Manuscripts of Early National and Antebellum America

2 documents. Two indentures, binding Ebenezer Arnold (b. 1796) to Dr. Leonard Jewett to learn "the Science of Medicine" (1804), and to Amos Grippen, as an apprentice blacksmith (1813). The manuscripts are from Washington and Athens counties, Ohio. MSN/EA 2600-1 to MSN/EA 2600-2.

6 documents. A small group of court records relating to The State of Ohio vs. William Jordan and John D. Decker, heard in the Champaign County, Ohio Court of Common Pleas in 1816. The two men, of Urbana, Champaign County, were accused (and convicted) of fighting a duel. The collection includes a memorandum on the case written by justice Nathaniel Pinckard; bonds of recognizance entered by each of the defendants; a presentment against the defendants, written by the prosecutor and signed by the foreman of the jury; and writs of attachment against the defendants. MSN/EA 2602-1 to MSN/EA 2602-6.

1 vol., 35 cm., 320 leaves, with 54 pages of manuscript entries in two secretarial hands. The Mahoning Plank Road Company was organized in 1849 and incorporated in 1851, "for the purpose of constructing a plank road from the town of Warren in Trumbull County [in northeast Ohio], to Canfield in Mahoning County, thence to the line of the Columbiana County… ." The records consist primarily of minutes from directors and stockholders meetings; these span the entire life of the company, from 1849 to 1863. These minutes detail the company's organization, the election of officers, the raising of capital, issuance of stock, route selection, the engagement of surveyors, the setting of tolls, and so on. From 1855, the minutes include yearly treasurers' reports with itemized lists of company debits and credits. Entries are in the hands of two company secretaries, John M. Edwards and William W. Whittlesey. MSN/EA 2601-1-B.