General Moses Cleaveland (1754-1806), Founder of the City of Cleveland in 1796. Facsimile of His Speech to the Six Nations at Canandaigua, New York, May 29th, 1796

Facsimile in folder. General Moses Cleaveland (1754-1806), Founder of the City of Cleveland in 1796. Facsimile of His Speech to the Six Nations at Canandaigua, New York, May 29th, 1796. Moses Cleaveland (January 29, 1754 – November 16, 1806) was a lawyer, politician, soldier and surveyor, from Connecticut who founded the U.S. city of Cleveland, Ohio, while surveying the Western Reserve in 1796.