Papers of Thomas Worthington, 1795-1827.

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Papers of Thomas Worthington, 1795-1827.

Correspondence, diaries, accounts, and maps relating to Worthington's political career, family, and business interests. Topics include agriculture, banking, Chillicothe Public Land Office, Indians, land sales, military operations, settlement and government of the Northwest Territory, surveys, and Ohio statehood, elections, and politics. Correspondents include Lewis Cass, Jessup N. Couch, William H. Crawford, William Creighton, Samuel Finley, Albert Gallatin, Thomas Gibson, John Hamm, Benjamin Hough, Samuel Huntington, William Jones, Joseph Kerr, Duncan McArthur, Jeremiah McLene, Nathaniel Macon, Jared Mansfield, Nathaniel Massie, Return J. Meigs, Benjamin Ruggles, Solomon Sibley, Wyllys Silliman, John Sloane, P. E. Thomas, Edward Tiffin, Isaac Van Horne, and Micajah T. Williams.

22 microfilm reels.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8315134

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Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866

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Macon, Nathaniel, 1757-1837

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Van Horne, Isaac, 1754-1834

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Jones, William, 1760-1831

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Huntington, Samuel, 1765-1817

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Born in Coventry, Conn., Oct. 4,1765; adopted & educated by his uncle Samuel; (1731-1796); grad. at Yale,1785; adm. to the bar, Norwich,1793; removed to Cleveland,1801; to Painesville, Ohio, 1805; judge of court of common pleas,1802-03; of superior court, 1803; afterward chief justice member of 1st constitutional convention of Ohio,1802 & Senator in 1st legislator; Governor of Ohio, 1808-10 one the proprietors of Fairport, found 1812; district paymaster, colonel, 1812-14; died in Painesv...

Worthington, Thomas, 1773-1827

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Finley, Samuel, 1752-1829

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Massie, Nathaniel, 1763-1813

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Williams, Micajah Terrell, 1792-1844

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Mansfield, Jared, 1759-1830

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Teacher, mathematics and physics researcher, and surveyor general of the United States, 1803-1812, appointed to survey Ohio and the Northwest Territory. From the description of Letter : Cincinnati, [Ohio], to Joseph Larwell [i.e. Larwill], Zanesville, [Ohio], 1812 Jan. 29. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 38482934 ...

Gibson, Thomas, 1962-....

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McLene, Jeremiah.

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McArthur, Duncan, 1772-1839

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Duncan McArthur was born in Dutchess County, New York, and grew up in western Pennsylvania before becoming one of the first settlers of Chillicothe, Ohio. McArthur served in the Ohio militia during the War of 1812 and was later appointed brigadier general in United States Army, was elected twice to the U.S. House of Representatives, and was the eleventh Governor of Ohio (1830-1832). Thomas Worthington was born in Charles Town, Virginia, in 1773 before settling in Ohio and serving two terms as U....

Chillicothe (Ross County, Ohio). Public Land Office.

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Sloane, John, 1779-1856

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Sloane was a congressman from Ohio and Treasurer of the U.S. Clay was congressman from Kentucky. From the guide to the John Sloane correspondence with Henry Clay, 1822-1850., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Sloane was a congressman from Ohio and Treasurer of the U.S. Clay was a congressman from Kentucky. From the description of Correspondence with Henry Clay, 1822-1850. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122468838 ...

Sibley, Solomon, 1769-1846

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Ruggles, Benjamin, 1783-1857

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Kerr, Joseph, 1765-1837

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Joseph Kerr was born in Pa.; moved to Ohio, 1792; was a surveyor, industrialist, farmer, state legislator, and U.S. senator from Ohio, 1814-1815 before moving to Tenn. in 1826; and to La. in 1828. From the description of Ledger, 1815-1823. (Ohio Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 40309211 Joseph Kerr was born in Pa.; moved to Ohio, 1792; was a surveyor, industrialist, farmer, state legislator, and U.S. senator from Ohio, 1814-1815. From the description of J...

Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849

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Hamm, John D.

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Creighton, William, 1778-1851

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Silliman, Wyllys, b. 1777.

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Tiffin, Edward, 1766-1829

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U.S. senator and first governor of Ohio. He was an early settler of Chillicothe, Ohio and also served as U.S. Commissioner of Public Lands (1812-1814) and Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory (1814-1829). He was also a lay preacher and a doctor. From the description of Papers, 1785-1853. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 17725189 Surveyor General of the United States, from Ohio where he had served as a congressman and governor for that state. ...

Couch, Jessup N.

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Hough, Benjamin, 1773-1819

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Meigs, Return Jonathan, 1764-1825

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Thomas, Philip E. (Philip Evan), 1776-1861

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