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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THOMAS EWING

THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THOMAS EWING.

 

EDITED BY CLEMENT L. MARTZOLFF.

 

(Through the courtesy of Thomas Ewing, Jr., of New York City,

I am permitted to give to the public for the first time, the entire auto-

biography of his distinguished grandfather, Thomas Ewing, a pioneer,

the first Alumnus of the first college of the "Old Northwest," an

eminent lawyer, a profound statesman, an honorable citizen and a

Christian gentleman.-C. L. M.)1

 

NOTE:--I wish to express my gratitude to the following persons

who gave me valuable assistance in collecting data for my editorial

notes:

William C. Ewing, New York City.

Thomas Ewing, Jr., New York City.

Maria Ewing Martin, New Straitsville, Ohio.

Prof. Eli Dunkle, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio.

Prof. D. J. Evans, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio.

Dr. W. H. Venable, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Hon. Henry Houck, Harrisburg, Pa.

Dr. C. W. Super, Athens, Ohio.

Librarian C. G. Matthews, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio.

Miss Carrie Matthews, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio.

Librarian Burton E. Stevenson, Chillicothe, Ohio.

Dr. A. E. Winship, Boston, Mass.

John E. Pierce, Lewiston, Me.

Hon. Moses M. Granger, Zanesville, Ohio.

C. L. M.

MY DEAR CHILDREN:2       Some time ago you united in a re-

quest that I would give you when leisure and health permit a

narrative of the events of my life from my earliest memory

to the present time - Such a narrative though of little interest

to any but my descendants, will doubtless be prized by you and

your children as a family relick; I therefore give it in compliance

with your request.

My father, George Ewing3 held a subaltern commission,4 in

the New Jersey line of the Revolutionary War. He was then a

very young man, of good English education, fine literary taste,

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