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Moses Cleaveland was a Connecticut lawyer, legislator, and army officer who became the Director and agent for the Connecticut Land Company. Prior to leading its first surveying and exploring party into the Connecticut Western Reserve in 1795 and founding the City of Cleveland, Ohio in 1796, Cleaveland sought permission from the Six Nations to survey and settle the land that they traditionally controlled.

From the description of Chiefs of the Six Nations letter to Moses Cleaveland, 1796 June 6. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 780300652

A reply to General Philip Schuyler's request for a peace settlement between the Americans and the Iroquois, who had sided with the British, due, in a large part, to the influence of Sir John Johnson and Guy Johnson.

From the description of Reply to Philip Schuyler, 1783 September 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86164557
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