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[identification of item], James Brownell Hand Copied Map of Land Divisions West of Cleaveland (Cleveland), Ohio, SPEC.RARE.MMS.0022, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Ohio State University
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Processed by: Beth Crowner, 2019 May; Finding Aid written by: Beth Crowner, 2019 May; Audrey Wimbiscus, 2019 August
Cleveland, located in Connecticut's Western Reserve, was named in 1796 after Moses Cleaveland. Cleaveland led the Connecticut Land Company team that surveyed the area. The site on the mouth of the Cuyahoga River at Lake Erie was recognized for its potential as a center of water transportation, and thus for manufacturing. Cleaveland was incorporated as a village in 1814, and as a city in 1836. In 1831, the local newspaper
The James Brownell Hand Copied Map of Land Divisions West of Cleaveland (Cleveland), Ohio is a map of land plots in Cleveland, Ohio, directly west of the Cuyahoga River. The map indicates it was copied by James H. Brownell on December 16, 1817, in "Cleaveland, Ohio." Plots are numbered 1-87, with approximately half of them marked with acreage totals. Lake Erie and the city of Cleveland are also depicted on the map, as well as major rivers and a rough coastline.