Cleveland City Directory

For the years

1837 and 1838

Associations and Institutions

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Cleveland Temperance Society

Alexander Seymour, President

Samuel Cowles, 1st Vice President

David Long, 2nd Vice President

Dudley Baldwin, Recording Secretary

Samuel Williamson, Corresponding Secretary

C. G. Collins, Treasurer

There are now two hundred and sixty members

German Society

G. Meyer, President

Th. Umbstaetter, Secretary

J. J. Meier, Treasurer

Standing Committee:

Conrad Gentsch, Ch. Bader, H. Heissel,

H. Schuhmacher, Ch. Silberg, D. Crolly

Cuyahoga Anti-Slavery Society

Organized July 4th, 1837

Edward Wade, of Brooklyn, President

Vice Presidents:

Samuel Freeman, of Parma

Asa Cody, of Euclid

J. A. Fotte, of Cleveland

J. L. Tomlinson, of Rockport

Sam'l Williamson, of Willougby

L. L. Rice, Corresponding Secretary

H. F. Bryan, Recording Secretery

S. L. Severance, of Cleveland, Treasurer

Western Seaman's Friend Society

Samuel Cowles, President

Alexander Seymour, Vice President

Re. V. D. Taylor, Corresponding Secretary

A. Penfield, Recording Secretary

Benj. S. Lyman, Treasurer

Directors:

Rev. S. C. Aiken, J. A. Foote, Jarvis F. Hanks,

Rev. Levi Tucker, T. P. Handy, Wm. Day, Rev. Wm. Dighton

Cleveland Maternal Association

Directors:

Mrs. L. C. Gaylord, Mrs. H. Brainard

Mrs. Lathrop, Secretary

Mrs. L. A. Penfield, Treasurer

Cleveland Anti-Slavery Society

Organized in 1833-now has about two hundred members

D. Long, President

S. J. Harding, Vice President

S. L. Severance, Secretary

Jno. A. Foote, Treasurer

Cleveland Harmonic Society

Members:

J. M. Hanks, E. Bingham, J. M. Brown, Geo. Tolhurst,

S. Brainard, H. J. Mould, T. C. Severance

Cleveland Mozart Society

T. P. Handy, President

J. F. Hanks, V. President

G. W. Pratt, Conductor

T. C. Severance, Secretary

H. F. Brayton, Treasurer

William Alden, Librarian

Cleveland Lyceum (Phoenix Buildings)

John Barr, President

A. H. Curtis, Vice President

J. A. Briggs, Treasurer

D. W. Cross, Secretary

Charles Whittlesley, Corresponding Secretary

Cleveland Polemic Association

City Buildings, Superior St.

James S. Underhill, President

Peter Call, Vice President

C. B. Denio, Secretary and Treasurer

Young Men's Literary Association

Rooms 3d story Commercial Buildings

Charles Whittlesley, President

George C. Davies, Secretary

W. G. Oatman, Corresponding Secretary

S. W. Crittenden, Treasurer

Cleveland News Room

Farmer's Block, Ontario St.

A private establishment, but free to all strangers.

Cleveland Reading Room Association

John M. Sterling, President

S. W. Crittenden, Treasurer

George T. Kingsley, Secretary

Managers:

M. Barnet, A. Seymour, William Cleveland,

D. W. Joyce, R. M. Chapman, E. F. Conklin

Young Ladies' Seminary

75 St. Clair St.

Mrs. Howison, Principal

Assistants:

Miss Emily Johnstone, Miss Hinds

Cleveland Female-Orphan Asylum

Incorporated April 3, 1837

Trustees:

Mrs. Laura Willey, Mrs. Martha Kendall, Mrs. Jane Foster,

Mrs. Sophia K. Ford, Mrs. Catherine Kellogg, Mrs. Hoply Noble,

Mrs. Mary D. Johnstone, Mrs. Mary Boyden, Mrs. Jerusha Foster,

Mrs. Helen Maria Woods, Mrs. Mary Davis, Mrs. Margaret Sterling

Cleveland Female Seminary

Farmer's Block

Incorporated April 3d, 1837

Trustees:

Henry Sexton, Benjamin Rouse,

Henry D. Dodge, A. D. Smith, A. Wheeler

City Guards

A volunteer Company, composed of 64 members.

An election of officers is to take place in a few days.

Cleveland City Band

D. Tuttle, Marshal

A. Harrison, Leader

J. J. Davies, Secretary and Treasurer

Trustees:

H. Canfield, D. Tuttle, J. J. Davies

Members:

D. Tuttle, A. Harrison, J. J. Davies, J. E. James, John Read,

James Toman, W. H. Hayward, W. W. Blanchard, Silas Rhodes Jun.,

C. H. Taylor, Robert Franklin, J. J. Bishop, P. Burns, W. G. Marsh,

Thos. Wilmore, L. R. Tuttle, H. Canfield, G. Wilmore

Carpenters' and Joiners' Benevolent Society

of Cleveland and Ohio City

Moses Ross, President

George W. Thompson, Secretary

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