Papers, 1782-1889.

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Papers, 1782-1889.

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This box of material on Joel Barlow (1754-1812) contains a few original Barlow manuscripts (including his appointment as Chaplain to a Continental Army unit during the Revolution), genealogical and biographical information, copies of newspaper articles on Barlow, and some copies of Barlow's poems and material on his tenure as consul to Algiers, as well as his involvement in the speculations in Ohio of the Scioto Company. The bulk of the material is correspondence of Lemuel G. Olmstead who sought information on Barlow and his contemporaries. Also included is a draft of a review by Olmstead of an article which appeared in Duyckinck's Cyclopedia of American Literature (1856) and notes and copies of articles on Barlow collected by Olmstead.

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Olmstead, Lemuel Gregory, 1808-1880

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Lemuel G. Olmstead was a minister from Moreau Station, Saratoga County, New York. From the description of Olmstead picture album, [ca. 1825-1870] (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155423651 ...

Scioto Land Company

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Speculative land-buying syndicate organized to purchase territory in Ohio Valley. From the description of Scioto Land Company records, 1783-1793. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 58779513 Agricultural production company growing onions in Hardin County, Ohio, center of the 1934 Onion Pickers' Strike. From the description of Records 1927-1936. (Bowling Green State University). WorldCat record id: 55065794 The Scioto Land Company, organized in 178...

Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812

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Poet, author, statesman, army chaplain, merchant, publisher, and lawyer. From the description of Joel Barlow collection, 1787-1887. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70953035 Barlow was an American poet and statesman. He served as American consul in Algiers and as Minister to France (1811-1812). From the description of Papers, 1775-1935. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122419312 From the description of Papers, 1775-193...