| Author | Cowan, Christopher, 1780-1835.
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| Title | Christopher Cowan papers, 1784-1826 [microform].
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| Description | 1 roll of microfilm.
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| Summary Note | Summary: Correspondence, agreements, powers of attorney, and other papers, concerning the estate of Abraham Kirkpatrick and the disposal of land in Ohio's Virginia Military District. Includes an unsigned letter to Col. John Neville, Woodville, Fort Pitt, Pa., 1784, containing entries made while the writer traveled through the area of southern Ohio, with a sketch showing rivers, names of settlements, and Indian camps.
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| Reproduct. Note | Microfilm. Cleveland, Ohio : Western Reserve Historical Society, 1979. 1 microfilm reel : positive and negative ; 35 mm.
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| Historical Note | Pittsburgh industrialist who built the city's first rolling mill. He was the son-in-law of Major Abraham Kirkpatrick, Revolutionary War soldier and one of Pittsburgh's early pioneers.
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| Subjects | Cowan, Christopher, 1780-1835.
Kirkpatrick, Abraham, 1749-1817 -- Estate.
Ohio -- Description and travel.
Real property -- Ohio.
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| Other Authors | Armstrong, William.
Croghan, William.
Doddridge, Philip.
Latham, Allen.
Shaler, Charles, 1789-1869.
Neville, John.
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| | WRHS Research Library: MS. 1328 Microfilm Cabinet 54 Drawer 1
mq132613: Positive microfilm, microform room [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 73045] |
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