Papers, 1834-1935.

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Papers, 1834-1935.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23352947

Joseph Perkins' papers include business correspondence, building construction contracts, land, tenement, and office leases, financial statements and business records, maps and surveys, cancelled land contracts and cancelled checks. Jacob Perkins' papers include voluminous correspondence, and accounts and receipts of business affairs. Jacob Bishop Perkins' papers include correspondence, legal papers, contracts, deeds, leases, maps, and surveys, all pertaining primarily to his affairs as a real estate owner and builder in Cleveland. Other family papers include school books, letter books, estate papers, genealogical information, a scrapbook on the early settlement of the Western Reserve, business papers of Joseph's son Douglas and a Civil War diary by another son Charles. Also included are photographs, diaries, trip journals, correspondence from Simon and Nancy Perkins, financial journals, ledgers and account books of Stephen E. Brooks, as well as material relating to the Cleveland, Warren & Pittsburgh RR, the Chicago, Danville & Vincennes RR, the Cleveland Female Seminary, the Cleveland Board of Park Commissioners, the Hill Clutch Co. and the Walker Mfg. Co.

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Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Cleveland and Mahoning Rail Road Company

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Perkins, Nancy Bishop.

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Perkins, Joseph, 1819-1885

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Perkins, Charles William, 1825-1893

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Perkins, Jacob B. (Jacob Bishop), 1854-1936

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Cleveland and Warren Rail Road Company

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Cleveland Female Seminary

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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...

Walker Manufacturing Company.

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Perkins, Jacob, 1821-1859.

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Brooks, Stephen E.

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Chicago, Danville & Vincennes Railroad Company

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Hill Clutch Company.

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Perkins family.

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Joseph and Jacob Perkins were sons of Simon Perkins, general land agent in the Western Reserve. They came from Warren, Ohio to Cleveland in the 1850s to engage in banking, railroad building, real estate and various businesses. Together they organized and operated the Cleveland & Mahoning Railroad. Joseph was president of the Bank of Commerce (1852-72), a leading benefactor of Cleveland charities, the first president of Cleveland City Hospital, and a trustee for Western Reserve College (1846-...

Cleveland (Ohio). b Board of Park Commissioners.

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Western Reserve Bank of Warren, Ohio.

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Perkins, Douglas, 1855-1921

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Fitch family.

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