Short-Harrison-Symmes families papers, 1760-1878 (bulk 1800-1860).
Material type:
Mixed materialsDescription: 10,000 items; 30 containers plus 1 oversize; 12.4 linear feet; 3 microfilm reelsSubject(s): - 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
- Microfilm edition of selected correspondence available, no. 15,101 (21,369).
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.
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