04256cpcaa2200745 a 4500 mm 77039883 DLC 20260227111618.0 cr ||||||||||| 770819|||||||||||| eng mm 77039883 ms 78001755 DLC dacs DLC DLC N lcmd Short-Harrison-Symmes families papers, 1760-1878 (bulk 1800-1860). 10,000 items. 30 containers plus 1 oversize. 12.4 linear feet. 3 microfilm reels. Open to research. 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. Microfilm edition of selected correspondence available, no. 15,101 (21,369). Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1971. Members of the Harrison, Short, and Symmes (Simms) families. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010259 Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 Correspondence. Carpenter, Samuel H., active 1851-1859 Correspondence. Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 Correspondence. Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 Correspondence. Field, Cyrus W. (Cyrus West), 1819-1892 Correspondence. Giles, William Branch, 1762-1830 Correspondence. Gray, Asa, 1810-1888 Correspondence. Henry, Robert Pryor, 1788-1826 Correspondence. Johnson, Cave, 1793-1866 Correspondence. Wilkinson, James, 1757-1825 Correspondence. Breathitt family. Dudley family. Harrison family. Ridgely family. Short family. Simms family. Agriculture Ohio. Botany. Land speculation Ohio. Land tenure Ohio. Landowners Ohio. Real estate investment Ohio. Speculation Ohio. Ohio History Civil War, 1861-1865. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865. Harrison, John Cleves Symmes, 1798-1830. John Cleves Symmes Harrison papers. Harrison, John Scott, 1804-1878. John Scott Harrison papers. Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841. William Henry Harrison papers. Harrison, William Henry, 1802-1838. William Henry Harrison papers. Short, Charles Wilkins, 1794-1863. Charles Wilkins Short papers. Short, John Cleves, 1792-1864. John Cleves Short papers. Short, Peyton, 1761-1825. Peyton Short papers. Short, William, 1759-1849. William Short papers. Symmes, John Cleves, 1742-1814. John Cleves Symmes papers. Taylor, Anna Harrison, 1814-1865. Anna Harrison Taylor papers. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010259 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010259.3 39469 39469