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1	Title:	Anne Scarr Bowler Diary
	Creator:	Bowler, Anne Scarr
	Dates:	1849-1851
	Abstract:	Anne Scarr Bowler was an English immigrant who settled in Royalton, Ohio. She was the wife of F. J. Scarr, and later married William Bowler. The collection consists of a diary kept while on a voyage from Cleveland, Ohio, to San Francisco, California. Includes three letters to members of her family.
	Call #:	MS 2781
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Bowler, Anne Scarr. \| Travelers -- United States -- Diaries. \| Voyages to the Pacific coast.
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2	Title:	Lucinda White Brown Diary
	Creator:	Brown, Lucinda White
	Dates:	1854
	Abstract:	Lucinda White Brown (1822-1917) was the wife of Rev. S. J. Brown, of Perry, New York, and great-granddaughter of one of the first Universalist ministers in Maine. The collection consists of her 1854 diary that kept during a trip to the western United States.
	Call #:	MS 0004
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Brown, Lucinda White, 1822-1917. \| Travelers -- United States -- Diaries. \| Women -- New York -- Perry -- Diaries. \| United States -- Description and travel -- 1848-1865.
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3	Title:	Journal
	Creator:	Journal
	Dates:	1824-1827
	Abstract:	The collection consists of a journal kept by an unidentified itinerant preacher who traveled from Princeton, New Jersey, through New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. In Ohio he preached at Sandusky, Norwalk, Elyria, Cleveland, Painesville, Madison, and several villages in Ashtabula County. Includes brief comments on the places he visited, the people he met, and his unusual experiences.
	Call #:	MS 0212
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Diaries. \| Clergy -- United States -- Diaries. \| Travelers -- United States -- Diaries. \| United States -- Description and travel -- 1783-1848.
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4	Title:	John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder Diaries
	Creator:	Heckewelder, John gottlieb Ernestus
	Dates:	1786-1789
	Abstract:	John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder (1743-1823) was a Moravian missionary who worked to Christianize Indians in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Heckewelder, David Zeisberger, and Christian Delaware Indians migrated from Pennsylvania to the Ohio territory and laid out Schoenbrunn ("Beautiful Spring") in 1772 along the Tuscarawas River. They also founded Gnadenhutten ("Tents of Grace") further downstream, where nearly 100 Christian Indians were murdered by whites in 1782. The collection consists of a diary kept while journeying with Sarah and Anna Heckewelder from the "Cayahoga river" to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, October 5-Nov.ember 15, 1786; diary kept while journeying with Abraham Steiner from Bethlehem to Pettiquotting near the Huron River and Lake Erie, and back to Bethlehem, April 17-June 20, 1789; and a church history of the Moravians, undated.
	Call #:	MS 0813
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1743-1823. \| Moravians -- Ohio. \| Missionaries -- United States -- Diaries. \| Travelers -- United States -- Diaries. \| Moravian Church -- United States -- History. \| Ohio -- Description and travel. \| Pennsylvania -- Description and travel. \| United States -- Description and travel -- 1783-1848.
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5	Title:	C. M. Eldredge Journal
	Creator:	Eldredge, C. M.
	Dates:	1833
	Abstract:	The collection consists of a journal kept by Tolland, Connecticut, resident C. M. Eldredge on a "tour North, visiting Montreal & Quebec," containing Eldredge's observations on these two cities and on other towns in Canada, Massachusetts, and Vermont.
	Call #:	MS 0859
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Eldredge, C. M. \| Travelers -- United States -- Diaries. \| Montreal (Quebec) -- Description. \| Quebec (Quebec) -- Description. \| Canada -- Description and travel -- 1763-1867. \| Massachusetts -- Description and travel. \| Vermont -- Description and travel.
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6	Title:	William Eldredge Papers
	Creator:	Eldredge, William
	Dates:	1798-1832
	Abstract:	William Eldredge was a merchant of New London, Connecticut, and land owner in Huron County, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence and travel journals, together with deeds, lists of proprietors, and lists of land for sale in the towns of Eldredge and Huron, Huron County, Ohio. Correspondents include John Walworth of Cleveland, Ohio.
	Call #:	MS 0870
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Eldredge, William. \| Walworth, John, 1765-1812. \| Merchants -- Connecticut -- Correspondence. \| Travelers -- United States -- Diaries. \| Deeds -- Ohio -- Huron County. \| Land titles -- Ohio -- Huron County. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Huron County. \| United States -- Description and travel -- 1783-1848.
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7	Title:	Manasseh Cutler Journals
	Creator:	Cutler, Manasseh
	Dates:	1787-1807
	Abstract:	Manasseh Cutler (1742-1823) was a land agent for the Ohio Company of Associates. The collection consists of handwritten copies of journals describing Cutler's trips to New York and Philadelphia (1787) to negotiate a contract with Congress for the purchase of lands for the Ohio Company, and to the future site of Marietta, Ohio (1788) to visit the Ohio Company purchase there. Included in the second volume is a journal of Reverend Joseph Badger (1803-1807).
	Call #:	MS 0400
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Cutler, Manasseh, 1742-1823. \| Ohio Company. \| Clergy -- Ohio -- Diaries. \| Travelers -- United States -- Diaries. \| Real property -- Ohio. \| New York (N.Y.) -- Description and travel. \| Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Description and travel. \| Marietta (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| United States -- Description and travel -- 1783-1848.
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8	Title:	Jonathan Law Diary
	Creator:	Law, Jonathan
	Dates:	1802
	Abstract:	Jonathan Law was a resident of Cheshire, Connecticut, and the son of William Law, an early owner of land in the Western Reserve. The collection consists of a diary kept on a trip through the Western Reserve, including visits to Burton, Cleveland, Chillicothe, Painesville, Poland, and Warren, Ohio, and other cities between the Reserve and his home in Cheshire, Connecticut.
	Call #:	MS 0597
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Law, Jonathan. \| Travelers -- United States -- Diaries. \| Burton (Ohio) -- Description and travel. \| Chillicothe (Ohio) -- Description and travel. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Description and travel. \| Painesville (Ohio) -- Description and travel. \| Poland (Ohio) -- Description and travel. \| Warren (Ohio) -- Description and travel. \| Ohio -- Description and travel. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Description and travel. \| United States -- Description and travel -- 1783-1848.
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