A history of Cleveland and its environs; the heart of new Connecticut, Elroy McKendree Avery . o havegiven to each of their sons a thousand dollars with which to seek theirfortunes in the West and gradually to have disposed of theirproperty in Lowville preparatory to their owti removal to Ohioand the long cherished reunion of the family there. Alfred Kelleyhad entered the law office of one of the judges of the supremecourt of New York in 1807 and there remained until the spring of1810, Mhen he came to Cleveland on horseback and in companywith his uncle, Joshua Stow, and Dr. Jared P. Kirtland,
A history of Cleveland and its environs; the heart of new Connecticut, Elroy McKendree Avery . o havegiven to each of their sons a thousand dollars with which to seek theirfortunes in the West and gradually to have disposed of theirproperty in Lowville preparatory to their owti removal to Ohioand the long cherished reunion of the family there. Alfred Kelleyhad entered the law office of one of the judges of the supremecourt of New York in 1807 and there remained until the spring of1810, Mhen he came to Cleveland on horseback and in companywith his uncle, Joshua Stow, and Dr. Jared P. Kirtland, of whom 86 CLEVELAXD AND ITS ENlIRONS [Chap. VI we shall hear more. At the November term of the newly constitutedcourt of the newly organized county of Cuyahoga, Alfred Kelleywas, on the anniversary of his birth and, on the mo-tion of Peter Hitchcock, as alreadj recorded, made public prose-cutor, an office that he held by successive appointments until 1822,when he resigned to become canal commissioner of Ohio. As wehave seen, the promising young man had appeared as counsel at. Alfred Kelley the June session of the court; we shall probably hoar of him September, 1814, the father, Judge Daniel Kelley, and his wife,left Lowville and, by land and water, made their way to Cleveland,leaving their son, Thomas, at school in the East. In October, thejudge wrote to Tliomas and, referring to our arrival at Buflalow,added: We were obliged to stay in lliat uncomfortable place onaccount of head winds until Tuesday afternoon, the 4tli inst., whenwe all embarked on board of a schooner and set oil, with a gentle 1811-12] VERBAL AND CENSUS 87 breeze, for Cleaveland. But the gentle breeze gave way for stormand sickness so that the family landed at- Erie and made the restof the journey by land. Near the end of the year, he further re-ported to Thomas that we have been keeping house by ourselvesabout 12 days, are pretty comfortable as to house room, returned f
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