Finding aid for the Samuel Mathews Papers
Title:
Samuel Mathews Papers
Repository:
Western Reserve Historical Society
Phone: 216-721-5722
http://www.wrhs.org
Creator:
Mathews, Samuel
Dates:
1849-1909
Bulk dates:
1849-1851
Quantity:
0.20 linear feet (1 container)
Abstract:
 Samuel Mathews (1816-1891) was the son of Dr. John Henry Mathews (1785-1862) and Martha Huntington Mathews, daughter of the third Governor of Ohio. Samuel was one of the first white children born in Painesville, Ohio. In 1844 he married Hulda O. Ford (d. 1857), daughter of Darius Ford, one of the first settlers of East Cleveland. In 1849 Mathews traveled to California with his partners in the Painesville Mining Company. He returned home in 1852. The collection consists of a constitution and treasurer's account book of the Painesville Mining Association, newspaper articles relating Mathews' California experiences, a diary of the overland journey to California, an annotated transcript of the diary, family correspondence, obituaries, and miscellaneous printed items.
Identification:
MS 4017
Location:
closed stacks
Language:
The records are in English

Scope and Content

The Samuel Mathews Papers, 1849-1909 (bulk 1849-1851), consist of a constitution and treasurer's account book of the Painesville Mining Association, newspaper articles relating Mathews' California experiences, a diary of the overland journey to California, an annotated transcript of the diary, family correspondence, obituaries, and miscellaneous printed items.

This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of Cleveland, Ohio, in the mid-nineteenth century. Topics of the correspondence include the journey to and conditions in California, family matters, and events in Cleveland, including abolitionist activities, cholera epidemics, medical developments, the town's growth, and its fascination with spiritualism.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged by subject 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:

Abolitionists -- Ohio.
California -- Description and travel.
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Description and travel.
Epidemics -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Gold mines and mining.
Mathews, Samuel, 1816-1891.
Medicine -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Spiritualism -- Ohio -- Cleveland.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 4017 Samuel Mathews Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Acquisition Information

Gift of Dean C. Mathews in 1985.

Detailed Description of The Collection



Samuel Mathews Papers, 1849-1909

Box 1 / Folder 1
Samuel Mathews diary, 1849




Box 1 / Folder 2
Painesville Mining Association constitution and account book, 1849




Box 1 / Folder 3
Samuel Matthews letters, 1849-1851




Box 1 / Folder 3
Hulda Mathews, 1849-1851




Box 1 / Folder 4
Mathews family and miscellaneous correspondence, 1849-1851




Box 1 / Folder 5
Published material, 1849-1909




Box 1 / Folder 6
Annotated transcript of Samuel Mathews 1849 diary and reminiscences, ca. 1886