University of Wyoming
Israel Ludlow was employed as a government surveyor. He is known for his work in the foundation of towns in Ohio including Cincinnati, Dayton, and Hamilton. Cincinnati was officially settled in 1788 by Ludlow and twenty-six others. Hamilton followed in 1790, and Ludlow served as County Clerk and formed the Ludlow’s Station community. Dayton, Ohio was formed out of a partnership between Ludlow, Arthur St. Clair, Jonathon Dayton, and William McMillan. Ludlow and his wife, Charlotte Chambers Ludlow, lived in Cincinnati where he built the largest house in the area which came to be known as the “Ludlow mansion.”
Collection contains genealogical research and materials of the Ludlow-Dunlop-Chambers family, including valuable letters; xerox copies of a scrapbook; genealogical notebook; and photographs of the Ludlow family members; typed copies of family letters; part of Israel Ludlow’s diary with entries from 1863 and 1864; a Hungarian fund certificate; a large family tree; a tape recording with letters, obituaries, and biographical information; newspaper clippings with the death announcement of Israel Ludlow; a tape recording about the collection itself; a photograph of the back of the Ludlow mansion; and a tap recording with information about the Ludlow-Chambers-Dunlop-Middlecoff families.
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This material was received from Katherine B. Palmer between August 1962 and March 1970.
There are no known other archival collections created by Ludlow-Dunlop-Chambers at the date of processing.
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