| | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2 | Title: | Peter Musser Papers
| | | | Creator: | Musser, Peter | | | | Dates: | 1787-1918 | | | | Abstract: | Peter Musser (ca. 1782-1852) was an officer in the War of 1812 who moved to Columbiana County, Ohio, from Frederick County, Maryland. In the 1820s he moved his family to Trumbull County, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, legal agreements, deeds, indentures and miscellaneous items, such as a marriage agreement, land grant, and an invitation to the funeral of James Peter Mercer (Musser), the son of Peter Musser. The collection pertains to the Musser family and other early settlers of Columbiana and Trumbull counties, Ohio. Many of the deeds and agreements are in the collection because Peter Musser witnessed them. An inventory included in the collection lists all the names from these documents. Also included is a Civil War letter written to James Banning of the 28th Pennsylvania Infantry. | | | | Call #: | MS 4399 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Musser family. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Columbiana County. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Trumbull County. | Pioneers -- Ohio -- Columbiana County. | Pioneers -- Ohio -- Trumbull County. | Deeds -- Ohio -- Columbiana County. | Deeds -- Ohio -- Trumbull County. | Real property -- Ohio -- Columbiana County. | Real property -- Ohio -- Trumbull County. | Columbiana County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Trumbull County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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