Manuscripts relating to the early history of the Western Reserve, 1795-1869 [microform].

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Manuscripts relating to the early history of the Western Reserve, 1795-1869 [microform].

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"Manuscripts relating to the early history of the Western Reserve, 1795-1869, consists of business records, government documents, land surveys and field notes, journals and diaries, correspondence, writings, statements, addresses, newspaper clippings, court proceedings, and notes. Many of the documents in the collection are not originals but transcripts collected by John Barr and Charles Whittlesey during the period 1840-1860. The collection is arranged in seven series: Connecticut Land Company records; land surveys, field notes, and plats; journals and diaries; correspondence; writings; court cases; and miscellaneous.

2.6 linear feet.

Cleveland State University Library, Michael Schwartz Library

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Cleveland State University Library, Michael Schwartz Library

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Western Reserve Historical Society

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Manuscripts Relating to the Early History of the Western Reserve, 1795-1869, was the first collection of manuscripts to be assembled by the Western Reserve Historical Society, and its provenance is closely intertwined with the circumstances of the institution's founding. Chiefly responsible for the acquisition of the materials comprising the collection was Charles W. Whittlesey, the Society's first president. According to the Society's second annual report (1869), Whittlesey assembl...

Connecticut Land Company

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The Connecticut Land Company (1795-1809) was a syndicate of 35 groups representing 58 individuals who purchased on credit the majority of Connecticut's Western Reserve land as a speculative venture. Proceeds from the sale of the Reserve were used to establish the Connecticut School Fund. The Western Reserve was that area of northeastern Ohio which Connecticut reserved for her citizens in 1786 in exchange for ceding the remainder of her western land claims to the newly-formed United States govern...