real estate and business interests in the Connecticut Western Reserve that were managed by his son, William Law (1779-1856).
	Call #:	MS 0594
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Law, William, 1779-1856. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Burton. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Poland. \| Burton (Ohio) -- Description and travel. \| Youngstown (Ohio) -- Description and travel. \| Poland (Ohio) -- Description and travel. \| Poland (Ohio) -- Surveys. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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9	Title:	Amzi Atwater Journal
	Creator:	Atwater, Amzi
	Dates:	1796
	Abstract:	Amzi Atwater (1776-1850) was an assistant surveyor in Moses Cleveland's Western Reserve surveying party. The collection consists of a journal containing a description of the Western Reserve in 1796 as recorded by Atwater.
	Call #:	MS 0735
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Atwater, Amzi, 1776-1850. \| Connecticut Land Company. \| Surveyors -- Ohio -- Western Reserve -- Diaries. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Description and travel.
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10	Title:	Diary of Turhand Kirtland During His Visits to Ohio
	Creator:	Kirtland, Turhand
	Dates:	1798-1800
	Abstract:	Turhand Kirtland (1755-1844) was a land agent for the Connecticut, Big Beaver, and Union land companies, and founder of Poland, Ohio. Kirtland owned almost 2,000 acres in the township named after him, although he never permanently resided there. Kirtland Township was an "equalizing" township used by the Connecticut Land Company to compensate for losses of those settlers or investors who received swampy or poor land throughout the Western Reserve. The collection consists of a copy of a diary kept by Kirtland on his travels throughout the Western Reserve.
	Call #:	MS 0737
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Kirtland, Turhand, 1755-1844. \| Connecticut Land Company. \| Pioneers -- Ohio -- Western Reserve -- Diaries. \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Kirtland (Ohio : Township) -- History. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Description and travel. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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11	Title:	John Barr Papers
	Creator:	Barr, John
	Dates:	1842-1873
	Abstract:	John Barr was a prominent resident of Cleveland, Ohio, and officer of various literary and historical organizations. The collection consists of letters addressed to Barr in answer to his solicitations for information concerning the first settlers in, and the early history of, Cleveland and the Western Reserve; together with Barr's reminiscences of Wooster, Ohio, ca. 1873. Correspondents include John Ackley, Amzi Atwater, D.H. Beardsley, Gilman Bryant, Lewis Cass, N. Crookshank, Oliver Culver, D.C. Doan, Thomas Goodman, Julius C. Huntington, Alfred Kelley, and Stanton Sholes.
	Call #:	MS 0759
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Barr, John. \| Pioneers -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Wooster (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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12	Title:	Joshua Stow Papers
	Creator:	Stow, Joshua
	Dates:	1795-1832
	Abstract:	Joshua Stow was an original shareholder in the Connecticut Land Company and commissary on the Moses Cleaveland surveying party in the Western Reserve. The ollection consists of a summary of expenses for surveys in the Western Reserve for the Connecticut Land Company; letters from Jared Mansfield, Samuel Storrs, Joseph Beebe, Oliver Beebe, Leonard Case, Noah Newton, and from Henry Champion, a director of the Connecticut Land Company, concerning the southwest boundary of the Western Reserve; and papers concerning the survey of the Firelands by Maxfield Ludlow.
	Call #:	MS 1100
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1)
	Subjects:	Stow, Joshua. \| Connecticut Land Company. \| Surveying -- Ohio. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys.
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13	Title:	Nathaniel Spencer Diaries
	Creator:	Spencer, Nathaniel
	Dates:	1798-1833
	Abstract:	Nathaniel Spencer (1748-1825) was a farmer in Claridon, Geauga County, Ohio. He was formerly a resident of New Hartford, Connecticut. The collection consists of two diaries and a letter. The diaries contain meteorological data and farm activities recorded by Spencer.
	Call #:	MS 1179
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Spencer, Nathaniel, 1748-1825. \| Farm life -- Ohio -- Claridon. \| Farmers -- Ohio -- Claridon -- Diaries. \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Claridon. \| Meteorology -- Ohio -- Claridon -- Observations. \| Claridon (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Ohio -- History -- Sources.
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14	Title:	Lemuel Punderson Papers
	Creator:	Punderson, Lemuel
	Dates:	1810-1829
	Abstract:	Lemuel Punderson was an attorney and land agent in Burton, Ohio, for William Ely, of Hartford, Connecticut, Henry Thorndike, of Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, and John Wyles, of Brimfield, Massachusetts. The collection consists of correspondence, contracts and deeds to land in the Western Reserve, powers of attorney, and receipts. Also includes some correspondence from Amzi Atwater, Benjamin Dwight, Asa Gilbert, Silas Hotchkiss, Andrew Hull, Jared Kirtland, Turhand Kirtland, William Lattimore, Charles Parker, Robert B. Parkman, and Simon Perkins.
	Call #:	MS 1268
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Punderson, Lemuel. \| Deeds -- Ohio -- Burton. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Burton. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Burton (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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15	Title:	Amzi Atwater Field Notes
	Creator:	Atwater, Amzi
	Dates:	1797
	Abstract:	Amzi Atwater (1776-1850) was an assistant surveyor in Moses Cleaveland's Western Reserve surveying party of the Connecticut Land Company. The collection consists of field notes for surveys of land in eastern Cuyahoga County, near Lake Erie (townships 6 and 7, range 11).
	Call #:	MS 1693
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Atwater, Amzi, 1776-1850. \| Connecticut Land Company. \| Surveyors -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys. \| Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Surveys.
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16	Title:	Moses Cleaveland Papers
	Creator:	Cleaveland, Moses
	Dates:	1780-1805
	Abstract:	Moses Cleaveland (1754-1806) was a Connecticut lawyer, legislator and army officer who became the Director and agent for the Connecticut Land Company and agent for the Erie Land Company. He led its first surveying and exploring party into the Western Reserve in 1795 and founded the City of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1796. The collection consists of correspondence, land memorandums, journal abstracts, and military, financial and legal papers.
	Call #:	MS 3233
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Cleaveland, Moses, 1754-1806. \| Connecticut Land Company. \| Erie Land Company. \| Land companies -- Western Reserve (Ohio) \| Real property -- Western Reserve (Ohio) \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Exploring expeditions. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Ohio -- History -- Sources.
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17	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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18	Title:	Isaac Mills Papers
	Creator:	Mills, Isaac
	Dates:	1795-1937
	Abstract:	Isaac Mills (1767-1843) was an agent for the Sufferers' Land Company (also known as the Connecticut Firelands Company) who concluded a treaty with the Indians of the Northeast for the purchase of half a million acres of land at Fort Industry, Ohio in 1805. The collection consists of a copy book of correspondence concerning Mills' Western Reserve land dealings, his work as agent for others, and lawsuits involving Mills or his clients. Correspondents include Heman Ely, Timothy Hawley, Turhand Kirtland, Jared Kirtland, and James Monroe. Also included are miscellaneous documents such as an act setting up the Sufferers' Land Company (1803) and Mills' report to the company directors on the conclusion of the treaty with the Indians (1805).
	Call #:	MS 3776
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Mills, Isaac, 1767-1843. \| Land companies -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Indians of North America -- Ohio. \| Real property -- Ohio. \| Sandusky (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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19	Title:	Connecticut Land Company Miscellaneous Records
	Creator:	Connecticut Land Company
	Dates:	1765-1835
	Abstract:	The Connecticut Land Company (1795-1809) was a syndicate of 35 groups representing 58 individuals who purchased on credit the majority of Connecticut's Western Reserve land as a speculative venture. Proceeds from the sale of the Reserve were used to establish the Connecticut School Fund. The Western Reserve was that area of northeastern Ohio which Connecticut reserved for her citizens in 1786 in exchange for ceding the remainder of her western land claims to the newly-formed United States government. Settlers were slow to purchase Reserve lands, and many of the original proprietors did not make any profits due to company mismanagement. The collection consists of correspondence of Elias Perkins, Joseph Perkins, Oliver Phelps and various other interested people as well as an historical sketch of the Western Reserve lands, land records of New Lisbon, Ohio, and will and estate records. This collection pertains primarily to the efforts of company members to sell the land and settle the frontier known as Connecticut's Western Reserve.
	Call #:	MS 4240
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Connecticut Land Company. \| Real property -- Ohio -- New Lisbon. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Decedents' estates -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| New Lisbon (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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20	Title:	Western Reserve Printed Ephemera Collection
	Creator:	Western Reserve Historical Society
	Dates:	1834-1995
	Abstract:	The Western Reserve Printed Ephemera Collection is a collection of pamphlets drawn from previously processed collections held by Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, Ohio. The pamphlets were generally removed from their original collections due to lack of relevance to the collection, but retained and grouped together in a separate collection because of their historic value.
	Call #:	MS 5147
	Extent:	15.40 linear feet (16 containers)
	Subjects:	Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Miscellanea. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Periodicals. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Miscellanea. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Periodicals. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History.
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