The Oxcart Library is a non-circulating library located in the North Olmsted branch of the public library in the city of North Olmsted, Ohio , United States, the first in the Western Reserve .
30-593: Captain Aaron Olmsted , a wealthy sea captain in the China trade out of New England , was one of 49 investors who formed a syndicate in 1795 to purchase a major part of the Western Reserve from Connecticut . He became the owner of thousands of acres from his $ 30,000 share of the $ 120,000 total land deal. The land encompassed the areas now known as North Olmsted , Olmsted Falls and Olmsted Township . At
60-649: A Philosopher / Sir Humphry Davy, Bart. Late President of the Royal Society. John Grigg (?): Philadelphia, PA 1830. The Constitution of Man Considered in Relation to External Objects /George Combe. Marsh, Capen & Lyon: Boston. 1835. The Crayon Miscellany, No 1 / attrib.Washington Irving, author of the "Sketch Book" Carey, Lea, & Blanchard: Philadelphia, PA. 1835. Crofton Boys /Harriet Martineau. D. Appleton & Co. New York, NY, not dated. A Description of Pitcairn's Island: with an Authentic account of
90-566: A marketing office in the Western Reserve to promote sales of land. Without an organized, concerted sales campaign by the company, their efforts to sell the land were mostly unsuccessful. In fact, only 1000 people had settled in the region by 1800. The other problem that beset the company and hurt land sales was political uncertainty surrounding the Connecticut Western Reserves. The political confusion concerned
120-542: Is now Cuyahoga County , as well as Franklin Township , named after his son Aaron Franklin Olmsted, and most of the city of Kent in what is now Portage County . Olmsted traveled west on horseback to visit the land in 1795, but never settled there. A native of East Hartford, Connecticut , he was born 19 May 1753 as the eighth child of General Jonathan and Hanna (Meakins) Olmsted. Olmsted served as Adjutant general of
150-585: The 4th Connecticut Regiment during the American Revolutionary War . He married Mary Langrel Bigelow on 10 December 1778 and had fourteen children, of which only five lived to adulthood. He died 9 September 1806 in East Hartford. This United States biographical article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Connecticut Land Company The Connecticut Company or Connecticut Land Company (est. 1795)
180-814: The Botanic Garden/ Dr. Erasmus Darwin. D. Longworth: New York, NY 1805. Biography of Henry Clay /George D. Prentice, Esq. Samuel Hanmer, Jr. & John Jay Phelps: Hartford, CT. 1831. Clarke's Travels, Part One: Russia, Tartary, and Turkey /Clarke, Edward Daniel. L.L.D. Faye & Co., New York 1813. Clarke's Travels, Part Two, v.1 Europe, Asia, and Africa. Clarke's Travels, Part Two, v.2 Europe, Asia, and Africa Compend of Geolog y/Le Conte, Joseph. American Book Company: New York, Chicago, and Cincinnati. 1898. Compendium of Natural Philosophy / Denison Olmsted, A. M., Hezekiah Howe & Co.: New Haven, CT 1833. Consolations in Travel, or The Last Days of
210-685: The Eastern Seas: An account of a voyage of discovery to the west coast of Corea; and the Great Loo Choo Island /Basil Hall. Abraham Small: Philadelphia, PA, 1818. Helen (?). (No Title Page. "Helen" appears at the top of each page.) /attrib. Maria Edgeworth. No publisher information or location available. Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries, From the Time of Columbus to
240-639: The Human Species /Samuel Stanhope Smith, D.D. L.L.D. J. Simpson & Co. and Williams and Whiting: New-Brunswick, 1810. Family Library Series /J.A. St. John. K & J Harper: New York, 1832. Chivalry and the Crusades . V. 20 Life of Nelson V.6. Lives of Celebrated Travelers . V.40 British Poets in Two Volumes v. 1. V. 112 Williams’ Life of Alexander the Great. V.7 The Freedom of
270-849: The Intellectual Powers and the Investigation of Truth /John Abercrombie, M.D. J.&J. Harper: New York, NY, 1832 T he Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa in the year 1805 /Mungo Park. Edward Earle: New York, 1815. Journal of a Tour Through Malta, Greece, and Asia Minor: Carthage, Algiers, Port Mahon and Spain /Samuel Woodruff, Esq. Cooke and Co.: Hartford, CT. 1831. A Journey Through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor to Constantinople /James Morier, Esq. M. Carey and Wells and Lilly: Philadelphia, PA. 1806. Aaron Olmsted Captain Aaron Olmsted (May 19, 1753 – September 9, 1806), erroneously spelled Olmstead ,
300-631: The Mind, Demanded of American Freemen /Samuel Nott, Jun. Crocker & Brewster: Boston, MA. 1830. A General View of the Manners, Customs, and Curiosities of Nations, v.1 /Rev. J. Goldsmith. John Babcock and Son: New Haven CT, 1825. Great Events by Great Historians (Subtitled The School Library Vol. XVII ./ (Anon.) Marsh, Capen, Lyon, and Webb: Boston, MA 1840. Greece in 1823 and 1824 /Colonel Leicester Stanhope. A. Small, E. Parker, Marot& Walter, and E. Littell: Philadelphia PA, 1825. Hall's Voyage to
330-543: The Mutiny of the ship Bounty /Anon. J&J Harper, New York. 1832. The Dignity of Human Nature /James Burgh. James Oram: New York, NY, 1812. Discourses /William Ellery Channing. Charles Bowen: Boston, 1832. Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare. v1, v.4, v.8. Collins & Hannay: New York, 1822. Eleven Sermons/Hosea Ballou. Edwin T. Scott: Boston. 1822. An Essay of the Causes of Variety of Complexion and Figure in
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#1732798640037360-673: The Present Period, v.1, v.5,v.10 /Mavor, William. E. Newbery: London, UK 1797. History of Popery /Rev. Anthony Gavin. Case, Tiffany, and Burnham. Hartford. History of Popery, Part 1. 1845 History of Popery, Part 2. 1846 History of the Rebellion in Scotland in 1745 and 1746, v.1- v.2 /Robert Chambers. E.C. Mielke: Philadelphia, PA 1833. Influence of Literature on Society, v.1 /Germaine de Stael-Holstein. W. Wells and T.E. Wait & Co.: Boston. 1831. Inquiries Concerning
390-631: The United States of America, 1860-'65, v.2 / Horace Greeley. O. D. Case and Company: Hartford, CT. Not dated. The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Consisting of One Thousand and One Stories in Two Volumes - Volume I /Sultaness of the Indies. Charles Gaylord: Boston, MA 1835. The Atoning Sacrifice, A Display of Love - Not of Wrath; 2nd Edition /Noah Worcester. Hilliard and Brown: Cambridge, MA 1830. Ballou's Sermons on Important Doctrinal Subjects /Hosea Ballou. Trumpet: Boston, MA, 1832 Beauties of
420-530: The Western Reserve. Settlers used the guidelines of the Land Ordinance of 1785 , which demanded the owners survey the land before settlement. In 1796, the company began surveys and sales on property east of Cuyahoga. The original proprietors, 57 of the wealthiest and most prominent men in Connecticut, included Oliver Phelps , the largest subscriber and chief manager of the project. In 1796, one of
450-613: The area. Just over 100 of the original books can be found on display in the North Olmsted Branch of the Cuyahoga County Library. The blue paper covers remain on many of the books. The following books comprise the remaining collection: American Antiquities, and Discoveries in the West / Josiah Priest. Printed by Hoffman and White: Albany, NY 1833. American Conflict: A History of The Great Rebellion in
480-496: The city “Cleveland” due to a cartographic error. Company Background In 1795, the Connecticut Land Company paid the state of Connecticut $ 1.2 million for three million acres of its Western Reserve lands. The $ 1.2 million raised by the state was used to fund public education. This allowed Connecticut to expand its public school system and improve its educational facilities. With regards to the land purchased by
510-485: The company bought a large portion of the eastern part of the Western Connecticut Reserves. However, poor company management and political uncertainty led to weak land sales, slow economic development, and ultimately company failure in 1809. Despite its short existence, the Connecticut Land Company was instrumental in the development of the region and left a lasting impact on the landscape. One of
540-405: The company was forced to lower prices and give away free land in order to encourage settlement. The problems that forced the company to lower prices would ultimately force the company into bankruptcy. Company’s Problems One of the problems that befell the Connecticut Land Company was company mismanagement. Sales efforts by the company were not centrally organized. The company did not even set up
570-549: The company, it was divided into 1.2 million shares. On September 5, 1795, the company adopted articles of association, and each purchasing group was given a proportional share of the land commensurate with the amount of capital invested. The main purpose of the Connecticut Land Company was the pursuit of profits through the sale of the lands to both land speculators and settlers. Land would usually be sold many times between speculators and investors before it would be sold to someone who would actually settle it. Due to weak land sales,
600-736: The contentious conflicting claims by various Eastern Seaboard states on lands west of the gaps of the Allegheny draining into the Allegheny , Monongahela , and Ohio Rivers . Under the arrangement, all the states gave up their land claims west of the Alleghenies to the Federal government save for parts parceled out to each claimant state. Western Pennsylvania was Pennsylvania's part, and the Connecticut Western Reserve
630-563: The head manager of this investment project. Another key figure in the company was Moses Cleaveland, one of the company’s first directors. He was in charge of conducting the first company survey of the Western Connecticut Reserves in 1796. Moses Cleaveland successfully negotiated a treaty with the Iroquois, who gave up all of their land claims east of the Cuyahoga River. He also founded a settlement named after him that would later become
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#1732798640037660-529: The land titles granted by the Connecticut Land Company. This was meant to encourage and speed up settlement and development of the region. Although this act resolved the problem of political uncertainty, continued poor company management meant that few settlers came. More significant development of the region would have to wait until after the War of 1812. Company Bankruptcy As a result of weak land sales stemming from company mismanagement and political uncertainty,
690-484: The largest shareholders, Moses Cleaveland , planned a settlement on the banks of the Cuyahoga River with Seth Pease . This planned settlement would become the city of Cleveland . The Deeds for the land were executed as follows: Company Introduction The Connecticut Land Company was a company set up by a group of private investors in 1795 with the aim of making a profit from land sales. Towards that end,
720-411: The most important legacies of the Connecticut Land Company was the establishment of the settlement of Cleveland. Key Company Figures The ownership of the company was made up of a syndicate of 35 purchasing groups representing a total of 58 individual investors. The leader of this group and the head of the Connecticut Land Company was Oliver Phelps. He was the single largest investor in the company and
750-582: The right to govern the land and the legitimacy of the land titles. There were disputes between the Northwest Territory and the state of Connecticut over who had the right to govern the land purchased by the company. In addition, the company wanted Connecticut to guarantee the land titles that the company issues, but Connecticut refused. As a result of this uncertain surrounding the legality of land titles and jurisdiction, many would-be settlers decided not to come. Making settlement even less attractive
780-683: The time of the purchase, the area was known as Lenox . Olmsted traveled west on horseback to visit the land in 1795, but never settled here. He died in 1806. In 1826, Aaron's son, Charles Hyde Olmsted, offered to donate 500 books from his father's personal collection in Oxford , Connecticut , if the residents of Lenox agreed to change the name of the area to Olmsted, which they did. The books traveled by oxcart over 600 miles of rugged terrain. They were individually covered with blue paper and arrived partly stained with mud and rain. The books were housed in various families' homes and circulated to residents in
810-499: Was a post-colonial land speculation company formed in the late eighteenth century to survey and encourage settlement in the eastern parts of the newly chartered Connecticut Western Reserve of the former " Ohio Country " and a prized-part of the Northwest Territory )—a post-American Revolutionary period region, that was part of the lands-claims settlement adjudicated by the new United States government regarding
840-613: Was a wealthy sea captain in the China trade out of New England, and one of 49 investors who formed the Connecticut Land Company in 1795 to purchase a major part of the Western Reserve from the U.S. state of Connecticut . He became the owner of thousands of acres from his $ 30,000 share of the $ 1,200,000 total land deal. The land encompassed the areas of Northeast Ohio now known as North Olmsted , Olmsted Falls , and Olmsted Township (originally known as Lenox) in what
870-509: Was that the US government did not recognize the Western Reserve as part of the Northwest Territory until 1800. In practice this means that the US government did not provide settlers with legal or military protection. Then, on April 28, 1800, the Quieting Act was signed by President Adams into law. The Quieting Act established Connecticut’s right to govern the land and guaranteed the legality of
900-506: Was the part apportioned to Connecticut 's claim. The specific Connecticut Western Reserve lands were the northeastern part of the greater Mississippi drainage basin lands just west of those defined as part of Pennsylvania's claims settlement ( Western Pennsylvania ). The Western Reserve is located in Northeast Ohio with its hub being Cleveland . In 1795, the Connecticut Land Company bought three million acres (12,000 km ) of
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