Papers, 1731-1908.

Crawford, William Harris, 1772-1834

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William Harris Crawford (February 24, 1772 – September 15, 1834) was an American politician and judge during the early 19th century. He served as United States Secretary of War and United States Secretary of the Treasury before running for president in the 1824 election. Born in Virginia, Crawford moved to Georgia at a young age. After studying law, Crawford won election to the Georgia House of Representatives in 1803. He aligned with the Democratic-Republican Party and U.S. Senator James Jac...

Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866

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Lewis Cass (October 9, 1782 – June 17, 1866) was an American military officer, politician, and statesman. He represented Michigan in the United States Senate and served in the Cabinets of two U.S. Presidents, Andrew Jackson and James Buchanan. He was also the 1848 Democratic presidential nominee and a leading spokesman for the Doctrine of Popular Sovereignty, which held that the people in each territory should decide whether to permit slavery. Born in Exeter, New Hampshire, he attended Philli...

Macon, Nathaniel, 1757-1837

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Nathaniel Macon (December 17, 1757 – June 29, 1837) was an American politician who represented North Carolina in both houses of Congress. He was the fifth Speaker of the House, serving from 1801 to 1807. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1791 to 1815 and a member of the United States Senate from 1815 to 1828. He opposed ratification of the United States Constitution and the Federalist economic policies of Alexander Hamilton. Thomas Jefferson dubbed him "Ultimas R...

Hamm, John D.

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Couch, Jessup Nash, 1778-1821.

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Drake, William, 1736-1801.

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Tiffin, Edward, 1766-1829

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U.S. senator and first governor of Ohio. He was an early settler of Chillicothe, Ohio and also served as U.S. Commissioner of Public Lands (1812-1814) and Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory (1814-1829). He was also a lay preacher and a doctor. From the description of Papers, 1785-1853. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 17725189 Surveyor General of the United States, from Ohio where he had served as a congressman and governor for that state. ...

Sloane, John, 1799-1856.

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Worthington, Thomas, 1773-1827

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Ohio state representative, state senator and governor of Ohio. From the description of Papers of Thomas Worthington [microform], 1796-1827. (Ohio Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 38901293 U.S. senator and governor of Ohio. From the description of Papers of Thomas Worthington, 1795-1827. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84170288 From the description of Diaries and letterbooks of Thomas Worthington, 1801-1827. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067873 ...

Meigs, Return Jonathan, 1764-1825

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Known as Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr.; son of Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr. [sic]. Territorial and state official in Ohio; U.S. postmaster general 1814-1823. From the description of ALS : to Isaac Craig, 1796 July 8. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122541808 Ohio pioneer, politician, governor of Ohio, and U.S. senator. From the description of Letters, 1818-1820. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49253041 U.S. senator ...

Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849

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Diplomat and U.S. secretary of the treasury. From the description of Albert Gallatin papers, 1783-1847. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82919649 Albert Gallatin was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives (1790-1792), a U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania (1795-1801), Secretary of the Treasury (1801-1814), and Minister Plenipotentiary to France (1815-1823) and Great Britain (1826-1827). From the description of Albert Gallatin letter, 1803 Oct....

Ruggles, Benjamin, 1783-1857

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Lawyer, judge, senator from Ohio. From the description of Odes, 1805 July 4. (Ohio State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 16693329 A Federalist, Woods served in the Virginia House of Delegates and was a member of the Virginia Convention of 1788. He briefly served in the Revolutionary War and later was an officer of the Virginia militia, attaining the rank of colonel before resigning in 1816. Woods was president and a director of the North Western Bank of Virginia. ...

Finley, Samuel.

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Osborn, Ralph.

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VanHorne, Isaac.

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Sillman, Wyllys.

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Davisson, Amaziah.

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Creighton, William, 1778-1851

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McArthur, Duncan, 1772-1839

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Duncan McArthur was born in Dutchess County, New York, and grew up in western Pennsylvania before becoming one of the first settlers of Chillicothe, Ohio. McArthur served in the Ohio militia during the War of 1812 and was later appointed brigadier general in United States Army, was elected twice to the U.S. House of Representatives, and was the eleventh Governor of Ohio (1830-1832). Thomas Worthington was born in Charles Town, Virginia, in 1773 before settling in Ohio and serving two terms as U....

Massie, Nathaniel, 1763-1813

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Deputy surveyor of Ohio's Virginia Military District. From the description of Nathaniel Massie papers, 1782-1852. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 17937230 From the description of Nathaniel Massie papers, 1782-1852 [microform]. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 47051097 Nathaniel Massie was a surveyor and land developer who helped to organize the Virginia Military District in Ohio in the years after the American Revolutionary War...

Williams, Micajah Terrell, 1792-1844

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Mansfield, Jared, 1759-1830

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Teacher, mathematics and physics researcher, and surveyor general of the United States, 1803-1812, appointed to survey Ohio and the Northwest Territory. From the description of Letter : Cincinnati, [Ohio], to Joseph Larwell [i.e. Larwill], Zanesville, [Ohio], 1812 Jan. 29. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 38482934 ...

McLene, Jeremiah.

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Kerr, Joseph, 1765-1837

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Joseph Kerr was born in Pa.; moved to Ohio, 1792; was a surveyor, industrialist, farmer, state legislator, and U.S. senator from Ohio, 1814-1815 before moving to Tenn. in 1826; and to La. in 1828. From the description of Ledger, 1815-1823. (Ohio Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 40309211 Joseph Kerr was born in Pa.; moved to Ohio, 1792; was a surveyor, industrialist, farmer, state legislator, and U.S. senator from Ohio, 1814-1815. From the description of J...

Hough, Benjamin.

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Huntington, Samuel, 1765-1817

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Born in Coventry, Conn., Oct. 4,1765; adopted & educated by his uncle Samuel; (1731-1796); grad. at Yale,1785; adm. to the bar, Norwich,1793; removed to Cleveland,1801; to Painesville, Ohio, 1805; judge of court of common pleas,1802-03; of superior court, 1803; afterward chief justice member of 1st constitutional convention of Ohio,1802 & Senator in 1st legislator; Governor of Ohio, 1808-10 one the proprietors of Fairport, found 1812; district paymaster, colonel, 1812-14; died in Painesv...

Waddle, John R.

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Isabella County (Mich.) farmer. From the description of Account book, 1922. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 12270296 ...

Sibley, Solomon.

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Gibson, Thomas.

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Jones, William, 1760-1831

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U.S. secretary of the Navy, U.S. representative, Pennsylvania, and secretary of the Bank of the United States. From the description of Letter and portrait of William Jones, 1816. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79423739 Benjamin Franklin Bache, the grandson of Benjamin Franklin, worked as a printer and journalist. From the guide to the Benjamin Franklin Bache papers, 1779-1793, 1779-1793, (American Philosophical Society) ...

Thomas, Phillip Evan, 1776-1861.

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