Ohio History Journal

OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTOR-

ICAL SOCIETY.

 

PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD ANNUAL MEETING HELD

AT MARIETTA, APRIL 5TH AND 6TH, 1888, IN

CONNECTION   WITH  THE  CENTENNIAL

CELEBRATION OF THE SETTLE-

MENT OF THE NORTHWEST

TERRITORY.

THURSDAY, April 5, 1888.

The Society was called to order in public session in the

City Hall of Marietta at 7:30 p. m., by F. C. SESSIONS,

President.

Prayer was offered by DR. JOSEPH TUTTLE, after which

the President delivered the annual address.  [This

address was published in the QUARTERLY, Volume II,

page 145.]

After music by the orchestra, the President introduced

JUDGE JOSEPH Cox, of Cincinnati, who addressed the

Society on "The Building of the State." [This address

was printed in full in the QUARTERLY, Volume II, page

150.] At the conclusion of the address the Society ad-

journed until Friday morning at 9:30.

 

FRIDAY, April 6, 1888.

Pursuant to adjournment the Society convened in the

City Hall at 9:30 o'clock.

The minutes of the last annual meeting and of subse-

quent meetings were read and approved.

The reports of the Secretary and Treasurer for the cur-

rent year were submitted and approved. [These reports

were published in the QUARTERLY, Volume I, page 386.]

WM. P. CUTLER, for the standing Committee on Reso-

lutions, submitted an elaborate report, pertaining to the

memorial structure at Marietta and recommending the

adoption of the following resolutions:

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Resolved, That this Society fully recognizes the value

and importance of the historic incidents that preceded and

led to the first organized and permanent settlement of the

Northwest Territory, begun at Marietta, April 7, 1788.

Resolved, That the eminent and patriotic services of the

Congress composed of representatives from the original

thirteen States, in maintaining the struggle against their

powerful enemy, in establishing the independence of their

country, in securing quiet possession of the Mississippi

valley, and in giving to it the ordinances for disposing of

lands and governing its inhabitants, demand from this gen-

eration a recognition that will hand their names and ser-

vices down to future generations in an instructive and

monumental form.

Resolved, That a like recognition is due to the Conti-

nental army, by whose valor and endurance these results

were achieved.

Resolved, That this Society will continue to encourage

the erection of a monumental structure at Marietta, and to

this end will co-operate with the Marietta Centennial Mon-

ument Association in their efforts to procure pecuniary aid.

The report and the resolutions were on motion unani-

mously adopted. [This valuable report and accompany-

ing documents were published in the QUARTERLY, Vol II,

page 222.]

The report of the Editorial Committee was submitted

by the Chairman, Professor GEO. W. KNIGHT, and was, on

motion, referred to the Executive Committee.

On motion, the President appointed A. A. GRAHAM,

GEO. W. KNIGHT and -       SMITH a committee to nomi-

nate five trustrees for the term of three years.

The question, including the desirability and feasibility

of the Society's obtaining control and management of the

State Library, was introduced. After considerable discus-

sion a committee was, on motion, appointed to examine

the subject and take such steps as might seem wisest to

bring it to the attention of the General Assembly. The

Committee was constituted as follows: Dr. H. A. THOMP-

SON, F. C. SESSIONS, Hon. R. B. HAYES, Judge M. D.

FOLLETT, General R. BRINKERHOFF.

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Professor F. W. PUTNAM, Curator of the Peabody Mu-

seum, was introduced, and made a few instructive remarks

upon Ohio archaeology.

The Society then took a recess until 2 o'clock.

The Society re-assembled in the City Hall at 2 o'clock.

The committee on nominations reported the following

names for

TRUSTEES FOR THREE YEARS.

F. C. SESSIONS, Columbus; R. B. HAYES, Fremont;

R. BRINKERHOFF, Mansfield; J. G. DOREN, Dayton;

S. C. DERBY, Columbus.

On motion, the Secretary was instructed to cast the

ballot of the Society for these persons, which was done,

and they were duly elected.

On motion of Professor GEO. W. KNIGHT, HUBERT HOWE

BANCROFT, of San Francisco, was elected an honorary

member of the Society. Also, on motion of Dr. JOHN

EATON, Professor FREDERICK W. PUTNAM was elected an

honorary member.

On motion of E. C. DAWES, the President was instructed

to telegraph Dr. I. W. ANDREWS, in the name and on

behalf of this Society, assurance of its sympathy with

him in his illness, which prevents his attendance with us

on this occasion. [A copy of the telegram and of the

reply of Dr. Andrews was printed in the QUARTERLY,

Volume II, page 234.]

The President then introduced WM. M. FARRAR, of

Cambridge, Ohio, who delivered an address on the subject

"Why is Ohio called the Buckeye State?" [This address

was published in the QUARTERLY, Volume II, page 174.]

At the conclusion of this address, President Sessions

said:

"Ohio has many distinguished men in all branches

of the government. When I was a clerk in a store in

Columbus I met a man who was studying law. He

afterwards became a distinguished lawyer; after that a

distinguished General in our army, and I met him several

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times in the South. Later he became the President of

the United States, and is here with us to-day. I have the

pleasure of introducing to you ex-President HAYES."

REMARKS OF RUTHERFORD B. HAYES.

"I warned the Senator from Massachusetts, who is

sitting by my side, when I heard the President of the

meeting speaking of impromptu speeches, that he and I

were in great danger. He said it was 'bad enough to be

called the day after you have made your regular speech,

but still worse to be called on the day before.'

"Naturally, I suppose the object of this is simply to

make our friends acquainted with the strangers who have

gathered to celebrate with them this interesting occasion.

I do not happen to fall in that category, and I hardly

need an introduction to the people in this hall. I think I

spoke perhaps in the first meeting in this interest in this

hall, and have been here frequently since. I am very

glad to join with you in this Centennial celebration.

It seems to me the event we celebrate is of a character

that demands attention from all, and for which we have

time enough. I believe in as many celebrations as we

can give, and I hope to attend yet more of them.

" Our friends east of the mountains began with their

Centennial in 1875; it is of a National character. Con-

cord and Lexington and Bunker Hill were thus celebrated,

and afterwards came the great celebration at Philadelphia

in 1876. A single instance in connection with that, and I

will allow some other gentleman the privilege of stand-

ing where I now stand.

"The orator appointed for the Fourth of July, 1876,

was a gentleman very well known throughout the country.

His friends at the bar, his professional friends, profes-

sional brethren, were talking to him about the speech he

was to make at Philadelphia. They said to him: 'Well,

we have been considering how long you will probably

speak. We have been rather sympathizing with the audi-

ence that you are to have. We know that in the Beecher

case you spoke-I am not sure of the number of days, but

I think it was-eight days; and in the case of the im-

peachment of Andy Johnson you stretched it out to thir-

teen days. Now you have to speak for all the events of a

hundred years. How long will it be ?'

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"The gentleman replied; 'Well, sir, I have been puz-

zled about that myself, and I have finally found a point at

which my speech must end, and shall limit it to that.'

"'Ah, the idea of your limiting a speech; we supposed

you never limited a speech.'

" 'Oh, yes, I have limited myself on this occasion. I

take it for granted that, as we celebrate the first century

of the existence of our country, those to come after us

will celebrate the second celebration. I must end my

speech in time to let the man who succeeds me begin for

the second century.' "

President SESSIONS then said:

"One hundred years ago, of the forty-eight who came

floating down the Ohio River seeking the shores of the

Muskingum, were a number from the shores of Massa-

chusetts who became distinguished citizens of Ohio. We

have to-day with us a Senator from Massachusetts-

Senator HOAR."

REMARKS OF SENATOR GEORGE F. HOAR.

I would like to say, ladies and gentlemen, while it does

not become me to find fault with any of the arrangements

on this occasion, yet it seems to me your President is like

the small boy whose mother gives him a dinner to take to

school and then makes him eat it in the morning. I had

supposed what I had to say, and the speech of your be-

loved and distinguished fellow-citizen, President Hayes,

were to be reserved for to-morrow. It gives me great sat-

isfaction, however, thus early to make known to you the

deep interest which the people of the Commonwealth of

Massachusetts have in this interesting occasion. We feel

quite proud of our historical achievements in Massachu-

setts, and there is nothing which that commonwealth has

ever done for humanity or for human liberty, in which

she takes a greater pride than the share which she had in

the founding of Ohio.

"There are probably no two States in the country,

probably no two communities on the face of the earth,

which are more alike in opinion, in character and in his-

tory, than these two great commonwealths. Ohio herself

can not be better described than by saying of her that she

is an enlarged and glorified Massachusetts. Her people,

although absent in body, most of them will be here to-

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morrow at your great anniversary, with most intense

spiritual presence. They will eagerly read what shall be

said, and what shall be done here, with the prayer and

the confident hope that this great and illustrious State

may be now entering upon another century which shall

be crowded with illustrious deeds, with great names, with

honorable contributions to the history and. welfare of the

country, as has been the century which is now closed."

At the conclusion of Senator HOAR's remarks, the Pres-

ident introduced DAVID FISHER, of Michigan, a grandson

of Commodore Whipple.    Mr. FISHER read a short bio-

graphical sketch of Commodore Abraham Whipple. [This

sketch was printed in the QUARTERLY, Volume, II, page

180.] At its conclusion, Professor F. W. PUTNAM was

introduced and gave a most interesting description of the

Serpent Mound, lately purchased by the Peabody Museum

of Archaeology and Ethnology, of Cambridge, Mass.

The Society then adjourned until 7: 30 P. M. At the

conclusion of the afternoon exercises the members of the

Society and invited guests were, under escort of the Ma-

rietta members and by their courtesy, driven in carriages

to the chief points of archaeological and historical interest

in and around the city.

 

FRIDAY EVENING, April 6, 1888.

The Society convened at 7:30, with R. BRINKERHOFF,

Vice President, in the chair.

On motion, the thanks of the Society were extended to

the people of Marietta for their kindness, attention and

hospitality to the members in attendance upon this meet-

ing.

Hon. WM. HENRY SMITH, of New York, then delivered

an address entitled "A Familiar Talk About Monarchists

and Jacobins." [This address was published in the QUAR-

TERLY, Volume II, page 187.]

The Society, upon motion, adjourned.

 

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ACTION OF THE TRUSTEES.

The Board of Trustees met Friday evening, April 6,

and was called to order by the Vice-President, General

R. BRINKERHOFF.

The election of officers being in order, the following were

chosen

OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY.

President-F. C. SESSIONS, Columbus.

First Vice-President-R. BRINKERHOFF, Mansfield.

Second Vice-President-WM. E. MOORE, Columbus.

Secretary and Librarian-A. A. GRAHAM, Columbus.

Treasurer-S. S. RICKLY, Columbus.

The following standing committee was appointed:

Executive Committee-F. C. SESSIONS, R. BRINKERHOFF,

N. S. TOWNSHEND, WM. E. MOORE, H. A. THOMPSON,

S. C. DERBY.

This committee was empowered to appoint such other

committees as may be necessary.

After this the Board adjourned.

 

 

COLUMBUS, April 12, 1888.

The Society met in the Senate Chamber, in the State

House, and was called to order by President SESSIONS,

who, after a few remarks concerning the work of the

Society, and the annual meeting held at Marietta, in con-

nection with the Centennial celebration, introduced Pro-

fessor FREDERICK W. PUTNAM, Curator of the Peabody

Museum, who addressed the Society on "Mound Explora-

tion in the Ohio Valley." The address was illustrated by

stereopticon views and occupied about two hours in deliv-

ery, giving largely the results of the Professor's labors in

this part of the country. The address was of such a na-

ture that an abstract cannot well be given, as much of its

interest lay in the illustrative views presented.

At the conclnsion of the lecture, Dr. EDWARD ORTON,

on behalf the University Club of Columbus, Dr. H. A.

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THOMPSON, on behalf of this Society, Hon. CHARLES

TOWNSEND, on behalf of the Senate, and Hon. C. L.

POORMAN, on behalf of the House of Representatives,

made brief addresses. The Secretary then announced that

no further meetings would be held until fall.

After adjournment, a reception was given Professor

PUTNAM by this Society, the University Club and the

General Assembly.

 

MARIETTA, June 26, 1888.

A special memorial meeting in honor of the late Dr.

Israel W. Andrews, was held at the Congregational Church

in Marietta, at 2:30 P. M., June 26, 1888. The meeting

was held under the joint auspices of this Society, the

officers of Marietta College, and the Marietta College

Club of Cincinnati. In the absence of President F. C.

SESSIONS, DOUGLASS PUTNAM, of the Board of Trustees

of this Society, presided.

A memorial address upon Israel Ward Andrews, D. D.,

LL. D., which had been prepared at the request of the

Society, was read by Hon. WILLIAM P. CUTLER. [This

address appears in full in this issue of the QUARTERLY.]

Addresses were also presented on behalf of Marietta

College and the Marietta College Club, of Cincinnati.

F. C. SESSIONS,                  A. A. GRAHAM,

President.                        Secretary.

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