Short-Harrison-Symmes families papers, 1760-1878  (bulk 1800-1860). 

 - 10,000  items. 30  1  containers plus  oversize. 12.4  linear feet. 3  microfilm reels. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Correspondence, diaries, bills and receipts, account books, ledgers, genealogical materials, and printed matter collected largely by John Cleves Short (1792-1864) and relating primarily to the families' financial interests, especially land and land speculation in Ohio.  Family members represented include John Cleves Symmes Harrison, John Scott Harrison, William Henry Harrison, William Henry Harrison, Jr., Charles Wilkins Short, Peyton Short, William Short, John Cleves Symmes, Anna Harrison Taylor, and members of the allied Breathitt, Dudley, and Ridgely families.  Other topics include botany, Ohio agriculture, and the effects of the Civil War.  Correspondents include Louis Agassiz, Samuel Carpenter, Henry Clay, Jefferson Davis, Cyrus Field, William Branch Giles, Asa Gray, Robert Pryor Henry, Cave Johnson, and James Wilkinson. 
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<br/><br/><br/>Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. <br/>Washington, D.C. : <br/>Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, <br/>1971. 
<br/><br/><br/>Members of the Harrison, Short, and Symmes (Simms) families. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010259 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 77039883  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 --Correspondence.<br/>Carpenter, Samuel H., active 1851-1859 --Correspondence.<br/>Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 --Correspondence.<br/>Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 --Correspondence.<br/>Field, Cyrus W. 1819-1892 --Correspondence.<br/>Giles, William Branch, 1762-1830 --Correspondence.<br/>Gray, Asa, 1810-1888 --Correspondence.<br/>Henry, Robert Pryor, 1788-1826 --Correspondence.<br/>Johnson, Cave, 1793-1866 --Correspondence.<br/>Wilkinson, James, 1757-1825 --Correspondence.<br/>Breathitt family.<br/>Dudley family.<br/>Harrison family.<br/>Ridgely family.<br/>Short family.<br/>Simms family.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Agriculture--Ohio.<br/>Botany.<br/>Land speculation--Ohio.<br/>Land tenure--Ohio.<br/>Landowners--Ohio.<br/>Real estate investment--Ohio.<br/>Speculation--Ohio.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.<br/>United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.