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Shelley family. Shelley family papers, 1806-1818.

Title: Shelley family papers, 1806-1818.

The collection consists of correspondence and geneological material relating to the ancestry of English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822). There are letters from the poet's father, Sir Timothy Shelley, and William Ratcliffe, Rouge Croix of the College of Arms, among others. The collection also contains extracts from church and county records, copies of monumental inscriptions, drawings of coats of arms and heraldic devices, and pedigree charts. There is also one contemporary 17th century manuscript.

ArchivalResource: 55 pieces.1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122564683 View

Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873. Peyton Polly case transcripts, 1856-1859.

Title: Peyton Polly case transcripts, 1856-1859.

Holograph transcripts of correspondence and legal documents concerning the slave kidnapping case of freeman Peyton Polly's family from Lawrence Co., Ohio, and attempts during Chase's tenure as governor to return the Polly family to Ohio.

ArchivalResource: 22 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39624097 View