CLEVELAND, OHIO “Cleavel O Aug 9″ Manuscript 1822 Folded Letter Cleaveland/Green Bay (Michigan Territory). Black manuscript Rated 12 1/2 to Erie Pennsylvania. 3 1818 – July 3, 1836 to Cleaveland where it was posted to Mr. Henry Clark, Erie, Pennsylvania. Original spelling for Cleveland, Ohio was Cleaveland and abbreviations of Cleav’d and Cleavel. Originally named for Moses Cleaveland, founder and surveyor of the city, for the Connecticut Land Company. Dateline on letter is Greenbay June 14th 1822. Interesting four (4) page letter addressed to Parents, My Friends and neighbors. Clark, arrives at Green Bay as an oarsman on another vessel. Buys passage to Grand River, Ohio by way of Cleaveland, Ohio. Grand River is a small Lake Erie port town 30 miles east of Cleveland. He writes about future travels up the Fox River through Winnebago Lake, overland portage and unto the Mississippi to New Orleans hoping to return to Green Bay the following year and eventually home. Being an oarsman was hard work as they were also working towlines to move their boats. These boats carried no sail. Wonder what happened to the young man. Great condition for letter nearly two hundred years old. Small splits but no separations. Catalogs used for Descriptions: COPM=Cleveland, Ohio Postal Markings by Garfield-Perry. ASCC=American Stampless Cover Catalog. The item “CLEVELAND, OHIO Cleavel O Aug 9 1822 FL Cleaveland/Green Bay M. T. To Erie PA” is in sale since Friday, March 29, 2019. This item is in the category “Stamps\United States\Covers\Postal History”. The seller is “baltic” and is located in Safety Harbor, Florida. This item can be shipped to United States, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Norway, Saudi arabia, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Bangladesh, Ecuador, Egypt, Gibraltar, Iceland, Jordan, Luxembourg, Martinique, Peru, Pakistan, Viet nam, Uruguay, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, French guiana, Guernsey, Guadeloupe, Jersey, Cambodia, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Macao, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Canada, South africa, Colombia, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman islands, Sri lanka, Maldives, Oman, Reunion, Philippines.

• Modified Item: No
• Certification: Authentic
• Quality: Used Stampless Cover
• Grade: VG (Very Good)
• Place of Origin: Cleveland, Ohio/Green Bay, Michigan Terr.