MARC Record from Library of Congress

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245 00 $aParsons family papers,$f1769-1878.
300 $a80$fitems.
300 $a1$fcontainer.
300 $a1$fmicrofilm reel.
300 $a0.2$flinear feet.
506 0 $aOpen to research.
520 8 $aCorrespondence, legal documents, account book, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and other papers chiefly of Samuel Holden Parsons (1737-1789), his son, Enoch Parsons, and Enoch's son, Samuel Holden Parsons (1800-1871). Includes a 1778 letter from General Parsons to his friend, American loyalist William Walter, in which he argues the colonists' cause. Also includes material on Parsons's work for the Ohio Company relating to land development near Marietta, Ohio, and in the Western Reserve. Other topics include Indians in the Old Northwest, the nullification controversy, and family matters. Family correspondents include Mary Sullivan Parsons Dickson, Enoch Thomas Parsons, Henry Ethelbert Parsons, Jonathan Parsons, and Mehetabel Mather Parsons. Other correspondents include Richard Butler, Oliver Ellsworth, Jonathan Greenleaf, Benjamin Huntington, Joel Munsell, Israel Putnam, Benjamin F. Wade, and Elisha Whittlesey.
530 $aMicrofilm edition available,$dno. 17,351.
533 $aMicrofilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division.$bWashington, D.C. :$cLibrary of Congress Photoduplication Service,$d1978.
541 $cGift,$aBenjamin F. Wade and John P. Wade,$d1941.
545 0 $aParsons family of Connecticut and Ohio. Family members represented include Samuel Holden Parsons (1737-1789), Continental Army officer; his son, Enoch Parsons, public official and banker of Middletown and Hartford, Conn.; and Enoch's son, Samuel Holden Parsons (1800-1871), lawyer and banker of Middletown, Conn.
546 $aCollection material in English.
555 8 $aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009334
600 10 $aDickson, Mary Sullivan Parsons,$dd. 1841$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aButler, Richard,$d1743-1791$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aEllsworth, Oliver,$d1745-1807$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aGreenleaf, Jonathan,$d1785-1865$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHuntington, Benjamin,$d1736-1800$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMunsell, Joel,$d1808-1880$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aParsons, Enoch Thomas,$dd. 1830$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aParsons, Henry Ethelbert$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aParsons, Jonathan,$d1705-1776$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aParsons, Mehetable Mather,$d1743-1802$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aPutnam, Israel,$d1718-1790$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWade, B. F.$q(Benjamin Franklin),$d1800-1878$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWalter, William,$d1737-1800$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWhittlesey, Elisha,$d1783-1863$vCorrespondence.
600 30 $aParsons family.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bContinental Army$xOfficers.
610 20 $aOhio Company (1786-1796)
650 0 $aAmerican loyalists.
650 0 $aIndians of North America$zNorthwest, Old.
650 0 $aLand companies$zOhio.
650 0 $aLand speculation$zOhio$zMarietta.
650 0 $aNullification (States' rights)
651 0 $aConnecticut$xHistory$y1775-1865,
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783.
651 0 $aWestern Reserve (Ohio)
700 1 $aParsons, Enoch,$d1769-1846.$tEnoch Parsons papers.
700 1 $aParsons, Samuel Holden,$d1737-1789.$tSamuel Holden Parsons papers.
700 1 $aParsons, Samuel Holden,$d1800-1871.$tSamuel Holden Parsons papers.
852 $aLibrary of Congress$bManuscript Division$eWashington, D.C. 20540 USA$ndcu$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
856 4 $3Finding aid$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009334
856 4 $3Finding aid (PDF)$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009334.3