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Light but legible (see scans) Painesville, Ohio, double circle blue postmark with diamonds on this 1937 cover. Letter is from Daniel Warner announcing that he is buying out the mortgage of one Alvin Cornish. From a history of the area: Daniel Warner came to Painesville from Connecticut in 1796. He was a farmer and pioneer of that locality. It was not until several years later that the state was admitted to the Union and only here and there had a town been built to indicate that the seeds of civilization had been planted in this part of the country. Daniel Warner bore his full share in reclaiming the wild region and making it a habitable district. His son, Field D. Warner, was born near Painesville and became a prominent business man and financier. He was also equally well known as a public-spirited citizen and his enterprise proved an important factor for Ohio’s development along substantial lines. Alvin Cornish is listed in the records of the Painesville Telegraph newspaper, but could not find the reference.