| Title | The Caleb Emerson family papers, 1795-1905 [microform].
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| Description | 6 rolls of microfilm.
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| Summary Note | Summary: Correspondence, legal papers, financial papers, historical, political and biographical sketches, public letters and addresses, notes and articles on slavery, religion and temperance, minutes and journals of the Washington Benevolent Society, school records of Warren Township, a day book of Edwin P. Bailey, and original poetry.
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| Reproduct. Note | Microfilm. Cleveland, Ohio : Western Reserve Historical Society, 1974. 6 microfilm reels : positive and negative ; 35 mm.
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| Historical Note | Caleb Emerson was a Marietta, Ohio lawyer, journalist and abolitionist, and co-founder of the Marietta Branch of the Washington Benevolent Society. He married Mary Dana, the daughter of an early settler of Washington County. Their son, George Dana, was a captain in the 1st Michigan Engineers during the Civil War. Their son-in-law, William D. Bailey was Treasurer of Warren Township, Ohio.
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| Cum. Index Note | Register available in library.
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| Subjects | Abolitionists -- Ohio -- Marietta.
Antislavery movements -- United States.
Emerson, Caleb, 1779-1853.
Emerson family.
Marietta (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
Northwest, Old -- History -- 1775-1865.
Pioneers -- Ohio -- Washington County.
Real property -- Ohio -- Washington County.
Soldiers -- Michigan.
Temperance.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
United States. Army. Michigan Engineers Regiment, 1st (1862-1865)
Washington Benevolent Society.
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| Other Authors | Emerson, Caleb, 1779-1853.
Emerson, William Dana, 1813-1890.
Emerson, George Dana, b. 1818.
Bailey, William Dennison.
Bailey, Edwin P.
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| Organizations | Washington Benevolent Society.
Warren Township (Ohio). School Board.
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| | WRHS Research Library: MS. 830 Microfilm Cabinet 39 Drawer 3
mq132596: Positive microfilm, microform room [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 73031] |
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