NINETEENTH ANNUAL
MEETING OF THE OHIO STATE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND
HISTORICAL SOCIETY,
JUNE 3, 1904.
The Nineteenth Annual Meeting of the
Ohio State Achaeo-
logical and Historical Society was held
in Page Hall, Ohio State
University, Columbus, Ohio, at 2: 30 P.
M., June 3, 1904. The
following members were present:
Judge J. H. Anderson, Columbus; Prof. M.
R. Andrews,
Marietta; Mr. George F. Bareis, Canal
Winchester; Gen. R.
Brinkerhoff, Mansfield; Hon. M. D.
Follett, Marietta; Hon. M.
S. Greenough, Cleveland; Col. John W.
Harper, Cincinnati; Mrs.
George Hopper, Columbus; Mr. W. H.
Hunter, Chillicothe; Rev.
I. F. King, Columbus; Rev. N. B. C.
Love, Deshler; Prof. J. P.
McLean, Franklin; Mr. F. H. McDonough,
Delaware; Prof C.
L. Martzolff, New Lexington; Prof. Wm.
C. Mills, Columbus;
Prof. B. F. Prince, Springfield; Prof.
E. O. Randall, Columbus;
Dr. J. C. Reeve, Dayton; Hon. S. S.
Rickly, Columbus; Mr. E.
F. Wood, Columbus.
Letters of regret because of inability
to attend the meeting
were received from trustees, Prof. G. F.
Wright, Oberlin; Rev.
H. A. Thompson, Dayton; and Hon. Rush R.
Sloane, Sandusky.
The meeting was called to order by the
President, Gen. R.
Brinkerhoff. The secretary being called
upon for the minutes
of the last annual meeting held June 5,
1903,
simply referred to
the minutes of that meeting as published
in Vol. 12, pp. 187 to
218, inclusive. The secretary then made
his annual report, which
was as follows:
REPORT OF SECRETARY RANDALL.
Publications.
In September, 1903, the society
issued the Centennial Vol-
ume, containing the speeches and
proceedings at Chillicothe,
Wednesday and Thursday, May 20 and 21, 1903.
Fifteen hun-
dred copies of this book were issued.
Twenty copies were furn
(375)
376 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
ished to each member of the Centennial
Commission - 18 ir
number; six copies each to the trustees
of the Ohio State Arch
aeological and Historical Society who
were not members of the
Executive Committee; two copies each to
the speakers at the
Centennial; one copy each to the members
of the Local Centen-
nial Committee at Chillicothe; one copy
each to the members of
the Ohio State Archaeological and
Historical Society; and one
copy each to the members of the 75th and
76th general assem-
blies. Several additional copies were
given to prominent state
officials, leading newspapers, and
parties who seemed entitled
to a copy. Very few copies have been
sold. There now remain
on hand about 200 copies.
The total expense of the proceedings at
Chillicothe, includ-
ing the publication of the Centennial
School Syllabus, was $6,-
449.12, and the expense of the
publication of the Centennial
Volume amounted in toto to $2,866.09,
including the cost of
plates for future issues, making a total
expenditure in connection
with the Centennial of $9,315.21. As the
appropriation of the
75th General Assembly for the purpose in
question was $10,000,
that left a balance of $684.79 still to
the credit of the society,
which may be used for additional issues
of the Centennial Volume.
The society is indirectly responsible
for the issue of a work
on Clark's Conquest of the Illinois
Country, written by Consul
Wilshire Butterfield, which appeared
about February first. This
is a book of 850 pages, published by Mr.
Fred J. Heer, printer,
under the auspices of the Ohio State
Archaeological and Histori-
cal Society, but with the understanding
that the society is not re-
sponsible for the expense of the issue.
The society does not con-
trol its sale or distribution. That is
directed solely by Mr. Heer.
In December, 1903, the society
issued in book form Volume
12 of
its annual publications, comprising the four quarterlies,
viz.: those for January, April, July and
October of that year.
There have also been published thus far
in 1904 the Quarterlies
for January and April, which speak for
themselves. These Quar-
terlies have had an unusually wide
circulation owing to the fact
that the appropriation by the
legislature (76th) last April gave
us a sufficient amount for our annual
publications to permit us
to send these Quarterlies as each one is
issued to the leading
Annual Report. 377
newspapers of the state. The secretary
made out a list of 350
leading Ohio papers, including all the
counties, and to those
papers copies of the April Quarterly
were sent with a circular
letter asking the papers to make such
notice as they desired, and
stating that if the publication met
their approval, the Quarterlies
would probably be sent them hereafter.
Meeting of the Executive Commitee.
Since the annual meeting of the society
on June 5, 1903, the
Executive Committee met--June 30, in the
rooms of the soci-
ety, Page Hall, O. S. U.; September 3,
1903, at the office of the
secretary in the Judiciary Building;
November 17, 1903, there
was held in the society's rooms, Page
Hall, a special meeting of
the entire Board of Trustees; December
11, 1903, the Executive
Committee held a meeting in the
Reference Room of the Colum-
bus Public Library; February 29, 1904,
in the Columbus Public
Library there was held a meeting of the
Executive Committee.
The meetings of the Executive Commiteee
the past year have been
more irregular and infrequent than usual
because there was
really no necessity for other meetings.
After the legislature was
in session there was little for the
society to do but bide its time
awaiting the result of the appropriation
bills. The proceedings
of these several meetings of the
Executive Committee as noted
above, will be found in the editorial
department of the January
and April Quarterlies, the reports there
stating who was pres-
ent, and relating the matters considered
and the actions taken.
Permanent Building Project.
Nothing new is to be said concerning the
building project,
except that it was discussed in the
meeting of the entire board
held on November 17, 1903, and then
referred to the Executive
Committee, which duly considered the
matter in its meeting Feb-
ruary 29, 1904, then deciding
it would not be wise at that time
to press the matter before the
legislature, but defer it until a later
and more promising date. The secretary
wishes to add that he
held consultations upon this subject
with President Thompson,
of the Ohio State University, Governor
Herrick, and Chairman
378 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
Crafts, of the House Finance Committee,
and Chairman Harris,
of the Senate Finance Committee, as well
as many individual
members of both Finance Committees. The
general opinion was
that it would be useless to ask for an
appropriation for this pur-
pose, and the usual advice was that it
would be unwise to press
the matter, because as it would fail, a
failure now might militate
against a later and stronger effort. The
legislature the past
winter was overwhelmed with demands for
money by every de-
partment of the state, and the society
did well to ask nothing more
than what was really required for the
continuation of its work.
The only feasible project at present,
was the proposition to ask
for an appropriation to erect a building
on the University grounds,
and as the University was asking for
much larger sums than
usual, it was thought that what we might
request would be more
or less charged to the University, and
therefore we would suffer
in being associated with their
appropriations.
Serpent Mound.
At the Executive Committee meeting
September 3, 1903,
the secretary was authorized to renew
the contract with Mr.
Daniel Wallace as custodian of Serpent
Mound for two years
from September 1, 1903, on the terms
of the previous contracts
with him. That contract the secretary
duly made. He was also
directed to terminate on October 1, 1903, the privilege
hitherto
existing of permitting Mr. George W.
Seaman, of West Union,
to have right of way from his land east
of the park through
the same to the pike running north and
southwest of Serpent
Mound Park. The secretary had carried
out the direction of the
trustees, and their decision in this
respect had been enforced.
The gate leading from Mr. Seaman's
property into the Park is
permanently closed, and Mr. Seaman has
since made an outlet
from his farm around the Park to the
highway without encroach-
ing upon the property of the society.
Reports from Mr. Wallace
are made every month, and everything
seems to be in excellent
condition at that point.
Annual Report. 379
Fort Ancient.
The Committee on Fort Ancient will make
such report as
they desire. Mr. Warren Cowan, the
custodian, visited the sec-
retary April 6th and made an extended
report of the situation at
that time, which resort was perfectly
satisfactory.
Work of the Secretary.
On December 29, in accordance with the
permission of the
Executive Committee, the secretary
attended, as the representa-
tive of the Ohio State Archaeological
and Historical Society, the
nineteenth annual meeting of the
American Historical Associa
tion, held at New Orleans, from December
29, 1903,
to and in-
cluding January 1, 1904. It was an
event of the most intense
interest to the secretary and well worth
his attendance, not only
personally as a member of the national
association, but as the
representative of our state society. The
question is being infor-
mally considered of establishing a
department or branch of the
American Historical Association, to
consist of the State His-
torical Societies. Such department may
be created at the next
annual meeting of the association to be
held in Chicago, and in
this movement the secretary in behalf of
the society, is taking
much interest and carrying on some
correspondence.
During the convening of the State
Legislature from January
4 to April 25 (1904), the
secretary was obliged to devote much
time in looking after the interests of
the society. The demands
made upon the assembly were unusually
excessive by the differ-
ent departments, and greater vigilance
than ever was needed to
secure what was asked for by the
society. The secretary ap-
peared several times before meetings of
the Finance Com-
mittees of the House and Senate and had
innumerable confer-
ences with either members of the Finance
Committees or with
leading members of the House and Senate.
There were many
new members who were unacquainted with
the workings or even
existence of our society who had to be
informed and made con-
versant with our objects and achievements. The result of the
secretary's efforts appears in the final
result of the appropriations,
as noted elsewhere in this report.
380 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
The correspondence of the secretary has
rapidly increased
the last year or two, and has now
reached almost burdensome
proportions. The Quarterly has reached
an enviable standing
in the field of historical literature,
and has become well known
throughout the state and to historical
students all over the coun-
try. The editor is in daily receipt of
letters from various stu-
dents, scholars and writers in regard to
it, and valuable articles
are being received sufficient to furnish
material for four or five
times the space allotted to the
Quarterly.
St. Louis Exposition.
It will be recalled that the 75th
general assembly in its appro-
priation bill May 12, 1902, gave the
society the sum of $2,500 for
the purpose of making an exhibit at the
St. Louis Exposition.
That money is now being expended, and as
all know the Exposi-
tion is in full operation. Prof. W. C.
Mills, our curator, pre-
pared the exhibit and transported it to
St. Louis where it is now
on exhibition. Curator Mills will make
full report of this mat-
ter, which report will appear elsewhere
in this publication.
Death of Members of the Society.
Since the last annual meeting of the
Society, the Great Reaper
has taken an unusually large number from
our membership.
General George B. Wright, trustee and
life member, died in Co-
lumbus September 11, 1903; Hon. A. R.
McIntire, trustee and life
member, died September 21, 1903, near Jewelsburg, Colorado;
Hon. Wm. T. McClintick, life member,
died at Chillicothe, Octo-
ber 28, 1903; Hon. Harwood R. Pool, life
member, died in New
York December 13, 1903; Mr. Augustus
Newton Whiting, life
member, died at Columbus, December 22, 1903; Governor Charles
Foster, life member, died at
Springfield, January 9, 1904; Gover-
nor Asa S. Bushnell, life member, died
at Columbus, Ohio, Jan-
uary 15, 1904; Senator Marcus A. Hanna,
life member, died at
Washington, D. C., February 15, 1904. Memorial notices have
already appeared in the society's
quarterly of General Wright,
Mr. McIntire, Mr. McClintick and
Governor Bushnell. Fitting
notices of the other deceased members
will appear in later num-
bers.
Annual Report. 381
Additional Life Members.
Since the last annual meeting there have
been received into
life membership of the society the
following persons: Mr. Vause
Harness of Chillicothe, Mrs. Jesse M.
Davis of Columbus, Mr.
Osman C. Hooper of Columbus, The Shaker
Society of Union
Village, Ohio, The Library of Boston
Atheneum, Boston, Mass.,
Miss Lucy Elliot Keeler, Fremont, Mr. B.
F. Smith, Nevada,
Ohio, Mr. Lewis P. Schaus, Newark, Mr.
Walter C. Metz, New-
ark, and Major Harry P. Ward, Columbus.
Appropriations.
At the meeting of the entire board of
trustees on November
17, 1903, the trustees approved the
request for the following ap-
propriations from the 76th general
assembly:
Requested for 1904-
Current expenses
........................................ $2,700 00
Field work, Fort Ancient and Serpent
Mound............. 2,000 00
Publications .................... ........................ 2,800
00
$7,500 00
Requested for 1905-
Current
expenses ........................................
$2,700 00
Field work, Fort Ancient and Serpent
Mound ............. 2,000 00
Publications
............................................ 2,800 00
$7,500 00
Total
asked (1904-5)
..............................$15,000
00
These amounts were presented by the
secretary to the finance
committee of the house and the items
requested for 1904 were
duly incorporated in the first
appropriation bill and the items for
1905 in the second appropriation bill. Hon. Isaac E.
Huffman
of Oxford, Butler county, introduced a
resolution in the House
calling for an appropriation of $7,500
to reprint the volume of the
Ohio Centennial proceedings for the
purpose of supplying each
member of the 76th general assembly with
100 copies. This res-
olution passed the House unanimously,
went to the Senate, and
was there referred to the Senate finance
committee. Hon. D. E.
Yost, of Woodsfield, Monroe county,
introduced a resolution call-
382 Ohio
Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
ing for the appropriation of $15,000 for the
reprinting of twenty
complete sets of the society's annuals
for each member of the 76th
general assembly. This resolution also,
without opposition,
passed the House, and went to the
Senate, and was also referred
to the Senate finance committee, which
after due deliberation and
conference with the secretary, approved
the appropriation for the
centennial volume, but reduced the
appropriation for the republi-
cation of the annual series to one-half,
making it $7,500 for ten
complete sets for each member. In that
shape then the items
finally passed both branches of the
legislature and became a law.
Governor Herrick, who is the first
Governor to exercise the right
of veto, found however that the
aggregate appropriations made
by the legislature for all purposes was
in excess of the expected
resources of the state treasury for the
next two years, and there-
fore found it necessary to veto items in
the appropriation bills to
the extent of some $500,000. Feeling
that the State Archaelogical
and Historical Society ought to stand
its share of the trimming,
he cut out the item in the first bill
calling for $7,500 for the re-
printing of the centennial volume,
leaving all the items asked by
the society intact, and also the item of
$7,500 asked by the legisla-
ture for the purpose of giving ten sets
each to the members of the
legislature. So that the aggregate
appropriations from the 76th
general assembly for the society are
$22,500.
In all this matter the secretary wishes
to give expression of
his appreciation for the friendliness
and courteous assistance of
Governor Herrick, State Auditor W. D.
Guilbert, Hon. Wm. H.
Crafts, Chairman of the Finance
Committee of the House, and
Hon. W. S. Harris, Chairman of the
Finance Committee of the
Senate.
Governor's Appointments.
On March 25, 1904, Governor Herrick
appointed the Hon.
M. S. Greenough, of Cleveland, Ohio,
trustee of the society, to
serve for three years, until February, 1907, to succeed
the Hon.
R. E. Hills, of Delaware, whose time
expired at that date. The
Governor also appointed as trustee for
the same time Prof. Mar-
tin R. Andrews, of Marietta, to succeed
himself, he having been
appointed by Governor Nash on November
17, 1903, to fill out the
vacancy caused by the death of General
Geo. B. Wright.
Annual Report. 383
REPORT OF CURATOR MILLS.
During the past year the field work
consisted of examining
the village site which surrounded the Gartner Mound, which lat-
ter was explored in 1902. A complete account of these explora-
tions is found in the society's
quarterly for April, 1904, and will
be published in volume 13. The latter
part of the season of 1903
was spent in exhuming the large Harness
mound not far from
Chillicothe. The mound had heretofore
been examined by Squire
and Davis, Prof. Putnam, of Harvard, and
others. About one-
third of the exploration has been
completed, and upwards of 70
cremated skeletons were removed with
many artifacts of copper,
shell, pearl and bone, including a fine
piece of bone and several
gorgets made of human jaws. The success
thus far in the ex-
ploration of this mound warrants a
further and complete exam-
ination, which it is hoped the society
may continue in the near
future.
During the past winter a large part of
our labor has been
expended in preparing the archaeological
exhibit of our society
for the World's Fair at St. Louis. The
specimens selected were
shipped March 19th (1904) and arrived in
St. Louis on the 25th.
The curator personally superintended the
unloading and install-
ing of the exhibit which was ready for
the inspection of visitors
on the 30th of April. This exhibit with
that of Egypt were the
only exhibits ready in the department of
anthropology upon the
opening day of the exhibition. The
exhibit at St. Louis is con-
fined mostly to the society's field
explorations showing the actual
work done in the field. The exhibit
comprises 13 floor cases and
2 wall cases. The exhibit also contains
drawings of Ft. Ancient
and Serpent Mound and enlarged
photographs of the same. Also
photographs illustrating the field work
as carried on by the so-
ciety at different locations.
During the past year many valuable
specimens have been
added to the museum, while the field
work has brought to us sev-
eral thousand specimens. We wish to acknowledge
donations of
rare, valuable and interesting
archaeological specimens of various
kinds from Mr. Geo. F. Bareis, of Canal
Winchester, Mr. G. N.
VanHorn, of Findlay, and Mr. Geo. F.
Crawford, of Columbus,
384 Ohio Arch. and Hist.
Society Publications.
the latter presenting the society with a
number of prehistoric
specimens from the city of Oaxaca,
Mexico. Mr. Wm. Stout,
of Sciotoville, placed us in possession
of an interesting collection
of agricultural implements made of
compact ferruginous sand-
stone peculiar to that locality. A
number of historic specimens
have been added to the museum during the
year. Prof. J. P.
MacLean, of Franklin, presented us with
many articles of apparel
and domestic life and labor from the
Shaker Society. A com-
plete list of these is given in the
January quarterly (1904) of the
society publications. Mr. A. K.
Overturf, of 289 Seventh St.,
Columbus, has placed in the museum a
very fine specimen of
Sioux Indian saddle. Other contributions
are acknowledged
from Mr. Diltz, of Thornville, Mr. Almer
Hegler, of Washing-
ton C. H., and Mr. Davies of 40 W. Tenth
Ave., Columbus, Ohio.
Mr. Davies, the inventor of the pilot,
has presented the society
with a small railroad engine, which is a
masterpiece of mechani-
cal work, being produced about 1868 and
representing an outlay
of some $5,000. Mr. Davies presented the
society a year ago
with a model of the first pilot made for
an engine, and from which
all pilots used on the engines of to-day
are patterned.
Particular attention is called to the
growth the past year of
our library. The present number of books
catalogued is 2,230,
in addition to which we have 511 bound volumes and more than
500 pamphlets uncatalogued, besides
several hundred duplicate
bound volumes which we use for purposes
of exchange. At the
present time we exchange publications
with 143 historical and
scientific societies. Prof. J. F.
MacLean has presented many
valuable publications by and concerning
the Shakers. Prof. Ran-
dall, the secretary, has been
instrumental in our procuring a num-
ber of rare and important works
concerning the Indians of Ohio.
Mr. Fred Heer has contributed many
valuable volumes. A com-
plete list of these contributions will
in due time be published in the
Quarterly. In conclusion the curator
wishes to thank the offi-
cers and trustees for the interest they
have taken in the arch-
aeological department of the society and
especially in the museum
and library.
Annual Report. 385
REPORT OF THE TREASURER.
The report of the treasurer, Mr. S. S. Rickly, was
presented
by Mr. E. F. Wood, assistant treasurer, and was as
follows:
RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand February 1, 1903 ........................... $939 70
Life membership dues
....................................... 175
00
Active membership dues
..................................... 96
00
Subscriptions
................................................ 12 00
Interest ..............................
..................... 103 00
Books sold ................................ ........ 145 00
From State Treasurer -
Current
expenses
.................................... .... 2,999 52
Field work, Ft. Ancient and Serpent Mound
.............. 2,425 99
Louisiana Purchase Exposition
........................... 248 76
Ohio Centennial Celebration (in part)
.................... 3.252 46
Publications
.................. ........ ..
.............. 2,000 00
Reprinting Vols. 1-10 (balance) . ......................... 1,000 00
Total
receipts
.....................................$13,398 98
DISBURSEMENTS.
Ohio Centennial Celebration (in part)
........................ $3,252 46
Publications
........................
........................ 2,030 65
Reprinting Vols. 1-10 (balance)
............................. 1,000
00
Care of Ft. Ancient
........................................ 454
01
Field work ................................................ 752 97
Fire insurance ............................................... 99 00
Postage
.................. ................................. 136 17
Express and drayage
....................................... 136
29
Expenses of committee and trustees
......................... 529
17
Salaries ofofficers (3) ....................................... 1,800 00
Office expenses
............................................. 100 00
Louisiana Exposition ........................................ 248
76
Care of Serpent M
ound ........... .......................... 619 01
M useum and Library ....................................... 665 60
Job printing ................................................. 42 25
Sundry expenses
............................................. 53
17
To permanent fund
.......................................... 424
70
Balance on hand
February 1, 1904 ........................... 1,005 90
Total disbursements ...................................$13,398 98
The permanent fund now amounts to $3,770.00.
25 Vol. XI..
386 Ohio
Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
ELECTION OF TRUSTEES.
Following the reports of the officers
was held the election of
the five trustees for the ensuing three
years. The secretary an-
nounced that those whose time matured at
this annual meeting
were:
General R. Brinkerhoff, Mansfield; Hon. M. D. Follett,
Marietta; Hon. D. J. Ryan, Columbus;
Rev. H. A. Thompson,
Dayton; Mr. Wm. H. Hunter, Chillicothe.
Upon motion, which
was seconded and carried, the secretary
cast the ballot of the
society for the same gentlemen for
re-election to serve as trustees
for the ensuing three years, ending with
the annual meeting in
the year 1907. The board of trustees therefore now stands:
ELECTED BY THE SOCIETY.
Term expires in 1905.
Prof.
G. Fred W right
..................................Oberlin.
Col. James Kilbourne
................................Columbus.
Prof. J. P. MacLean
..................................Franklin.
Prof. C. L. Martzolff
.......................... New Lexington.
Judge J. H. Anderson
................................Columbus.
Term expires in 1906.
J. Warren Keifer
................................... Springfield.
Bishop B. W. Arnett
...............................Wilberforce.
Hon. S. S. Rickly
...................................Columbus.
Mr. G. F. Bareis
.............................Canal W
inchester.
Hon.
Rush R. Sloane
.................................Sandusky.
Term expires in 1907.
General R. Brinkerhoff
............................... Mansfield.
H on.
M . D. Follett ................................. . M arietta.
Hon. D. J. Ryan
.................................... Columbus.
Rev.
H. A. Thompson .................................. Dayton.
Mr. W. H.
Hunter................................Chillicothe.
APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR.
Prof. B. F. Prince ............................ Springfield, 1905.
Prof. E. O. Randall
.............................Columbus, 1905.
Rev. N. B. C. Love
.............................Deshler, 1906.
Col. J.
W . Harper
............................ Cincinnati, 1906.
Hon. M. S. Greenough
..........................Cleveland, 1907.
Prof.
M. R. Andrews ...........................Marietta, 1907.
Annual Report. 387
GRADED WAY IN PIKE COUNTY.
Prof. MacLean called attention to the
fact that at the last
annual meeting the trustees voted to
have the executive com-
mittee appoint a committee of five to
investigate the nature of
the work known as the Graded Way in Pike
county. He would
like to hear a report on that matter.
Mr. Bareis reported that
the matter was considered, but it was
found that such an investi-
gation would cost more than the
executive committee felt should
be expended for that purpose, as the
resolution calling for the
committee stipulated that it should
consist of a geologist, an
archaeologist and a topographical
engineer of repute. After
some discussion it was voted that an
investigation should be
made at the instance of the executive
committee at an expense
not to exceed fifty dollars.
ROYALIST REFUGEES.
Prof. MacLean called the attention of
the meeting to the
article by Col. E. L. Taylor in the last
July Quarterly upon the
subject of the Refugees to and from
Canada. He stated that
this article on the American Loyalists
treated upon an exceed-
ingly interesting and important subject
greatly neglected by his-
torical writers. He thought that the
society should request Col.
Taylor to prepare an extended paper on
the subject of the Revolu-
tionary Patriots throughout the country.
The speaker was re-
minded that the purposes of the Ohio
State Archaeological and
Historical Society were confined to the
study of subjects pertinent
exclusively or practically so to Ohio.
To which it was replied
that Col. Taylor might confine himself
to Ohio in this matter and
Ohio archives could thus be gathered on
this subject, as had
been done in many of the other states.
REMARKS OF HON. M. S. GREENOUGH.
The Hon. M. S. Greenough, the new
trustee appointed by
the Governor was called upon by
president Brinkerhoff to ad-
dress the members of the society. Mr.
Greenough fittingly ex-
pressed his pleasure upon being
appointed a trustee of the society,
388
Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
and upon the opportunity it afforded him
of making the acquaint-
ance of the gentlemen who are interested
in the archaeology and
history of our great state. He
facetiously remarked that he as-
sumed the office with the feeling that
it would be his main duty
to keep still and thus conceal from his
fellow members how little
he knew about Ohio archaeology, but he
feared that they had
already discovered the deception.
However, he was willing to
learn and should be glad to be of
service in furthering the pur-
poses of the society, especially in
extending its interests in the
northern part of the state.
REMARKS OF DR. J. C. REEVE.
Dr. J. C. Reeve, upon being called upon,
said he had been a
resident of the state of Ohio for many
years, having come to the
Buckeye State in the year 1832. He spoke
interestingly of the
wonderful changes which have taken place
in Ohio since that
date, particularly in some of the cities
such as Cleveland, Colum-
bus and Dayton. He could easily remember
Columbus as it was
in the year 1846, when he went from it
to Cleveland in a stage
coach, leaving Columbus in the morning,
riding all day and all
night, and all the next day before
reaching his destination. In
the near future time he would take
pleasure in preparing for the
society some of his personal
reminiscences of the early days
when railroads were almost unknown and
the telegraph and tele-
phone were not regarded as possible.
BOOK PLATE FROM MRS. RATH MERRILL.
The secretary read a letter from Mrs.
Rath Merrill asking
the society to accept a vellum autograph
proof copy of the Ohio
Memorial Alcove Gift Plate, for the
library of the Ohio State
Archaeological and Historical Society.
Also a key and a copy
of the plates now in Manila in use in
the books of the Ohio
alcove of the library of that city in
the far Philippine Islands.
The vellum plate was handsomely framed,
and a vote of thanks
was given Mrs. Rath Merrill for the
courtesy of her gift.
Prof. MacLean presented to the society a
genuine beaver
hat worn by one of the Shakers at the
Sabbath Day League
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Cumberland in the early times when those
broad-brimmed felt
hats were the custom.
There being no further business before
the meeting of the
society, it adjourned.
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE TRUSTEES.
Following the annual meeting of the
society was held the
annual meeting of the trustees of whom
there were present:
Judge J. H. Anderson, Geo. F. Bareis,
Gen. R. Brinkerhoff, Hon.
M. D. Follett, Hon. M. S. Greenough,
Col. John W. Harper, W.
H. Hunter, Rev. N. B. C. Love, Prof. J.
P. MacLean, Prof. C.
L. Martzolff, Prof. B. F. Prince, Prof.
E. O. Randall, Hon. S.
S. Rickly.
Prof. Randall acted as temporary
secretary and Mr. Geo.
F. Bareis as temporary chairman. The
election of the various
officers of the society for the ensuing
year was then held. The
result is as follows: Gen. R.
Brinkerhoff, president; Mr. Geo.
F. Bareis, 1st vice-president; Prof. G.
F. Wright, 2d vice-presi-
dent; Mr. E. O. Randall, secretary and
editor; Hon. S. S. Rickly,
treasurer; Mr. Edwin F. Wood, assistant
treasurer; Prof. W. C.
Mills, curator and librarian. The
following were selected as
members of the executive committee,
including the officers of the
society who are ex-officio members. Mr.
Geo. F. Bareis, Gen.
R. Brinkerhoff, Hon. M. S. Greenough,
Col. J. W. Harper, Prof.
C. L. Martzolff, Prof. B. F. Prince,
Prof. E. O. Randall, Hon. D.
J. Ryan, and Prof. G. F. Wright.
General Brinkerhoff acknowledged the
compliment of being
re-elected president, expressing his
unflagging interest in the
society, and his desire to be more
zealous in its behalf the com-
ing year than ever before. While the
years of his life were roll-
ing by, he felt as young and vigorous as
ever, and hoped to be
of no less service to the society in the
future than he had been
in the past. He would like to bring to
the thoughtful attention
of the trustees of the society the
suggestion that our state society
ought to be brought into closer touch
with the county historical
societies existing throughout the state.
Many of them were
flourishing and could be of great
assistance to us, and we could
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be of assistance to them. Some of them
were weak and in-
effective and help from us might lift
them to better things. He
spoke particularly of the Richland
county Historical Society and
the Crawford County Historical Society.
He thought the secre-
tary ought to get into communication
with all these various
societies and carry on an interchange of
ideas and plans of work
and purposes. This idea was heartily
approved by several of
the trustees, particularly Colonel
Harper, who spoke of the His-
torical and Philosophical Society of
Cincinnati. Prof. Prince
spoke in favor of the Historical Society
of Clark County, which
he said had been in existence some six
or seven years and is
about to go into quarters in the new
County Building. The
society has now a fine collection. Rev.
Mr. Love also commented
at some length upon the two societies
existing in the northern
part of the state, one being the
Monumental Pioneer Society of
the Maumee and another the Maumee
Memorial Association.
During the past year this latter society
has bought a por-
tion of Fort Meigs. Mr. Love concluded his remarks by
moving the following resolution.
"Resolved that the Ohio State
Archaeological and Historical Society is
in hearty sympathy with
the county and local societies of the
State and asks for their co-
operation, and that the secretary of the
State Society be author-
ized and requested to communicate with
the several local societies
to this effect." This motion was
heartily approved and adopted.
The secretary in a few earnest words
exhorted the trustees to
exert themselves in the matter of
securing new life members for
the society. There are 21 trustees, said
he, and if each trustee
secured but five members during the year
that would mean more
than 100 new members to our society.
Certainly every trustee
could easily secure among his friends or
acquaintances of those
interested in historical work that
contingent of recruits.
Prof. Martzolff thought one of the most
influential avenues
of work for the society was through the
teachers and children
of the public schools. He had unbounded
faith in the children,
and believed that through the boys and
girls in the high schools
especially great interest could be
acquired in the history of our
great state. The teachers are becoming
more and more acquaint-
ed with the work of our society,
especially through the publica-
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tions of the society which are being
distributed among the various
school libraries of the state. Still
much more could be accom-
plished along this line particularly in
advice and suggestions to
the members of the legislature who have
our publications at their
disposal. He also thought that the
trustees ought to do mission-
ary work in the way of visiting the
smaller towns and delivering
addresses to the literary societies and
the school children telling
them about our society and the work it
is doing.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING.
A meeting of the executive committee was
held immediately
following the adjournment of the annual
meeting of the board of
trustees. Those present were: Messrs. G.
F. Bareis, R. Brink-
erhoff, John W. Harper, W. H. Hunter, C.
L. Martzolff, B. F.
Prince, E. O. Randall, S. S. Rickly, and
Messers. W. C. Mills
and E. F. Wood.
The meeting was very brief, the
proceedings being confined
exclusively to mere routine business.