Moses Cleaveland
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Moses Cleaveland was an American lawyer, politician, soldier, and surveyor from Connecticut who founded the city of Cleveland, Ohio, while surveying the Connecticut Western Reserve in 1796. During the
Gen. Moses Cleaveland statue sculpted by James G. C. Hamilton located on Public Square in downtown Cleveland.
1936 commemorative Cleveland Centennial half dollar issued at the Great Lakes Exposition
Connecticut Colony
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The Connecticut Colony, originally known as the Connecticut River Colony, was an English colony in New England which became the state of Connecticut. It was organized on March 3, 1636 as a settlement
Moses Cleaveland
…Reserve in 1796. During the American Revolution, Cleaveland was the brigadier general of the Connecticut militia. Cleaveland was born in Canterbury, Connecticut Colony, to Colonel Aaron Cleaveland (1725–1785) and Thankful Cleaveland (1733–1822). He studied law at Yale College, where he was a member of Brothers in…
Thomas Hooker and his people traveling
John Winthrop the Younger