mixed material monographic eng 80 1 1 0.2 Correspondence, legal documents, account book, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and other papers chiefly of Samuel Holden Parsons (1737-1789), his son, Enoch Parsons, and Enoch's son, Samuel Holden Parsons (1800-1871). Includes a 1778 letter from General Parsons to his friend, American loyalist William Walter, in which he argues the colonists' cause. Also includes material on Parsons's work for the Ohio Company relating to land development near Marietta, Ohio, and in the Western Reserve. Other topics include Indians in the Old Northwest, the nullification controversy, and family matters. Family correspondents include Mary Sullivan Parsons Dickson, Enoch Thomas Parsons, Henry Ethelbert Parsons, Jonathan Parsons, and Mehetabel Mather Parsons. Other correspondents include Richard Butler, Oliver Ellsworth, Jonathan Greenleaf, Benjamin Huntington, Joel Munsell, Israel Putnam, Benjamin F. Wade, and Elisha Whittlesey. Open to research. Microfilm edition available, no. 17,351. Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1978. Parsons family of Connecticut and Ohio. Family members represented include Samuel Holden Parsons (1737-1789), Continental Army officer; his son, Enoch Parsons, public official and banker of Middletown and Hartford, Conn.; and Enoch's son, Samuel Holden Parsons (1800-1871), lawyer and banker of Middletown, Conn. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009334 Dickson, Mary Sullivan Parsons -1841 Correspondence Butler, Richard 1743-1791 Correspondence Ellsworth, Oliver 1745-1807 Correspondence Greenleaf, Jonathan 1785-1865 Correspondence Huntington, Benjamin 1736-1800 Correspondence Munsell, Joel 1808-1880 Correspondence Parsons, Enoch Thomas -1830 Correspondence Parsons, Henry Ethelbert Correspondence Parsons, Jonathan 1705-1776 Correspondence Parsons, Mehetable Mather 1743-1802 Correspondence Putnam, Israel 1718-1790 Correspondence Wade, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) 1800-1878 Correspondence Walter, William 1737-1800 Correspondence Whittlesey, Elisha 1783-1863 Correspondence Parsons family United States. Continental Army Officers Ohio Company (1786-1796) American loyalists Indians of North America Northwest, Old Land companies Ohio Land speculation Ohio Marietta Nullification (States' rights) Connecticut History 1775-1865 United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Western Reserve (Ohio) Parsons, Enoch, 1769-1846 Parsons, Samuel Holden, 1737-1789 Parsons, Samuel Holden, 1800-1871 mm 78035550 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009334 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009334.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009334 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009334.3 Open to research. DLC 780328 20260227111625.0 mm 78035550