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| Genre/Form: | Manuscript collection Miscellanea |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Daniel Symmes; Peyton Symmes; Marianne Symmes; Mercy Symmes; Madeleine Askin; Ethan Allen Brown; Anthony Campbell; John Campbell; E B Clemson; William Eustis; Willis Foulk; Thomas Hamilton; William Henry Harrison; Jacob Kingsbury; Hugh Moore; Robert Carter Nicholas; J C A Peltier; Horatio Stark; William Swan; David Walker; Eben I Bell; Lewis Bissell; William B Champney; Thomas S Hinde; James McBride; John McLean; Samuel L Mitchill; Horatio Gates Spafford; William A Trimble; Jonathan Dayton; John Dunn Hunter; Thomas Todd; Thomas Worthington; Arthur St Clair; George Turner |
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Archival Material, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
John Cleves Symmes; Lyman Copeland Draper |
| OCLC Number: | 145787370 |
| Notes: | Forms part of the Lyman Copeland Draper Manuscripts. The Draper Manuscripts consist of fifty collections, sometimes referred to as fifty "series," under the one overarching title. See the Draper Manuscripts Overview on the Wisconsin Historical Society website, and the "Guide to the Draper Manuscripts" by Josephine Harper (Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1983) for further information. |
| Description: | 0.8 c.f. (4 volumes) |
| Other Titles: | Draper Mss WW |
Abstract:
Papers of two men, an uncle and a nephew, bearing the same name. The elder John Cleves Symmes (1742-1814) was a prominent political and military figure in New Jersey and later a judge, pioneer, and land developer in the Northwest Territory. The younger John Cleves Symmes (1780-1829) was a military man and settler along the Mississippi River. The bulk of the collection deals with the younger Symmes and his work to promote his "concentric spheres" theory, which held that the earth was composed of concentric spheres with a habitable interior which could be entered at either pole.
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Related Subjects:(43)
- Symmes, Daniel.
- Symmes, Peyton.
- Symmes, Marianne.
- Symmes, Mercy.
- Askin, Madeleine.
- Brown, Ethan Allen, -- 1776-1852.
- Campbell, Anthony.
- Campbell, John, -- d. 1825.
- Clemson, E. B.
- Eustis, William, -- 1753-1825.
- Foulk, Willis.
- Hamilton, Thomas.
- Harrison, William Henry, -- 1773-1841.
- Kingsbury, Jacob, -- 1756-1837.
- Moore, Hugh.
- Nicholas, Robert Carter, -- 1787-1856.
- Peltier, J. C. A. -- (Jean Charles Athanase), -- 1785-1845.
- Stark, Horatio.
- Swan, William.
- Walker, David.
- Bell, Eben I.
- Bissell, Lewis.
- Champney, William B.
- Hinde, Thomas S. -- (Thomas Spottswood), -- 1785-1846.
- McBride, James, -- 1788-1859.
- McLean, John, -- 1791-1830.
- Mitchill, Samuel L. -- (Samuel Latham), -- 1764-1831.
- Spafford, Horatio Gates, -- 1778-1832.
- Trimble, William A.
- Dayton, Jonathan, -- 1760-1824.
- Hunter, John Dunn, -- 1798?-1827.
- Todd, Thomas.
- Worthington, Thomas, -- 1773-1827.
- St. Clair, Arthur, -- 1734-1818.
- Turner, George, -- 1750-1843.
- Earth (Planet) -- Miscellanea.
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio.
- Land settlement -- Ohio -- Miami.
- Miami Purchase.
- Pioneers -- Ohio.
- Soldiers -- Ohio -- Bellefontaine.
- Cincinnati (Ohio)
- Northwest, Old -- Politics and government.
