Documents signed by Ohio governors, 1787-1916.

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Documents signed by Ohio governors, 1787-1916.

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Primarily commissions and other certificates signed by Ohio chief executives from the first governor, Edward Tiffin, to the 48th, Frank B. Willis. Includes several documents signed by Arthur St. Clair, Governor of the Northwest Territory, 1787-1802.

0.4 linear ft. (1 box)

Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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St. Clair, Arthur, 1734-1818

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Born in Thurso, Scotland, 1734, o.s. ; studied medicine in Edinburgh; served in the British Army in America, 1757-1762; surveyor of Cumberland, 1770; colonel of Pennsylvania militia, 1775; brigadier general, 1777 to the close of the Revolution; commander of the Army, 1791-1792; delegate to the Constitutional Congress, 1785-1787, and president, 1787; governor of Northwest Territory, 1789-1802; died in Greensburg, Pa., August 31, 1818. (Bio. Cong. Dir., 1928 ed. ; Dic. Am.Biog. --gives b. date, 17...

Willis, Frank B. (Frank Bartlette), 1871-1928

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Governor of Ohio 1915-1917, and U.S. Senator from Ohio 1911-1915 and 1921-1928. From the description of TLS, 1922. (Ohio University). WorldCat record id: 12850629 ...

Ohio. Governor

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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. ...