Backus-Woodbridge family papers [microform], 1773-1936 (bulk 1773-1865).

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Backus-Woodbridge family papers [microform], 1773-1936 (bulk 1773-1865).

Microfilm copy of boxes 1-3 of the Backus-Woodbridge collection, MSS 128, at the Ohio Historical Society, includes genealogical material, family correspondence about early Marietta and Ohio, Dudley Woodbridge-Robert Whiting correspondence regarding land sales, William Woodbridge letters regarding Michigan affairs, and Dudley Woodbridge-Harman Blennerhasset correspondence and business records.

4 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

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Blennerhassett, Harman 1765-1831

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Lawyer, planter, and scholar. From the description of Harman Blennerhassett papers, 1755-1866. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979849 Harman Blennerhassett was an attorney born in County Cork, Ireland. He received his law degree from Trinity College in Dublin in 1790 and lived on the continent for several years afterward. In 1796, Blennerhassett married his niece, Margaret Agnew, daughter of Robert Agnew, the lieutenant-governor of the Isle of Man. Because of their marriage...

Woodbridge, William, 1780-1861

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Woodbridge was born in Conn. on Aug. 20, 1780. He served in several high Ohio political positions before moving to Michigan. Woodbridge served as Secretary and Acting Governor of the Territory of Michigan, 1812-1828; Collector of Customs at Detroit, 1814- ; Michigan Territory's first delegate in Congress, 1819-1820; Justice of the Territorial Supreme Court, 1828-1832; Delegate from the 1st District (Detroit) to the Constitutional Convention of 1835; Senator from the 1st District, 1838-1839; Gove...

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Whiting, Robert F. (Robert Francis)

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Woodbridge, Dudley W.

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Dudley Woodbridge was born in Stonington, Conn. on Oct. 9, 1747. After graduating from Yale University in 1766, he moved on Norwich, Conn. He married Lucy Backus on Apr. 28, 1774. In 1788 they moved to Marietta, Ohio, where Mr. Woodbridge served as judge of the peace. He died in Marietta on Aug. 6, 1823. From the description of Dudley Woodbridge papers, 1729-1837. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 300017168 Physician of Groton, Conn. From the descript...

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