Van Cleve-Dover collection 1791-1954 1830-1860.

Short, William, 1759-1849

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William Short was born in Surry County, Virginia, in 1759, the son of William Short and Elizabeth (Skipwith) Short. He graduated in 1779 from the College of William and Mary where he had been one of the founders of Phi Beta Kappa. He acted as Thomas Jefferson's private secretary in Paris and as secretary of legation and charge d'affairs. He was minister to The Hague. He participated in negotiations of the Pinchney Treaty with Spain. Short died in 1849. From the guide to the William S...

Dover, Thomas, 1829-1881

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Longworth, N. (Nicholas), 1782-1863

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Biographical Note 1869, Nov. 5 Born, Cincinnati, Ohio 1891 Graduated, Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. 1894 Graduated, Cincinnati Law School, Cincinnati, Ohio 1891 Elected to the Cincinnat...

Van Cleve, John W., 1801-1858

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Van Cleef family

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Newcom, George, 1771-1853.

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Burnet, Isaac Gouverneur, 1784-1856

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Isaac G. Burnet was born in 1784 in Newark, New Jersey, and moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1804. He was a lawyer, a newspaper editor, and was elected mayor of Cincinnati 1819. From the description of Isaac G. Burnet letters to Jonathan Rhea, 1793-1813. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 758985764 ...

Patterson, Robert, 1753-1827

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Short, Peyton, 1761-1825

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Brown, Henry, 1770-1823.

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Henry Brown Henry Brown was born about 1770 in Lexington, Virginia, where he lived until coming to the Northwest Territory in 1793 as a military secretary. He was involved in the pack-horse brigades that transported supplies to the army at forts including Forts Hamilton, Greenville, and Wayne, until 1795. In the spring of 1795, shortly after the Treaty of Greenville, Brown became business partners with John Sutherland. The business of the firm Sutherland &amp...

St. Clair, Arthur, 1734-1818

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Born in Thurso, Scotland, 1734, o.s. ; studied medicine in Edinburgh; served in the British Army in America, 1757-1762; surveyor of Cumberland, 1770; colonel of Pennsylvania militia, 1775; brigadier general, 1777 to the close of the Revolution; commander of the Army, 1791-1792; delegate to the Constitutional Congress, 1785-1787, and president, 1787; governor of Northwest Territory, 1789-1802; died in Greensburg, Pa., August 31, 1818. (Bio. Cong. Dir., 1928 ed. ; Dic. Am.Biog. --gives b. date, 17...

Schenck, Robert Cumming, 1809-1890

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American soldier, politician, and diplomat. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to W.W. Belknap, 1870 Aug. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270634505 Lawyer, U.S. Army officer, legislator, diplomat, and promoter of railroads and mining ventures, of Dayton, Ohio, and Washington, D.C. From the description of Papers, 1809-1882 (bulk 1850-1865). (Rutherford B Hayes Presidential Center). WorldCat record id: 70952260 From the descri...

Findlay, James, 1770-1835

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Dover family

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Van Cleve, Benjamin, 1773-1821

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Soldier, and resident of Dayton, Ohio. From the description of Memoirs, 18-- (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58772909 Benjamin Van Cleve (1773-1821) was one of the earliest European settlers of what would later become the city of Dayton, Ohio. He was born February 24, 1773, to John Van Cleve and Catherine Benham Van Cleve in Monmouth County, New Jersey. In December of 1789, John and Catherine Van Cleve headed west with their family, i...

Holt, Jerome, 1763-1840.

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Burnet, Jacob, 1770-1853

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U.S. Senator from Ohio. From the description of Autograph memorandum signed : Cincinnati, 1804 Aug. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270533885 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington City, to John Sloane, 1829 Nov. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270530910 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Yellow Springs, Ohio, to Robert Buchanon, 1833 July 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270531605 U.S. senator from Ohio, college...

Meigs, Return Jonathan, 1764-1825

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Known as Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr.; son of Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr. [sic]. Territorial and state official in Ohio; U.S. postmaster general 1814-1823. From the description of ALS : to Isaac Craig, 1796 July 8. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122541808 Ohio pioneer, politician, governor of Ohio, and U.S. senator. From the description of Letters, 1818-1820. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49253041 U.S. senator ...

Ziegler, David, 1748-1811

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1748 Born in Heidelberg, Germany. 1774 Emigrated to the United States and settled in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. 1775 Joined WilliamThompson's Pennsylvania Rifle Battalion. 1776 Became First Lieutenant when Thomp...

Fitzgerald, Roy G. (Roy Gerald), 1875-1962

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Roy Gerald Fitzgerald (August 25, 1875-November 16, 1962) was an attorney, a soldier, a preservationist, and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio. Roy G. Fitzgerald was a son of Michael Gerald Fitzgerald and Cornelia Maria Avery, and was born in Watertown, New York. His father was a business executive who moved to Dayton in 1890 with the Davis Sewing Machine Company, which had been purchased by George P. Huffman and relocated from Watertown to...

Greene, Charles Russell, 1785-1833.

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Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849

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Diplomat and U.S. secretary of the treasury. From the description of Albert Gallatin papers, 1783-1847. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82919649 Albert Gallatin was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives (1790-1792), a U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania (1795-1801), Secretary of the Treasury (1801-1814), and Minister Plenipotentiary to France (1815-1823) and Great Britain (1826-1827). From the description of Albert Gallatin letter, 1803 Oct....

Greene, Charles Henry, 1832-1868.

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Short, John Cleves, 1792-1864

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Ohio farmer and businessman. Older brother of Charles Wilkins Short with whom he maintained a steady correspondence. From the description of John Cleves Short : papers, 1825-1864. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49337637 ...

Murphy, William C.

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