Papers, 1811-1863.

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Papers, 1811-1863.

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Financial papers, notes, speeches, docket books, newspaper clippings, certificates of appointment, and letters to Whittlesey. The speeches include topics such as African colonization, agriculture, the Ohio Militia, and the War of 1812. The letters include material on Brady's Leap, the Ohio Canal Fund Commissioners, the estate of Samuel Griswold, and the history of Canfield, Ohio, the Firelands and the Western Reserve. Also included are ca. 140 letters from early Ohio governors, members of the Ohio Constitutional Convention, state legislators, and soldiers during the War of 1812, mostly addressed to Elijah Wadsworth, concerning political and military matters in Ohio, particularly the Western Reserve, 1801-57.

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Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Sloane, John, 1799-1856.

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Brady, Samuel, 1756-1785?

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Tiffin, Edward, 1766-1829

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Pease, Calvin, 1776-1839

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Badger, Joseph, 1757-1846

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Wadsworth, Frederick, 1786-1869

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