Finding aid for the Abraham Tappan Papers


Title:
Abraham Tappan Papers
Repository:
Western Reserve Historical Society
Phone: 216-721-5722
http://www.wrhs.org
Creator:
Tappan, Abraham
Dates:
1803-1879
Quantity:
0.20 linear feet (1 container)
Abstract:
Abraham Tappan (1779-1855) was a surveyor and postmaster of Unionville, Ohio, during the nineteenth century. The collection includes correspondence relating to land transactions, surveys and politics in the Western Reserve; and field notes made by Tappan while surveying Henry Champion's land in Concord Township, the road from the Muskingum River to Lake Erie, the road from the mouth of the Grand River to Warren, Ohio, and areas west of the Cuyahoga River and north of the Tuscarawas River.
Identification:
MS 0259
Location:
closed stacks
Language:
The records are in English

Scope and Content

The Abraham Tappan Papers, 1803-1879, consist of correspondence relating to land transactions, surveys and politics in the Western Reserve; and field notes made by Tappan while surveying Henry Champion's land in Concord Township, the road from the Muskingum River to Lake Erie, the road from the mouth of the Grand River to Warren, Ohio, and areas west of the Cuyahoga River and north of the Tuscarawas River.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged by document type and then chronologically.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865.
Ohio -- Surveys.
Surveyors -- Ohio -- Correspondence.
Tappan, Abraham, 1779-1855.
Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 259 Abraham Tappan Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Detailed Description of The Collection



Abraham Tappan Papers, ca. 1803-1879

Box 1 / Folder 1
Correspondence, alphabetical, ca. 1803-1879




Box 1 / Folder 2
Nine notebooks made while surveying Henry Champion's land, 1804




Box 1 / Folder 3
Eight notebooks relating to surveys made west of the Cuyahoga and north of the Tuscarawas Rivers, 1806