Format | • | Manuscript Collection | [X] |
Subject | • | Blennerhassett, Harman, 1765-1831. |
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| | • | Buell, Joseph, 1763-1812. |
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| | • | Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807. | [X] | | • | Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836. |
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| | • | Dearborn, Henry, 1751-1829. |
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| | • | Jackson, John George, 1777-1825. |
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| | • | Kirker, Thomas, 1760-1837. | [X] | | • | Marietta (Ohio) -- History. |
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| | • | Ohio River -- History. |
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| | • | Rodney, C. A. (Caesar Augustus), 1772-1824. |
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| | • | Tiffin, Edward, 1766-1829. |
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| | • | United States -- History -- 1801-1809 -- Sources. |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | Joseph Buell Papers
| | | | Creator: | Buell, Joseph | | | | Dates: | 1806-1812 | | | | Abstract: | Joseph Buell (1763-1812) was a soldier in the United States Army and the Ohio Militia, a politician and jurist, and an early settler and prominent citizen in Marietta, Ohio. He served in the Regular Army of the United States (1787-1788), arriving at Fort Harmar, near Marietta, in 1786. Before leaving the Army in 1788, Buell purchased land in the Symmes Purchase of the Ohio country, returning to settle in Marietta in 1790. Buell served as a state senator (1803-1805) and an associate justice of the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County (1803-1810). He was also appointed Major General in the Ohio Militia. In this role, he participated in the seizing of boats under construction for Aaron Burr and Harmon Blennerhassett near Marietta in 1806. He proclaimed martial law in Marietta in December 1806 and instituted a blockade of the Ohio River, requiring all vessels to put into Marietta for inspection until Burr and Blennerhassett were arrested in 1807. Buell, under orders of Henry Dearborn, Secretary of War, disposed of the seized property. The collection consists of an Ohio arrest warrant for Harman Blennerhassett (1806), correspondence (1806-1807), a fair hand copy of the complaint, motions, testimonies, evidence, and judgment of the lawsuit Robert Miller vs. Aaron Burr before the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County, Ohio (1812), interrogatories and a summons in the treason trial United States vs. Aaron Burr (1807), an inventory of property belonging to and persons employed by Harman Blennerhassett seized by Buell's militia December 13, 1806, and undated and unattributed research notes, hand and typewritten, relating to Burr's application for Army pension (1833) and the divorce action Eliza B. Burr vs. Aaron Burr (1836). Notable correspondents include Edward Tiffin, Henry Dearborn, John George Jackson, Thomas Kirker, and Caesar Augustus Rodney. | | | | Call #: | MS 3433 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Buell, Joseph, 1763-1812. | Blennerhassett, Harman, 1765-1831. | Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836. | Dearborn, Henry, 1751-1829. | Jackson, John George, 1777-1825. | Kirker, Thomas, 1760-1837. | Rodney, C. A. (Caesar Augustus), 1772-1824. | Tiffin, Edward, 1766-1829. | Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807. | United States -- History -- 1801-1809 -- Sources. | Marietta (Ohio) -- History. | Ohio River -- History.
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