{"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact","last":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026page=1\u0026view=compact"},"meta":{"pages":{"current_page":1,"next_page":null,"prev_page":null,"total_pages":1,"limit_value":10,"offset_value":0,"total_count":2,"first_page?":true,"last_page?":true}},"data":[{"id":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_34","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Michael La Vean French documents collection","creator":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vifgm_repositories_2_resources_34#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"La Vean, Michael","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vifgm_repositories_2_resources_34#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"The La Vean collection contains 268 documents and books from the period between 1751 and 1851. The majority of the documents come from the years between the creation of the French National Assembly in 1789 and the beginning of the Empire in 1805.","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vifgm_repositories_2_resources_34#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_34","ead_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_34","_root_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_34","_nest_parent_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_34","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/GMU/repositories_2_resources_34.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Michael La Vean French documents collection","title_ssm":["Michael La Vean French documents collection"],"title_tesim":["Michael La Vean French documents collection"],"unitdate_ssm":["1751-1851"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1751-1851"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["C0078","/repositories/2/resources/34"],"text":["C0078","/repositories/2/resources/34","Michael La Vean French documents collection","France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799","France -- History -- First Republic, 1792-1804","France","Correspondence","Newspapers","There are no access restrictions.","This collection is arranged chronologically.","Michael La Vean is an entrepreneur and medical device patent holder who studied Business Administration at George Mason University. He spent seven years in Rennes, France, and collects books and documents, especially those relevant to politics and the history of women in eighteenth and nineteenth century France.","Processed by Special Collections Research Center staff. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in March 2009.","The Special Collections Research Center also holds the  .","The La Vean collection contains 268 documents and books from the period between 1751 and 1851. It includes copies of legislation by the French constitutional monarchy and the evolving Republic; administrative correspondence and official records from Morbihan; a few London newspapers mentioning France; ten books, notably a 1797 edition of Three Memorials on French Affairs by Sir Edmund Burke; and other materials. The majority of the documents come from the years between the creation of the French National Assembly in 1789 and the beginning of the Empire in 1805.","No known copyright. The Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries believes that this collection is not restricted by copyright or related rights, but a conclusive determination could not be made. (See https://rightsstatements.org/page/NKC/1.0/?language=en)","The La Vean collection contains 268 documents and books from the period between 1751 and 1851. The majority of the documents come from the years between the creation of the French National Assembly in 1789 and the beginning of the Empire in 1805.","George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","La Vean, Michael","English"],"unitid_tesim":["C0078","/repositories/2/resources/34"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Michael La Vean French documents collection"],"collection_title_tesim":["Michael La Vean French documents collection"],"collection_ssim":["Michael La Vean French documents collection"],"repository_ssm":["George Mason University"],"repository_ssim":["George Mason University"],"geogname_ssm":["France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799","France -- History -- First Republic, 1792-1804","France"],"geogname_ssim":["France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799","France -- History -- First Republic, 1792-1804","France"],"creator_ssm":["La Vean, Michael"],"creator_ssim":["La Vean, Michael"],"creator_persname_ssim":["La Vean, Michael"],"creators_ssim":["La Vean, Michael"],"places_ssim":["France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799","France -- History -- First Republic, 1792-1804","France"],"access_terms_ssm":["No known copyright. The Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries believes that this collection is not restricted by copyright or related rights, but a conclusive determination could not be made. (See https://rightsstatements.org/page/NKC/1.0/?language=en)"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Collection donated by Michael La Vean in 2004."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Correspondence","Newspapers"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Correspondence","Newspapers"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["3 Linear Feet 7 boxes"],"extent_tesim":["3 Linear Feet 7 boxes"],"genreform_ssim":["Correspondence","Newspapers"],"date_range_isim":[1751,1752,1753,1754,1755,1756,1757,1758,1759,1760,1761,1762,1763,1764,1765,1766,1767,1768,1769,1770,1771,1772,1773,1774,1775,1776,1777,1778,1779,1780,1781,1782,1783,1784,1785,1786,1787,1788,1789,1790,1791,1792,1793,1794,1795,1796,1797,1798,1799,1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no access restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no access restrictions."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection is arranged chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["This collection is arranged chronologically."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMichael La Vean is an entrepreneur and medical device patent holder who studied Business Administration at George Mason University. He spent seven years in Rennes, France, and collects books and documents, especially those relevant to politics and the history of women in eighteenth and nineteenth century France.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Michael La Vean is an entrepreneur and medical device patent holder who studied Business Administration at George Mason University. He spent seven years in Rennes, France, and collects books and documents, especially those relevant to politics and the history of women in eighteenth and nineteenth century France."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMichael La Vean French documents collection, C0078, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Michael La Vean French documents collection, C0078, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eProcessed by Special Collections Research Center staff. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in March 2009.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Processed by Special Collections Research Center staff. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in March 2009."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Special Collections Research Center also holds the \u003cextptr show=\"new\" title=\"Jean-Louis Barrault photograph collection\" href=\"https://aspace.gmu.edu/resources/c0019\"\u003e\u003c/extptr\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["The Special Collections Research Center also holds the  ."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe La Vean collection contains 268 documents and books from the period between 1751 and 1851. It includes copies of legislation by the French constitutional monarchy and the evolving Republic; administrative correspondence and official records from Morbihan; a few London newspapers mentioning France; ten books, notably a 1797 edition of Three Memorials on French Affairs by Sir Edmund Burke; and other materials. The majority of the documents come from the years between the creation of the French National Assembly in 1789 and the beginning of the Empire in 1805.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The La Vean collection contains 268 documents and books from the period between 1751 and 1851. It includes copies of legislation by the French constitutional monarchy and the evolving Republic; administrative correspondence and official records from Morbihan; a few London newspapers mentioning France; ten books, notably a 1797 edition of Three Memorials on French Affairs by Sir Edmund Burke; and other materials. The majority of the documents come from the years between the creation of the French National Assembly in 1789 and the beginning of the Empire in 1805."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eNo known copyright. The Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries believes that this collection is not restricted by copyright or related rights, but a conclusive determination could not be made. (See https://rightsstatements.org/page/NKC/1.0/?language=en)\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["No known copyright. The Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries believes that this collection is not restricted by copyright or related rights, but a conclusive determination could not be made. (See https://rightsstatements.org/page/NKC/1.0/?language=en)"],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_2063a6f05918566dd8b02757768b286e\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe La Vean collection contains 268 documents and books from the period between 1751 and 1851. The majority of the documents come from the years between the creation of the French National Assembly in 1789 and the beginning of the Empire in 1805.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["The La Vean collection contains 268 documents and books from the period between 1751 and 1851. The majority of the documents come from the years between the creation of the French National Assembly in 1789 and the beginning of the Empire in 1805."],"names_ssim":["George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","La Vean, Michael"],"corpname_ssim":["George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center"],"persname_ssim":["La Vean, Michael"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":269,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-09T07:11:34.577Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_34","ead_ssi":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_34","_root_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_34","_nest_parent_":"vifgm_repositories_2_resources_34","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/GMU/repositories_2_resources_34.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Michael La Vean French documents collection","title_ssm":["Michael La Vean French documents collection"],"title_tesim":["Michael La Vean French documents collection"],"unitdate_ssm":["1751-1851"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1751-1851"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["C0078","/repositories/2/resources/34"],"text":["C0078","/repositories/2/resources/34","Michael La Vean French documents collection","France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799","France -- History -- First Republic, 1792-1804","France","Correspondence","Newspapers","There are no access restrictions.","This collection is arranged chronologically.","Michael La Vean is an entrepreneur and medical device patent holder who studied Business Administration at George Mason University. He spent seven years in Rennes, France, and collects books and documents, especially those relevant to politics and the history of women in eighteenth and nineteenth century France.","Processed by Special Collections Research Center staff. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in March 2009.","The Special Collections Research Center also holds the  .","The La Vean collection contains 268 documents and books from the period between 1751 and 1851. It includes copies of legislation by the French constitutional monarchy and the evolving Republic; administrative correspondence and official records from Morbihan; a few London newspapers mentioning France; ten books, notably a 1797 edition of Three Memorials on French Affairs by Sir Edmund Burke; and other materials. The majority of the documents come from the years between the creation of the French National Assembly in 1789 and the beginning of the Empire in 1805.","No known copyright. The Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries believes that this collection is not restricted by copyright or related rights, but a conclusive determination could not be made. (See https://rightsstatements.org/page/NKC/1.0/?language=en)","The La Vean collection contains 268 documents and books from the period between 1751 and 1851. The majority of the documents come from the years between the creation of the French National Assembly in 1789 and the beginning of the Empire in 1805.","George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","La Vean, Michael","English"],"unitid_tesim":["C0078","/repositories/2/resources/34"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Michael La Vean French documents collection"],"collection_title_tesim":["Michael La Vean French documents collection"],"collection_ssim":["Michael La Vean French documents collection"],"repository_ssm":["George Mason University"],"repository_ssim":["George Mason University"],"geogname_ssm":["France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799","France -- History -- First Republic, 1792-1804","France"],"geogname_ssim":["France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799","France -- History -- First Republic, 1792-1804","France"],"creator_ssm":["La Vean, Michael"],"creator_ssim":["La Vean, Michael"],"creator_persname_ssim":["La Vean, Michael"],"creators_ssim":["La Vean, Michael"],"places_ssim":["France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799","France -- History -- First Republic, 1792-1804","France"],"access_terms_ssm":["No known copyright. The Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries believes that this collection is not restricted by copyright or related rights, but a conclusive determination could not be made. (See https://rightsstatements.org/page/NKC/1.0/?language=en)"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Collection donated by Michael La Vean in 2004."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Correspondence","Newspapers"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Correspondence","Newspapers"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["3 Linear Feet 7 boxes"],"extent_tesim":["3 Linear Feet 7 boxes"],"genreform_ssim":["Correspondence","Newspapers"],"date_range_isim":[1751,1752,1753,1754,1755,1756,1757,1758,1759,1760,1761,1762,1763,1764,1765,1766,1767,1768,1769,1770,1771,1772,1773,1774,1775,1776,1777,1778,1779,1780,1781,1782,1783,1784,1785,1786,1787,1788,1789,1790,1791,1792,1793,1794,1795,1796,1797,1798,1799,1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no access restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no access restrictions."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection is arranged chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["This collection is arranged chronologically."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMichael La Vean is an entrepreneur and medical device patent holder who studied Business Administration at George Mason University. He spent seven years in Rennes, France, and collects books and documents, especially those relevant to politics and the history of women in eighteenth and nineteenth century France.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Michael La Vean is an entrepreneur and medical device patent holder who studied Business Administration at George Mason University. He spent seven years in Rennes, France, and collects books and documents, especially those relevant to politics and the history of women in eighteenth and nineteenth century France."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMichael La Vean French documents collection, C0078, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Michael La Vean French documents collection, C0078, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eProcessed by Special Collections Research Center staff. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in March 2009.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Processed by Special Collections Research Center staff. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in March 2009."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Special Collections Research Center also holds the \u003cextptr show=\"new\" title=\"Jean-Louis Barrault photograph collection\" href=\"https://aspace.gmu.edu/resources/c0019\"\u003e\u003c/extptr\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["The Special Collections Research Center also holds the  ."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe La Vean collection contains 268 documents and books from the period between 1751 and 1851. It includes copies of legislation by the French constitutional monarchy and the evolving Republic; administrative correspondence and official records from Morbihan; a few London newspapers mentioning France; ten books, notably a 1797 edition of Three Memorials on French Affairs by Sir Edmund Burke; and other materials. The majority of the documents come from the years between the creation of the French National Assembly in 1789 and the beginning of the Empire in 1805.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The La Vean collection contains 268 documents and books from the period between 1751 and 1851. It includes copies of legislation by the French constitutional monarchy and the evolving Republic; administrative correspondence and official records from Morbihan; a few London newspapers mentioning France; ten books, notably a 1797 edition of Three Memorials on French Affairs by Sir Edmund Burke; and other materials. The majority of the documents come from the years between the creation of the French National Assembly in 1789 and the beginning of the Empire in 1805."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eNo known copyright. The Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries believes that this collection is not restricted by copyright or related rights, but a conclusive determination could not be made. (See https://rightsstatements.org/page/NKC/1.0/?language=en)\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["No known copyright. The Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries believes that this collection is not restricted by copyright or related rights, but a conclusive determination could not be made. (See https://rightsstatements.org/page/NKC/1.0/?language=en)"],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_2063a6f05918566dd8b02757768b286e\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe La Vean collection contains 268 documents and books from the period between 1751 and 1851. The majority of the documents come from the years between the creation of the French National Assembly in 1789 and the beginning of the Empire in 1805.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["The La Vean collection contains 268 documents and books from the period between 1751 and 1851. The majority of the documents come from the years between the creation of the French National Assembly in 1789 and the beginning of the Empire in 1805."],"names_ssim":["George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","La Vean, Michael"],"corpname_ssim":["George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center"],"persname_ssim":["La Vean, Michael"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":269,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-09T07:11:34.577Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vifgm_repositories_2_resources_34"}},{"id":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_4728","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Woodbridge Mercantile Company Records","creator":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_4728#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Woodbridge Mercantile Company","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_4728#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"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.","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.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","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. Senate","Washington County Colonization Society","Washington County Tract Society","Wheeling Cotton Manufacturing Company","Woodbridge-Blennerhassett.","Brody, John.","Cass, Lewis.","Doddridge, Philip, 1773-1832","Greene, Daniel.","Greene, John.","Greene, Richard.","Loomis, F.B.","Morgan, George","Reeder, Benjamin.","Woodbridge, Dudley, Sr.","Woodbridge, George M.","Woodbridge, William.","English \n.    "],"unitid_tesim":["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"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Woodbridge Mercantile Company Records"],"collection_title_tesim":["Woodbridge Mercantile Company Records"],"collection_ssim":["Woodbridge Mercantile Company Records"],"repository_ssm":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"repository_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"geogname_ssm":["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"],"geogname_ssim":["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"],"creator_ssm":["Woodbridge Mercantile Company"],"creator_ssim":["Woodbridge Mercantile Company"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Woodbridge Mercantile Company"],"creators_ssim":["Woodbridge Mercantile Company"],"places_ssim":["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"],"access_terms_ssm":["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."],"access_subjects_ssim":["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"],"access_subjects_ssm":["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"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["11.10 Linear Feet Summary: 11 ft. 1 1/4 in. (21 document cases, 5 in. each); (3 document cases, 2 1/2 in. each); (4 small flat storage boxes, 3 1/2 in. each); (1 small flat storage box, 5 in.); (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)"],"extent_tesim":["11.10 Linear Feet Summary: 11 ft. 1 1/4 in. (21 document cases, 5 in. each); (3 document cases, 2 1/2 in. each); (4 small flat storage boxes, 3 1/2 in. each); (1 small flat storage box, 5 in.); (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)"],"date_range_isim":[1743,1744,1745,1746,1747,1748,1749,1750,1751,1752,1753,1754,1755,1756,1757,1758,1759,1760,1761,1762,1763,1764,1765,1766,1767,1768,1769,1770,1771,1772,1773,1774,1775,1776,1777,1778,1779,1780,1781,1782,1783,1784,1785,1786,1787,1788,1789,1790,1791,1792,1793,1794,1795,1796,1797,1798,1799,1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eNo special access restriction applies.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["No special access restriction applies."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Woodbridge Mercantile Company Records, A\u0026amp;M 1455, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Woodbridge Mercantile Company Records, A\u0026M 1455, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThese 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.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSubjects found in collection:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eShips and shipbuilding – Volumes 1, 6, 8, 14, 31, 37, 53, 132\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTransportation of goods, overland and by river (Ohio and Muskingum) – Volumes 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 123, 124\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHarmon Blennerhasset and Blennerhasset Island – Volumes 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLand values and transaction of land – Volumes 56, 79, 81, 89, 131\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBank of Marietta – Volumes 2, 6, 9, 98\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["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"],"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. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/"],"names_coll_ssim":["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. Senate","Washington County Colonization Society","Washington County Tract Society","Wheeling Cotton Manufacturing Company","Woodbridge Mercantile Company","Woodbridge-Blennerhassett.","Brody, John.","Cass, Lewis.","Doddridge, Philip, 1773-1832","Greene, Daniel.","Greene, John.","Greene, Richard.","Loomis, F.B.","Morgan, George","Reeder, Benjamin.","Woodbridge, Dudley, Sr.","Woodbridge, George M.","Woodbridge, William."],"names_ssim":["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. Senate","Washington County Colonization Society","Washington County Tract Society","Wheeling Cotton Manufacturing Company","Woodbridge-Blennerhassett.","Brody, John.","Cass, Lewis.","Doddridge, Philip, 1773-1832","Greene, Daniel.","Greene, John.","Greene, Richard.","Loomis, F.B.","Morgan, George","Reeder, Benjamin.","Woodbridge, Dudley, Sr.","Woodbridge, George M.","Woodbridge, William."],"corpname_ssim":["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. Senate","Washington County Colonization Society","Washington County Tract Society","Wheeling Cotton Manufacturing Company","Woodbridge-Blennerhassett."],"persname_ssim":["Brody, John.","Cass, Lewis.","Doddridge, Philip, 1773-1832","Greene, Daniel.","Greene, John.","Greene, Richard.","Loomis, F.B.","Morgan, George","Reeder, Benjamin.","Woodbridge, Dudley, Sr.","Woodbridge, George M.","Woodbridge, William."],"language_ssim":["English \n.    "],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":150,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-04-30T23:10:13.981Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"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","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. Senate","Washington County Colonization Society","Washington County Tract Society","Wheeling Cotton Manufacturing Company","Woodbridge-Blennerhassett.","Brody, John.","Cass, Lewis.","Doddridge, Philip, 1773-1832","Greene, Daniel.","Greene, John.","Greene, Richard.","Loomis, F.B.","Morgan, George","Reeder, Benjamin.","Woodbridge, Dudley, Sr.","Woodbridge, George M.","Woodbridge, William.","English \n.    "],"unitid_tesim":["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"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Woodbridge Mercantile Company Records"],"collection_title_tesim":["Woodbridge Mercantile Company Records"],"collection_ssim":["Woodbridge Mercantile Company Records"],"repository_ssm":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"repository_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"geogname_ssm":["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"],"geogname_ssim":["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"],"creator_ssm":["Woodbridge Mercantile Company"],"creator_ssim":["Woodbridge Mercantile Company"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Woodbridge Mercantile Company"],"creators_ssim":["Woodbridge Mercantile Company"],"places_ssim":["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"],"access_terms_ssm":["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."],"access_subjects_ssim":["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"],"access_subjects_ssm":["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"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["11.10 Linear Feet Summary: 11 ft. 1 1/4 in. (21 document cases, 5 in. each); (3 document cases, 2 1/2 in. each); (4 small flat storage boxes, 3 1/2 in. each); (1 small flat storage box, 5 in.); (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)"],"extent_tesim":["11.10 Linear Feet Summary: 11 ft. 1 1/4 in. (21 document cases, 5 in. each); (3 document cases, 2 1/2 in. each); (4 small flat storage boxes, 3 1/2 in. each); (1 small flat storage box, 5 in.); (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)"],"date_range_isim":[1743,1744,1745,1746,1747,1748,1749,1750,1751,1752,1753,1754,1755,1756,1757,1758,1759,1760,1761,1762,1763,1764,1765,1766,1767,1768,1769,1770,1771,1772,1773,1774,1775,1776,1777,1778,1779,1780,1781,1782,1783,1784,1785,1786,1787,1788,1789,1790,1791,1792,1793,1794,1795,1796,1797,1798,1799,1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eNo special access restriction applies.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["No special access restriction applies."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Woodbridge Mercantile Company Records, A\u0026amp;M 1455, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Woodbridge Mercantile Company Records, A\u0026M 1455, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThese 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.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSubjects found in collection:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eShips and shipbuilding – Volumes 1, 6, 8, 14, 31, 37, 53, 132\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTransportation of goods, overland and by river (Ohio and Muskingum) – Volumes 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 123, 124\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHarmon Blennerhasset and Blennerhasset Island – Volumes 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLand values and transaction of land – Volumes 56, 79, 81, 89, 131\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBank of Marietta – Volumes 2, 6, 9, 98\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["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"],"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. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/"],"names_coll_ssim":["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. Senate","Washington County Colonization Society","Washington County Tract Society","Wheeling Cotton Manufacturing Company","Woodbridge Mercantile Company","Woodbridge-Blennerhassett.","Brody, John.","Cass, Lewis.","Doddridge, Philip, 1773-1832","Greene, Daniel.","Greene, John.","Greene, Richard.","Loomis, F.B.","Morgan, George","Reeder, Benjamin.","Woodbridge, Dudley, Sr.","Woodbridge, George M.","Woodbridge, William."],"names_ssim":["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. Senate","Washington County Colonization Society","Washington County Tract Society","Wheeling Cotton Manufacturing Company","Woodbridge-Blennerhassett.","Brody, John.","Cass, Lewis.","Doddridge, Philip, 1773-1832","Greene, Daniel.","Greene, John.","Greene, Richard.","Loomis, F.B.","Morgan, George","Reeder, Benjamin.","Woodbridge, Dudley, Sr.","Woodbridge, George M.","Woodbridge, William."],"corpname_ssim":["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. Senate","Washington County Colonization Society","Washington County Tract Society","Wheeling Cotton Manufacturing Company","Woodbridge-Blennerhassett."],"persname_ssim":["Brody, John.","Cass, Lewis.","Doddridge, Philip, 1773-1832","Greene, Daniel.","Greene, John.","Greene, Richard.","Loomis, F.B.","Morgan, George","Reeder, Benjamin.","Woodbridge, Dudley, Sr.","Woodbridge, George M.","Woodbridge, William."],"language_ssim":["English \n.    "],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":150,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-04-30T23:10:13.981Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_4728"}}],"included":[{"type":"facet","id":"repository_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Repository","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"George Mason University","value":"George Mason University","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026f%5Brepository%5D%5B%5D=George+Mason+University\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"West Virginia and Regional History Center","value":"West Virginia and Regional History Center","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026f%5Brepository%5D%5B%5D=West+Virginia+and+Regional+History+Center\u0026view=compact"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/repository_ssim.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"facet","id":"collection_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Collection","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Michael La Vean French documents collection","value":"Michael La Vean French documents collection","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Michael+La+Vean+French+documents+collection\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Woodbridge Mercantile Company Records","value":"Woodbridge Mercantile Company Records","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Woodbridge+Mercantile+Company+Records\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/collection_ssim.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"facet","id":"date_range_isim","attributes":{"label":"Date range","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"1743","value":"1743","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1743\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"1744","value":"1744","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1744\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"1745","value":"1745","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1745\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"1746","value":"1746","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1746\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"1747","value":"1747","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1747\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"1748","value":"1748","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1748\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"1749","value":"1749","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1749\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"1750","value":"1750","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1750\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"1751","value":"1751","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1751\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"1752","value":"1752","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1752\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"1753","value":"1753","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1753\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/date_range_isim.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"facet","id":"creator_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Creator","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"La Vean, Michael","value":"La Vean, Michael","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=La+Vean%2C+Michael\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Woodbridge Mercantile Company","value":"Woodbridge Mercantile Company","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Woodbridge+Mercantile+Company\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/creator_ssim.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"facet","id":"names_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Names","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"American Colonization Society","value":"American Colonization Society","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=American+Colonization+Society\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Brody, John.","value":"Brody, John.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Brody%2C+John.\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Cass, Lewis.","value":"Cass, Lewis.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Cass%2C+Lewis.\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Doddridge, Philip, 1773-1832","value":"Doddridge, Philip, 1773-1832","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Doddridge%2C+Philip%2C+1773-1832\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","value":"George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=George+Mason+University.+Libraries.+Special+Collections+Research+Center\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Greene, Daniel.","value":"Greene, Daniel.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Greene%2C+Daniel.\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Greene, John.","value":"Greene, John.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Greene%2C+John.\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Greene, Richard.","value":"Greene, Richard.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Greene%2C+Richard.\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"La Vean, Michael","value":"La Vean, Michael","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=La+Vean%2C+Michael\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Loomis, F.B.","value":"Loomis, F.B.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Loomis%2C+F.B.\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Marietta Collegiate Institute and Western Teachers' Seminary","value":"Marietta Collegiate Institute and Western Teachers' Seminary","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Marietta+Collegiate+Institute+and+Western+Teachers%27+Seminary\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/names_ssim.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"facet","id":"geogname_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Places","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Baltimore (Md.)","value":"Baltimore (Md.)","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=Baltimore+%28Md.%29\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Charleston.","value":"Charleston.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=Charleston.\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Cincinnati (Ohio)","value":"Cincinnati (Ohio)","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=Cincinnati+%28Ohio%29\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Detroit (Mich.)","value":"Detroit (Mich.)","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=Detroit+%28Mich.%29\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"England","value":"England","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=England\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Europe","value":"Europe","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=Europe\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"France","value":"France","hits":2},"links":{"remove":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"France -- History -- First Republic, 1792-1804","value":"France -- History -- First Republic, 1792-1804","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France+--+History+--+First+Republic%2C+1792-1804\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799","value":"France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France+--+History+--+Revolution%2C+1789-1799\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Kanawha.","value":"Kanawha.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=Kanawha.\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Lexington (Ky.)","value":"Lexington (Ky.)","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=Lexington+%28Ky.%29\u0026view=compact"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/geogname_ssim.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"facet","id":"access_subjects_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Subjects","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Account books","value":"Account books","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Account+books\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"American ginseng","value":"American ginseng","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=American+ginseng\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Church buildings","value":"Church buildings","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Church+buildings\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Churches  -- Roman Catholic","value":"Churches  -- Roman Catholic","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Churches++--+Roman+Catholic\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Churches  -- Roman Catholic, American missions","value":"Churches  -- Roman Catholic, American missions","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Churches++--+Roman+Catholic%2C+American+missions\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Correspondence","value":"Correspondence","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Correspondence\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Drugs and druggists.","value":"Drugs and druggists.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Drugs+and+druggists.\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Education","value":"Education","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Education\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Education. SEE ALSO Schools.","value":"Education. SEE ALSO Schools.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Education.+SEE+ALSO+Schools.\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Frontier and pioneer life","value":"Frontier and pioneer life","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Frontier+and+pioneer+life\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Fur trade","value":"Fur trade","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Fur+trade\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/access_subjects_ssim.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"facet","id":"level_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Level","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Collection","value":"Collection","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Collection\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/level_ssim.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"all_fields","attributes":{"label":"All Fields"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026search_field=all_fields\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"keyword","attributes":{"label":"Keyword"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026search_field=keyword\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"name","attributes":{"label":"Name"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026search_field=name\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"place","attributes":{"label":"Place"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026search_field=place\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"subject","attributes":{"label":"Subject"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026search_field=subject\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"title","attributes":{"label":"Title"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026search_field=title\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"container","attributes":{"label":"Container"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026search_field=container\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"identifier","attributes":{"label":"Identifier"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026search_field=identifier\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"sort","id":"score desc, title_sort asc","attributes":{"label":"relevance"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026sort=score+desc%2C+title_sort+asc\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"sort","id":"date_sort asc","attributes":{"label":"date (ascending)"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026sort=date_sort+asc\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"sort","id":"date_sort desc","attributes":{"label":"date (descending)"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026sort=date_sort+desc\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"sort","id":"creator_sort asc","attributes":{"label":"creator (A-Z)"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026sort=creator_sort+asc\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"sort","id":"creator_sort desc","attributes":{"label":"creator (Z-A)"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026sort=creator_sort+desc\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"sort","id":"title_sort asc","attributes":{"label":"title (A-Z)"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026sort=title_sort+asc\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"sort","id":"title_sort desc","attributes":{"label":"title (Z-A)"},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1778\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France\u0026sort=title_sort+desc\u0026view=compact"}}]}