[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 131 (Friday, September 20, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1667]
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   MARKING THE 200TH BIRTHDAY OF EUCLID, OH: A SPECIAL SALUTE TO THE 
                            FOUNDING FATHERS

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                           HON. LOUIS STOKES

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 20, 1996

  Mr. STOKES. Mr. Speaker, the residents of Euclid, OH, will be 
celebrating their 200-year heritage on Sunday, September 29, 1996. The 
historic event being observed occurred on September 30, 1796. On that 
date in Cleveland--the newly selected headquarters for the Western 
Reserve--a contract was entered into between the Connecticut Land Co. 
Superintendent General Moses Cleaveland and 41 employees hired to 
survey the land. The formal document designated township 8, range 11 as 
Euclid Township. The agreement set the tract aside as available for 
purchase and settlement by the 41 men.
  Today, neighboring Cuyahoga County communities share portions of the 
original 22,000 acres of the Euclid Township. East Cleveland, Cleveland 
Heights, South Euclid, Lyndhurst, Richmond Heights, and Cleveland all 
include portions of the Euclid Township of 1796.
  Mr. Speaker, on August 11, 1959, Congresswoman Francis Bolton honored 
this historic event in the Congressional Record. Unfortunately, it did 
not accurately name the 41 individuals who were party to the contract.
  As the city of Euclid celebrates its bicentennial, it is fitting that 
tribute is paid to the 41 men whose actions 200 years earlier helped to 
establish Euclid--then in the Northwest Territory, today in the great 
State of Ohio. Their names deserve recognition.

         CORRECTIONS TO CONGRESSIONAL RECORD OF AUGUST 10, 1959         
               [Provided by the Euclid Historical Society]              
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              Incorrect names                      Corrected names      
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Machintire................................  Joseph McIntire.            
Samuel Farber.............................  Samuel Forbs.               
Elysha Gunn...............................  Elijah Gunn.                
R. Stoddard...............................  Richard M. Stoddard.        
Amos Little...............................  Dr. Theodore Shepherd.      
Asa Mafan.................................  Asa Mason.                  
Amazi Atwater.............................  Amzi Atwater.               
Ayers.....................................  Elisha Ayer.                
Harris....................................  Thomas Harris.              
Norman Wallace............................  Norman Wilcox.              
Timothy Dunbar............................  Timothy Dunham.             
George....................................  George Gooding.             
Shadrasp Benham...........................  Shadrach Benham.            
W. Sheppard...............................  Warham Shepherd.            
John Durant...............................  John Briant.                
Joseph Lanon..............................  Joseph Landon.              
Ezekeal Marby.............................  Ezekiel Morley.             
Milton Hally..............................  Milton Holley.              
James Hachet..............................  James Hacket.               
Rise......................................  Olney F. Rice.              
Locke.....................................  John Lock.                  
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