Ohio Land Company Papers
Scope and Contents
The Ohio Land Company Papers includes primarily letters and postcards related to the Ohio Company land buying and selling activities, especially those by Samuel Frost and Otis Nixon of Framingham, Massachusetts.
Dates
- Creation: 1794 - 1848
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Ohio University Libraries.
Conditions Governing Use
Ohio University retains all property rights to the collection.
Ohio University retains all copyrights unless retained by the donor, other correspondents, or other artists.
Historical Note
"The Ohio Land Company was organized in 1786-1787 for the purpose of settling the Northwest Territory. On April 7, 1788 Rufus Putnam and 40 others established the settlement of Marietta. The Connecticut Land Company, about 1800, was busy selling Government Lands on Lake Erie, which detracted from the Ohio Company's sale, and in 1820, Putnam combined the Ohio Land Company with George Turner.
John Nichols and Thomas Nixon of Framingham, Massachusetts were large purchasers of land for speculation. Sometime before 1820 two of Mr. Nixon's sons moved to Ohio. The letters from this date cover their own living problems as they wrote to their father or brother back home. Most of the letters were sent by mail, and the date of mailing carefully noted. The letters describe land values, living conditions and general weather conditions as it affected crops and healt hat the start of the state of Ohio." - from Dealer's catalog
Extent
.25 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Ohio University Archives received part of the collection in 1973 including letters among the Nixon family and from D. Loring. These were most likely bought from a dealer. Other material in the collection was moved from a grouping of "Chronological Files".
Subject
- Putnam, Rufus, 1738-1824 (Person)
- Ohio Company (1786-1796) (Organization)
- Author
- Jessie Langenderfer
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections Repository
