Hand drawn map of northeastern Ohio showing the location of early Indian paths and towns and of the Christian Indian missions established by the Moravian missionaries between 1772 and 1787. The Heckewelder Map was found in the papers of Moses Cleaveland., "Cleveland Starts Here"
This collectible tin plate, made in 1908, sets William Howard Taft and his running mate, James S. Sherman, amongst Republican Party luminaries, including Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses Grant, James Garfield, and Theodore Roosevelt. Taft won the election of 1908 and became our 27th president., Featured in the "Cleveland Starts Here" Exhibit. MUS 2003.0.25
Etching of Jos. Brant from the book, "Life of Joseph Brant, (Thayendanegea) including the border wars of the American revolution, and sketches of the Indian campaigns of Generals Harmar, St. Clair, and Wayne, and other matters connected with the Indian relations of the United States and Great Britain, from the peace of 1783 to the Indian peace of 1795. By William L. Stone"., Featured in the "Cleveland Starts Here" Exhibit
Pease, Seth, various surveys and field notes bound into one volume: survey of 1st parallel, August 1796; traverse of the Chagrin River and survey of 8th meridian, August 1796; survey of 5th parallel, September 1796; illustrated plat of Cleveland (Town 8, Range 12), undated; description of lots in Cleveland (Town 8, Range 12), undated; and minutes of surveys of streets in Cleveland (Town 8, Range 12), undated 1796 undated, Featured in the "Cleveland Starts Here" Exhibit
Patchwork quilt, each block of different material, some appliqués and some inset. Unusual designs. Large Greek cross, quilted, in center, of white material upon which is inset bowl of flowers. Green and purple grapes inset in each corner. Bound with narrow stripe of red print cotton. Made by Martha Pierson, East Nottingham, Pennsylvania in Sept. 18, 1847. (signed in ink on quilt block), MUS42.4249. Featured in the "Cleveland Starts Here" Exhibit
ALS from Oliver Hazard Perry to the Honorable William Jones (1760-1831), Secretary of the Navy, regarding the Battle of Lake Erie saying "I[t] has pleased the Almighty to give to the army of the United States a signal victory over their enemies on this Lake-The British squadron consisting of two Ships, two Brigs, one Schooner, and one Sloop have this moment surrendered to the force under my command, after a sharp conflict..." Dated: U.S. Brig Niagara off the Western Sister Head of Lake Erie, September 10, 1813, 4 p.m., Featured in the "Cleveland Starts Here" Exhibit
Transparency of photograph of painting. This is the earliest surviving oil painting of Public Square. The Cleveland Grays were organized in 1837 as an independent volunteer militia company to bolster the local constabulary and to protect the city in case of invasion from Canada. Here they parade on Public Square on the occasion of their second anniversary. They wear new gray uniforms, from which they took their name, and display a new banner, presented to them by Charles Giddings who also commissioned this painting. The buildings around the square are a mix of residential, commercial, and religious with the Presbyterian Old Stone dominating the center. The Square’s quadrants have painted board fencing, to protect newly planted saplings. Groupings of citizens, possibly the town’s entire population, watch the parade. The view is from an upper story of the Cleveland House Hotel on Superior west of the Square., "Donated by General S.A. Sanford". Featured in the "Cleveland Starts Here" Exhibit
The Connecticut Western Reserve was the area of northeast Ohio that Connecticut had reserved for her citizens in 1786 in exchange for ceding all western land claims to the U.S. government. The area comprised all land south of Lake Erie to 41' latitude and within 120 miles of Pennsylvania's western border. The Connecticut Land Company (1795-1809) was authorized by Connecticut to purchase and resell most of the Western Reserve, and received title to all Reserve land except for the 500,000-acre Firelands on the extreme west which was reserved for Connecticut victims whose lands were burned by the British in the Revolution. Gen. Moses Cleaveland, a company director and its general agent, led the first company survey party to the Reserve in 1796 and founded the settlement of Cleveland at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River., Featured in the "Cleveland Starts Here" Exhibit