| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | Vallandigham and Laird Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Vallandigham and Laird Family | | | | Dates: | 1793-1871 | | | | Abstract: | The Vallandigham family descended from Michael Van Landegham who emigrated from French Flanders to Virginia. Clement Vallandigham married Rebecca Laird in 1807 and moved to New Lisbon, Ohio. The Vallandigham and Laird families had members in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Most prominent among them was Clement Laird Vallandigham, a lawyer, Democratic politician, congressman from Ohio, and spokesman of Northerners opposing the Civil War, and John Laird, a lawyer and Ohio senator. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, writings, financial documents, legal documents, and miscellany of members of the Laird, Vallandigham and Robertson families, including Clement, Clement L., Elizabeth, George, James L., Mary E., and Rebecca Vallandigham, and John Laird. | | | | Call #: | MS 1381 | | | | Extent: | 0.21 linear feet (1 container and one vertical file folder) | | | | Subjects: | Laird family. | Robertson family. | Vallandigham family. | Vallandigham, Clement L. (Clement Laird), 1820-1871. | Democratic Hickory Club (Center, Columbiana County, Ohio) | New Lisbon Tippecanoe Club (New Lisbon, Ohio) | Presbyterian Church (New Lisbon, Ohio) | Columbiana County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1849-1877.
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