In the fall of 1835, Josiah Barber led a group of Brooklyn Township residents who petitioned the State of Ohio to incorporate their village developments on the west side of the Cuyahoga River. At some point in the legislative process, the petition was amended to seek a city charter instead. The charter creating the City of Ohio was granted by the Legislature on March 3, 1836. The above legal advertisement appeared in the November 5, 1835 edition of the Cleveland Whig. | Source: Cleveland State University, Michael Schwartz Library, Special CollectionsDownload Original File
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