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Carney; Isaac and William Collins, Susanna Cook; Joseph Cunningham; Thomas Dison; Fairmont and Palatine Bridge Co.; Peter Flinn; Thomas Fowler; Abraham \u0026amp; Jacob S. Hayden; W. C. Haymond; Jeremiah Highfield; Martin Hurley; Basil Patterson; George W. Paris; Joseph and Charles Peach; Benjamin Reader; Margaret Reeves; Richard Smith; Thomas G. Steele; James Eliazor; and Azariah, Zachariah, Elizabeth, Sarah, James, Ann, Dent, Thomas, Henry, and Louisa Watson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include: Travel -- Wheeling, VA [now WV] to Keokuk, IA by boat, Keokuk to Burlington, IA by stage; traveling conditions; comment on Cinn. [Cincinnati], OH and St. Louis, MO; description of cathedral in St. Louis; mention of St. Patrick's church; comment on Keokuk; disturbance at Nauvoo and comment on the temple; comparison of Iowa to Virginia; and family news and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include: Travel -- Wheeling, VA [now WV] to Burlington, IA by boat (name of steamboat given); Cincinnati, OH (comment on Catholic churches, museum); Andrew Jackson (comment on A.J.'s role in the Battle of New Orleans, LA); Louisville, KY (comparison to Cincinnati); St. Louis, MO (comment on business as compared to Cincinnati); stage coach travel; Nauvoo (comment on the Mormon temple); Burlington, IA (comment on size in comparison to Morgantown, VA [now WV]); description of farm (wheat growing on prairie land, description of soil); and family news (Harrison and James mentioned regarding their business).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include: travel -- comment on members of party going to California; number of miles traveled per day; camp and traveling routine; comment on sickness of wagon train people; number of wagons; estimate of time it will take to reach California; and prices of supplies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include: the church -- NY vice (answer to letter from Watson calling the Bishop's attention to the vice prevailing in New York City); suggests pecuniary aid to the church to combat the problem would be welcome; comment on large number of immigrants arriving in city daily and difficulty \"to preserve them intact, poverty and many other causes conspiring to their destruction;\" and hope to remedy this condition in part by erection of Magdalen Asylum.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include: politics; \"Know Nothings\" -- the Irish in America -- Catholic Church; intolerance of Americans for the Irish as a class; opinion of the conduct of Irishmen; opinion on the platform of the Know Nothings; comment on hostility of political parties to Catholics; dislike of Brownson's action on the Know Nothings, his extremes in upholding the Catholic Church; and intention of not supporting the Whigs if they identify with the Know Nothings: \"...the American people as a Nation are the most entensely [sic] intolerant of all people under the sun...\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include: Catholic Church and the Know Nothings; comment on Steele being refused membership by the Know Nothings in Fairmont, VA [now WV]; opinion on Catholicism and Protestantism and persecution of the Catholic Church; opinion on Brownson's article; comment on the foreign populations, the industrious labor class, and wish they would come as fast as steamers can bring them; the American people who are ruled by their prejudices maltreating and abusing the privileges of the foreigner; prejudice against the Catholic Church adversely affecting the business affairs of the Catholic; and advises silence rather [than] ineffectual efforts to remedy the situation, trusting that the \"Church must and will triumph as she has ever done.\"\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The collection includes manuscript materials (correspondence, land warrant, accounts, receipts, petition and will) and printed and typescript materials (invitations, broadside, newspaper and magazine clippings). Subjects of the various items include sale and survey of land; schools, churches, estates, comment on and description of agriculture, social and economic conditions in Kentucky, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, California, Morgantown, Fairmont, and Wheeling, WV, and Ireland; westward migration [1849]; gold mining, enslaved Africans; and business and family affairs.","Correspondents include C.J. Cox, James and Louisa Creegan; Bridget Flinn; Creed Haymond; Archbishop John Hughes; James D. Lamb; Harrison Low; William Macdonnell; Asa Squires; W.O. Tarleton; Zephaniah, Mary L., Sophia, Mary G., Delia, \u0026 Benjamin H. Watson; and A. M. Wheeler. Persons receiving correspondence, mentioned, or commented on, and persons or organizations, parties to various business or legal papers include Abraham and Muriel Brookbank; Orestus A. Brownsun; Matthew Campbell; Cornelius B. Carney; Isaac and William Collins, Susanna Cook; Joseph Cunningham; Thomas Dison; Fairmont and Palatine Bridge Co.; Peter Flinn; Thomas Fowler; Abraham \u0026 Jacob S. Hayden; W. C. Haymond; Jeremiah Highfield; Martin Hurley; Basil Patterson; George W. Paris; Joseph and Charles Peach; Benjamin Reader; Margaret Reeves; Richard Smith; Thomas G. Steele; James Eliazor; and Azariah, Zachariah, Elizabeth, Sarah, James, Ann, Dent, Thomas, Henry, and Louisa Watson.","Subjects include: Travel -- Wheeling, VA [now WV] to Keokuk, IA by boat, Keokuk to Burlington, IA by stage; traveling conditions; comment on Cinn. [Cincinnati], OH and St. Louis, MO; description of cathedral in St. Louis; mention of St. Patrick's church; comment on Keokuk; disturbance at Nauvoo and comment on the temple; comparison of Iowa to Virginia; and family news and friends.","Subjects include: Travel -- Wheeling, VA [now WV] to Burlington, IA by boat (name of steamboat given); Cincinnati, OH (comment on Catholic churches, museum); Andrew Jackson (comment on A.J.'s role in the Battle of New Orleans, LA); Louisville, KY (comparison to Cincinnati); St. Louis, MO (comment on business as compared to Cincinnati); stage coach travel; Nauvoo (comment on the Mormon temple); Burlington, IA (comment on size in comparison to Morgantown, VA [now WV]); description of farm (wheat growing on prairie land, description of soil); and family news (Harrison and James mentioned regarding their business).","Subjects include: travel -- comment on members of party going to California; number of miles traveled per day; camp and traveling routine; comment on sickness of wagon train people; number of wagons; estimate of time it will take to reach California; and prices of supplies.","Subjects include: the church -- NY vice (answer to letter from Watson calling the Bishop's attention to the vice prevailing in New York City); suggests pecuniary aid to the church to combat the problem would be welcome; comment on large number of immigrants arriving in city daily and difficulty \"to preserve them intact, poverty and many other causes conspiring to their destruction;\" and hope to remedy this condition in part by erection of Magdalen Asylum.","Subjects include: politics; \"Know Nothings\" -- the Irish in America -- Catholic Church; intolerance of Americans for the Irish as a class; opinion of the conduct of Irishmen; opinion on the platform of the Know Nothings; comment on hostility of political parties to Catholics; dislike of Brownson's action on the Know Nothings, his extremes in upholding the Catholic Church; and intention of not supporting the Whigs if they identify with the Know Nothings: \"...the American people as a Nation are the most entensely [sic] intolerant of all people under the sun...\"","Subjects include: Catholic Church and the Know Nothings; comment on Steele being refused membership by the Know Nothings in Fairmont, VA [now WV]; opinion on Catholicism and Protestantism and persecution of the Catholic Church; opinion on Brownson's article; comment on the foreign populations, the industrious labor class, and wish they would come as fast as steamers can bring them; the American people who are ruled by their prejudices maltreating and abusing the privileges of the foreigner; prejudice against the Catholic Church adversely affecting the business affairs of the Catholic; and advises silence rather [than] ineffectual efforts to remedy the situation, trusting that the \"Church must and will triumph as she has ever done.\""],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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The collection also includes the account books of Daniel, Richard, and John Greene, 1808-1844; account books of F.B. Loomis, 1842-1844; a medicinal formulary book; the estate records of John Brody; records of a pension and bounty land claims agency operated by George M. Woodbridge, 1861-1864; and justice of the peace accounts, 1832-1863. Subjects include the development of river markets, transportation, and the livestock industry in the early Ohio Valley; fur trade and commerce with England and Europe; the Marietta and Susquehanna Trading Company; Kanawha and Sciota salt works; Ohio Company lands; Woodbridge-Harman Blennerhassett partnership; ginseng trade; Wheeling Cotton Manufacturing Company; ropewalk and shipbuilding in Marietta; military land warrants; estate of George Morgan; career of William Woodbridge, United States senator and governor of Michigan; pioneer education; Meadville Seminary; Ohio University; Miami University; Marietta Collegiate Institute; Belpre, Ohio; American Catholic missions; early history of Marietta; the American Colonization Society; Washington County Colonization Society; churches; Washington County Tract Society; recruiting in Marietta during the Civil War; impact of the War of 1812 on westward migration and labor; and Woodbridge family affairs. Letters are addressed to merchants in London, France, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Charleston (West Virginia), Lexington and Louisville (Kentucky), Cincinnati, St. Louis, New Orleans, Washington, Detroit, and Baltimore. Correspondents include Lewis Cass, Philip Doddridge, and Benjamin Reeder.","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_4728#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_4728","ead_ssi":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_4728","_root_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_4728","_nest_parent_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_4728","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WVU/repositories_2_resources_4728.xml","aspace_url_ssi":"https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/198319","title_ssm":["Woodbridge Mercantile Company Records"],"title_tesim":["Woodbridge Mercantile Company Records"],"unitdate_ssm":["1743-1882"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1743-1882"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["A\u0026M 1455","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/4728"],"text":["A\u0026M 1455","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/4728","Woodbridge Mercantile Company Records","Baltimore (Md.)","Charleston.","Cincinnati (Ohio)","Detroit (Mich.)","England","Europe","France","Kanawha.","Lexington (Ky.)","London (England)","Louisville (Ky.)","Marietta (Ohio)","Michigan","New Orleans (La.)","New York (State)","Ohio River Valley","Philadelphia (Pa.)","Pittsburgh (Pa.)","Saint Louis (Mo.)","Scioto River (Ohio)","Washington (D.C.)","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865","United States -- History -- War of 1812","American ginseng","Account books","Livestock","Churches  -- Roman Catholic, American missions","Churches  -- Roman Catholic","Church buildings","Drugs and druggists.","Education","Education. SEE ALSO Schools.","Fur trade","General stores","Justices of the peace","Labor organization. SEE ALSO Coal mining - labor","Medicine. SEE ALSO Folk medicine.","Missionaries","Frontier and pioneer life","Politics and government.","Rivers and river valleys.","Salt industry and trade","Schools. SEE ALSO Academies","Slaves and slavery.","Transportation","Unions.","Universities and colleges","No special access restriction applies.","These are the records of the Woodbridge Mercantile Company and related businesses operated in Marietta, Ohio from the years 1743 to 1882. Woodbridge began the business, which included trade up and down the Ohio River from Pittsburgh and Philadelphia to Kentucky and points in between. George M. Woodbridge's business dealt in real estate, and so indicates the growth of the area west of Marietta. The growth of river trade and the types of goods traded are described extensively in the collection. Other topics include aspects of life in the early nineteenth century Ohio River Valley, real estate, and other business concerns. Prominent names in the collection include D. Woodbridge, George M. Woodbridge, and Harmon Blennerhasset.","Subjects found in collection:","Ships and shipbuilding – Volumes 1, 6, 8, 14, 31, 37, 53, 132","Transportation of goods, overland and by river (Ohio and Muskingum) – Volumes 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 123, 124","Harmon Blennerhasset and Blennerhasset Island – Volumes 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25","Land values and transaction of land – Volumes 56, 79, 81, 89, 131","Bank of Marietta – Volumes 2, 6, 9, 98","This series includes volumes 1-10, which are letter books dating from 1801 to 1836. These books contain copies of correspondence mostly regarding business matters of Woodbridge Mercantile Company. Subjects discussed include goods traded, ship building, river traffic and overland transportation of goods, impact of the War of 1812, Blennerhasset Island, purchases of stock in local banks, and land sales.","Letters signed D. Woodbridge, Jr. and D. Woodbridge and Co. Includes 52 letters to Harman Blennerhassett re. company business, goods ordered, and ship building, launching, and voyages. Cargo mentioned includes skins, hemp, ginseng, and pork taken in trade and purchased for sale in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Also, letters to James Converse, Joseph F. Munro, Mrs. Mary Jourdan (Philadelphia agent for Woodbridge \u0026 Co.), James Backus, William Woodbridge, Joseph Clarke, Jacob Burnet, John Daman, Andrew and John Oliphant, R. Caldwell, and Capt. William Latimer. Subjects include purchasing and selling various goods, shipbuilding, ropewalk business in Marietta, river traffic, instructions to agents, and Sciota Salt Works.","Subjects include dissolution of D. Woodbridge \u0026 Co. partnership, purchase and sale of goods, transportation by wagon and riverboats, salt received on commission from Donnally and Steele (Kanawha Salt Works), transactions on Ohio Company lands, ropewalk in Marietta, purchase of shares in Pittsburgh manufaturing company, settlement of Col. George Morgan estate, transactions involving sugar and cotton in New Orleans and Kentucky, riverboat accidents and loss of cargo, effects of war on emigration to Ohio, the shortage of labor, Ohio banks, purchase of stock in a Canal company, and barge building in Marietta. Correspondents include: Moses Dillon, Jeffry Price, Sen. John Lambert, John Tilford, James Mountain, Harmon Blennerhassett, George Morgan, Philip Doddridge, Capt. Daniel Greene, Jonathan Buitteau, Benjamin Morgan, and Thomas Butler. Locations include: Philadelphia, Nashville, Cincinnati, Charleston, Lexington, Zanesville, and New Orleans.","Subjects include fur trade with London and French merchants, purcahse and sale of ginseng and other products, and re. conduct of storage and commission business. Names include: Thomas Morgan, Samuel Murdock, Thomas L. Pierce, Sevil Scovil and Co., John Barr, and L. Barber. Places named include: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Lexington, New York, St. Louis, and London.","Subjects include currency exchange, shipping conditions, marketing information, rental of Blennerhassett Island, and mercantile business. Names and firms: Moses Dillon, James W. Biddle \u0026 Co., Steele, Donnally \u0026 Steele, Thomas Baker, S.\u0026G. Trotter \u0026 Co., and Gelman and Ammidon. Places named include: Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Kentucky.","Subjects include routine business letters, the Lucy Backus Woodbridge estate, family correspondence, resignation of William Woodbridge from Congress, rental of Blennerhassett Island. Business firms mentioned: Benjamin J. Gilman, W. Wilson \u0026 Co., Robert Fulton, R. J. Meigs, Clarissa Backus, J. W. Biddle \u0026 Co., and John Sproule. Places of business include: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Frankfort, Lexington, Washington D.C., Zanesville, Chillicothe, Detroit, Clarksburg, and Parkersburg.","Subjects include purchase of bank stock, estate of Lucy Backus Woodbridge, currency exchange, steamboat building, and family and business affairs. Correspondents include: Jesse B. Thomas, Benjamin Reeder, E. Buckingham Jr. \u0026 Co., Elihu Chauncey, Henry Strong, Daniel Converse, Joseph Willard, Sam A. Wescott, and Henry Northrup. Places addressed: Washington D.C., Norwich, Lexington, Philadelphia, Pitssburgh, Wheeling, Clarksburg, Frankfort, St. Clairsville, Steubenville, Zanesville, and Cincinnati.","Unsigned letters, mainly from Pt. Harman, ordering goods for the D. Woodbridge Store. Also some letters concerning tobacco, ginseng, dried fruit, skins, beeswax, rags, feathers, and other products shipped to eastern markets for sale.","Subjects: principally rountine business correspondence, but also includes letters to Wheeling seeking wool. Names of steamboats and captains are mentioned in various letters. Names of persons and companies addressed: J.J. Jackson, Luther Edgerton, Jones, Tyson \u0026 Co., W. Palmer, and D.T. Chambers. Letters addressed to: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Parkersburg, Sistersville, Wheeling, Louisville, Pt. Harman, Salem Ripley, and McConnelsville.","Subjects: family affairs, religion, William Woodbridge's office as U.S. Judge in Michigan, Wheeling Cotton Manufacturing Co., stock in Bank of the U.S. and other banks, the Morganza Tract in Pennsylvania, churches, missionary societies,Collegiate Institute, property in Marietta, and business opportunities. Correspondents include: Lewis Cass, Thomas McKennan, Waterman Palmer, Thomas Morgan, Rev. R.H. Bishop, William Holyoke, Rev. Artemus Ballard, Joseph Gales, and Rev. James Laurie.","A few letters dated at Pittsburgh to merchants and business houses in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Louisville. Also includes a cash book spanning Jan. 1834 to Oct. 1836.","This series includes volumes 11-89. These are all daybooks (blotters) from 1788-1862. Subjects included concern river boats, Harmon Blennerhasset, transactions with various firms, goods traded, land warrants, and land sales.","This series contains record books other than daybooks, including volumes 90-128, 137, 138, and 141-145. Volumes 90-128 are records of the Woodbridge Company; volumes 137-138 are the records of the Greene Company; and volumes 142-145 are the records of the F.B. Loomis Company. Many of these contain the same sort of information as the day books, in a similar format. Years covered are 1743-1854. Types of books include invoice books, ledgers, cash books, inventory, warehouse books, memorandum books, sale books, receipt books, account books, and alphabetical indexes (volume 141).","This series contains only volumes 139-140. These are pension claim books of George M. Woodbridge during the Civil War. Dates are 1861-1864 and 1863 respectively.","This series consists of volumes 129-136, which are miscellaneous collections of George M. Woodbridge. Dates run from 1779 to 1882, but most items concern the later time period. Items included are blank notes from G.M. Woodbridge's General Agency and Land Office; Justice of the Peace Accounts, listing notes, cash payments, unsettled notes, etc.; Woodbridge Autobiographical memo, including a sampling of materials found elsewhere in the collection; a prescription book; a newspaper scrapbook compiled in the 1870s; another scrapbook, containing mostly religious material; a U.S. Internal Revenue List of the Several Collection Districts (1870); and an old manuscript book containing copies of anecdotes, stories, diary excerpts, and poems written by George M. Woodbridge. This last includes such titles as \"Marietta in 1804 or 1805,\" \"The Blennerhassets,\" \"Ships and Steamboats,\" and \"Steamboats Built at Marietta.\" There are 34 such writings in the manuscript book.","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","Letter and account books, clipping scrapbooks, and miscellaneous family papers of a pioneer, Ohio Valley, general merchandise firm founded by Dudley Woodbridge, Sr., at Marietta, Ohio, and operating under various names for a period of more than sixty years. The collection also includes the account books of Daniel, Richard, and John Greene, 1808-1844; account books of F.B. Loomis, 1842-1844; a medicinal formulary book; the estate records of John Brody; records of a pension and bounty land claims agency operated by George M. Woodbridge, 1861-1864; and justice of the peace accounts, 1832-1863. Subjects include the development of river markets, transportation, and the livestock industry in the early Ohio Valley; fur trade and commerce with England and Europe; the Marietta and Susquehanna Trading Company; Kanawha and Sciota salt works; Ohio Company lands; Woodbridge-Harman Blennerhassett partnership; ginseng trade; Wheeling Cotton Manufacturing Company; ropewalk and shipbuilding in Marietta; military land warrants; estate of George Morgan; career of William Woodbridge, United States senator and governor of Michigan; pioneer education; Meadville Seminary; Ohio University; Miami University; Marietta Collegiate Institute; Belpre, Ohio; American Catholic missions; early history of Marietta; the American Colonization Society; Washington County Colonization Society; churches; Washington County Tract Society; recruiting in Marietta during the Civil War; impact of the War of 1812 on westward migration and labor; and Woodbridge family affairs. Letters are addressed to merchants in London, France, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Charleston (West Virginia), Lexington and Louisville (Kentucky), Cincinnati, St. Louis, New Orleans, Washington, Detroit, and Baltimore. Correspondents include Lewis Cass, Philip Doddridge, and Benjamin Reeder.","West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/","West Virginia and Regional History Center","Woodbridge Mercantile Company","American Colonization Society","Marietta and Susquehanna Trading Company","Marietta Collegiate Institute and Western Teachers' Seminary","Meadville Seminary","Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)","Ohio Company.","Ohio University","United States. Congress. 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Woodbridge began the business, which included trade up and down the Ohio River from Pittsburgh and Philadelphia to Kentucky and points in between. George M. Woodbridge's business dealt in real estate, and so indicates the growth of the area west of Marietta. The growth of river trade and the types of goods traded are described extensively in the collection. Other topics include aspects of life in the early nineteenth century Ohio River Valley, real estate, and other business concerns. Prominent names in the collection include D. Woodbridge, George M. 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Subjects discussed include goods traded, ship building, river traffic and overland transportation of goods, impact of the War of 1812, Blennerhasset Island, purchases of stock in local banks, and land sales.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters signed D. Woodbridge, Jr. and D. Woodbridge and Co. Includes 52 letters to Harman Blennerhassett re. company business, goods ordered, and ship building, launching, and voyages. Cargo mentioned includes skins, hemp, ginseng, and pork taken in trade and purchased for sale in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Also, letters to James Converse, Joseph F. Munro, Mrs. Mary Jourdan (Philadelphia agent for Woodbridge \u0026amp; Co.), James Backus, William Woodbridge, Joseph Clarke, Jacob Burnet, John Daman, Andrew and John Oliphant, R. Caldwell, and Capt. William Latimer. Subjects include purchasing and selling various goods, shipbuilding, ropewalk business in Marietta, river traffic, instructions to agents, and Sciota Salt Works.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include dissolution of D. Woodbridge \u0026amp; Co. partnership, purchase and sale of goods, transportation by wagon and riverboats, salt received on commission from Donnally and Steele (Kanawha Salt Works), transactions on Ohio Company lands, ropewalk in Marietta, purchase of shares in Pittsburgh manufaturing company, settlement of Col. George Morgan estate, transactions involving sugar and cotton in New Orleans and Kentucky, riverboat accidents and loss of cargo, effects of war on emigration to Ohio, the shortage of labor, Ohio banks, purchase of stock in a Canal company, and barge building in Marietta. Correspondents include: Moses Dillon, Jeffry Price, Sen. John Lambert, John Tilford, James Mountain, Harmon Blennerhassett, George Morgan, Philip Doddridge, Capt. Daniel Greene, Jonathan Buitteau, Benjamin Morgan, and Thomas Butler. Locations include: Philadelphia, Nashville, Cincinnati, Charleston, Lexington, Zanesville, and New Orleans.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include fur trade with London and French merchants, purcahse and sale of ginseng and other products, and re. conduct of storage and commission business. Names include: Thomas Morgan, Samuel Murdock, Thomas L. Pierce, Sevil Scovil and Co., John Barr, and L. Barber. Places named include: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Lexington, New York, St. Louis, and London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include currency exchange, shipping conditions, marketing information, rental of Blennerhassett Island, and mercantile business. Names and firms: Moses Dillon, James W. Biddle \u0026amp; Co., Steele, Donnally \u0026amp; Steele, Thomas Baker, S.\u0026amp;G. Trotter \u0026amp; Co., and Gelman and Ammidon. Places named include: Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Kentucky.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include routine business letters, the Lucy Backus Woodbridge estate, family correspondence, resignation of William Woodbridge from Congress, rental of Blennerhassett Island. Business firms mentioned: Benjamin J. Gilman, W. Wilson \u0026amp; Co., Robert Fulton, R. J. Meigs, Clarissa Backus, J. W. Biddle \u0026amp; Co., and John Sproule. Places of business include: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Frankfort, Lexington, Washington D.C., Zanesville, Chillicothe, Detroit, Clarksburg, and Parkersburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include purchase of bank stock, estate of Lucy Backus Woodbridge, currency exchange, steamboat building, and family and business affairs. Correspondents include: Jesse B. Thomas, Benjamin Reeder, E. Buckingham Jr. \u0026amp; Co., Elihu Chauncey, Henry Strong, Daniel Converse, Joseph Willard, Sam A. Wescott, and Henry Northrup. Places addressed: Washington D.C., Norwich, Lexington, Philadelphia, Pitssburgh, Wheeling, Clarksburg, Frankfort, St. Clairsville, Steubenville, Zanesville, and Cincinnati.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnsigned letters, mainly from Pt. Harman, ordering goods for the D. Woodbridge Store. Also some letters concerning tobacco, ginseng, dried fruit, skins, beeswax, rags, feathers, and other products shipped to eastern markets for sale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects: principally rountine business correspondence, but also includes letters to Wheeling seeking wool. Names of steamboats and captains are mentioned in various letters. Names of persons and companies addressed: J.J. Jackson, Luther Edgerton, Jones, Tyson \u0026amp; Co., W. Palmer, and D.T. Chambers. Letters addressed to: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Parkersburg, Sistersville, Wheeling, Louisville, Pt. Harman, Salem Ripley, and McConnelsville.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects: family affairs, religion, William Woodbridge's office as U.S. Judge in Michigan, Wheeling Cotton Manufacturing Co., stock in Bank of the U.S. and other banks, the Morganza Tract in Pennsylvania, churches, missionary societies,Collegiate Institute, property in Marietta, and business opportunities. Correspondents include: Lewis Cass, Thomas McKennan, Waterman Palmer, Thomas Morgan, Rev. R.H. Bishop, William Holyoke, Rev. Artemus Ballard, Joseph Gales, and Rev. James Laurie.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA few letters dated at Pittsburgh to merchants and business houses in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Louisville. Also includes a cash book spanning Jan. 1834 to Oct. 1836.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes volumes 11-89. These are all daybooks (blotters) from 1788-1862. Subjects included concern river boats, Harmon Blennerhasset, transactions with various firms, goods traded, land warrants, and land sales.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains record books other than daybooks, including volumes 90-128, 137, 138, and 141-145. Volumes 90-128 are records of the Woodbridge Company; volumes 137-138 are the records of the Greene Company; and volumes 142-145 are the records of the F.B. Loomis Company. Many of these contain the same sort of information as the day books, in a similar format. Years covered are 1743-1854. Types of books include invoice books, ledgers, cash books, inventory, warehouse books, memorandum books, sale books, receipt books, account books, and alphabetical indexes (volume 141).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains only volumes 139-140. These are pension claim books of George M. Woodbridge during the Civil War. 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This last includes such titles as \"Marietta in 1804 or 1805,\" \"The Blennerhassets,\" \"Ships and Steamboats,\" and \"Steamboats Built at Marietta.\" There are 34 such writings in the manuscript book.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["These are the records of the Woodbridge Mercantile Company and related businesses operated in Marietta, Ohio from the years 1743 to 1882. Woodbridge began the business, which included trade up and down the Ohio River from Pittsburgh and Philadelphia to Kentucky and points in between. George M. Woodbridge's business dealt in real estate, and so indicates the growth of the area west of Marietta. The growth of river trade and the types of goods traded are described extensively in the collection. Other topics include aspects of life in the early nineteenth century Ohio River Valley, real estate, and other business concerns. Prominent names in the collection include D. Woodbridge, George M. Woodbridge, and Harmon Blennerhasset.","Subjects found in collection:","Ships and shipbuilding – Volumes 1, 6, 8, 14, 31, 37, 53, 132","Transportation of goods, overland and by river (Ohio and Muskingum) – Volumes 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 123, 124","Harmon Blennerhasset and Blennerhasset Island – Volumes 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25","Land values and transaction of land – Volumes 56, 79, 81, 89, 131","Bank of Marietta – Volumes 2, 6, 9, 98","This series includes volumes 1-10, which are letter books dating from 1801 to 1836. These books contain copies of correspondence mostly regarding business matters of Woodbridge Mercantile Company. Subjects discussed include goods traded, ship building, river traffic and overland transportation of goods, impact of the War of 1812, Blennerhasset Island, purchases of stock in local banks, and land sales.","Letters signed D. Woodbridge, Jr. and D. Woodbridge and Co. Includes 52 letters to Harman Blennerhassett re. company business, goods ordered, and ship building, launching, and voyages. Cargo mentioned includes skins, hemp, ginseng, and pork taken in trade and purchased for sale in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Also, letters to James Converse, Joseph F. Munro, Mrs. Mary Jourdan (Philadelphia agent for Woodbridge \u0026 Co.), James Backus, William Woodbridge, Joseph Clarke, Jacob Burnet, John Daman, Andrew and John Oliphant, R. Caldwell, and Capt. William Latimer. Subjects include purchasing and selling various goods, shipbuilding, ropewalk business in Marietta, river traffic, instructions to agents, and Sciota Salt Works.","Subjects include dissolution of D. Woodbridge \u0026 Co. partnership, purchase and sale of goods, transportation by wagon and riverboats, salt received on commission from Donnally and Steele (Kanawha Salt Works), transactions on Ohio Company lands, ropewalk in Marietta, purchase of shares in Pittsburgh manufaturing company, settlement of Col. George Morgan estate, transactions involving sugar and cotton in New Orleans and Kentucky, riverboat accidents and loss of cargo, effects of war on emigration to Ohio, the shortage of labor, Ohio banks, purchase of stock in a Canal company, and barge building in Marietta. Correspondents include: Moses Dillon, Jeffry Price, Sen. John Lambert, John Tilford, James Mountain, Harmon Blennerhassett, George Morgan, Philip Doddridge, Capt. Daniel Greene, Jonathan Buitteau, Benjamin Morgan, and Thomas Butler. Locations include: Philadelphia, Nashville, Cincinnati, Charleston, Lexington, Zanesville, and New Orleans.","Subjects include fur trade with London and French merchants, purcahse and sale of ginseng and other products, and re. conduct of storage and commission business. Names include: Thomas Morgan, Samuel Murdock, Thomas L. Pierce, Sevil Scovil and Co., John Barr, and L. Barber. Places named include: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Lexington, New York, St. Louis, and London.","Subjects include currency exchange, shipping conditions, marketing information, rental of Blennerhassett Island, and mercantile business. Names and firms: Moses Dillon, James W. Biddle \u0026 Co., Steele, Donnally \u0026 Steele, Thomas Baker, S.\u0026G. Trotter \u0026 Co., and Gelman and Ammidon. Places named include: Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Kentucky.","Subjects include routine business letters, the Lucy Backus Woodbridge estate, family correspondence, resignation of William Woodbridge from Congress, rental of Blennerhassett Island. Business firms mentioned: Benjamin J. Gilman, W. Wilson \u0026 Co., Robert Fulton, R. J. Meigs, Clarissa Backus, J. W. Biddle \u0026 Co., and John Sproule. Places of business include: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Frankfort, Lexington, Washington D.C., Zanesville, Chillicothe, Detroit, Clarksburg, and Parkersburg.","Subjects include purchase of bank stock, estate of Lucy Backus Woodbridge, currency exchange, steamboat building, and family and business affairs. Correspondents include: Jesse B. Thomas, Benjamin Reeder, E. Buckingham Jr. \u0026 Co., Elihu Chauncey, Henry Strong, Daniel Converse, Joseph Willard, Sam A. Wescott, and Henry Northrup. Places addressed: Washington D.C., Norwich, Lexington, Philadelphia, Pitssburgh, Wheeling, Clarksburg, Frankfort, St. Clairsville, Steubenville, Zanesville, and Cincinnati.","Unsigned letters, mainly from Pt. Harman, ordering goods for the D. Woodbridge Store. Also some letters concerning tobacco, ginseng, dried fruit, skins, beeswax, rags, feathers, and other products shipped to eastern markets for sale.","Subjects: principally rountine business correspondence, but also includes letters to Wheeling seeking wool. Names of steamboats and captains are mentioned in various letters. Names of persons and companies addressed: J.J. Jackson, Luther Edgerton, Jones, Tyson \u0026 Co., W. Palmer, and D.T. Chambers. Letters addressed to: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Parkersburg, Sistersville, Wheeling, Louisville, Pt. Harman, Salem Ripley, and McConnelsville.","Subjects: family affairs, religion, William Woodbridge's office as U.S. Judge in Michigan, Wheeling Cotton Manufacturing Co., stock in Bank of the U.S. and other banks, the Morganza Tract in Pennsylvania, churches, missionary societies,Collegiate Institute, property in Marietta, and business opportunities. Correspondents include: Lewis Cass, Thomas McKennan, Waterman Palmer, Thomas Morgan, Rev. R.H. Bishop, William Holyoke, Rev. Artemus Ballard, Joseph Gales, and Rev. James Laurie.","A few letters dated at Pittsburgh to merchants and business houses in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Louisville. Also includes a cash book spanning Jan. 1834 to Oct. 1836.","This series includes volumes 11-89. These are all daybooks (blotters) from 1788-1862. Subjects included concern river boats, Harmon Blennerhasset, transactions with various firms, goods traded, land warrants, and land sales.","This series contains record books other than daybooks, including volumes 90-128, 137, 138, and 141-145. Volumes 90-128 are records of the Woodbridge Company; volumes 137-138 are the records of the Greene Company; and volumes 142-145 are the records of the F.B. Loomis Company. Many of these contain the same sort of information as the day books, in a similar format. Years covered are 1743-1854. Types of books include invoice books, ledgers, cash books, inventory, warehouse books, memorandum books, sale books, receipt books, account books, and alphabetical indexes (volume 141).","This series contains only volumes 139-140. These are pension claim books of George M. Woodbridge during the Civil War. Dates are 1861-1864 and 1863 respectively.","This series consists of volumes 129-136, which are miscellaneous collections of George M. Woodbridge. Dates run from 1779 to 1882, but most items concern the later time period. Items included are blank notes from G.M. Woodbridge's General Agency and Land Office; Justice of the Peace Accounts, listing notes, cash payments, unsettled notes, etc.; Woodbridge Autobiographical memo, including a sampling of materials found elsewhere in the collection; a prescription book; a newspaper scrapbook compiled in the 1870s; another scrapbook, containing mostly religious material; a U.S. Internal Revenue List of the Several Collection Districts (1870); and an old manuscript book containing copies of anecdotes, stories, diary excerpts, and poems written by George M. Woodbridge. This last includes such titles as \"Marietta in 1804 or 1805,\" \"The Blennerhassets,\" \"Ships and Steamboats,\" and \"Steamboats Built at Marietta.\" There are 34 such writings in the manuscript book."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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Loomis, 1842-1844; a medicinal formulary book; the estate records of John Brody; records of a pension and bounty land claims agency operated by George M. Woodbridge, 1861-1864; and justice of the peace accounts, 1832-1863. Subjects include the development of river markets, transportation, and the livestock industry in the early Ohio Valley; fur trade and commerce with England and Europe; the Marietta and Susquehanna Trading Company; Kanawha and Sciota salt works; Ohio Company lands; Woodbridge-Harman Blennerhassett partnership; ginseng trade; Wheeling Cotton Manufacturing Company; ropewalk and shipbuilding in Marietta; military land warrants; estate of George Morgan; career of William Woodbridge, United States senator and governor of Michigan; pioneer education; Meadville Seminary; Ohio University; Miami University; Marietta Collegiate Institute; Belpre, Ohio; American Catholic missions; early history of Marietta; the American Colonization Society; Washington County Colonization Society; churches; Washington County Tract Society; recruiting in Marietta during the Civil War; impact of the War of 1812 on westward migration and labor; and Woodbridge family affairs. Letters are addressed to merchants in London, France, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Charleston (West Virginia), Lexington and Louisville (Kentucky), Cincinnati, St. Louis, New Orleans, Washington, Detroit, and Baltimore. Correspondents include Lewis Cass, Philip Doddridge, and Benjamin Reeder.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Letter and account books, clipping scrapbooks, and miscellaneous family papers of a pioneer, Ohio Valley, general merchandise firm founded by Dudley Woodbridge, Sr., at Marietta, Ohio, and operating under various names for a period of more than sixty years. The collection also includes the account books of Daniel, Richard, and John Greene, 1808-1844; account books of F.B. Loomis, 1842-1844; a medicinal formulary book; the estate records of John Brody; records of a pension and bounty land claims agency operated by George M. Woodbridge, 1861-1864; and justice of the peace accounts, 1832-1863. Subjects include the development of river markets, transportation, and the livestock industry in the early Ohio Valley; fur trade and commerce with England and Europe; the Marietta and Susquehanna Trading Company; Kanawha and Sciota salt works; Ohio Company lands; Woodbridge-Harman Blennerhassett partnership; ginseng trade; Wheeling Cotton Manufacturing Company; ropewalk and shipbuilding in Marietta; military land warrants; estate of George Morgan; career of William Woodbridge, United States senator and governor of Michigan; pioneer education; Meadville Seminary; Ohio University; Miami University; Marietta Collegiate Institute; Belpre, Ohio; American Catholic missions; early history of Marietta; the American Colonization Society; Washington County Colonization Society; churches; Washington County Tract Society; recruiting in Marietta during the Civil War; impact of the War of 1812 on westward migration and labor; and Woodbridge family affairs. Letters are addressed to merchants in London, France, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Charleston (West Virginia), Lexington and Louisville (Kentucky), Cincinnati, St. Louis, New Orleans, Washington, Detroit, and Baltimore. Correspondents include Lewis Cass, Philip Doddridge, and Benjamin Reeder."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_97a19b48b0865b933e413ce17c6b47ab\"\u003eWest Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/\u003c/physloc\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. 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Other topics include aspects of life in the early nineteenth century Ohio River Valley, real estate, and other business concerns. Prominent names in the collection include D. Woodbridge, George M. Woodbridge, and Harmon Blennerhasset.","Subjects found in collection:","Ships and shipbuilding – Volumes 1, 6, 8, 14, 31, 37, 53, 132","Transportation of goods, overland and by river (Ohio and Muskingum) – Volumes 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 123, 124","Harmon Blennerhasset and Blennerhasset Island – Volumes 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25","Land values and transaction of land – Volumes 56, 79, 81, 89, 131","Bank of Marietta – Volumes 2, 6, 9, 98","This series includes volumes 1-10, which are letter books dating from 1801 to 1836. These books contain copies of correspondence mostly regarding business matters of Woodbridge Mercantile Company. Subjects discussed include goods traded, ship building, river traffic and overland transportation of goods, impact of the War of 1812, Blennerhasset Island, purchases of stock in local banks, and land sales.","Letters signed D. Woodbridge, Jr. and D. Woodbridge and Co. Includes 52 letters to Harman Blennerhassett re. company business, goods ordered, and ship building, launching, and voyages. Cargo mentioned includes skins, hemp, ginseng, and pork taken in trade and purchased for sale in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Also, letters to James Converse, Joseph F. Munro, Mrs. Mary Jourdan (Philadelphia agent for Woodbridge \u0026 Co.), James Backus, William Woodbridge, Joseph Clarke, Jacob Burnet, John Daman, Andrew and John Oliphant, R. Caldwell, and Capt. William Latimer. Subjects include purchasing and selling various goods, shipbuilding, ropewalk business in Marietta, river traffic, instructions to agents, and Sciota Salt Works.","Subjects include dissolution of D. Woodbridge \u0026 Co. partnership, purchase and sale of goods, transportation by wagon and riverboats, salt received on commission from Donnally and Steele (Kanawha Salt Works), transactions on Ohio Company lands, ropewalk in Marietta, purchase of shares in Pittsburgh manufaturing company, settlement of Col. George Morgan estate, transactions involving sugar and cotton in New Orleans and Kentucky, riverboat accidents and loss of cargo, effects of war on emigration to Ohio, the shortage of labor, Ohio banks, purchase of stock in a Canal company, and barge building in Marietta. Correspondents include: Moses Dillon, Jeffry Price, Sen. John Lambert, John Tilford, James Mountain, Harmon Blennerhassett, George Morgan, Philip Doddridge, Capt. Daniel Greene, Jonathan Buitteau, Benjamin Morgan, and Thomas Butler. Locations include: Philadelphia, Nashville, Cincinnati, Charleston, Lexington, Zanesville, and New Orleans.","Subjects include fur trade with London and French merchants, purcahse and sale of ginseng and other products, and re. conduct of storage and commission business. Names include: Thomas Morgan, Samuel Murdock, Thomas L. Pierce, Sevil Scovil and Co., John Barr, and L. Barber. Places named include: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Lexington, New York, St. Louis, and London.","Subjects include currency exchange, shipping conditions, marketing information, rental of Blennerhassett Island, and mercantile business. Names and firms: Moses Dillon, James W. Biddle \u0026 Co., Steele, Donnally \u0026 Steele, Thomas Baker, S.\u0026G. Trotter \u0026 Co., and Gelman and Ammidon. Places named include: Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Kentucky.","Subjects include routine business letters, the Lucy Backus Woodbridge estate, family correspondence, resignation of William Woodbridge from Congress, rental of Blennerhassett Island. Business firms mentioned: Benjamin J. Gilman, W. Wilson \u0026 Co., Robert Fulton, R. J. Meigs, Clarissa Backus, J. W. Biddle \u0026 Co., and John Sproule. Places of business include: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Frankfort, Lexington, Washington D.C., Zanesville, Chillicothe, Detroit, Clarksburg, and Parkersburg.","Subjects include purchase of bank stock, estate of Lucy Backus Woodbridge, currency exchange, steamboat building, and family and business affairs. Correspondents include: Jesse B. Thomas, Benjamin Reeder, E. Buckingham Jr. \u0026 Co., Elihu Chauncey, Henry Strong, Daniel Converse, Joseph Willard, Sam A. Wescott, and Henry Northrup. Places addressed: Washington D.C., Norwich, Lexington, Philadelphia, Pitssburgh, Wheeling, Clarksburg, Frankfort, St. Clairsville, Steubenville, Zanesville, and Cincinnati.","Unsigned letters, mainly from Pt. Harman, ordering goods for the D. Woodbridge Store. Also some letters concerning tobacco, ginseng, dried fruit, skins, beeswax, rags, feathers, and other products shipped to eastern markets for sale.","Subjects: principally rountine business correspondence, but also includes letters to Wheeling seeking wool. Names of steamboats and captains are mentioned in various letters. Names of persons and companies addressed: J.J. Jackson, Luther Edgerton, Jones, Tyson \u0026 Co., W. Palmer, and D.T. Chambers. Letters addressed to: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Parkersburg, Sistersville, Wheeling, Louisville, Pt. Harman, Salem Ripley, and McConnelsville.","Subjects: family affairs, religion, William Woodbridge's office as U.S. Judge in Michigan, Wheeling Cotton Manufacturing Co., stock in Bank of the U.S. and other banks, the Morganza Tract in Pennsylvania, churches, missionary societies,Collegiate Institute, property in Marietta, and business opportunities. Correspondents include: Lewis Cass, Thomas McKennan, Waterman Palmer, Thomas Morgan, Rev. R.H. Bishop, William Holyoke, Rev. Artemus Ballard, Joseph Gales, and Rev. James Laurie.","A few letters dated at Pittsburgh to merchants and business houses in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Louisville. Also includes a cash book spanning Jan. 1834 to Oct. 1836.","This series includes volumes 11-89. These are all daybooks (blotters) from 1788-1862. Subjects included concern river boats, Harmon Blennerhasset, transactions with various firms, goods traded, land warrants, and land sales.","This series contains record books other than daybooks, including volumes 90-128, 137, 138, and 141-145. Volumes 90-128 are records of the Woodbridge Company; volumes 137-138 are the records of the Greene Company; and volumes 142-145 are the records of the F.B. Loomis Company. Many of these contain the same sort of information as the day books, in a similar format. Years covered are 1743-1854. Types of books include invoice books, ledgers, cash books, inventory, warehouse books, memorandum books, sale books, receipt books, account books, and alphabetical indexes (volume 141).","This series contains only volumes 139-140. These are pension claim books of George M. Woodbridge during the Civil War. Dates are 1861-1864 and 1863 respectively.","This series consists of volumes 129-136, which are miscellaneous collections of George M. Woodbridge. Dates run from 1779 to 1882, but most items concern the later time period. Items included are blank notes from G.M. Woodbridge's General Agency and Land Office; Justice of the Peace Accounts, listing notes, cash payments, unsettled notes, etc.; Woodbridge Autobiographical memo, including a sampling of materials found elsewhere in the collection; a prescription book; a newspaper scrapbook compiled in the 1870s; another scrapbook, containing mostly religious material; a U.S. Internal Revenue List of the Several Collection Districts (1870); and an old manuscript book containing copies of anecdotes, stories, diary excerpts, and poems written by George M. Woodbridge. This last includes such titles as \"Marietta in 1804 or 1805,\" \"The Blennerhassets,\" \"Ships and Steamboats,\" and \"Steamboats Built at Marietta.\" There are 34 such writings in the manuscript book.","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","Letter and account books, clipping scrapbooks, and miscellaneous family papers of a pioneer, Ohio Valley, general merchandise firm founded by Dudley Woodbridge, Sr., at Marietta, Ohio, and operating under various names for a period of more than sixty years. The collection also includes the account books of Daniel, Richard, and John Greene, 1808-1844; account books of F.B. Loomis, 1842-1844; a medicinal formulary book; the estate records of John Brody; records of a pension and bounty land claims agency operated by George M. Woodbridge, 1861-1864; and justice of the peace accounts, 1832-1863. 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Woodbridge's business dealt in real estate, and so indicates the growth of the area west of Marietta. The growth of river trade and the types of goods traded are described extensively in the collection. Other topics include aspects of life in the early nineteenth century Ohio River Valley, real estate, and other business concerns. Prominent names in the collection include D. Woodbridge, George M. Woodbridge, and Harmon Blennerhasset.","Subjects found in collection:","Ships and shipbuilding – Volumes 1, 6, 8, 14, 31, 37, 53, 132","Transportation of goods, overland and by river (Ohio and Muskingum) – Volumes 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 123, 124","Harmon Blennerhasset and Blennerhasset Island – Volumes 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25","Land values and transaction of land – Volumes 56, 79, 81, 89, 131","Bank of Marietta – Volumes 2, 6, 9, 98","This series includes volumes 1-10, which are letter books dating from 1801 to 1836. These books contain copies of correspondence mostly regarding business matters of Woodbridge Mercantile Company. Subjects discussed include goods traded, ship building, river traffic and overland transportation of goods, impact of the War of 1812, Blennerhasset Island, purchases of stock in local banks, and land sales.","Letters signed D. Woodbridge, Jr. and D. Woodbridge and Co. Includes 52 letters to Harman Blennerhassett re. company business, goods ordered, and ship building, launching, and voyages. Cargo mentioned includes skins, hemp, ginseng, and pork taken in trade and purchased for sale in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Also, letters to James Converse, Joseph F. Munro, Mrs. Mary Jourdan (Philadelphia agent for Woodbridge \u0026 Co.), James Backus, William Woodbridge, Joseph Clarke, Jacob Burnet, John Daman, Andrew and John Oliphant, R. Caldwell, and Capt. William Latimer. Subjects include purchasing and selling various goods, shipbuilding, ropewalk business in Marietta, river traffic, instructions to agents, and Sciota Salt Works.","Subjects include dissolution of D. Woodbridge \u0026 Co. partnership, purchase and sale of goods, transportation by wagon and riverboats, salt received on commission from Donnally and Steele (Kanawha Salt Works), transactions on Ohio Company lands, ropewalk in Marietta, purchase of shares in Pittsburgh manufaturing company, settlement of Col. George Morgan estate, transactions involving sugar and cotton in New Orleans and Kentucky, riverboat accidents and loss of cargo, effects of war on emigration to Ohio, the shortage of labor, Ohio banks, purchase of stock in a Canal company, and barge building in Marietta. Correspondents include: Moses Dillon, Jeffry Price, Sen. John Lambert, John Tilford, James Mountain, Harmon Blennerhassett, George Morgan, Philip Doddridge, Capt. Daniel Greene, Jonathan Buitteau, Benjamin Morgan, and Thomas Butler. Locations include: Philadelphia, Nashville, Cincinnati, Charleston, Lexington, Zanesville, and New Orleans.","Subjects include fur trade with London and French merchants, purcahse and sale of ginseng and other products, and re. conduct of storage and commission business. Names include: Thomas Morgan, Samuel Murdock, Thomas L. Pierce, Sevil Scovil and Co., John Barr, and L. Barber. Places named include: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Lexington, New York, St. Louis, and London.","Subjects include currency exchange, shipping conditions, marketing information, rental of Blennerhassett Island, and mercantile business. Names and firms: Moses Dillon, James W. Biddle \u0026 Co., Steele, Donnally \u0026 Steele, Thomas Baker, S.\u0026G. Trotter \u0026 Co., and Gelman and Ammidon. Places named include: Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Kentucky.","Subjects include routine business letters, the Lucy Backus Woodbridge estate, family correspondence, resignation of William Woodbridge from Congress, rental of Blennerhassett Island. Business firms mentioned: Benjamin J. Gilman, W. Wilson \u0026 Co., Robert Fulton, R. J. Meigs, Clarissa Backus, J. W. Biddle \u0026 Co., and John Sproule. Places of business include: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Frankfort, Lexington, Washington D.C., Zanesville, Chillicothe, Detroit, Clarksburg, and Parkersburg.","Subjects include purchase of bank stock, estate of Lucy Backus Woodbridge, currency exchange, steamboat building, and family and business affairs. Correspondents include: Jesse B. Thomas, Benjamin Reeder, E. Buckingham Jr. \u0026 Co., Elihu Chauncey, Henry Strong, Daniel Converse, Joseph Willard, Sam A. Wescott, and Henry Northrup. Places addressed: Washington D.C., Norwich, Lexington, Philadelphia, Pitssburgh, Wheeling, Clarksburg, Frankfort, St. Clairsville, Steubenville, Zanesville, and Cincinnati.","Unsigned letters, mainly from Pt. Harman, ordering goods for the D. Woodbridge Store. Also some letters concerning tobacco, ginseng, dried fruit, skins, beeswax, rags, feathers, and other products shipped to eastern markets for sale.","Subjects: principally rountine business correspondence, but also includes letters to Wheeling seeking wool. Names of steamboats and captains are mentioned in various letters. Names of persons and companies addressed: J.J. Jackson, Luther Edgerton, Jones, Tyson \u0026 Co., W. Palmer, and D.T. Chambers. Letters addressed to: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Parkersburg, Sistersville, Wheeling, Louisville, Pt. Harman, Salem Ripley, and McConnelsville.","Subjects: family affairs, religion, William Woodbridge's office as U.S. Judge in Michigan, Wheeling Cotton Manufacturing Co., stock in Bank of the U.S. and other banks, the Morganza Tract in Pennsylvania, churches, missionary societies,Collegiate Institute, property in Marietta, and business opportunities. Correspondents include: Lewis Cass, Thomas McKennan, Waterman Palmer, Thomas Morgan, Rev. R.H. Bishop, William Holyoke, Rev. Artemus Ballard, Joseph Gales, and Rev. James Laurie.","A few letters dated at Pittsburgh to merchants and business houses in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Louisville. Also includes a cash book spanning Jan. 1834 to Oct. 1836.","This series includes volumes 11-89. These are all daybooks (blotters) from 1788-1862. Subjects included concern river boats, Harmon Blennerhasset, transactions with various firms, goods traded, land warrants, and land sales.","This series contains record books other than daybooks, including volumes 90-128, 137, 138, and 141-145. Volumes 90-128 are records of the Woodbridge Company; volumes 137-138 are the records of the Greene Company; and volumes 142-145 are the records of the F.B. Loomis Company. Many of these contain the same sort of information as the day books, in a similar format. Years covered are 1743-1854. Types of books include invoice books, ledgers, cash books, inventory, warehouse books, memorandum books, sale books, receipt books, account books, and alphabetical indexes (volume 141).","This series contains only volumes 139-140. These are pension claim books of George M. Woodbridge during the Civil War. Dates are 1861-1864 and 1863 respectively.","This series consists of volumes 129-136, which are miscellaneous collections of George M. Woodbridge. Dates run from 1779 to 1882, but most items concern the later time period. Items included are blank notes from G.M. Woodbridge's General Agency and Land Office; Justice of the Peace Accounts, listing notes, cash payments, unsettled notes, etc.; Woodbridge Autobiographical memo, including a sampling of materials found elsewhere in the collection; a prescription book; a newspaper scrapbook compiled in the 1870s; another scrapbook, containing mostly religious material; a U.S. Internal Revenue List of the Several Collection Districts (1870); and an old manuscript book containing copies of anecdotes, stories, diary excerpts, and poems written by George M. Woodbridge. This last includes such titles as \"Marietta in 1804 or 1805,\" \"The Blennerhassets,\" \"Ships and Steamboats,\" and \"Steamboats Built at Marietta.\" There are 34 such writings in the manuscript book."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/visit/permissions-and-copyright\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePermissions and Copyright page\u003c/a\u003e on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_dbebcc5ffb758c18356de41c3aa65840\"\u003eLetter and account books, clipping scrapbooks, and miscellaneous family papers of a pioneer, Ohio Valley, general merchandise firm founded by Dudley Woodbridge, Sr., at Marietta, Ohio, and operating under various names for a period of more than sixty years. The collection also includes the account books of Daniel, Richard, and John Greene, 1808-1844; account books of F.B. Loomis, 1842-1844; a medicinal formulary book; the estate records of John Brody; records of a pension and bounty land claims agency operated by George M. Woodbridge, 1861-1864; and justice of the peace accounts, 1832-1863. Subjects include the development of river markets, transportation, and the livestock industry in the early Ohio Valley; fur trade and commerce with England and Europe; the Marietta and Susquehanna Trading Company; Kanawha and Sciota salt works; Ohio Company lands; Woodbridge-Harman Blennerhassett partnership; ginseng trade; Wheeling Cotton Manufacturing Company; ropewalk and shipbuilding in Marietta; military land warrants; estate of George Morgan; career of William Woodbridge, United States senator and governor of Michigan; pioneer education; Meadville Seminary; Ohio University; Miami University; Marietta Collegiate Institute; Belpre, Ohio; American Catholic missions; early history of Marietta; the American Colonization Society; Washington County Colonization Society; churches; Washington County Tract Society; recruiting in Marietta during the Civil War; impact of the War of 1812 on westward migration and labor; and Woodbridge family affairs. Letters are addressed to merchants in London, France, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Charleston (West Virginia), Lexington and Louisville (Kentucky), Cincinnati, St. Louis, New Orleans, Washington, Detroit, and Baltimore. Correspondents include Lewis Cass, Philip Doddridge, and Benjamin Reeder.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Letter and account books, clipping scrapbooks, and miscellaneous family papers of a pioneer, Ohio Valley, general merchandise firm founded by Dudley Woodbridge, Sr., at Marietta, Ohio, and operating under various names for a period of more than sixty years. The collection also includes the account books of Daniel, Richard, and John Greene, 1808-1844; account books of F.B. Loomis, 1842-1844; a medicinal formulary book; the estate records of John Brody; records of a pension and bounty land claims agency operated by George M. Woodbridge, 1861-1864; and justice of the peace accounts, 1832-1863. Subjects include the development of river markets, transportation, and the livestock industry in the early Ohio Valley; fur trade and commerce with England and Europe; the Marietta and Susquehanna Trading Company; Kanawha and Sciota salt works; Ohio Company lands; Woodbridge-Harman Blennerhassett partnership; ginseng trade; Wheeling Cotton Manufacturing Company; ropewalk and shipbuilding in Marietta; military land warrants; estate of George Morgan; career of William Woodbridge, United States senator and governor of Michigan; pioneer education; Meadville Seminary; Ohio University; Miami University; Marietta Collegiate Institute; Belpre, Ohio; American Catholic missions; early history of Marietta; the American Colonization Society; Washington County Colonization Society; churches; Washington County Tract Society; recruiting in Marietta during the Civil War; impact of the War of 1812 on westward migration and labor; and Woodbridge family affairs. Letters are addressed to merchants in London, France, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Charleston (West Virginia), Lexington and Louisville (Kentucky), Cincinnati, St. Louis, New Orleans, Washington, Detroit, and Baltimore. Correspondents include Lewis Cass, Philip Doddridge, and Benjamin Reeder."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_97a19b48b0865b933e413ce17c6b47ab\"\u003eWest Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/\u003c/physloc\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. 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