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ICE CREAM, MEAD and SODA WATER, always on hand. Families supplied with dishes of every description by giving timely notice.
CABINET MANUFACTORY. CHARLES L. BAUDER,
13, Water-Street,
Keeps constantly on hand Cabinet Ware of all kinds, consisting in, part of Sofas, Pier, Centre and Block Tables, of every description, Sideboards, Secretaries, Book-Cases, Bedsteads, French, Grecian and Rocking Chairs, &c. &c.
All kinds of . Furniture made to order on the shortest. notice, and in the most approved style.
GENUINE DRUGS & MEDICINES,
BLICK
Dye-Woods and Dye-Stuffs,
GROCERIES,
Paints and Oils, Perfumery, Fancy Goods, Sc.
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, BY
DRUGS
B. S. LYMAN 7 DRUGGIST AND CHEMIST, No. 6, WATER-STREET, CLEVELAND.
- SODA WATER.
AND
Carbonated MEAD,
Constantly on hand.
[3-Prescriptions put up with care at all times.
CYRUS WILLIAMS,
PRACTICAL BUILDER, AND
ARCHITECT,
OHIO CITY.
D. F. LAWTON,
(15 and 16, Dock-Street,)
DEALER IN
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS,
WINES AND LIQUORS,
Lamp Oil, Fish, Soap and Candles, Tea, Coffee, Sugar, Molasses, Syrups, Fruits, and Stone and Wooden- Ware.
LAWTON'S BOARDING HOUSE AND RECESS, No. 16, Dock-Street,
Where refreshments may be had at all times, and on the shortest notice. Also, LODGING
W. G. OATMAN,
PRODUOE & COMMISSION
MERCHANT, No. 30, Merwin-Street, (first door south of Canal Bridge,)
CLEVELAND.
0+ Liberal advances made upon consignments af pro- perty destined for sale, in this or eastern markets.
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SHAKSPEARE SALOON
NO. 9, WATER-STREET, OLEVELAND.
HOOD & CARY,
Would respectfully inform their friends and the pub- lic generally, that they have fitted up the above es- tablishment in the first order, where they can at all times furnish Refreshments, second to none in this City.
Having spared no expense in furnishing their bar with the purest LIQUORS, and their table with the best the market affords, they hope by a personal attention to the accommodation of their guests, to give general satisfaction to all who favor them with their custom.
Strangers visiting the City will find the SHAKS. PEARE SALOON an agreeable retreat, and every attention paid to their comfort and convenience.
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LIVERY STABLE.
WEEDEN,
Bank street, Cleveland,
Beg leave to inform the citizens of Cleveland and Ohio, and the public generally, that they continue to keep two horse Carriages, Gigs, Phætons, Barouches, Omnibusses, Buggies, and double and single Sleighs, for hire.
Horses bought and sold on reasonable terms, and Car- riages for hire to go to any part of the United States.
Horses kept by the night, week or month, on rea- sonable terms.
VIETS, LUDLOW & HOLMES,
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COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
AND
ealers Produce, On the River, opposite the foot of St. Clair-St., Cleveland. FLOUR, SALT,
And Provisions of all kinds, constantly on hand and for sale.
ROBERT EDWARDS'
MARBLE FACTORY,
[A few rods south of Hutchinson, Goodman & Co's Ware-House. ]
MERWIN-STREET, CLEVELAND CENTRE,
Where Monuments, Tombs, Tables, Head-Stones, Facings, and every other kind of work, is executed on the shortest notice, and most reasonable terms.
N. B. Any quantity of Marble may be had at wholesale. on the shortest notice.
CLEVELAND HOUSE,
EU ESS
BY A. SELOVER, Formerly from New- York City.
Horses and Carriages to Let.
Corner of Superior-Street and the Public Square, CLEVELAND.
DANIEL TUTTLE,
DEALER IN
Music & Musical Instruments,
(Opposite the Commercial Bank of Lake Erie,) NO. 66, SUPERIOR-STREET, CLEVELAND.
Any person wishing to purchase first rate PIANO FORTES, and Instruments of different kinds, at fair prices, are respectfully invited to call and examine for themselves, before purchasing elsewhere.
PA general assortment of TOYS, kept at the above establishment.
JOHN SHELLY, DRAPER AND TAILOR,
15, Superior-St.,
(A few doors west of the Franklin House,)
Has constantly on hand a variety of
Cloths, Cassimeres, AND VESTINGS,
of a superior quality .- Also, some Fancy Arti- cle's in his line, including
Stocks, Bosoms, Collars, Suspenders, &c. All orders thankfully received and promptly attended to.
CLEVELAND, JULY, 1837.
J. D. H. MURPHY, HOUSE, SICN AND ORNAMENTAL PAINTER, Gilder, Glazier and Paper Hanger. BANK-STREET, CLEVELAND,
Respectfully presents his unfeigned thanks to the inhabit. ants of Cleveland and its environs, for the liberal patronage which he has for many years received, and hopes by punc. tuality to merit a continuance of their favors. All orders in the above business will be thankfully received and promptly attended to:
Superior imitations of most kinds of Wood and Marble. Persons desirous of having rooms grained, Oak or Mahog. any, would do well to examine some of his specimens.
SIGNS of every description, painted with neatness and despatch. Walls and Ceilings painted with Oil colors or distemper. Jobs will be personally attended to, and every endeavor made to give satisfaction.
TUFTS PARKS
FORWARDING & COMMISSION
MERCHANTS,
And Dealers in FLOUR, PORK, Estes, Salt, &c.
A. TUFTS. E. N. PARKS,
RIVER-ST., OHIO CITY.
AGENTS FOR THE
Commercial Line, on the N. York Canal,
AND PROPRIETORS OF THE Commercial Line, on the Ohio Canal.
GEORGE C. DAVIES & CO.
GENERAL AGENTS, Commission Merchants and Forwarders, CLEVELAND, OHIO.
Dealers in Pork, Flour, Salt, and Stone Coal.
Agents for the Express Line Canal Boats, Ohio Canal. Detroit Line,
'Transportation Line, Erie Canal, via
" " National Line, Buffalo.
" N. York & Oswego Line, ¿ via Oswego and
» Albany & Oswego Line, Welland Canal.
Agents for the Express Line on the Lakes, consisting of the following Steam-Boats and Vessels:
Steam· Bcat Representative, Capt. Pratt.
North America,
Edmonds.
O. Newberry,
Atwood.
Eclipse,
Nickerson.
S. Thompson,
Brundage.
Ship Julia Palmer, Schooner Baltimore,
Schooner M. Kingman,
Chief Justice Marshall,
Henry,
Essex,
Moses and Elias,
Express,
Dolphin,
Atlantic,
Telegraph,
Martha Freme,
Helen,
Farmer,
Jno. E. Hunt,
= Thos. Hart,
Mary Ann,
Lewis Goler,
N. Biddle,
Jas. G. King,
G. H. M'Whorter,
Josephine,
Maj. Oliver.
REFERENCES.
A. Rindge, agent Detroit Linn, .. 19, Centies Slip, New-York.
F. W. Barnard & Co. agents Transportation Line, .. . 16 South-Street, W. W. Farnsworth, agent N. Y. & Oswego, and Albany & Oswego Lines, 108 Broad-Street, S. R. Howlett, agent National Line,. .108 Broad Street, J. O. Dickey & Co ... .Oswego. M. Kingman & Co. .Buffalo.
JE, Morse & Co .. .Detroit.
Gray & Gallagher,. 4 Cobb. Jackson & Co. G. C. Wood, Cornwall, U. C. H. B. Harris,.
A. & D. B. M'Cully, Massillon
Abner Bagg, .. .Montreal, L. C. L. K. Warner,
F. Holliday, Nowarte
Palmer, Bush & Co. Toledo.
J. Hollister & Co .. Perrysburgh.
J. H. Lyon,
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WARM, COLD, AND SHOWER
AT THE SPRING COTTAGE -- CLINTON PARK.
WILLIAM E. RICHARDSON,
Respectfully informs the public, that his BATHING HOUSE, (on Lake-street, 3-4ths of a mile from the Court-House, near the Mineral Spring, ) is now in ope- ration, and ladies and gentlemen can be accommodated between the hours of 4 A. M. and 10 P. M. Proper attendance will at all times be in readiness.
REFRESHMENTS of all kinds, on short notice.
A COACH leaves the principal places in the city every hour, to convey passengers to and from the Park.
M. CARSON & CO. House, Coach, Sign and Ornamental PAINTERS,
GILDERS, GLAZIERS & PAPER HANGERS,
And Dealers in
FAFER HANGINGS. Paints, Putty, Glass, S.c.
10 WATER STREET. CLEVELAND. OHIO.
555555555
J. MERRILL,
ARCHITECT AND BUILDER,
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No. 14 BANK.ST.
LEVELAND, OHIO,
Offers his services in the above business to such as may wish for good work, and flatters himself that he is capable, from long experience in the best of work, to give satisfaction even to the most pre- cise. He will also attend to Drawing and Plat- ting, should his services be called for.
1515L
Maps copied in the neatest manner.
.
PETER M. WEDDELL & CO.
AT the old stand, on the corner of Su- perior and Bank Streets, (No. 1, Wash- ington Block) so long and so favorably known to the public, keep constantly on hand a very extensive assortment of
DRY GOODS,
consisting in part of Broad Clothe, Cassimeres, Sattinets, Cotton, Linnen and Worsted Drillings, Merino Cassimers, Summer Cloths, black and colored Silks, India Satins, worked Collars and Capes, dress Hk'f's and dress Shawls, Muslin Edgings, thread and bobinet Laces and Edgings, red, white and black Merino Shawls, imitation Cashmeres and raw silk Shawls, Gothic furniture Prints, very fine white and red Flannels, French, English and American Calicoes, Bed-ticking, linen & cotton Sheeting and Shir. ting, double and single Damask, Birdseye aud Russia Dia- per, Moleskins, Umbrellas, Parasols, &c. &c.
Also, a few pieces of very choice CARPETS & RUGS, together with a carefully selected assortment of
.
FAMILY GROCERIES.
The very best of Teas, Laguira and Old Java Coffee, Sugars, Rice, Raisins, Salæratus, Mrs. Miller's Tobacco, Honey Dew and Plug Tobacco 7 years old, Hard Soap, &c.
To those who may favor the establishment with a call, we would say, that they may rest assured of fair and hon- orable dealing. All goods not as good as recommended, will be taken back, or ample remuneration will be made ; that the prices of their goods are as low as at any other store, and many articles lower than can be found at the stores generally ; and finally, after tendering our thanks to our old friends, we would respectfully invite those ma. king purchases in our city, to make us a call, not to buy, unless they think it for their interest, but to inform them- selves respecting prices, qualities, &c. &c.
PETER M. WEDDELL, DUDLEY BALDWIN, PETER P. WEDDELL.
Cleveland, August, 1837.
A
DIRECTORY
OF THE CITIES OF
CLEVELAND & OHIO,
For the Years 1837 -- 38:
Comprising
HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE SKETCHES OF EACH PLACE-AN ALPHABETIC- AL LIST OF INHABITANTS, THEIR BUSINESS AND RESIDENCE-A LIST OF THE MUNICIPAL OFFICERS-EVERY INFORMATION RELATIVE TO THE PUBLIC OP- FICES AND OFFICERS, CHURCHES, ASSOCIATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS, SHIP- PING, STEAMBOATS, STAGES, &c,-ALSO, A LIST OF THE OFFICERS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF OHIO-A TABLE OF FOREIGN COINS AND CURRENCIES-AND A VARIETY OF OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION.
BY JULIUS P. BOLIVAR MAC CABE.
,
CLEVELAND : SANFORD & LOTT, BOOK & JOB PRINTERS. 1837.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1837, by JULIUS P. BOLIVAR MAC CABE, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the State of Ohio.
CONTENTS.
Abbreviations, explanation of,. page 62 Additions and alterations,. .. 143
Associations in Cleveland, 47 105
Attornies and Counsellors in Cleveland, .120
Banks, . 49 111
Buildings and Rows,. 65
Carpenters' and Joiners' Benevolent Society, 109
Charter of Cleveland City, 20
Churches in Cleveland,. 41 103
in Ohio City,. 123
City Guards of Cleveland, 108
45
Clinton Park and its environs, 46
Cleveland Anti-Slavery Society 106
Centre Draw Bridge,. 50
City Band, .. 109
City Temperance Society, 48 105
Female Orphan Asylum, .. 108
Female Seminary,
108
Harmonic Society,
48 107
Lyceum,
" Maternal Association, 48 107
48 106
Mozart Society,
48 107
News Room,.
107
Polemic Association,
.107
Reading Room Association,
47 108
Coffee Houses,
110
County Officer's, 118
Prison, :45 Court House,. 45
Custom House, 116
Cuyahoga Anti-Slavery Society 106 102 Fire Companies of Cleveland,
Fire Company of Ohio City, 125
Foreign Coins, value of, . .135
German Society of Cleveland, 49 105
Cleveland City Hospital,
CONTENTS.
Harbor of Cleveland, 57 History of Cleveland, 9 Hotels in Cleveland, 110
in Ohio City, . 144
Inhabitants of Cleveland, residence of, &c.
66
¥ of Ohio City, residence of, &c. 127
Insolvents, Commissioner's Office of,
112
Insurance Offices,.
Judges of the Supreme Court,
of the Court of Common Pleas,
118
Light Houses,
116
Manufactories in Cleveland,
50
4
in Ohio City
124
Mails, arrival and departure of, 114
Markets,.
45
Municipal Officers of Cleveland,
101
66
of Ohio City,.
125
57
Navigation and Commerce,.
Newspapers and Periodicals in Cleveland,
«
in Ohio City,
124
Ohio City, description of,.
123
Physicians and Surgeons in Cleveland,
Population of Cleveland, 60
of Ohio City,
125
Post-Office,.
114
Postage, rates of, 115
Rail Roads,. 51 113
Schools in Cleveland, 49
66 in Ohio City, 124
Spring Cottage and Baths, 46
State Officers,
119
Stages,
Streets, Janes and alleys, 63
Theatre,. 46
Vessels belonging to the District of Cuyahoga. 117
Western Seamens' Friend Society, 106
Willey Gardens, .
47
Young Ladies' Seminary,. 108
Young Men's Literary Association 48 107
119
119
49 109
119
115
PREFACE
This work has been undertaken at the request of many respectable citizens generally interested in the diffusion of useful information. No labor has been avoided nor expense spared to render it one of the most complete of the kind in the United States.
Numerous transcriptions, imperfect or mistaken answers to enquiries, and the immense trouble and difficulty attend- ing the numbering of houses, may be adduced as furnish. ing powerful obstacles by retarding the progress of the work, and will account for any omissions or inaccuracies that may appear in the Directory.
If, notwithstanding these obstacles, the work should be found tolerably correct, the publisher indulges in the hope that it will meet with the liberal encouragement of an en- lightened public.
In this hope he commits the book to the world, certain that every means by which information is conveyed, or commercial convenience promoted and established, will be appreciated ; and a work which aims at these important objects, will meet with the encouragement to which he trusts he is entitled for honest endeavors to promote the general welfare.
To Leonard Casc, Esq. Hon. John W. Willey, James S. Clarke, Esq. Hon. John W. Allen, Jonathan Williams, H. B. Payne, H. V. Willson, Henry Sexton, Harvey Rice, Samuel Williamson, T. P. Handy, Samuel Starkweather,
PREFACE.
Henry H. Dodge, O. P. Baldwin, Cyrus Williams, Dudley Baldwin, S. L. Severance, John Shier, J. & W. Day, Whittlesey & Harris, Canfield & Spencer, and Daniel Worley, Esqrs. and other gentlemen who have furnished information connected with the work, or who have kindly encouraged the undertaking, the 'publisher begs leave to tender his most grateful acknowledgments.
HISTORY OF CLEVELAND.
CLEVELAND CITY and Port of Entry, is situated on the East side of Cuyahoga River, at its mouth, on the Southern shore of Lake Erie ; its site is on a gravelly plain of considerable elevation above the waters of the Lake, over which is a beautiful prospect. Distance-140 miles N. E. from Columbus, 130 N. W. from Pittsburgh, 196 by water from Buffalo, and is exactly midway from East to West of the Reserve; being just 60 miles in a direct line from each extremity; N. lat. 41º 31' W. long. 81º 46' or 4° 44" from Washington.
The city derives its name from MR. MOSES CLEVELAND, the agent who accompanied the first surveying party.
In preparing for press the first Directory of Cleveland, an opinion was entertained by the author, that the follow. ing brief historical sketch of the origin of the title to the soil on which the City is built, and its early condition and progress, would not be uninteresting ; more particularly, as most of the present inhabitants of the city have but recently located themselves in it, and many of them, prob- ably, have obtained but limited information in relation to the origin of the title, which is somewhat peculiar.
The Western Reserve of Connecticut, in which the city is so pleasantly situated on the South shore of Lake Erie, and East side of Cuyahoga River, is a tract of country in the State of Ohio, bounded East by the West line of Penn- sylvania, South by the completion of the 41st degree of North latitude, West parallel with the West line of Penn- sylvania, and one hundred and twenty statute miles West from it, extending North to 428 2', which was excepted
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and reserved by the State of Connecticut, (and hence is derived the name) in her deed of lands ceded to the United States Sept. 13, 1786, to the lands in said Reserve, as well as the. lands ceded to the U. States, Connecticut claimed both the soil and the political jurisdiction, under and by virtue of her charter from Charles II. This title, however, was never fully admitted by some of the other Colonies; yet to a limited extent, she actually exercised jurisdiction, and about the year 1792, granted 500,000 acres of the Western part of the Reserve to persons whose property had been destroyed by fire in the towns of New London, Groton, Fairfield and others, by the depredations of the British in the Revolutionary war, whence originated the appellation Fire Lands and Sufferer's Land Company .- The residue of her Western Reserve lands, estimated at three millions of acres, Connecticut sold to a company of fifty-six .individuals, principally citizens of Connecticut and Massachusetts, embracing many of the most intelligent and enterprising men in those States. The company re- ceived a deed from Connecticut Sept. 5, 1795, and on the same day granted the whole tract to John Caldwell, John Morgan and Jonathan Brace, members of said company, residing at Hartford, (all of whom are yet living and of sound business mind,) in trust, for the benefit of all those who then owned Scrip in the stock of said company, or who should afterwards become owners therein, according to articles agreed upon by the company, for the purpose of more conveniently aparting lands to each owner, according to his proportion of stock in said company ; and for the more convenient management of the concerns of the com- pany they constituted a board of directors, and appointed a clerk to record their proceedings and keep a book of records of ownership and transfer of stock ; which consisted mere- ly of the price paid for said 3,000,000 of acres, and was 1,200,000 dollars ; and every person who owned stock in said company was deemed to be an equitable tenantin com- mon in the lands purchased according to the amount of stock owned, estimated in dollars, and was called so many 1,200,000 thousandths of said reserve.
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HISTORY OF CLEVELAND.
The Indian title to that portion of said reserve, which lies East of Cuyahoga River and Portage Path, had been extinguished by Wayne's treaty in 1794; but the Indian title to that portion of said reserve which lies west of Cuyahoga and Portage Path, was not extinguished until the 4th of July, 1805. The red men retained the legal and actual possession of the soil of our immediate neighbor city of Ohio, until that time, and the actual possession for some years longer. The British exercised the Sovereign power, until the giving up of the western ports in 1796- the Cuyahoga River was the boundary. The U. States claimed and exercised sovereign political jurisdiction as a territory. Connecticut claimed jurisdiction over the same, as part of her actual and legal territory, up to May, 1800 ; yet as the white population were few, and the Indian had liberty of shooting the buck as before, there was but little inconvenience felt by any body from clashing jurisdictions. In progress of events however, Congress, in 1787, passed the ordinance for governing the Territory of the United States north-west of the river Ohio ; and its first Governor established by proclamation, July 27, 1788, the county of Washington, (seat of justice Marietta,) which embraced pretty much all the territory now composing Ohio, east of the Scioti,and south and east of the British possession ; and among the rest, that part of the western reserve east of Cuyahoga and Portage Path. It remained in Washington county until July, 1797, when Jefferson county was es. tablished, (seat of justice Steubenville,) which county con- tinued to exercise jurisdiction until the 10th July, 1800. After the British relinquished the western posts in 1796, that portion of the N. W. Territory which lay north of Wayne's treaty line, and west of Cuyahoga, was erected into a county called Wayne, (seat of justice Detroit,) em- bracing the northern part of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, all Michigan and Ouisconsin, and how much more is rather uncertain ; but at all events, it continued its. jurisdiction over that part of the western reserve west of Cuyahoga and Portage Path, until July 10, 1800, at which time Trumbull county was established by proclamation of the
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governor, embracing just the whole of the Connecticut reserve. The town of Warren was selected for the seat of justice, officers were duly appointed, and about the 20th of August, of the year 1800, a County Court and Quarter Sessione was organized and opened in due form between two corn-cribs, a few feet north-westerly from the house lately occupied by F. Freeman, in Warren. To that place the good citizens of the then city of Cleveland, (for it was even then called a city,) had to repair to see that jus- tice was administered according to law, previous to which time, but few of them were aware that they were subject to any other law than the law of God and a good con- science, which, if not in all cases effectual, there were a less number of complaints then, than now, of grievances unredressed.
During all this time, however, Connecticut was not un- mindful of at least her more substantial rights. She sold the land as before related, appointed a recorder (John S. Edwards,) to record all titles and conveyances of the lands in the Reserve, and who actually made several large vol- umes of the records now in Trumbull, under the authority of Connecticut. Acts of Congress and of Connecticut, were however, passed in the year 1800, for compromising the matter, and Connecticut released to the United States all claim of political jurisdiction May 30, 1800; and the President released and conformed to Connecticut, the title to the soil. All the acts and records of land titles made un- der authority of Connecticut, were removed to Warren, and (excepting Fire Land records,) remain there.
Soon after obtaining their title, the members of the Connecticut Land Company made arrangements for sur- veying that part of it lying east of Cuyahoga, and for di- viding it amongst the owners in proportion to their respec. tive shares of purchase money; and in 1796, as early as practicable, sent on a company of 42 surveyors, under the immediate inspection and direction of Seth Pease, late assistant post-master general, and Augustus Porter, with Moses Cleveland, as agent of the directors, in the manage- ment of the prudential affairs of the company. After en.
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HISTORY OF CLEVELAND.
countering as many difficulties as might reasonably have been expected, the major part of the company's party arri- ved at the Cuyahoga river and landed, built them a log cabin (since usually and familiarly called shantee,) on the land in the vicinity of the place where the Commercial Bank and P. M. Weddell's stores now stand ; and in September, 1796, Seth Pease surveyed the City of Cleveland into 220 lots, and made. a plan of it, which is yet in being. All the regular lots were eight rods in front and forty rods rear. The streets crossed each other at right angles. Those running parallel with the lake, were Lake, Superior, Huron and Ohio, on a course N. 56º E., Superior being eight and the others six rods wide ; and those at right an. gles with the Lake, being Water, Ontario and Erie, on a course N. 34° W., each six rods wide. Towards the south- erly landing, on the river, were Maiden and Vineyard Lanes ; and towards the northern landing, were Union and Mandrake Lanes ; Vineyard and Union Lanes both branch- ing off from the west end of Superior street. Maiden Lane seems to have been abandoned by common consent, and another lane continued nearly in the course of Supe- rior street, extending to Cuyahoga, about the year 1800 or 1801, by the company. A public square was surveyed at the junction of Superior and Ontario streets 38 rods by 40.
The surveyors having completed a survey of the lands east of Cuyahoga into townships of about five miles square, by running meridians, called range lines, parallel with Pennsylvania line, and parallels of latitude called township lines : numbering the ranges from the east, west- ward, and the townships from the south, northward, and sundry of them into equalizing tracts ; and No. 11, range 7, and towns No. 5, 6 and 7, in range 11, into about 100 lots each, of say 160 acres, varying something in quantity. After having made the surveys, the directors sent out an exploring committee to examine the quality of the lands. That committee reported that Poland No. 1, range 1, was the most valuable ; and that they had annexed to all other townships prepared for aparting, such quantity of land to each in the equalizing tracts, as made each township, in
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cluding the equalizing tract annexed, of equal value with Poland. At a meeting of the company at Hartford, - -1798, the directors agreed to apart to the scrip holders, 93 townships, made equal as aforesaid ; and it was found 1,200,000 divided in 93 parts, gave 12,903,23 to draw one township ; and proceeded to class the owners of the scrip, as to let each one who held a sum of original purchase money sufficient, viz : $12,903 23-100, draw a township ; and those holding less sums, they classed together in com- panies, until the sum was sufficient to make a draft. The man who drew a township was entitled to a deed from the trustees in severalty. When a company drew, that compa- ny held separately from all others, but in common among themselves in the town drawn and annexation, in propor- tion to the sum each man held in the draft. Thus the 93 drafts were made, and 93 townships with their respective annexations, severed and aparted to the holders of the scrip. They proceeded in the same manner in the apart- ing the 400 lots, each lot forming a draft, and $3,000 of stock drew one lot. The directors reserved from the division among the members of the company, six town- ships, viz : the Salt Spring, town No. 3, range 3, now called Weathersfield; No. 11, in range 6, then called Cha- pin, now Madison; No. 10, range 9, Mentor; No. 9, range 10, then called Charlton, afterwards Chagrin, and now Willoughby ; No. 8, range 11, Euclid; (this township was. intended for the surveyors, who were to have each one lake lot of about 80 acres, one gore lot next south of 150 acres, and two square lots of the square part of the town, of 160 acres each, so that the 42 surveyors were to range themselves on a street along the lake for about 6 or 7 miles-the project failed,) and Cleveland, No. 7, range 12. These townships, including the city lots in Cleveland, the, directors put to private sale for the account of the company, and constituted an agent to make sales. Seth Hart had the agency a short time, but Tushand Kirtland, of Poland, has been agent since 1799 or 1800.
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