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  <titleInfo>
    <title>William Allen papers, 1796-1879 (bulk 1840-1876)</title>
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    <namePart>Allen, William</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1803-1879</namePart>
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  <language>
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    <extent>23</extent>
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  <abstract>Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, financial records, scrapbooks, printed material, maps, and other papers relating chiefly to Allen's service as U.S. senator and representative from and governor of Ohio.  Includes material concerning the greenback movement, land surveys, the Mexican War, national and Ohio state politics, the Oregon question, and the annexation of Texas.  Includes records of the Ohio Militia Chillicothe Independent Blues and of the Stoney Mill Salt Works (Chillicothe, Ohio).  Correspondents include James John Faran, James Graham, John Hough, Amos Layman, George Morgan, and Henry A. Whitman.</abstract>
  <note>Open to research.</note>
  <note>Lawyer, farmer, and U.S. representative and senator from and governor of Ohio.</note>
  <note>Collection material in English.</note>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Faran, James John</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1808-1892</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Graham, James</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1793-1851</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Hough, John</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">active 1831-1845</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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      <namePart>Layman, Amos</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Morgan, George</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1777-1846</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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      <namePart>Whitman, Henry A</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>Ohio.</namePart>
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      <namePart>Chillicothe Independent Blues.</namePart>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>Stoney Mill Salt Works.</namePart>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Greenbacks</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Mexican War, 1846-1848</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Oregon question</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Salt industry and trade</topic>
    <geographic>Ohio</geographic>
    <geographic>Chillicothe</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Northwest boundary of the United States</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Ohio</geographic>
    <topic>Politics and government</topic>
    <temporal>1787-1865</temporal>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Ohio</geographic>
    <topic>Surveys</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Oregon</geographic>
    <topic>Boundaries</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Oregon Territory</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Texas</geographic>
    <topic>Annexation to the United States</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>Politics and government</topic>
    <temporal>1815-1861</temporal>
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    <occupation>Farmers</occupation>
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  <subject authority="itoamc">
    <occupation>Governors</occupation>
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  <subject authority="itoamc">
    <occupation>Lawyers</occupation>
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    <occupation>Representatives, U.S. Congress</occupation>
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  <subject authority="itoamc">
    <occupation>Senators, U.S. Congress</occupation>
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