Moses Cleaveland (1754-1806) served during the American Revolution as a captain in one of the three companies of Sappers and Miners in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. A native of Connecticut, Cleaveland graduated from Yale University before . . . — — Map (db m192562) HM
In July 1796, the first survey party for the Connecticut Land Company, led by General Moses Cleaveland (17541806), landed on the shore of Lake Erie near present-day Ashtabula to lay out the lands of the Connecticut Western Reserve. On July 22 the . . . — — Map (db m255666) HM
In 1796 Moses Cleaveland led a surveying party to the banks of the Cuyahoga River to lay out a new city. The map from the survey is depicted in the pavement below. — — Map (db m192508) HM