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21	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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22	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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23	Title:	Edward Tiffin Papers
	Creator:	Tiffin, Edward
	Dates:	1785-1853
	Abstract:	Edward Tiffin (1766-1829) was a United States senator and first governor of Ohio. He was an early settler of Chillicothe, Ohio and also served as U.S. Commissioner of Public Lands (1812-1814) and Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory (1814-1829). He was also a lay preacher and a doctor. The collection consists of correspondence, commercial and legal documents, sermons, maps, surveys, and booklets of financial and medical prescription data.
	Call #:	MS 3238
	Extent:	1.00 linear feet (3 containers)
	Subjects:	Tiffin, Edward, 1766-1829. \| Methodist Church -- United States -- Sermons. \| Sermons, American. \| Northwest, Old -- Surveys. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Ohio -- Governors. \| Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865.
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24	Title:	Connecticut School Fund Managers Record Books
	Creator:	Connecticut School Fund Managers
	Dates:	1801-1810
	Abstract:	The state of Connecticut created a school fund from the proceeds of the sale of the state's Western Reserve land to the Connecticut Land Company in 1795. This company, a syndicate of 35 purchasing groups representing 58 individuals, paid $1.2 million on credit, with each purchasing group issuing personal securities. The Connecticut General Assembly empowered the school fund managers to take mortgages on lands in the Reserve as collateral security on personal bonds to the fund. Due to poor planning and company mismanagement, resale of Reserve lands was slow and few of the original proprietors made profits. An 1810 report on the school fund showed that $162,533 of interest on the company's debt was unpaid and that the collateral of the original debt was not safe. The school fund was managed throughout the 19th and 20th centuries and by 1957 had earned over $17 million since its founding in 1795. The collection consists of reports of the "Subscribers managers of the School Fund" empowered by the Connecticut General Assembly in 1800 to manage the Connecticut school funds produced from the sale of the Western Reserve lands. The collection consists of two volumes (1801-1803 and 1807-1810) of copies of regulations for the disposition of bonds, including account listings of bonds by number and original bondholder, the amount and location of lands placed as collateral security for the bonds, and listings of bond transfers and delinquent interest payments due. John Treadwell, Jonathan Brace, Hezekiah Ripley, and Andrew Kingsbury were managers of the fund. Included is a report by the commissioner of the school fund in 1810.
	Call #:	MS 0800
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Connecticut. School Fund Managers. \| Connecticut Land Company. \| School lands -- Connecticut. \| Public land sales -- Connecticut. \| Land tenure -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Real estate investment -- Ohio -- Western Reserve -- Finance. \| Bonds -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Mortgage bonds -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Education -- Connecticut -- Finance. \| Connecticut -- Public lands. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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25	Title:	Elisha Whittlesey Papers, Series II
	Creator:	Whittlesey, Elisha
	Dates:	1801-1863
	Abstract:	Elisha Whittlesey was a lawyer, United States Representative from Ohio for eight terms from 1823-1838, and comptroller of the Treasury under Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, and Lincoln. A resident of Canfield, Ohio, Whittlesey was prosecuting attorney for the entire Western Reserve from 1807-1823, and was an officer and private secretary to Gen. Wm. Henry Harrison during the War of 1812. As a circuit lawyer, Whittlesey specialized in land cases, and his business interests were in the handling of eastern capital invested in Ohio lands. Affiliated with the Natl. Republican and Whig parties, Whittlesey was a typical conservative state leader of the 19th century, primarily concerned with economic matters affecting the growth of Ohio. Active in the American Colonization Society, he believed in expatriation as the answer to the slavery problem. The collection consists of financial papers, notes, speeches, docket books, newspaper clippings, certificates of appointment, and letters to Whittlesey. The speeches include topics such as African colonization, agriculture, the Ohio Militia, and the War of 1812. The letters include material on Brady's Leap, the Ohio Canal Fund Commissioners, the estate of Samuel Griswold, and the history of Canfield, Ohio, the Firelands and the Western Reserve. Also included are ca. 140 letters from early Ohio governors, members of the Ohio Constitutional Convention, state legislators, and soldiers during the War of 1812, mostly addressed to Elijah Wadsworth, concerning political and military matters in Ohio, particularly the Western Reserve, 1801-1857.
	Call #:	MS 1529
	Extent:	2.40 linear feet (6 containers)
	Subjects:	Whittlesey, Elisha, 1783-1863. \| Griswold, Stanley, 1763-1815 -- Estate. \| Brady, Samuel, 1756-1795. \| Ohio. Board of Canal Fund Commissioners. \| Afro-Americans -- Colonization -- Africa. \| Court calendars -- Ohio. \| Canfield (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Firelands (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources. \| Ohio -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. \| Ohio -- Militia -- History. \| United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865.
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26	Title:	Ephraim Brown Family Papers
	Creator:	Brown, Ephraim Family
	Dates:	1771-1968
	Abstract:	Ephraim Brown (1775-1845) was a land agent and legislator of North Bloomfield, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, land agreements, deeds, account books, business papers, financial receipts, certificates, and court-docket books relating to Brown's activities in the Ohio legislature (1820s-30s), as road commissioner of Ohio, and in business ventures. Includes account books of E. A. Brown & Brothers Company and other papers of Brown's son, Ephraim A. Brown; papers of other family members, and plans and charts of North Bloomfield, Ohio.
	Call #:	MS 1872
	Extent:	10.60 linear feet (8 containers and 24 oversize volumes)
	Subjects:	Brown, Ephraim, 1775-1845. \| Brown family. \| Brown, Alexander Cushing, 1885-1964. \| Brown, Ephraim Alexander, 1807-1894. \| Brown, Mary Huntington. \| Brown, Anne F. \| Court calendars -- Ohio -- Trumbull County. \| Railroads -- Ohio -- Management. \| Roads -- Ohio -- Management. \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Bloomfield (Trumbull County, Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865.
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27	Title:	Elijah Wadsworth Family Papers
	Creator:	Wadsworth, Elijah
	Dates:	1742-1868
	Abstract:	Elijah Wadsworth (1747-1817) was a Western Reserve pioneer who came from Litchfield, Connecticut, to Canfield, Ohio, in 1802. He was sheriff of Trumbull County and Major-General of the 4th Division, Ohio Militia during the War of 1812. His son, Frederick Wadsworth, was sheriff of Portage County, Ohio. Wedworth Wadsworth, a cousin, lived in Durham, Connecticut. the collection consists of correspondence, letter copies, autograph envelopes with biographical data on prominent Western Reserve residents, land lists, surveys, indentures, accounts, receipts, summonses, depositions, and Ohio Militia election returns, military receipts, provision returns, and morning papers, belonging to Elijah, Frederick, and Wedworth Wadsworth. Included are a number of letters from Samuel Huntington, 1765-1817.
	Call #:	MS 2729
	Extent:	0.80 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Wadsworth, Elijah, 1747-1817. \| Wadsworth family. \| Connecticut Land Company. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Medina County. \| Real property -- Michigan -- Monroe County. \| Trumbull County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Ohio -- Militia -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. \| Ohio -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. \| United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Biography. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys.
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28	Title:	Hudson Family Papers
	Creator:	Hudson Family
	Dates:	1799-1836
	Abstract:	David Hudson, Sr. (1761-1836) was the founder of Hudson, Ohio and a member of the party which came from Litchfield, Connecticut to survey and organize Hudson in 1799. He returned in 1800 with a colonizing party which included his family. David Jr. and Anner Mary were two of his children. The collection consists of David Hudson, Sr.'s journal and account book (1799-1801), which describes the surveying party's trip from Connecticut to Hudson, Ohio and Hudson's return trip; ten of David Hudson, Jr.'s journals (1820-1836) describing farm life in early Hudson, Ohio; and Anner Mary Hudson Baldwin's recipe book (1830).
	Call #:	MS 3893
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Hudson family. \| Hudson, David, 1761-1836. \| Baldwin, Anner Mary Hudson, 1800-1892. \| Farm life -- Ohio -- Hudson. \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio. \| Pioneers -- Ohio -- Hudson -- Diaries. \| Farmers -- Ohio -- Hudson -- Diaries. \| Cookery, American. \| Hudson (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Hudson (Ohio) -- Genealogy. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Ohio -- Description and travel. \| United States -- Description and travel -- 1783-1848.
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29	Title:	Bernard Rich Hollander Papers
	Creator:	Hollander, Bernard Rich
	Dates:	1894-1976
	Abstract:	Bernard R. Hollander (1927-1975) was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, attorney who was a leader in many legal, civic, Jewish and educational organizations, including Anshe Chesed Congregation, the National Federation of Temple Brotherhoods and Expo Israel '70. The collection consists of correspondence, notes, writings, appointment calendars, clippings, memorabilia, papers relating to Hollander's activities in various Jewish organizations, and business or legal papers of Sidney and Helen Rich Hollander, Hollander Drug Company and Louis Rich.
	Call #:	MS 3979
	Extent:	4.30 linear feet (5 containers)
	Subjects:	Wadsworth, Elijah, 1747-1817. \| Wadsworth family. \| Whittlesey, Elisha, 1783-1863. \| Hinde, Thomas S. (Thomas Spottswood), 1785-1846. \| Connecticut Land Company. \| Ohio. Militia -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. -- Sources. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Postmasters -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Ohio -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. \| United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Trumbull County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys.
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30	Title:	Elijah Wadsworth Family Papers, Series II
	Creator:	Wadsworth, Elijah family
	Dates:	1702-1910
	Abstract:	General Elijah Wadsworth (1747-1817) was a prominent figure in the early history of Ohio's Western Reserve who served in both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. He was a captain in the 2nd continental light dragoons in the Revolutionary War and was the commander, major-general, of the 4th division of the Ohio Militia during the War of 1812. Wadsworth was also the largest land owner in Canfield during its early years, and its first postmaster, and its tax collector during the early years. Elijah Wadsworth's two descendants who are most frequently encountered in the collection are Maria C. Wadsworth and Henry Wadsworth. Maria C. Wadsworth was the daughter, and only child, of Elijah Wadsworth's son George. She lived in Canfield and married William B. Dawson. Henry Wadsworth (1784-1830) was a son of Elijah Wadsworth. He stayed behind in Litchfield, Connecticut, when Gen. Wadsworth moved to Canfield, and stayed in the general area all his life. Frederick, (1786-1869) George (1793-1832), and Rhoda Wadsworth (1748- ?) were other children of Elijah. The collection consists of letters and documents relating to the Wadsworth family starting with Gen. Elijah Wadsworth, and continuing on through his children and grandchildren, with some items from family friends, like Elisha Whittlesey, and life/society in this period. The collection includes personal letters, official correspondence, receipts, other financial records, land sale/purchase contacts, wills and other estate management documents, land surveys, and other miscellaneous documents.
	Call #:	MS 4979
	Extent:	0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Wadsworth, Elijah, 1747-1817. \| Wadsworth family \| Whittlesey, Elisha, 1783-1863. \| Hinde, Thomas S. (Thomas Spottswood), 1785-1846. \| Connecticut Land Company. \| Ohio. Militia -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Postmasters -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Ohio -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. \| United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Trumbull County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys.
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31	Title:	Harmon Family Papers
	Creator:	Harmon Family
	Dates:	1766-1885
	Abstract:	The Harmon family moved to Mantua, Portage County, Ohio from Suffield Connecticut, in 1799. Elias Harmon held several public offices and was land agent for many Connecticut residents. His son, Orrin, was active in the land business and was surveyor for Portage County and the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal. Julian Harmon was the son of Orrin. The collection contains the papers of Elias, Orrin, Julian and Martin Harmon. Includes correspondence, diaries, financial accounts and receipts, land deeds and memoranda of sales, legal documents, estate papers, powers of attorney, tax records, notebooks, surveys, and other papers, documenting their note collection and land agency business. Also, includes material on the Protection Life Insurance Co. of Hartford, the Franklin and Warren Railroad, the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal, the Independent Knights of Temperance, and the fur trade and anti-slavery movement, with references to state and national politics, banking policies, and anti-masonic movements.
	Call #:	MS 0104
	Extent:	5.40 linear feet (14 containers)
	Subjects:	Harmon family. \| Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal. \| Independent Knights of Temperance. \| Temperance -- Ohio -- Societies, etc. \| Peddlers and peddling -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Deeds -- Ohio -- Portage County. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Portage County. \| Fur trade -- United States. \| Executors and administrators -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Antislavery movements -- United States. \| Mantua (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Portage County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Portage County (Ohio) -- Surveys. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys.
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32	Title:	Zalmon Fitch Papers
	Creator:	Fitch, Zalmon
	Dates:	1781-1866
	Abstract:	Zalmon Fitch (1785-1860) was an early Ohio attorney and land agent, and a leader in the financial circles of Cleveland and Warren, Ohio. Born in Norwalk, Connecticut, Fitch established the second general store in the Western Reserve in Canfield, Ohio, in 1810. He moved to Warren in 1813 and served as the land agent for several of the original stockholders of the Connecticut Land Company. Fitch was cashier of the Western Reserve Bank when it was established in 1816 and served in that capacity for 23 years until he became president. Fitch was the trustee appointed by the receivers of the Bank of Cleveland to settle its affairs after its collapse in the Panic of 1837. Fitch also served on the board of directors of the Cleveland & Pittsburgh Railroad in 1859. The ollection consists of correspondence, contracts, surveys, financial calculations, tax records, receipts, promissory notes, sight drafts, insurance policies, powers of attorney, and miscellaneous legal papers, relating to Fitch's activities as a land agent; records of the Bank of Cleveland and the Western Reserve Bank; correspondence concerning the Banks of Geauga, Geneva, Orleans, and St. Clair, the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad, and the Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati Railroad; correspondence and transactions of Simon Perkins, Elihu Spencer, and William Williams; and copies of letters, a will, affidavits, and an essay pertaining to John Fitch, inventor of the steamboat.
	Call #:	MS 0581
	Extent:	7.00 linear feet (15 containers)
	Subjects:	Fitch, Zalmon, 1785-1860. \| Bank of Geauga (Geauga, Ohio) \| Bank of Geneva (Geneva, Ohio) \| Bank of Orleans (Orleans, Ohio) \| Bank of St. Clair (St. Clair, Ohio) \| Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad. \| Bank of Cleveland (Cleveland, Ohio). \| Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad. \| Western Reserve Bank of Warren, Ohio. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Railroad companies -- Ohio. \| Real property tax -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Installment land contracts -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys.
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33	Title:	Calvin Pease Papers
	Creator:	Pease, Calvin
	Dates:	1798-1841
	Abstract:	Calvin Pease (1776-1839) was a lawyer, legislator and judge, of Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio, in the Connecticut Western Reserve. Pease came to the Western Reserve from Connecticut in 1800. He was admitted to the bar and was appointed the first clerk of the court of quarter sessions, a position he held until 1803. He served as judge of the Third Circuit, Court of Common Pleas (1803-1810), and justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (1816-1830). Pease also served as a tax collector, primarily in Trumbull County, from 1801-1819. He served in the Ohio state legislature from Trumbull County, and also was the official agent for the U.S. postmaster-general in northeastern Ohio. He was a delegate to the canal convention meeting in Warren in 1833. Pease continued the private practice of law until his death at Warren in 1839. The collection consists of correspondence; personal papers including land records, tax records, bank notes and accounts; business papers including bills, receipts, agreements, and deeds; field notes and land records; and legal documents from the court.
	Call #:	MS 0827
	Extent:	1.40 linear feet (4 containers)
	Subjects:	Pease, Calvin, 1776-1839. \| Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal. \| Western Reserve Bank of Warren, Ohio. \| Judges -- Ohio -- Correspondence. \| Lawyers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. \| Deeds -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Real property tax -- Ohio -- Trumbull County. \| Postal service -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Court records -- Ohio. \| Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Warren. \| Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Trumbull County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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34	Title:	Elisha Whittlesey Papers
	Creator:	Whittlesey, Elisha
	Dates:	1769-1869
	Abstract:	Elisha Whittlesey (1783-1863) was a lawyer, United States Representative from Ohio (1822-1838), and public official. The collection consists of correspondence, legal papers, receipts, account ledgers, memoranda, drafts of legislation, and land deeds. The Elisha Whittlesey Papers deal with his career as a member of the United States Congress for sixteen years, comptroller of the United States Treasury for eight years, and Auditor of the Post Office Department for two years. His voluminous correspondence involves a large number of men prominent in national, late, and local affairs, particularly the Whig Party, American Colonization Society, the American Bible Society, and the development of the canals, rivers, harbors, railroads, and banks of northern Ohio and the Western Reserve. His mass of legal papers deals with the practice of his law office in Canfield, Ohio, his large holdings of land in the Western Reserve, Firelands, and the Maumee Valley. His wife and family occupy another prominent place in his correspondence, and he also had an interest in agricultural problems and served in the War of 1812.
	Call #:	MS 1200
	Extent:	33.20 linear feet (83 containers)
	Subjects:	Whittlesey, Elisha, 1783-1863. \| American Bible Society. \| American Colonization Society. \| African Americans -- Colonization. \| Banks and banking -- Ohio. \| Canals -- Ohio. \| Harbors -- Ohio. \| Indians of North America -- Government relations. \| Postal service -- United States. \| Railroads -- United States. \| Antislavery movements -- United States. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Sources. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865. \| United States -- History -- 1783-1865 -- Sources. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865.
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35	Title:	Walworth Family Papers
	Creator:	Walworth Family
	Dates:	1774-1884
	Abstract:	The Walworth family was one of the most influential families in the early history of the Western Reserve of Ohio. John Walworth and his family settled in Painesville, Ohio, in 1800. While there, he served as a deputy postmaster, justice of the peace, and judge. In 1806, the family moved to Cleveland to facilitate John Walworth's posts as Inspector of the Revenue for the Port of Cuyahoga and Collector for the District of Erie. He also served as a judge in the Geauga County Court of Common Pleas and as postmaster of Cleveland. His son, Ashbel W. Walworth, assumed many of his father's business responsibilities and official posts, including postmaster and collector of customs at Cleveland. He was treasurer for the Corporation of the Village of Cleveland and the Cuyahoga County Civilization Society. His son, John Walworth, continued his business interests in Cleveland. Several brothers of Ashbel W. Walworth, including J.P. (John Periander) Walworth, moved to the southern United States and established a branch of the family along the southern Mississippi River. The collection consists of correspondence, financial records, legal records, official documents, architectural drawings and various ephemera. Contains detailed correspondence concerning land transactions for the Connecticut Land Company; records of the post offices of Painesville, Ohio, and Cleveland, Ohio; records of the Port of Cuyahoga; records of the Circuit Court of Geauga County, Ohio, Corporation of the Village of Cleveland, and the Cleveland School House; records of the Cleveland Branch of the Erie Bank of Pennsylvania; land valuations and tax lists for Cleveland and the Fire Lands; and legal records of Litchfield County, Connecticut, and New London County, Connecticut. Correspondents include William Eldredge, Frederick Miner, Gideon Granger, Calvin Pease, Samuel Huntington, David Abbott, Nathaniel Ledyard, Lewis Cass, Oliver Phelps, Charles P. Barnum, Lewis Morgan, and Oliver Forward. A calendar of correspondents is included in the register to the collection. Insight into the social relations of the Walworths and their relations, including the Dunlap, Beattie, Strickland, Keyes, Wren, and Avery families, is seen through the correspondence between the women in the Walworth family.
	Call #:	MS 1901
	Extent:	1.00 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Walworth family. \| Walworth, John, 1765-1812. \| Walworth, Ashbel W., 1790-1844. \| Connecticut Land Company. \| Erie Bank of Pennsylvania. \| Postal service -- Ohio -- Painesville. \| Postal service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Customs administration -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Land value taxation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Lighthouses -- Ohio -- Fairport. \| Court records -- Ohio -- Geauga County. \| Court records -- Connecticut -- Litchfield County. \| Court records -- Connecticut -- New London County. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Painesville (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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36	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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37	Title:	Perkins Family Papers
	Creator:	Perkins Family
	Dates:	1823-1937
	Abstract:	Joseph and Jacob Perkins were sons of Simon Perkins, general land agent in the Western Reserve. They came from Warren, Ohio, to Cleveland in the 1850s to engage in banking, railroad building, real estate and various businesses. Together they organized and operated the Cleveland & Mahoning Railroad. Joseph was president of the Bank of Commerce (1852-1872), a leading benefactor of Cleveland charities, the first president of Cleveland City Hospital, and a trustee for Western Reserve College (1846-1885). Jacob, also a businessman and president of the Cleveland & Mahoning Railroad, was a prominent Ohio politician as well, serving as a member of the Ohio Constitutional Convention in 1850. His son, Jacob Bishop Perkins, was a large real estate owner and builder in Cleveland. Joseph Perkins' papers include business correspondence, building construction contracts, land, tenement, and office leases, financial statements and business records, maps and surveys, cancelled land contracts and cancelled checks. Jacob Perkins' papers include voluminous correspondence, and accounts and receipts of business affairs. Jacob Bishop Perkins' papers include correspondence, legal papers, contracts, deeds, leases, maps, and surveys, all pertaining primarily to his affairs as a real estate owner and builder in Cleveland. Other family papers include school books, letter books, estate papers, genealogical information, a scrapbook on the early settlement of the Western Reserve, business papers of Joseph's son Douglas and a Civil War diary by another son Charles. Also included are photographs, diaries, trip journals, correspondence from Simon and Nancy Perkins, financial journals, ledgers and account books of Stephen E. Brooks, as well as material relating to the Cleveland, Warren & Pittsburgh Railroad, the Chicago, Danville & Vincennes Railroad, the Cleveland Female Seminary, the Cleveland Board of Park Commissioners, the Hill Clutch Company and the Walker Manufacturing Company.
	Call #:	MS 3107
	Extent:	22.00 linear feet (46 containers)
	Subjects:	Perkins family. \| Perkins, Joseph, 1819-1885 -- Archives. \| Perkins, Jacob, 1821-1859 -- Archives. \| Perkins, Jacob B. (Jacob Bishop), 1854-1936 -- Archives. \| Perkins, Douglas, 1855-1921 -- Archives. \| Perkins, Charles, -- Diaries. \| Perkins, Simon, 1771-1844. \| Fitch family. \| Cleveland Female Seminary. \| Chicago, Danville & Vincennes Railroad Company. \| Hill Clutch Company. \| Walker Manufacturing Company. \| Cleveland (Ohio). Board of Park Commissioners. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Real property tax -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Deeds -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Real estate investment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Installment land contracts -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. \| Building leases -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Commercial buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Education, Secondary -- Connecticut -- Middletown -- History -- Sources. \| Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Warren. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Buildings, structures, etc. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys. \| Warren (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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