| Author | Wadsworth, Elijah, 1747-1817.
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| Title | Elijah Wadsworth family papers, 1792-1868 [microform].
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| Description | 2 rolls of microfilm.
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| Summary Note | Summary: 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.
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| Reproduct. Note | Microfilm. Cleveland, Ohio : Western Reserve Historical Society, 1980. 2 microfilm reels : positive and negative ; 35 mm.
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| Historical Note | Elijah Wadsworth was a Western Reserve pioneer who came from Litchfield, Conn. 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, was sheriff of Portage County, Ohio. Wedworth Wadsworth, a cousin, lived in Durham, Connecticut.
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| Cum. Index Note | Finding aids: Register available in the library.
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| Subjects | Connecticut Land Company.
Ohio. -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources.
Ohio -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources.
Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865.
Real property -- Michigan -- Monroe County.
Real property -- Ohio -- Medina County.
Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve.
Trumbull County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Sources.
Wadsworth, Elijah, 1747-1817.
Wadsworth family.
Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Biography.
Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys.
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| Other Authors | Wadsworth, Frederick, 1786-1869.
Wadsworth, Wedworth, 1782-1860.
Austin, Eliphalet.
Boardman, Elijah.
Bradley, Abraham.
Granger, Gideon, 1767-1822.
Guitteau, Judson.
Holmes, Uriel.
Huntington, Samuel, 1765-1817.
Johnston, John W.
Kirby, Ephraim.
Kirtland, J. P. (Jared Potter), 1793-1877.
Skinner, Roger.
Sloane, John, 1779-1856.
Tallmadge, Benjamin, 1754-1835.
Tappan, Benjamin, 1773-1857.
Tiffin, Edward, 1766-1829.
Wadsworth, James.
Wolcott, Frederick.
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| Organizations | Ohio. Militia. Division, 4th.
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| Call Number/Copies | |
| | WRHS Research Library: MS. 2729 Microfilm Cabinet 40 Drawer 8
mq149469: Positive microfilm, microform room [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 86430] |
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