mixed material monographic eng 10,000 30 1 12.4 3 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. Open to research. 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 Harrison, John Scott, 1804-1878 Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841 Harrison, William Henry, 1802-1838 Short, Charles Wilkins, 1794-1863 Short, John Cleves, 1792-1864 Short, Peyton, 1761-1825 Short, William, 1759-1849 Symmes, John Cleves, 1742-1814 Taylor, Anna Harrison, 1814-1865 mm 77039883 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms010259 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms010259.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010259 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010259.3 Open to research. DLC 770819 20260227111618.0 mm 77039883