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County Tax Receipt, John B. Cornell, November 27, 1850
John B. Cornell
Printed personal property tax receipt printed by the County Treasurer's Office of Franklin County for John B. Cornell. The total is one dollar, twenty seven cents, and eight mills.
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County Tax Receipt, Angeline C. Cornell, November 27, 1850
Angeline C. Cornell
Printed personal property tax receipt to Angeline C. Cornell from the County Treasurer's Office of Franklin County. The total is seventy three cents and seven mills.
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County Tax Receipt, Elias Cornell Heirs, November 27, 1850
Elias Cornell
Printed personal property tax receipt printed by Franklin County's County Treasurer's Office. The tax was for nine dollars and eighty five cents for seventy five acres of land.
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Receipt from Angeline Cornell, September 14, 1850
Angeline Cornell
Receipt from Angeline Cornell for vacant lot in Otterbein Cemetery. It reads "Blendon Sept 14th 1850
Received of Angeline C. Cornell, two dollars in full. For the vacant ground in Lot No 12413 in South half in Grave-Yard near Westerville, S. Sharp atty[sic] in fact for main[sic] Graveyard."
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Western Reserve Farmers' Insurance Co. Advertisement, June 1850
S. Munson
Printed advertising pamphlet for the Western Reserve Farmer's Insurance Co.
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Parley's Fables
Ingram Cobbin
This hardcover book, titled Parley's Fables according to the page headers, is bound with uneven, hand-stitched black thread. The title page is missing, but the preface reveals that "this little book is chiefly compiled from a collection of Fables, by Ingram Cobbin, recently published in London."
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Postcard of City Street
Unknown
Colorless postcard of a horse-and-buggy traveling down a snowy street lined with electric poles. The handwritten notation on the back identifies this view as "Westerville - State Street looking north just before College Ave."
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The New Letter Writer Containing a Great Varity of Letters
Unknown
This small pocket-sized volume is titled: The New Letter Writer, Containing a Great Variety of Letters on the Following Subjects: Relationship, Business, Love, Courtship and Marriage, Friendship, and Miscellaneous Letters... The publication date is unknown, but the imprint is "New York: Richard Mars[?], 138 William Street."
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County Tax Receipt, A C Cornell, December 14, 1849
A C. Cornell
Printed receipt for personal property tax by the County Treasurer's Office of Franklin County. A. C. Cornell paid ninety three cents and eight mills.
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County Tax Receipt, Elias Cornell Heirs, December 14, 1849
Elias Cornell
Printed county property tax receipt by Franklin County to the heirs of Elias Cornell, dated December 14, 1849. The property tax was nine dollars, forty five cents, and three mills for seventy five acres.
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Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell's Autograph Book
Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell
This Autograph Book, also called an Album Book, belonged to Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell and is full of messages, many of them poems, written to her by friends and family. The book is bound in black leather decorated with floral designs and printed with several picturesque engravings in its pages like "View of Northumberland (on the Susquehanna)" engraved by H. Griffiths after a picture by W. H. Bartlet.
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County Tax Receipt, Angeline C. Cornell, December 15, 1848
Angeline Cornell
County tax receipt printed by the County Treasurer's Office of Franklin County. Angeline C. Cornell paid 0.89 cents and 8 mills.
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County Tax Receipt, Elias Cornell, December 12, 1848
Elias Cornell
Printed personal property tax for Elias Cornell from the County Treasurer's Office of Franklin County, dated December 12, 1848. The total is nine dollars and ten cents and five mills. Signed by J Liley.
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County Tax Receipt, Elias Cornell, November 3, 1847
Elias Cornell
Printed personal property tax for Elias Cornell from the County Treasurer's Office of Franklin County, dated November 3, 1847. The total is eight dollars, eight cents, and three mills. Signed by J Liley.
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County Tax Receipt, Angeline C. Cornell, November 3, 1847
Angeline C. Cornell
Printed personal property tax for Angeline C. Cornell from County Treasurer's Office of Franklin County, dated November 3, 1847. The total is eighty cents. Signed by J. Liley.
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County Tax Receipt, Angeline Cornell, October 21, 1846
Angeline C. Cornell
Printed personal property tax for Angeline C. Cornell from the County Treasurer's Office of Franklin County, dated October 21, 1846. The total is forty seven cents. Signed by J Liley.
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County Tax Receipt, Elias Cornell, October 21, 1846
Elias Cornell
Printed personal property tax for Elias Cornell from the County Treasurer's Office of Franklin County, dated October 21, 1846. The total is seven dollars and fifteen cents. Signed by J Liley.
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Guardianship Letter, May 9, 1846
Lewis Heyl
Letter from Lewis Heyl, clerk of Common Pleas that declares Angeline C. Cornell to have guardianship over John B. Cornell and Alice J. Cornell. The back reads "1846 guardianship for Angeline C. Bishop-Cornell for her two children following her husband (Elias') death."
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Receipt from Angeline C. Cornell, May 9, 1846
Angeline B. Cornell
Receipt from Angeline C. Cornell for clerk fees. It reads "Rec_ May 9th 1846 of Mrs Angeline C. Cornell guardian of John B. + Alice J. Cornell one dollar and fifty cents clerk fees for this time
L. Heyl CLK"
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Golden Maxims: Or, A Thought for Every Day in the Year
Rev. Robert Bond
This book, titled "Golden Maxims: Or, A Thought for Every Day in the Year," is pocket-sized and clothbound with golden gilt edges. A small photographic portrait of a young man identified as Otto. B Cornell is pasted on the front endpapers. On the same page, the book is signed in pen by an owner with "Alice J. Cornell, Westerville, Ohio."
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1842 Deed of Aaron Ogden and Wife
Aaron Ogden and Franklin County Recorder
A handwritten copy of a deed from Aaron Ogden and his wife Mary to [Stephen Brinkerhoff] recorded in Book [18]-38, dated September 20th 1842. This document is faded.
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1835 Deed from Clarisa Sharp to Aaron Ogden
Clarisa Sharp, Aaron Ogden, and Franklin County Recorder
A handwritten copy of a deed from Clarisa Sharp to Aaron Ogden of Licking County. She deeded him a parcel of land situated in Blendon township "for the sum of four-hundred and twenty five dollars."
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1830 Deed from Gabriel Bishop to Elias Cornell
Gabriel Bishop, Elias Cornell, and Franklin County Recorder
A handwritten copy of a deed from Gabriel Bishop and his wife Deborah to Elias Cornell, dated May 15th 1830. This document deeds land owned by Gabriel Bishop in Franklin County, specifically "twenty-five acres of land more or less," to Elias Cornell "in consideration of two hundred and twenty five dollars in hand paid."
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1829 Deed from John Youel to Gabriel Bishop
John Youel, Gabriel Bishop, and Franklin County Recorder
A handwritten copy of a deed from John Youel to Gabriel (also spelled Gabrial) Bishop recorded in Book No. 9-1, dated February 10th 1829. In this document John and his wife Nancy of Blendon deed land, specifically "twenty five acres more or less" in Franklin County, to Gabriel Bishop for "the sum of two hundred dollars... to them in hand paid."
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1823 Deed from Thomas Belden to John Bishop
Thomas Belden, John Bishop, and Franklin County Recorder
A handwritten copy of a deed from Thomas Belden and his wife Margaret by their attorney Hector T. Phelps to John Bishop recorded in Book No.4 -248, dated April 16 1823. in this document the Blenden's agent and attorney Hector Phelps deeds land in Ohio, specifically "land estimated to contain ninety-four acres and fifty rods," to John Bishop of Franklin County for the sum of eighty-two dollars.