Annals of Cleveland, 1818-1935, Part 5

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Publication date: 1818
Publisher: Cleveland, Ohio : Cleveland W.P.A. Project; distributed by the Cleveland Public Library
Number of Pages: 494

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193 - H July 16; ed: 2/1 . The NATIONAL MAGAZINE of England exalts in its latest issue the success and prosperity of the British copper smelting and distributing industry, claiming for that country a monopoly of the copper trade. The periodical states among other things that Britain exports to all the world some 17,777 tons of copper yearly, of which the United States purchases 1, 483 tons per annum, and that British ore yields 9-1/2 per cent pure metal. The article does not take into con- sideration the rising importance of the copper ore being mined now near the Great Lakes.

"The article was written apparently before the researches in Lake Superior had arrived at their present perfection ....

"There is little doubt but the United States within five years from this time will turn the current of the copper trade back from the old world." The ore mined here yields 30 to 70 per cent, and there is no reason why, with such a yield, enough of the metal cannot be turned out locally to meet the entire amount imported from England previously. "After this, who can doubt that the United States are destined to re- Verse the copper trade on the ocean as she has the trade in lead?" (13)

194 - H Aug. 4; ed: 3/1 - "The rage for copper fortunes is on the in- crease, and the wild regions of Lake Superior bid fair to contain no

CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1845

Abstracts 195 - 201

BRASS & COPPER (Cont'd)

trifling population by autumn." Col. Charles Whittlesey of Cleveland has already been engaged by the copper company at Detroit to do explor- ations in the Lake Superior regions, and other firms are joining in the rush for the metal. (2)

BREWERIES & DISTILLERIES

195 - H July 1:3/4 - Cleveland Brewery. This celebrated Brewery will be let on favorable terms for 5 or 10 years, to suit the occupier, to- gether with about 2000 feet front on the Canal and Canal st. Posses- sion given Dec. 1, 1845. 1. Kelley. (verbatim)

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BRIDGES

196 - H Feb. 28:3/3 - At the city council meeting on Feb. 21, the street superintendent was authorized to protect the pier at the new bridge at an expense not to exceed $75.

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197 - H Mar. 6:3/3 - At the city council meeting on Mar. 4, Mr. Floyd, of the street committee made a verbal report on the subject of the new canal bridge, accompanied with a plan and an estimate of $600. Accepted.

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198 - H Apr. 25:3/3 - At the city council meeting last night, Mr. Wheeler called up the report of the select committee on the Vineyard lane bridge, and moved that it be referred to a committee of three, with instructions to confer with the superintendent of the Ohio Canal and county commission- ers, with a view to ascertain if those parties would defray any part of the expenses incident to the building of the same. Adopted. (1)

199 - 11 July 1:2/7 - Proposals will be received until 10 A.M. July 8th, at the store of Jno. A. Wheeler & Co., Division St., where draft and specification can be seen, for furnishing materials and building a Bridge across the Canal on Vineyard lane in the city of Cleveland. Geo. Wither. ell, Chairman. (verbatim) (1)

200 - H July 18:3/3 . In a letter to the editor, George B. Merwin of Rockport, O., says: I wish through your columns to call the attention of the county commissioners to the dangerous condition of the bridge at the mouth of Rocky river. Several accidents have occurred there as a result of broken planking and lack of timely repair. "It is to be hoped that the Commissioners will give this subject early attention, which the safety of the public and our citizens imperiously requires." (5)

201 - H July 24:2/1 - In a letter to the editor, an anonymous person says: The county commissioners meet on the first Mondays of March, June, and December, and it is the duty of citizens to report necessary repairs at these times. This applied especially to the residents who complain of the poor condition of the Rocky river bridge. In relation to the latter: "Is it strange the people should fall through a bridge, where the planks are not fastened down?"

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CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1845

Abstracts 202 - 208

BRIDGES (Cont'd) 202 - H Oct. 7:3/1 - In letting down the draw of the Bridge across the river at the Steam Furnace yesterday, the chains on the Cleveland side gave way, and the draw came down with quite a crash. The machinery was considerably damaged, and it will take some days to repair the bridge. It is one of the most important crossings connected with the city, and we are surprised to learn that the City Fathers took no steps at their meeting last evening to put the bridge in passable order. (verbatim)

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BUILDING CONSTRUCTION

203 - H Apr. 8:3/1 - Capt. Johnson's Block will extend 63-1/2 feet on Superior street, four stories high, will be furnished for stores and of - fices, and will add much to the appearance of Superior. He proposes to have a spacious Rotunda in the block, with a Post Office building conveniently attached. Messrs. Eldridge and * , Builders.

These improvements, which will add so essentially to the beauty and business facilities of Cleveland, have been liberally projected by en- terprizing "old settlers," who commenced building up here when our town was a mere out-of-the-world Western village, and who have steadily watched and fostered its interests until it has become the second City of the third State in the Union. (verbatim) (2)

204 - HI Apr. 10:3/3 - At the city council meeting on Apr. 8, P.M. Wed- dell was granted privilege to remove building to Superior st., on giving bond in the sum of $3000 to remove said building within 8 months.

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205 - H Sept. 18:3/1 - The buildings and improvements made in our young city during the present season are generally of the most permanent and valuable kind. In all, there have been 217 new structures built. Ex- tensive improvements have also been made in removing and repairing buildings, so that many of them appear to be new. There are many other buildings now in progress of erection. (3)

BUILDING MATERIALS

206 - H Jan. 3; adv: 4/7 - Lumber! Lumber: First Quality White Wood Lumber, 1 and 1-1/2 inch wanted, for which cash will be paid by B. F. Smith & Co., Foot of Light House-st . on the dock. (verbatim) (1)

207 - H Jan. 3; adv: 1/5 - Glass & Putty - Handerson & Punderson have for sale a large supply of 7 by 6; 8 by 10; 10 by 12; 10 by 14 Window Glass and lots of Putty to set them. Also, Glass for Picture Frames nearly all sizes. (verbatim) (1)

208 - H Jan. 3; adv: 1/2 - D. A. Shepard & Co., Window Sash Manufactory, and Wood Turning Establishment, on Canal, opposite Packet Boat Landing. D. A. Shepard, C. L. Shepard. (verbatim) (1)

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CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1845

Abstracts 209 - 216

BUILDING MATERIALS (Cont'd)

209 - H Jan. 31; adv: 4/5 - Burlington Window glass. Handerson & Punderson.

The Burlington Glass is unsurpassed for evenness and beauty of surface, and for transparency, lightness of color and the general ex- cellence of the materials which compose it, is very nearly equal to the Crown Glass.

H. & P. have also a full supply of Pittsburgh Glass 7 by 9, 8 by 10 and other sizes.

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210 - H July 3; adv: 4/4 - Cedar Posts. - 250 for sale, and a constant supply by A. S. Gardner.

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211 - H July 16; adv: 2/4 - Lumber For Sale. 300,000 Feet of well se- lected and well seasoned Pine Lumber. 150,000 feet of good Whitewood Well seasoned. 600,000 Pine Shingles, first and second qualities. Also - Black Walnut and all other kinds of seasoned lumber used by Builders. Orders for any quantity of flemlock Lumber promptly filled. Yard opposite R. Winslow's Ware house, Ohio City side. A. Whipple. (1)

212 - H1 July 23; adv:2/5 - Springfield Stone Ware Depot, 19 Commercial Exchange, Office No. 1, On The Dock.

Wm. Sanderson has op. ned a stone warehouse on the Commercial Exchange and will sell fire brick, fire clay, and all kinds of stone, on terms to suit those purchasing. (2)

213 - H July 24; ed:2/1 - The lumber industry is thriving in the upper Mississippi region, along the St. Croix river, and the mills turn out over 75,000 feet of pine plank daily. Agricultural settlements are springing up not far from these mills, and potatoes, oats and other crops are growing fine in a country of tolerably good soil. The St. Croix country is attached to Crawford county, Wisconsin, the county seat of which is Prairie du Chien.

"Where there is work to do and money to be made, the Yankees are al - ways to be found; and already the lumbermen of the St. Croix are driving a thriving trade in the wild Upper Mississippi regions." (5)

214 - 11 Sept. 23; adv:2/5 · Window Sash, of all sizes, manufactured in the best manner, for sale at our Sash and Blind Factory, foot of Vine- yard lane, on the Canal. Cobb, Sutherland & Co. (verbatim) (1)

215 - fl Sept. 25; adv:2/4 - 400 Boxes McCully's Window Glass, embracing every size from 7 by 9 up to 16 by 20, for sale by Handerson & Punderson.

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BUILDINGS

216 - H May 12:3/1 - Our enterprising fellow-citizen, M. D. Scott, is just bringing to completion one of the most costly and substantial im- provements ever erected on the river. It is a noble fire-proof block four-stories high. The building will be occupied by insurance, produce

CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1845

Abstracts 217 - 218

BUILDINGS (Cont'd)

dealers, commission merchants, and others. The master builder of this block is John B. Wigman of the Commercial exchange. He is a German mechanic who has furnished a specimen uniting strength, durability, and symmetry unequalled in northern Ohio, and which cannot fail to place him in the front rank among the many excellent builders in this city. (8)

217 - H Aug. 6; ed: 3/1 - Our enterprising fellow-citizen, J. H. Critten- den, is just putting the finishing touch to his well-built and command- ing Empire block, and we are pleased to see that Cleveland will now have a spacious, airy, and elegant Empire hall for lectures, concerts, and various public uses. The hall will accommodate an audience of 750, and has seating facilities for 600.

"Empire Hall is centrally located on Superior, at the head of Bank street. and Mr. C. is richly entitled to the thanks of our citizens en masse for setting apart ard fitting up so large a portion of his block, with special reference to their convenience and enjoyment." (4)

218 - HI Sept. 2:2/2 - In a letter to the editor, "Observer of Ohio city," says: The Ohio City exchange is a large and commodious building, well situated near the docks. It was built a few years ago in the height of the wealth delirium in expectation of the patronage of easterners travelling to the west, but it is no longer needed for that purpose. It must therefore go to waste as a "dive" for low characters or be utilized as a place for the gathering of knowledge and virtue.

"It is a first rate establishment in all respects for a Sailor's Tem- perance Boarding House, having with its other accommodations a large room for meetings and schools.

"A Temperance Ilouse is greatly needed for other classes than sailors; but for them so aggravated and obvious are the injurious exposures from which the instruction, comforts and protection of such an establishment would shield them, that the neglect to provide it, even at great cost would be a burning scandal."

The building could also be utilized as a school for the neighborhood children, or as a boarding house for religious young men. (8)

See also Building Construction

BURGLARIES. See Crime & Criminals

BUSINESS. See specific trades & commodities

CAMPAIGNS, ELECTORAL. See Political Campaigns & Elections CANADA

H Sept. 8; ed: 3/1 - See Mobs & Riots

CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1845

Abstracts 219 - 224

CANADA (Cont'd)

219 - H Oct. 31; ed:3/2 - Canada is a bad climate for English Governors, and Victoria had better let the people choose for themselves. Lord Metcalfe has been seriously indisposed for some time, and he is thought to be in a very precarious state. (verbatim) (1)

CANALS & CANAL BOATS

220 - H Jan. 3; adv:1/3 - Iron City Line between Pittsburgh, Beaver, and Cleveland.

The proprietors, Hubby and Hughes and Standart, Ingraham and Company, will be prepared on the opening of navigation with a good line of boats to transfer property and passengers between Pittsburgh, Pa., and Cleve- land, O., and the different ports on the lakes and the Obio canal. (3)

221 - H Jan. 3; adv: 1/2 . Pease and Allen, Forwarding and Commission Merchants.

Proprietors of Pease and Allen's line of canal boats - Ohio canal.

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222 - H Jan. 6; adv:3/1 - Arrival by Canal! The canal boat MOBILE, Capt. T. Wyman, arrived this morning, Jan. 6, from Canal Dover, freighted with clover seed. At this season of the year, this is a new thing under the sun. (verbatim) (1)

223 - H Jan. 31:3/1 - In a letter to the editor, "A Forwarder" says: "How will the business of Cleveland be affected by the opening of the new Canal to Erie?" This inquiry has been so often made that I have taken pains to obtain some information on the subject which I wish to submit to you. The Erie extension canal will be open for navigation early in April. It belongs to a chartered company of Erie. The com- pany's charter provides that tolls shall not exceed the rates charged on the state canals of Pennsylvania.

There is a difference of seven miles distance in favor of Erie. The tolls by way of Cleveland are two to three times higher than by way of Erie on articles passing from the river to the lakes. You will at once perceive that the difference in favor of Erie is so great that we can- not reasonably expect to retain this important trade unless the toll on our canal is reduced to the same level.

Our canal board ought to act in concert with the cross-cut to make such reductions. A reduction of the rate between Cleveland and Akron is also necessary. You will oblige by lending your influence to aid this object.

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224 - H Feb. 1; ed: 3/1 - "The communication of 'A Forwarder' yesterday, introduced a subject of much importance not only to our city but to the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal Company, the State, and the country so largely benefited by the Cross Cut improvement." The diversion of the transportation trade from Pittsburgh and the river can only be prevented by a lower toll system on our canal.

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CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1845

Abstracts 225 - 229

CANALS & CANAL BOATS (Cont'd)

225 - H Feb. 1:3/1 - In a letter to the editor, "B" says: "I need not in- form the inhabitants of Cleveland that the trade with Pittsburgh referred to by 'A Forwarder' in your paper of yesterday is of great importance to us. Shall we suffer it to be diverted to Erie another year by the com- pletion of the Erie Extension, or shall we take early and energetic means to secure its continuance to Cleveland ?... This trade we must lose the coming season and perhaps forever unless our Board of Public Works can be prevailed upon to reduce the tolls on property coming from Beaver, to as low a rate as is charged on the Pennsylvania Canals."

The state would not lose anything by a reduction of the tolls. It is better to save part than lose all. Let a petition to the board of pub- lic works be prepared and circulated immediately. (5)

226 - H Mar. 19; ed:3/1 - The legislature of Maryland has passed an act providing for the completion of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal to Cumber- land.

"The passage of the bill was signalized by salutes of artillery, bon- fires, and illuminations along the route of the Canal." (1)

227 - H Mar. 20:3/1 - The Akron BEACON says: We learn that the board of public works bas agreed to decrease the tolls on the Ohio canal from this place to Cleveland to as low a point as may be agreed upon by the board of directors of the Pennsylvania and Ohio canal. We have not learned the rates adopted, but it is certain that they will be low enough to enable this route to compete successfully with the Erie extension. In consequence of the low rate of tolls on the route between Pittsburgh and the lake and the probability that the Erie extension will not be free for navigation dur- ing all of the season, because of the newness of the work and the reported unfinished state of a portion of it, the trade of the Pennsylvania and Ohio canal should be quite active this season. (3)

228 - H Mar. 25:3/2,3 - In establishing the rates of tolls on the Ohio pub- lic improvements for 1845, the board of public works adopted the following: Ordered, that on the following articles passing from the Ohio river through the Pennsylvania and Ohio canal to Cleveland, or from Cleveland to the Obio river by the same route, the rates of toll per mile shall be the same as are or shall be established by the board of directors of the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal co. on their canal, (a certified copy of which rates, signed by the president and secretary of said company, shall be left with the col- lectors of tolls at Akron and Cleveland) to wit: Fish, gypsum, iron and nails, glass and glassware, tobacco, sugar and molasses, coffee, white lead, flour and wheat. (verbatim) (3)

229 - H Mar. 27:2/1 - We understand that the Ohio canal will be ready for navigation at least to Akron, by Mar. 30, and that the cross cut will

CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1845

Abstracts 230 - 235

CANALS & CANAL BOATS (Cont'd) probably be navigable about the same time. Boats have been operating to Warren for sometime now.

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230 - H Mar. 31:2/2 - In a letter to the editor, "Fair Play" says: "As both sides of the question in relation to discriminating tolls on the Western portion of the Erie Canal, to enable the State to compete success- fully with the Welland Canal, are not, I believe, fairly represented at the West, I request you to publish the petition presented to the Legis- lature of New York in relation thereto. It will be preceived that the movement in West New York is to protect the State against a foreign channel. This she has a perfect right to do. And altho' such a course would not benefit Oswego, dependent as she is upon a foreign channel to communicate with the West, we believe candid business men will admit that justice demands a discrimination to compete with the Welland Canal tariff of tolls." (10)

231 - H Mar. 31:3/1 - The Akron BEACON reports in connection with the tolls on the Pennsylvania and Ohio canal as follows: The board of di - rectors have reduced the tolls on this canal considerably. On dry goods, hardware, groceries, &c., from two cents per 1,000 pounds per mile to one and one-half cents on all shipments from the lake to the river, or vice versa. On molasses, sugar, flour, &c., from one and one-half cents to seven mills. On iron, nails, castings, &c., from nine mills to five. On cheese, flaxseed, lard, &c., from nine mills to seven.

The tolls are not reduced on articles stopping at any intermediate ports. The same tolls will be charged on the Ohio canal from Akron to Cleveland on shipments moving the entire length of the Pennsylvania and Ohio canal as are charged by the company so that there will be the same rate of tolls from Pittsburgh to Cleveland and vice versa.

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232 - H May 13; adv: 2/5 - Summer Arrangement - Best Route from Cleveland to Pittsburgh.

The fast packet EXPRESS will operate in connection, during the present season. with Neil, Moore and Company's coaches and Clark and Company's splendid steamer WISKONSAN, leaving Warren on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday of each week upon arrival of the coaches; and Beaver on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday immediately upon landing of the boat.

For passage apply to J. M. Shaw, master; E. N. Parks and Company, Cleveland agents. (2)

233 - H July 9:3/1 - John Wills, Esq., has been appointed canal inspector at Cleveland. (verbatim) (1)

234 - H July 29; ed: 3/1 - The corps of engineers on the Illinois canals have been fully organized. William Gooding is chief engineer and E. B. Talcott, principal assistant. Both are men of skill and experience. (verbatim)

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235 - H Aug. 15; ed: 3/1 - Figures just released by the Albany ARGUS show canal toll receipts throughout New York have risen yearly, from

CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1845

Abstracts 236 - 238

CANALS & CANAL BOATS (Cont'd)

$43, 762 in 1839, to $75,846 last year. Thus far this year $73,780 has been collected.

"The tolls for the present year keep up well, and the prospect now is that they will fall but little, if any, short of those received during last year."

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236 - H Aug. 27; ed: 3/1 - The Toledo BLADE delights over the business being done on the Miami canal and justly remarks that since for many years yet the great expanse of country along the Mississippi will do business with New England and the east through Cincinnati and western Ohio, the canal must be improved year by year and a railroad substi- tuted when necessary.

"It is not from any feeling of jealousy at the success of friends at Toledo in the increase of their business that we remark upon the above extract, but we publish and remark from a desire to impress upon our citizens the advantages which from their supineness they are having drawn from them. The location of our city is such, that with the spirited energy of her people having the means to act, she might take all this business within her own grasp."

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237 - H Oct. 13; ed:2/3 - The Beauharnois canal, which was scheduled for opening yesterday, will bring lake navigation within nine miles of Montreal, and ere long our lake vessels of a large class can pass to the ocean with the consent of the British government.

"A few years hence and ship clearances will be made from Cleveland to Liverpool, we have no doubt."

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CAPITAL & LABOR

238 - H July 31; ed: 2/1 - The UNITED STATES JOURNAL says: "What a strange thing is this we call civilization! Where should we find the Rothschilds, the Girards, the Astors, the four and five story granite and marble houses, the splendid midnight parties, the gorgeous furniture, the rich equipage of the opulent merchant, without the labor of these same toiling, drudging, shamefully wronged, common people, who alone create wealth and who allow themselves to be treated with cold indif - ference if not absolute contempt, by those who never earned a dollar in their lives."

"The JOURNAL seems to speak as if in this land we have privileged classes, who live in granite and marble houses .... The father of the Rothschilds was a dealer in old clothes, and commenced life poor .... Stephen Girard was a poor boy, and a waiter in the cabin of an Atlan- tic ship .... John Jacob Astor is a German by birth, and borrowed the first dollar with which he made the purchase which was the commence- ment of his fortune .... The men of wealth in our country are those who have made their own fortunes, from humble beginnings .... In this coun- try the people are all common, have common rights, common interests, and the same common road to wealth, learning, and honor. And if common sense and common honesty were more prevalent, we should be a wiser, happier, and commonly better people."

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CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1845

Abstracts 239 - 243

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

239 - H July 26; ed:2/2 - Ten thousand people assembled at Burlington, . Ia., to see the revolting spectacle of the execution of the Hodges, con- victed of the murder of two Germans. The criminals died without con- fessing their crime, although no doubt exists as to their guilt. (1)

240 - H Aug. 28; ed:3/1 - Executed. . Carter and Parke were executed on the 22d inst. at Belvidere, N. J., for the murder of the Castner family, perpetrated in May, 1843. It was one of the most bloody and revolting tragedies in the records of crime, and the culprits died pro- testing their innocence. (verbatim)

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241 - H Nov. 18; ed:2/1 - The first annual meeting of the American So- ciety for the Abolition of the Death Penalty was held in Philadelphia last week. The president of the society, the Hon. Geo. M. Dallas, pre- sided. Addresses were made by Mr. Dallas, Mr. Greely of N. Y., Mr. Burleigh of Conn., Dr. Snodgrass of Baltimore, and others. The atten- dance was very large.

We are rejoiced to note that the humanizing principle in regard to the death penalty is steadily securing a stronger foothold in the minds of the people, and that even now in some states the law-makers have measurably abolished "legalized murder." Imprisonment for life is a safe, salutary substitute for the sanguinary code of "blood for blood." (verbatim)

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Annals of Cleveland, 1818-1935, Part 5

Author: United States. Work Projects Administration (Ohio); Cleveland Public Library. cn Publication date: 1818 Publisher: Cleveland, Ohio : Cleveland W.P.A. Project; distributed by the Cleveland Public Library Number of Pages: 494

Author: United States. Work Projects Administration (Ohio); Cleveland Public Library. cn
Publication date: 1818
Publisher: Cleveland, Ohio : Cleveland W.P.A. Project; distributed by the Cleveland Public Library
Number of Pages: 494