| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Peter Hitchcock Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Hitchcock, Peter Family | | | | Dates: | 1788-1898 | | | | Abstract: | Peter Hitchcock, Sr. (1781-1853) was an early settler of Burton, Ohio, who became an Ohio and United States legislator and Chief Justice of Ohio. His sons, Reuben, Henry, and Peter Jr., entered the judiciary, ministry and politics respectively and were affiliated with Burton Academy, Western Reserve College and the Atlantic and Great Western Railway Company. the collection consists of correspondence of family members and miscellaneous papers relating to Western Reserve College, Burton Academy, the Atlantic and Great Western Railway and the early history of Burton, Ohio. | | | | Call #: | MS 3325 | | | | Extent: | 19.80 linear feet (49 containers and 2 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Hitchcock, Peter, 1781-1853. | Hitchcock family. | Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. | Judges -- Ohio -- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. | Legislators -- Ohio -- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio. | Railroads -- United States. | Public Square (Cleveland, Ohio) | Law -- Ohio. | Burton (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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