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MS-006 Van Cleve-Dover Collection MS-006 Van Cleve-Dover Collection A Special Collection of Historical Materials at the Dayton Metro Library Dayton, Ohio Processed By: Lisa P. Rickey, Archivist and Jared Baldwin, Reference Librarian April 2010 MS-006: Van Cleve Dover Collection TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 7 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH .............................................................................................. 9 Benjamin Van Cleve....................................................................................................... 9 John W. Van Cleve ....................................................................................................... 10 Thomas Dover............................................................................................................... 11 BIBLIOGRAPHY & FURTHER READING .................................................................. 12 Benjamin Van Cleve..................................................................................................... 12 John Whitten Van Cleve ............................................................................................... 13 Thomas Dover............................................................................................................... 14 SCOPE AND CONTENT................................................................................................. 15 BOX AND FOLDER LISTING ....................................................................................... 17 Series I: Papers of Benjamin Van Cleve........................................................................... 23 Box 1, Folder 2: Correspondence from Benjamin Van Cleve to Robert Benham, 1794 ....................................................................................................................................... 23 Box 2: Letter Book of Benjamin Van Cleve, including correspondence regarding the letters, [1805]-1819, 1909............................................................................................. 23 Box 3, Folder 1: Correspondence from Benjamin Van Cleve to John Cleves Short (Photostats from the J. C. Short Collection of Short Family Papers), 1812-1817, Undated......................................................................................................................... 40 Box 6, Folder 1, and Box 7, Folder 1: Correspondence between Benjamin Van Cleve and his son John W. Van Cleve, 1817-1819................................................................. 45 Box 1, Folder 6: Petition of First Settlers at Dayton and Mercers Station, [1795]...... 48 Box 2: Laws of the Territory of the United States North-west of the River Ohio , 1796- 1804............................................................................................................................... 49 Box 2: Dayton Township Tax Assessment, 1798........................................................ 49 Box 2: Surveyor’s Records of Hamilton County, Ohio, 1801-1810............................ 49 Box 2: Acts of the State of Ohio, First Session , 1803.................................................. 50 Box 2: Bond naming Benjamin Van Cleve as first Postmaster of Dayton, 1803........ 50 Box 2: Constitution of the Social Library Society of Dayton, 1805............................ 51 Box 3, Folder 2: Business Transactions and Correspondence (Photostat), [1810-1820] ....................................................................................................................................... 51 Box 7, Folder 2: Business Transactions and Correspondence (Photostats), 1810-1813 ....................................................................................................................................... 55 Box 6, Folder 2: Deed to Benjamin Van Cleve of Dayton Academy Land, 1814....... 57 Box 2: Memoirs of Benjamin Van Cleve (original), [1773-1821] ............................... 57 Box 3, Folder 3: Copies and research notes on the Memoirs of Benjamin Van Cleve , [1887, 1900], Undated .................................................................................................. 58 2 MS-006: Van Cleve Dover Collection Series II: Papers of John W. Van Cleve............................................................................ 59 Subseries 1: Correspondence ........................................................................................ 59 Box 6, Folder 3: Correspondence to John W. Van Cleve, 1819, 1839-1858........... 59 Notebook 1: Correspondence to John W. Van Cleve, letter book, [1835-1856]..... 63 Box 6, Folder 4: Correspondence from John W. Van Cleve, 1833-1854................ 65 Box 3, Folder 4: Correspondence from or about John W. Van Cleve (Photostats), 1848, 1954................................................................................................. 67 Subseries 2: Financial Documents................................................................................ 68 Box 3, Folder 5: Account Books, [1817-1858], Undated........................................ 68 Box 3, Folder 6: Share Certificate, 1840 ................................................................. 68 Notebook 2: Financial Day Book, 1830 .................................................................. 68 Notebook 3.1: Receipts and Accounts notebook, vol. 1, 1826-1836....................... 69 Notebook 3.2: Receipts and Accounts notebook, vol. 2, 1836-1846....................... 69 Notebook 3.3: Receipts book, 1847-1854................................................................ 69 Notebook 3.4: Monthly Cash Accounts notebook, 1852-1854................................ 69 Notebook 4: Financial Records, 1847-1851, 1858 .................................................. 69 Notebook 11: List of Sheriff’s Fees notebook, 1834-1842...................................... 70 Notebook 11: Accounts on Books of Van Cleve & Comly, July 8, 1834 ............... 70 Notebook 6: Scrapbook of Receipts, 1836-1849 ..................................................... 70 Notebook 12: Cash Book, Volume 2, 1848-1851.................................................... 70 Notebook 27.1: Personal finance notebook, Volume 1, 1849-1853........................ 70 Notebook 27.2: Personal finance notebook, Volume 2, 1854 ................................. 71 Notebook 27.3: Personal finance notebook, Volume 3, 1855 ................................. 71 Notebook 27.4: Personal finance notebook, Volume 4, 1856 ................................. 71 Notebook 2: Dayton City Finance Notes, 1851-1856.............................................. 71 Notebook 13: Dayton & Western Railroad financial records, 1855........................ 71 Subseries 3: Official Documents .................................................................................. 72 Notebook 4: Will of John W. Van Cleve (copy), Memoranda, and Probate, 1858- 1867........................................................................................................... 72 Box 2: Records of the Dayton Library, 1826-1832 ................................................. 72 Notebook 10.1: Estate Account of Charles R. Greene, 1833................................... 72 Notebook 10.2: Estate Account of Charles R. Greene, 1833................................... 73 Notebook 10.1: Estate Account of E. W. Towner, 1845 ......................................... 73 Box 3, Folder 7: Will of Elizabeth Aughinbaugh, friend of John W. Van Cleve, 1845........................................................................................................... 73 Notebook 5.1: Estate Account of Mrs. Elizabeth Aughinbaugh, 1845-1857 .......... 73 Notebook 5.2: Estate Account of Mrs. Elizabeth Aughinbaugh, 1845-1857 .......... 73 Notebook 5.3: Receipts on Account of Jeptha Regans, 1846-1858......................... 74 Notebook 5.4: Receipts on Account of Elizabeth Regans, 1845-1854.................... 74 Box 2: Register of Deaths by Cholera in Dayton, 1849 .......................................... 74 Box 3, Folder 8: Deeds and Leases, 1852, 1858...................................................... 74 Box 7, Folder 3: Commission Report, 1850 ............................................................ 75 3 MS-006: Van Cleve Dover Collection Subseries 4: Academic Writings & Research Notes..................................................... 75 Box 3, Folder 9: Historical Essays and Writings, Undated ..................................... 75 Box 3, Folder 10: Historical Notes, Undated........................................................... 75 Notebook 14: Chronological Notes, Undated.......................................................... 76 Notebook 7.1: Pioneer Sketches and Historical Notes, Undated............................. 76 Notebook 7.2: Pioneer Sketches and Historical Notes, Undated............................. 76 Dayton 433 M952D: German-English Dictionary, 1812......................................... 76 Notebook 2: Notes on German grammar and vocabulary, Undated........................ 76 Box 3, Folder 11: Scientific and Technical Writings, 1838-1857, 1971, Undated . 77 Notebook 17: Copper Mines of Lake Superior lecture, Jan. 29, 1857..................... 77 Notebook 18: Colors of Minerals – Botanical Questions notebook, Undated......... 77 Notebook 19: Fossil engravings notebook, Undated ............................................... 78 Notebook 13: Botanical Notes and Sketches, [circa 1855].....................................
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