Format | • | Manuscript Collection | [X] |
Subject | • | Frontier and pioneer life -- Western Reserve (Ohio) | [X] | | • | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Abbott family. |
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| | • | Ashtabula (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Boalt family. |
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| | • | Boardman (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Boardman, Elijah. |
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| | • | Chevalier family. |
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| | • | Cleaveland, Moses, 1754-1806. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Coffinberry family. |
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| | • | Connecticut Land Company. |
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| | • | Cumberland Gap, Battle of, 1862. |
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| | • | DuBarry family. |
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| | • | Duane family. |
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| | • | East Cleveland (Ohio) -- Biography. |
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| | • | Family -- Ohio. |
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| | • | Ford family. |
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| | • | Ford, Cyrus, 1790-1864. |
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| | • | Free family. |
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| | • | Free, Ethelinda Griswold Rice, 1900-1985. |
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| | • | Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) |
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| | • | Griswold family. |
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| | • | Hampson family. |
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| | • | Hulburt family. |
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| | • | Huron (Ohio) -- Harbor. |
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| | • | Huron (Ohio) -- Maps. |
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| | • | Huron County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Kirtland family. |
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| | • | Kirtland, Turhand, 1755-1844. |
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| | • | Morgan family. |
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| | • | Ohio -- Constitutional law. |
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| | • | Ohio -- Description and travel. |
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| | • | Ohio -- History -- 1797-1865 -- Sources. |
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| | • | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. |
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| | • | Olmstead, Aaron. |
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| | • | Pioneers -- Western Reserve (Ohio) |
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| | • | Poland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Real property -- Ohio. |
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| | • | Real property -- Western Reserve (Ohio) |
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| | • | Rice family. |
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| | • | Sandusky (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Shipbuilding -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Students -- United States -- Correspondence, reminiscenses, etc. |
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| | • | Texas -- History -- Revolution, 1835-1836 -- Personal narratives. |
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| | • | United States -- Description and travel -- 1783-1848. |
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| | • | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. |
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| | • | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources. |
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| | • | United States -- History -- War with Mexico, 1845-1848 -- Personal narratives. |
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| | • | United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century. |
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| | • | Vicksburg (Miss.) -- History -- Siege, 1863. |
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| | • | West (U.S.) -- Description and travel -- 1860-1880. |
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| | • | Women -- Western Reserve (Ohio) |
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| | • | Zanesville (Ohio) -- Biography. |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Cyrus Ford Papers
| | | | Creator: | Ford, Cyrus | | | | Dates: | 1827-1858 | | | | Abstract: | Cyrus Ford (1790-1864) was a Massachusetts-born pioneer and farmer who came to Ohio in 1837 and established a farm with his twin brother Darius (1790-1859) in East Cleveland. They and their families were joined by their parents, Hezekiah and Hulda Ford, and their brother, Lewis (1806-1895). Cyrus became an Elder in the Euclid Congregational Church and a member of the Underground Railroad. The collection consists of correspondence of the Ford brothers, Cyrus, Darius and Lewis; letters from Alexis Painter, a business associate in Mass.; correspondence of Cyrus' sons, Francis, Lewis, Henry, Horace and Horatio; and miscellaneous letters, transcriptions and genealogical information on the Ford family. | | | | Call #: | MS 3963 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Ford, Cyrus, 1790-1864. | Ford family. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Western Reserve (Ohio) | East Cleveland (Ohio) -- Biography.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | David Abbot Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Abbot, David Family | | | | Dates: | 1799-1886 | | | | Abstract: | David Abbot (1765-1822) was a pioneer and legislator in the Western Reserve. He was the first settler of Willoughby, Ohio, sheriff of Trumbull County, land agent for Aaron Olmstead of the Connecticut Land Company, a delegate to the Ohio Constitutional Convention, an Ohio legislator, and Clerk of Courts and Treasurer of Huron County. His son, Benjamin Abbot, was a trustee of the First Presbyterian Society of Milan, Ohio (inc. 1828). His grandson, David, is also reflected in the collection. The collection consists of biographical information, correspondence, legal opinions, legal documents and miscellaneous non-correspondence of the Abbot family; and material on the First Presbyterian Society of Milan, Ohio and the Merrimac Christian Conference of New Hampshire, the preamble and constitution of the Christian Meeting House of Bradford, New Hampshire, and miscellaneous non-correspondence. | | | | Call #: | MS 1804 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Abbott family. | Olmstead, Aaron. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Western Reserve (Ohio) | Pioneers -- Western Reserve (Ohio) | Huron (Ohio) -- Maps. | Huron (Ohio) -- Harbor. | Huron County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Ohio -- Constitutional law. | Ohio -- History -- 1797-1865 -- Sources. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 4 | Title: | Turhand Kirtland Papers
| | | | Creator: | Kirtland, Turhand | | | | Dates: | 1794-1880 | | | | Abstract: | Turhand Kirtland was an agent of the Connecticut Land Company who led a survey party into the Western Reserve in 1798 and founded Poland, Ohio. He moved his family there in 1803. He also constructed the road from Youngstown to Grand River and surveyed Burton, Poland and Youngstown. He supported roads, schools and libraries in the area and became a judge and state senator. The collection consists of correspondence, letter copybooks, legal contracts, wills, powers of attorney, an account book, account notebooks, receipts, tax receipts, land surveys, field notes, probate records and election materials. | | | | Call #: | MS 3237 | | | | Extent: | 3.10 linear feet (8 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Kirtland, Turhand, 1755-1844. | Kirtland family. | Cleaveland, Moses, 1754-1806. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Western Reserve (Ohio) | Real property -- Western Reserve (Ohio) | Real property -- Ohio. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Poland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 5 | Title: | Maria D. Coffinberry Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Coffinberry, Maria D. Family | | | | Dates: | 1767-1930 | | | | Abstract: | The collection includes records of the Coffinberry and Morgan families and allied families of Hampson, Duane, DuBarry, and Chevalier. Members of these families were at the forefront of events in American, Ohio and Cleveland history, from before the Revolutionary War until the Reconstruction period and beyond. The collection consists of correspondence, journals, other manuscript materials, plats, maps, pamphlets, political broadsides, speeches, newspaper clippings, biographical and genealogical items, engravings, campaign ribbons, and other family memorabilia. | | | | Call #: | MS 2805 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Coffinberry family. | Morgan family. | Hampson family. | Duane family. | DuBarry family. | Chevalier family. | Shipbuilding -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Western Reserve (Ohio) | Cumberland Gap, Battle of, 1862. | Vicksburg (Miss.) -- History -- Siege, 1863. | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources. | United States -- History -- War with Mexico, 1845-1848 -- Personal narratives. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. | United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century. | United States -- Description and travel -- 1783-1848. | Texas -- History -- Revolution, 1835-1836 -- Personal narratives. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. | Zanesville (Ohio) -- Biography.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 6 | Title: | Ethelinda Griswold Rice Free Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Free, Ethelinda Griswold Rice Family | | | | Dates: | 1712-1983 | | | | Abstract: | Ethelinda Griswold Rice Free, daughter of Joseph and Juliet Boalt Rice of Ohio, spent most of her life gathering materials related to her family's history. She was descended from prominent families in the Western Reserve and New England. The collection consists of correspondence between members of the Free, Rice, Hulburt, Boalt and Griswold families, diaries, journals, financial and legal materials, genealogical materials, memorabilia, published and unpublished writings, newspaper clippings and materials from relatives in the Butler, Caldwell, Fisk, Hall, Hubbard, Lane, Moss and Warner families. | | | | Call #: | MS 4028 | | | | Extent: | 15.91 linear feet (40 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Free family. | Rice family. | Griswold family. | Boalt family. | Hulburt family. | Free, Ethelinda Griswold Rice, 1900-1985. | Students -- United States -- Correspondence, reminiscenses, etc. | Family -- Ohio. | Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) | Frontier and pioneer life -- Western Reserve (Ohio) | Women -- Western Reserve (Ohio) | Ashtabula (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | West (U.S.) -- Description and travel -- 1860-1880. | Sandusky (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Ohio -- Description and travel.
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