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1Title:  Rufus Spalding Day, Jr. Family Papers     
 Creator:  Spalding, Rufus Day Jr. Family 
 Dates:  1790-1983 
 Abstract:  Rufus Spalding Day, Jr. was a noted Cleveland, Ohio, attorney. A partner of the law firm Squire, Sanders, & Dempsey, he was also an assistant attorney general for Ohio, and was active in many legal and other organizations. He was descended from a family which included several noted lawyers and judges. His father, Rufus S. Day Sr., and his uncle, Luther Day, were founders of the Cleveland law firm Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue. Another uncle, William Day, was a federal judge, and a great uncle, Robert H. Day, served on the Ohio Supreme Court. His grandfather, William Rufus Day, was a justice of the United States Supreme Court. William Rufus Day was born in Ravenna, Ohio, attended the University of Michigan, was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1872, and practiced law in Canton, Ohio. He served as judge of the Court of Common Pleas 1886-1890 and was appointed assistant Secretary of State in 1897. As Secretary of State in the cabinet of President William A. McKinley, he negotiated the treaty that ended the Spanish-American War. He served as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court 1903-1922. The collection consists of correspondence, invitations, a diary, an account book, a scrapbook, biographical sketches, a notebook, articles, writings, addresses, obituaries, publications, and certificates. Most of the material relates to William Rufus Day. 
 Call #:  MS 4672 
 Extent:  0.80 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Day, Rufus Spalding, Jr., 1913-1983. | Day, William R. (William Rufus), 1849-1923. | Day, Rufus Spalding, Sr. | Spalding, Rufus P. (Rufus Paine), 1798-1886. | Day family. | United States. Supreme Court. | Lawyers -- Ohio. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Judges -- United States. | Cabinet officers -- United States.
 
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2Title:  Calvin Pease Papers, Series II     
 Creator:  Calvin Pease 
 Dates:  1817-1837 
 Abstract:  Calvin Pease was a lawyer, legislator and judge, of Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio, in the Connecticut Western Reserve. Pease came to the Western Reserve from Connecticut in 1800. He was admitted to the bar and was appointed the first clerk of the court of quarter sessions, a position he held until 1803. He served as judge of the Third Circuit, Court of Common Pleas (1803-1810), and justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (1816-30). Pease also served as a tax collector, primarily in Trumbull County, from 1801-1819. He served in the Ohio state legislature from Trumbull County, and also was the official agent for the U.S. postmaster-general in northeastern Ohio. He was a delegate to the canal convention meeting in Warren in 1833. Pease continued the private practice of law until his death at Warren in 1839. The collection consists of bank checks signed by Pease on the Western Reserve Bank from 1817-1837; on the Commercial Bank of Lake Erie in 1833; and promissory notes to the Western Reserve Bank, 1825-1830. 
 Call #:  MS 4687 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Pease, Calvin, 1776-1839. | Commercial Bank of Lake Erie (Cleveland, Ohio). | Western Reserve Bank of Warren, Ohio. | Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Warren. | Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Judges -- Ohio. | Lawyers -- Ohio. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History. | Trumbull County (Ohio) -- History.
 
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