Papers, 1802-1863.

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Papers, 1802-1863.

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Correspondence, contracts, surveys, financial calculations, tax records, receipts, promissory notes, sight drafts, insurance policies, powers of attorney, and miscellaneous legal papers, relating to Fitch's activities as a land agent; records of the Bank of Cleveland and the Western Reserve Bank; correspondence concerning the Banks of Geauga, Geneva, Orleans, and St. Clair, the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad, and the Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati Railroad; correspondence and transactions of Simon Perkins, Elihu Spencer, and William Williams; and copies of letters, a will, affidavits, and an essay pertaining to John Fitch, inventor of the steamboat.

7.0 linear ft. (15 boxes)

Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7043189

Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Bank of St. Clair (St. Clair, Ohio)

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Western Reserve Bank of Warren, Ohio.

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Bank of Geneva (Geneva, Ohio)

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Hathaway, Asahel.

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Bank of Geauga (Geauga, Ohio)

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Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad Company

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Hubbard, Nehemiah, 1752-1837

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Williams, Eliphalet.

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Storrs, Betsey.

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Bank of Orleans (Orleans, Ohio)

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Bank of Cleveland (Cleveland, Ohio).

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Trumbull, Eliza.

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Whittlesey, Francis D.

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Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad.

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Perkins, Simon, 1771-1844

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Surveyor, soldier, and banker, of Ohio. Perkins was highly instrumental in the settlement of the Western Reserve (Ohio) and in the founding of the city of Akron, Ohio. From the description of Papers, 1801-1919. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 18375963 Simon Perkins (1771-1844) was a surveyor, soldier, land agent, postmaster, and banker who played a major role in the early development of the Western Reserve. Born on September 17, 1771 to Simon...

Storrs, Lemuel.

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Kingsbury, Andrew

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Williams, William

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Trumbull, Henry C.

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Fitch, John, 1743-1798

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Inventor. From the description of John Fitch papers, 1783-1854. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981153 Inventor and steamboat developer. From the description of John Fitch papers, 1764-1963. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454382 Nelson County, Kentucky inventor. From the description of John Fitch : miscellaneous papers, 1782-1814. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49222091 ...

Trumbull, Joseph, 1737-1778

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Delegate to U.S. Continental Congress, Connecticut public official, and Army officer. From the description of Joseph Trumbull papers, 1776. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980663 ...

Spencer, Elihu.

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Storrs, William L.

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Billings, Charles.

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Ely, William Watson, 1812-1879.

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Fitch, Zalmon, 1785-1860.

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Early Ohio attorney and land agent, and a leader in the financial circles of Cleveland and Warren, Ohio. Born in Norwalk, Conn., Fitch established the second general store in the Western Reserve in Canfield, Ohio, in 1810. He moved to Warren in 1813 and served as the land agent for several of the original stockholders of the Connecticut Land Company. Fitch was cashier of the Western Reserve Bank when it was established in 1816 and served in that capacity for 23 years until he became president. F...