The John Harmon family papers, ca. 1800-1872.

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The John Harmon family papers, ca. 1800-1872.

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Primarily correspondence, diaries (1807-1819), autobiographical writings, speeches, financial accounts, and land papers of John Harmon and of other members of his family. The papers relate primarily to the early settlement of Portage Co., Ohio, and include election polls for various townships in the county (1808), a docket book (1818-1824), a list of subscribers to the Ohio Watchman (1835), and abstracts of Connecticut Land Company records as compiled by Orrin Harmon.

0.6 linear ft.

Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6945469

Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Harmon, Orrin, b. 1805.

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Harmon family.

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Connecticut Land Company

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The Connecticut Land Company (1795-1809) was a syndicate of 35 groups representing 58 individuals who purchased on credit the majority of Connecticut's Western Reserve land as a speculative venture. Proceeds from the sale of the Reserve were used to establish the Connecticut School Fund. The Western Reserve was that area of northeastern Ohio which Connecticut reserved for her citizens in 1786 in exchange for ceding the remainder of her western land claims to the newly-formed United States govern...

Harmon, John, 1789-1871.

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