Severance family papers, series II, 1826-1989.

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Severance family papers, series II, 1826-1989.

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Consists of historical and biographical data on various family members; diaries and travel journals, especially of Julia Severance Millikin and her mother, Emily Allen Severance; correspondence, especially between Julia and her mother, Emily Severance; wills, genealogical notes, deeds, notices of events, and newspaper clippings. Among the correspondence are numerous letters from Julia's friends from Wells College. The collection also includes a certificate appointing John Walworth collector for the district of Erie, 1806, and a journal kept by Dudley Allen detailing early medical practice in the area. There is also material on author Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) and his voyage around the world, which included Solon and Emily Severance, and became the basis of hs novel "The Innocents Abroad."

4 linear ft.

Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7524787

Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

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Mark Twain (b. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, November 30, 1835, Florida, MO – d. April 21, 1910, Redding, CT) was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. Among his novels are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885). Twain served an apprenticeship with a printer and then worked as a typesetter, contributing articles to the newspaper of his older brother Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pil...

Severance, Solon Lewis, 1834-1915.

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Severance, Mary Helen, 1816-1902.

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Millikin, Benjamin L., 1851-1916.

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Milliken, Julia Severance, 1862-1950.

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Prentiss, Elisabeth Severance

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Long family.

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Severance, Emily Allen, 1840-1921.

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Walworth, John, 1765-1812.

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Long, Juliana Walworth, 1794-1866.

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Milliken family.

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Severance family.

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The Severance family was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio family known for its philanthropic activities. Solon Severance, a Cleveland banker, was the son of Solomon Severance and Mary Helen Long, and a brother of Louis Severance. He was also a descendent of John Walworth, an early settler of Cleveland who was a civil engineer and was appointed in 1806 as the Custom Collector for the District of Erie. Solon's wife, Emily Allen, was the daughter of Dr. Dudley Allen, and the sister of prominent surgeon ...

Allen family.

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Long, David, 1787-1851.

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Allen, Dudley Peter, 1852-1915

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Allen, Dudley, 1814-1898.

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Severance, John L. (John Long), 1863-1936

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Wells College

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Allen, Peter, 1787-1864.

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Nash family.

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Nash, Helen Millikin, 1893-1990.

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