Subject • | Akron (Ohio) -- Maps |
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| • | Summit County (Ohio) -- Maps |
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| • | Portage County (Ohio) -- Maps |
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| • | Akron (Ohio) -- History |
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| • | Akron (Ohio) -- History. |
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| • | Akron (Ohio) -- Maps. |
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| • | Akron (Ohio) -- Surveys. |
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| • | Antislavery movements -- Ohio. |
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| • | Canals -- Ohio -- Akron -- Rates and tolls. |
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| • | Cleveland imprints 1960 |
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| • | Cleveland imprints 1965 |
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| • | Cleveland imprints 1996 |
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| • | Commissioners of deeds -- Ohio. |
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| • | Elyria (Ohio) -- History. |
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| • | Hamlin, Edward Stowe, 1808-1894. |
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| • | Kelley, Alfred, 1789-1859. |
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| • | Kingsbury, Harmon. |
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| • | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Akron. |
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| • | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| • | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Elyria. |
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| • | Liberty Party (U.S.) |
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| • | Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio) -- History. |
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| • | Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio) -- Rates and tolls. |
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| • | Ohio. Court of Common Pleas (Lorain County). |
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| • | Portage County Temperance Society (Ohio). |
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| • | Portage Path (Ohio) |
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| • | Postal service -- Ohio -- Akron -- History. |
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| • | Postmasters -- Ohio -- Akron. |
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| • | Sons of Temperance of North America. Elyria Division, No. 400 (Elyria, OH). |
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| • | Summit County (Ohio) -- History |
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| • | Temperance -- Ohio -- Societies, etc. |
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| • | Wade, Edward, 1802-1866. |
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| • | Wade, Welles, and Hamlin. |
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| • | Welles, Melancthon Woolsey, 1802-1896. |
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| Book | Requires cookie* | 5 | Title: | Marking the trail of the Portage Path: pinpointing the exact location of the trail -- survey data
| | | Creator: | Peterson, Richard M. | | | | Yeck Family Portage Path Memorial Program | | | | Summit County Historical Society.(Ohio) | | | | Metro Parks Serving Summit County (Organization : Ohio) | | | Publication: | Yeck Family Portage Path Memorial Program?, Akron, OH.?,2002?] | | | Notes: | "This document records the location of the Portage Path in relation to Akron and Summit County in the year 2002." The Path was an Indian trail which "became an important historic geographic landmark when the trail was defined as a part of a treaty boundary line between Indian lands and territory of the United States." The Yeck Family Portage Path Memorial Program was founded to mark the trail, and "the Summit County Historical Society directed the program with the cooperation of the City of Akron and Metro Parks Serving Summit County" (All quotations are from the book's introduction). "This document was prepared by Richard M. Peterson"--last page of book. | | | Call #: | F34X S955M34 Oversize | | | Extent: | 1 v. (various pagings) : ill., maps ;28 x 45 cm. | | | Subjects: | Portage Path (Ohio) | Summit County (Ohio) -- History | Summit County (Ohio) -- Maps | Akron (Ohio) -- History | Akron (Ohio) -- Maps
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 6 | Title: | Melancthon Woolsey Welles Papers
| | | Creator: | Welles, Melancthon Woolsey | | | Dates: | 1818-1896 | | | Abstract: | Melancthon Woolsey Welles came to Cleveland, Ohio, ca. 1819 to study law at the firm of Kelley and Cowles. His sister, Mary Seymour Welles, had married prominent Clevelander Alfred Kelley in 1817. Welles was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1823. He then moved to Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio, and was appointed the first prosecuting attorney for that county in 1824. In 1826, Welles became the first toll collector at Akron, Ohio, on the Ohio and Erie Canal. While in Akron, he also served as the first postmaster, was a justice of the peace, and practiced law. Welles was a member of the Portage County Temperance Society, an incorporator of the Akron Lyceum and Library Association, and an agent for the Ohio State Temperance Society. He returned to Elyria in 1835 to practice law. In 1837, Welles moved to Cleveland and entered into a law partnership with Edward Wade and Edward Hamlin. He continued his involvement with temperance and antislavery groups while living in Cleveland. In 1841, he returned to Elyria, continuing his antislavery and temperance endeavors. Welles also served as a Commissioner of deeds for the State of Ohio and a Notary Public for Lorain County. During the 1840s, he became a member of the Liberty Party, and subsequently, the Free Soil Party. In 1849, through the auspices of Dr. Norton S. Townshend, Welles was appointed state agent for the sale of school lands, and moved to Defiance, Defiance County, Ohio. By 1860, Welles was living at Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa, and working as a land agent. He remained in Iowa the rest of his life. The collection consists of accounts, a journal, letters, articles of agreement, notes, memoranda, newspaper circular letters, newspaper clippings, deeds, receipts, drafts, commissions and appointments, business cards, a speech, a petition, and a constitution. Of particular interest to the study of early Akron, Ohio, is a photocopy of a ca. 1825 manuscript map of the village. The original map has been removed to the Manuscript Map Collection as MS Map 486A. Also of interest is a circular letter from the Executive Committee of the Portage County Temperance Society, signed by Welles and dated 1829, and a constitution, bylaws, and rules of order of the Sons of Temperance of the State of Ohio, Elyria Division, No. 400, dated 1848. | | | Call #: | MS 4759 | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Welles, Melancthon Woolsey, 1802-1896. | Kelley, Alfred, 1789-1859. | Kingsbury, Harmon. | Wade, Edward, 1802-1866. | Hamlin, Edward Stowe, 1808-1894. | Wade, Welles, and Hamlin. | Sons of Temperance of North America. Elyria Division, No. 400 (Elyria, OH). | Portage County Temperance Society (Ohio). | Liberty Party (U.S.) | Ohio. Court of Common Pleas (Lorain County). | Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio) -- History. | Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio) -- Rates and tolls. | Canals -- Ohio -- Akron -- Rates and tolls. | Postmasters -- Ohio -- Akron. | Postal service -- Ohio -- Akron -- History. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Akron. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Elyria. | Temperance -- Ohio -- Societies, etc. | Antislavery movements -- Ohio. | Commissioners of deeds -- Ohio. | Akron (Ohio) -- History. | Akron (Ohio) -- Maps. | Akron (Ohio) -- Surveys. | Elyria (Ohio) -- History.
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