Classification scheme:
Hist. Mss. 1.125 (s.c.)
Title: Jacob Oberholtzer fonds
Dates of creation: 1814; photocopies in 1980s
Physical description: 1 cm of textual records
Biographical sketch: Little is known of Jacob Oberholtzer, a Bertie Township farmer. He was arrested during the War of 1812 and sentenced to death for High Treason. It does not appear the sentence was carried out.
Custodial history: Photocopies and transcriptions made by Mennonite Archives of Ontario from originals in the Public Archives of Canada
Scope and content: The fonds consists of items photocopied from original letters and petitions.
Note: Archival description created by Sam Steiner
File list:
- Petitions signed by friends and neighbors of Oberholtzer seeking his release (copy)
- Letter by Thomas Moore, a Quaker, in support of Oberholtzer.
- Transcriptions of above.