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John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder letters
Collection
Identifier: VAULT box-Ayer-MS-378
Abstract
A small collection of correspondence (seven letters) written by Heckewelder from his home in Bethlehem, Pa. to three individuals between the years 1790 and 1822.,The largest group of letters were written to William Alexander, a surveyor residing in Carlisle, Pa., dated 23 March 1790 to 8 Feb. 1791. In these letters Heckewelder engages the services of Alexander to survey five warrents of land (650 acres) in eastern Ohio purchased by Heckewelder and others. He also instructs Alexander to layout...
Dates:
1790-1822
Ohio Company records
Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Ayer-MS-3091
Abstract
Company formed Mar. 1, 1786, by Revolutionary War officers to raise capital for the acquisition and settlement of federal lands northwest of the Ohio River. Minutes, correspondence, accounts, receipts, powers of attorney, lists, etc. (bulk 1787-1793) of Ohio Company of Associates agent, Benjamin Heywood, a former Continental Army officer and resident of Worcester, Mass.,Included are minutes of Worcester area subscribers' meetings (1787-1789) in which Heywood was elected one of three agents...
Dates:
1787-1800, bulk 1787-1793; Majority of material found within 1787 - 1793
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- Bounties, Military -- Ohio -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1
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- Cutler, Manasseh, 1742-1823 1
- Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus 1
- Heywood, Benjamin 1
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- Massachusetts Peace Society 1
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