MINUTES OF THE FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING
OF THE SOCIETY.
THURSDAY, JANUARY
31, 1889.
THE Society was called to order by the
President, F. C.
Sessions, Esq. The Secretary stated that
as the fiscal
year of the Society did not close until
the 19th of Febru-
ary, the annual report could not be
presented till that
time, and that the only business before
the Society was
the election of five trustees,-to serve
for the term of three
years. The President appointed as
Committee to nominate
persons to fill these places, Mr. A. A.
Graham, Gen. R.
Brinkerhoff, and Rev. W. E. Moore.
The President then read his annual
address, (printed
elsewhere in this number). At the
expiration of the address,
Mr. Graham reported that the Committee
would recommend
the following persons to serve as
trustees:
Rev. H. A. Thompson, of Westerville;
Daniel J. Ryan,
of Portsmouth; D. K. Watson, of
Columbus; Charles Town-
send, of Athens; M. D. Follett, of
Marietta.
On motion of Dr. C. C. White, of
Columbus, the rules were
suspended, and the Secretary was
instructed to cast the vote
of the Society in favor of the gentlemen
named, who were
declared elected.
The Secretary announced that the
Trustees would meet
the following morning at 9:30 in the
Senate Committee
Room, and also the program for the next
day, including
the excursion to Chillicothe, after
which the President
introduced Hon. Daniel J. Ryan, of
Portsmouth, who ad-
dressed the Society on "A Familiar
Talk about the
Governors of Ohio." As the address
was illustrated by
stereopticon views of the Governors, and
the chief
places and persons conspicuous in Ohio's
history, an ab-
stract can not be given. At the
conclusion of the ad-
dress a vote of thanks was extended to
Mr. Ryan, and the
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Society adjourned to meet in Chillicothe
the next day at
5:30 P. M.
CHILLICOTHE, FEBRUARY 1, 1889.
The Society arrived in Chillicothe at 2
P. M.
and was
taken to the Warner House for dinner.
After dinner the
members were driven about the city and
shown a re-
markable collection of archaeology,
arranged in a vacant
store room, and also to see a fine and
varied collection of
Samoan Island articles at the residence
of Judge Safford.
At 6:30 the members met in the dining
room of the War-
ner House, where a banquet was served,
after which
addresses were made by Hon. Charles
Townsend, of Ath-
ens, Dr. Edwin Sinnett, of Granville,
Rev. Wm. E. Moore
and A. A. Graham, Esq., of Columbus,
Hon. George Ford,
of Burton, and by Albert Douglass, Jr.,
of Chillicothe. The
lateness of the hour prevented hearing
addresses from Hon.
J. Park Alexander and others.
At 8:15 P. M. Henry Howe, Esq., author
of "Howe's
Historical Collections," in the
Masonic Opera House ad-
dressed the Society on
"Reminiscences of my Historical
Pilgrimages, 1840 to 1847." On
motion of A. A. Graham,
Esq., it was resolved the thanks of the
Society be and are
tendered Mr. Howe for his excellent and
interesting ad-
dress, and resolved, that he be elected
an honorary member
of the society. The following motion was
offered by Rev.
Wm.
E. Moore:
"Resolved, That the thanks of this Society are due and
are hereby tendered the citizens of
Chillicothe who have
so generously and so magnificently
entertained us as their
guests on this our first visit to their
time-honored city.
"Resolved, That we regard with peculiar pleasure the evi-
dences of interest in matters of
archaeology and history
manifested in the remarkable collection
so proudly exhib-
ited to us, the proof at once of the
taste of the collectors,
and the richness of the sources from
which they were
drawn."
The motion was seconded by Gen. R.
Brinkerhoff, and
was passed by a unanimous vote.
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Meeting. 561
On motion the Fourth Annual Meeting of
the Society
was adjourned.
F. C. SESSIONS, A. A. GRAHAM,
President. Secretary.
After adjourning the Society attended a
reception in
the parlors of the Warner House, and the
next day dis-
banded.
MEETING OF THE TRUSTEES.
Friday, February 1, 9:30 A. M.
The Trustees met in the Senate Committee
Room and
elected the following officers for the
ensuing year:
President-F. C. Sessions.
Treasurer-S. S. Rickly.
Secretary-A. A. Graham.
The following members were elected to
serve on the
Executive Committee: F. C. Sessions, Dr.
N. S. Town-
send, Rev. W. E. Moore, Prof. S. C.
Derby, Daniel J. Ryan,
S. S. Rickly, Rev. H. A. Thompson.
The Executive Committee was authorized
to appoint
such committees as might be found
necessary, after which
the Board adjourned, subject to the call
of the President.
A. A. GRAHAM,
F. C. SESSIONS, Secretary.
President.
REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR
THE YEAR
ENDING FEBRUARY 19, 1889.
To the Members:
THE report of the Treasurer and
Secretary for the
year just closed merit your careful
attention. They evi-
dence continued growth of the Society,
and with it increased
labor.
Through the courtesy of the Adjutant
General, H. A.
Axline, a room in the Capitol has been
assigned to the
Society in which to place its
collections. This being a
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fire-proof depository, is hence a safe
place. The Secre-
tary of the Society has had the room
cleaned and
kalsomined, and cases made and placed
about the walls.
Every part of the room is occupied. The
inventory of
the Secretary shows the property now on
hand. It is a
striking example of what can be done by
persistent, watchful
effort.
The largest donation for the year is
that from the
Commissioners of the Ohio Exhibit in the
Centennial
Exposition at Cincinnati. It was gained
simply by the
Secretary's watchfulness and
persistence, and the willing-
ness of the Commissioners to see the
articles preserved for
the benefit of the people.
Other donations are promised, and now
that a safe de-
pository is secured, it will not be long
till the problem of
larger quarters will present itself.
The bill introduced at this session of
the General As-
sembly by Senator Charles Townsend, is
the culmination
of a movement that has been brought
before us, and
urged since the organization of the
Society, but until this
year we have not felt ready to carry out
the plan. That
it is a wise move, and one that will be
of vast and far
reaching benefits to Ohio, is self
evident. The bill has
the hearty endorsement of all those who
have given the
matter attention. Prominent persons, in all parts of the
country, warmly encourage it. Its passage opens new
avenues of work, affords a safe
depository for all time, for
all accumulations, and places the
Society upon a permanent
footing, enabling us to pursue our work,
and thus reclaim to
Ohio
much that has been lost, and save much
that will other-
wise go elsewhere.
During the year the following members
have died:
Dr. O. C. Farquhar, of Zanesville; Prof.
Eli Tappan, of
Gambier; Mrs. H. C. Ide, of Columbus;
Hon. M. R. Waite,
of Washington, D. C.
The work of the Society necessarily
devolves largely
on the Secretary. The increased work,
owing to these
Report of the Executive
Committee. 563
donations; fitting the room for
occupancy, and placing the
collections therein; the supervision of
the publication
and distribution of the QUARTERLY; the
large correspondence
necessary to such organizations demand
not only time to do
the work, but ability and willingness
to make personal sacri-
fice, not easily obtained.
Should the proposed consolidation of the
Society and
the library be effected, whoever serves
in this capacity
can be paid for the service, and the
annual income from
members' fees used to increase the size
and value of the
publication. Thus the members will gain
by the move,
and the usefulness of the Society be
extended. It only
remains for us to urge the members not
only to continue
their own membership, but also secure
others, and by such
means increase the growth, work, and
usefulness of the
Society. We should have ONE THOUSAND
members in the
Society, and we can have that number,
and more, if each one
will do a little.
F. C. SESSIONS.
S. S. RICKLY.
S. C. DERBY.
N. F. TOWNSEND.
W. E. MOORE.
Executive Committee.
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY.
To F. C. SESSIONS, President of Ohio
Archaeological and
Historical Society:
The growth of the Society, in all its
interests, for the
past year, has been gratifying. Despite
the fact that my
time from February until November was
wholly occu-
pied in the Ohio Centennial, the work in
the Society
has not been suffered to lag. When I could
not give it
personal attention, Mr. Ralph Reamer and
Mr. John J.
Janney, both of Columbus, were employed
to perform the
necessary detail work, and the Society
was, hence, enabled
to continue, without interruption, its
labors. In your an-
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nual address, read before the Society,
Thursday evening,
January 31st last, you outlined much of
what had been
done. This I do not need to repeat here.
The publication
of the QUARTERLY has been continued; the
work of gath-
ering specimens of archaeology, and of
articles illustrating
our history, was pushed, especially
during the continuance
of the Centennial Celebrations at
Marietta, April 7 and July
15, and also during the Centennial Expositions
held at Cin-
cinnati from July 4 to November 10, and
at Columbus from
September 4 to October 19.
The Expositions afforded an excellent
opportunity to
secure articles for the museum; both in
the departments
of history and archaeology. Circular
letters were sent to
all who had loaned articles soliciring
donations to the
museum. The response in many instances
was favorable,
and the museum now contains many
valuable specimens
of archaeology, and articles of historical
interest, that other-
wise would not have been gained.
The Commissioners having in charge the
Ohio Exhibit
at the Exposition at Cincinnati, had
made to illustrate
the archaeology of Ohio, twenty-nine
colored charts ex-
hibiting the principal earth-works in
the State, built by
the race known as "Mound
Builders." These were taken
chiefly from the surveys made by Squier
and Davis, Col.
Charles Whittlesey and others, from the
years 1840 to
1870. They are not, in all cases,
accurate delineations,
yet, in the main, they are correct, and
being the only sur-
veys, in many instances, of earth-works
now practically
obliterated, they are of great value. In
addition to the
charts two plaster casts, one of Fort
Hill, in Highland
county, and one of the Serpent Mound, in
Adams county,
were also donated.
I desire, if possible, during the coming
year to do
some field work in archaeology. We have
the refusal of
several valuable mounds in Ohio, and do
not need a large
amount of money to perform the work. It
seems a little
strange if such institutions as the
Peabody Museum can
Report of the Secretary. 565
raise by collection in the Eastern
States, thousands of
dollars annually to explore Ohio
antiquities, that nothing
can be raised in Ohio to preserve and
investigate our own
treasures. We are surely derelict in our
duty to allow so
good opportunities to pass unused. By
little effort on the
part of each member the result can
easily be obtained.
Agitation and energy on this point
should not be suffered
to rest until the end is reached.
Examination of the growth of other
societies in Amer-
ica shows that Ohio has done as well or
better than
any other state in the Union dependent
entirely on the
work of individuals. In many States,
especially in Wis-
consin, the commonwealth has nobly
assissted, and where
such assistance is given the results are
beyond all com-
parison. The growth of the Ohio Society
has been the
result of persistent effort on the part
of those most inter-
ested, with no reward save that of the
satistaction of a
duty faithfully performed. The times have also been
auspicious. The Centennial Celebrations that have been
held in Ohio during the last year have
stimulated inquiry
and interest in history, and a general
awakening has been
the result. We have seen something of
the value of our
history and felt a little the necessity
of its preservation.
All these things have conspired to our
aid, and the
growth of the Society is, hence,
somewhat accounted for.
Still, it develops on a few to do the
labor. Unless some
one persistently follows the work, it
will not be done;
and however much it may be needed the
fact remains
that upon some one will fall the
weary details. Whether
this can be continued without
compensation is a question.
I feel that I ought not abandon the
effort now; and that
until some one who is not only willing,
but by actual
trial proven competent I shall not relax
my efforts. I
hope each member will feel a personal
interest in the So-
ciety and aid by simply increasing the
membership. If
this be done, the problem of future work
and progress is.
solved.
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Quarterly.
TREASURER'S REPORT, 1888.
RECEIPTS.
Balance
from 1887
....................................... $ 63 79
One hundred and seventy renewals at $5.00
................ 850
00
Seventy-five new members at $5.00
....................... 375
00
Ten fees advanced for 1889 at $5.00 ........................ 50
00
Advance sales Knight's History of Ohio
.................. 100
30
Sales of School Programs for April 7th
celebration........ 84
45
Sales of Games of History of Ohio in Cards
.............. 9
73
Sales of Quarterlies, miscellaneous numbers
.............. 130
00
Sales of Quarterlies through Marietta Centennial
Committee,
five hundred copies June Quarterly
.................... 300 00
Engraving in June Quarterly, Marietta Centennial
Commit-
tee
................................................. 162 50
Reprints in June Quarterly, Marietta Centennial
Committee. 36 60
Reprints in other Quarterlies ............................. 28 92
Six subscriptions to Quarterly from Libraries at
$4.00.... 24 00
Advertisements in Quarterly
.............................. 31
00
Sale of old
cases.......................................... 15
00
$ 2,261 29
DISBURSEMENTS.
Postage ...................................... $ 244
31
Clerk hire .............. ................... 146
80
Meetings, expense of travel and board of speakers,
secretary, etc .............................. 71 05
Money returned account loss of MSS of Knight's
History of Ohio.... ........................ 66
50
Games of History of Ohio, cards to supply orders
for Knight's History ....................... 54 00
Printing March Quarterly, Volume 1, No. 4..... 145 53
Printing June Quarterly, Volume 2, No. 1 ........ 474 98
Printing September Quarterly, Volume 2, No. 2
(on account)
.............................. 75 00
Binding 31 copies Volume 1, at 50c.............. 15 50
Engraving, Volume 2, Nos. 1 and 2............ 236 95
Job Printing, miscellaneous .................... 227 25
Job Printing, 15,000 School Programs for April 7, 109 49
Express
.......... .......... .. ............. 7 30
Telegrams ............. ....... ......... 9
21
Prof. Knight, editing June (1888) Quarterly.... 25 00
Prof. Knight, editing September (1888) Quarterly, 25 00
Prof. Knight, expenses, postage, etc............ 9 26
Expense cleaning room in State House .......... 60 00
Carpenter work on cases in room in State House
(on account)
.............. ................ 17 75
Janitor for room in State House................ 15 75
Secretary for services ........................... 200 00
Sundry supplies ............................... 11 06
$2,247 69
Cash on hand .....
................... . 13 60
$ 2,261 29
Report of the Treasurer. 567
STOCK AND PLATES ON HAND.
February 19, 1889.
Plates of
Volume 1, cost
................................... $182 10
Matrices of Volume 2, No. 1, cost ......... ................ 30 12
Matrices of Volume 2, No. 2, cost
.......................... 11 52
Matrices of Volume 2, No. 3,
cost.......................... 11
04
$ 234 78
S. S. RICKLY,
Treasurer.
NUMBER OF QUARTERLIES ON HAND.
February 19, 1889.
Volume 1,No.
1.......................................... 5 copies
Volume 1, No. 2 ............................................
None
Volume 1, No.
3........................... .............
42 copies
Volume 1, No. 4 .................................... 20
copies-67
Volume 2, No. 1................................... 141 copies
Volume 2, No. 2
........................... ... .
119 copies
Volume 2, No .3.................................. 94
copies-354
(No. 4 of Vol. 2 in press.)
The odd numbers of Volume two will be bound in the same
style
with Volume one-furnishing, as will be seen, about one
hundred copies
bound.
A. A. GRAHAM,
Secretary.
LIST OF MEMBERS* RECEIVED DURING THE YEAR
ENDING FEBRUARY 19, 1889.
LIFE MEMBERS.
Jewett, H. J., New York City. Pocock, Dr. Eli D., Shreve.
Smythe, A. H., Columbus. Hart, Dr. Frank O.,
West Unity.
Swayne, Wager, New York City.
HONORARY MEMBERS.
Howe, Henry, Columbus.
CORRESPONDING MEMBERS.
Gilmore, Wm. E., Chillicothe.
ACTIVE MEMBERS.
Acheson, E. F., Washington, Pa. Bartholomew, G. K., Cincinnati.
Andrews, Edw. L., Burton. Barr, Baldwin,
Cincinnati.
Au, John H., Ontario. Bosworth,
C. H., Cincinnati.
Bruck, Philip, Columbus.
Baries, Geo. F., Canal Winchester Butler, Theo. H., Columbus.
* The list of members shows the accessions only since
February 19,
1888. The entire number of members enrolled since the
beginning is
440.
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Caylor, E. H., Columbus. Clogston, Wm., Springfield, Mass. Cone, Rev. O., Akron. Conger, A. L., Akron. Cotton, Dr. D. B., Portsmouth. Curtis, S. H., Cleveland. Curry, John, San Francisco, Cal. Cutler, Miss Julia P., Marietta. Davie, Oliver, Columbus. Dawes, Mrs. S. C., Marietta. Enos, Miss H. M., Millersburg. Fairbanks, C. W., Indianapolis, Ind. Ford, George H., Burton. Fowke, Gerard, Columbus. Frame, C., Hunt's Falls. Garst, Rev. Henry, Westerville. Hancock, Prof. Jno., Chillicothe. Harter, George D., Canton. Hayden, Rev. H. C., Cleveland. Haynes, Henry W., Boston, Mass. Herrick, Dr. L. H., Columbus. Hills, D. B., Columbus. Hinman, E. L., Columbus. Holcomb, A. T., Portsmouth. Howe, Frank H., Columbus. Jennings, W. H., Columbus. Jewett, L. M., Athens. Johnson, C. W., Elyria. Kinney, Charles. Pomeroy. Knickerbocker, Dr.B., Columbus. Lane, T. P., Norwood. Leib, F. H., Millersport. Leslie, Dr. J. D., Chillicothe. Lewis, S. H., St. Paul, Minn. Luse, Dr. L. H., West Mentor. McCormick, A. W., Cincinnati. McCullough, J. H., Delaware. |
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McFadden, H. H., Steubenville. McGettigan, J. E., Indianapolis. McKinley, James, Canton. McMillen, Emerson, Columbus. MacCoun, Townsend, N. Y. City. Maderia, J. D., Chillicothe. Meisse, Dr. B. F., Chillicothe. Meredith, Levi, Van Wert. Mikesell, Thomas, Wauseon. Mills, W. C., New Comerstown. Mills, Wm. W., Marietta. Morrison, W. J., Marietta. Morton, W. H., Cincinnati. Munson, Charles E., Columbus. Nelson, 0. W., Newark. Nissley, J. .R, Ada. Peyster, J. W., de, Tivoli, N. Y. Phillips, R. E., Marietta. Poland, William, Chillicothe. Putnam, Rufus, Chillicothe. Read, Prof. M. C., Hudson. Robertson, Andrew J., Sidney. Sample, F. C., Perrysville. Smith, Wm. Henry, N. Y. City. Smith, W. R., Hillsboro. Smith, Amos, Chillicothe. Stevenson, Job E., Cincinnati. Stull, John M., Warren. Taggart, Rush, New York City. Taggart, J. B., Lewis Center. Tyler, J. H., Napoleon. Van Home, Rev. Thos., B., Co- lumbus. Van Meter, S. R., Marietta. Watson, D. K., Columbus. Welch, Agnew, Ada. Wetmore, P. M., Columbus. Wilttheis, C. T., Piqua. Wood, James A., Chillicothe. |
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LIBRARIES. |
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Case Library, Cleveland. Public Library, Cincinnati. State Library, Harrisburg, Pa. State Library, Columbus. Newberry Library, Chicago. The Chicago Library, Chicago. State Library, Lincoln, Neb. State University, Athens. State University, Columbus. |
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Harvard Univ. Lib., Cambridge. Public Library, Detroit. Public Library, Columbus. Public Library, Boston. Public Library Toledo. College Library, Gambier. Free Public Library, Worcester. Jno. Hopkins Univ., Baltimore. |
ROOMS OF THE SOCIETY.
THROUGH the courtesy of Adjutant General
H. A. Axline
a room on the third floor, east side of
the State House has
been assigned to the Society. Though somewhat out of
the way, and not well lighted, still it
is all that can be had
now. In order to utilize it to the best
possible advantage,
I have had cases placed along the west
end and south
side, without partitions, and with glass
doors. By such
an arrangment all light entering the
room from a large
window on the north is saved. Above the
cases and along
the east side I have arranged the
twenty-nine framed colored
charts donated to the Society by the
Commissioners in
charge of the Ohio exhibit at the
Centennial Exposition
at Cincinnati. On the west end are two
large paintings:
one representing the landing of Major
Putnam's party
at the mouth of the Muskingum, April 7,
1788; the other
represents Rev. John Finley preaching his first sermon
to the Wyandot Indians, Jonathan Pointer (a Negro) in-
terpreting, at the Upper Sandusky
Mission, 1819. A third
painting represents the first hotel in
Auglaize county, Ohio,
built on the bank of the Auglaize River,
at Smith's Ferry,
in 1834. A typical Indian head made of
colored flint,
arrow and lance points, and knives, is also here. It
is the work of Dr. Eli D. Pocock, of
Shreve, Ohio. The
twenty-nine charts referred to represent
every type of Ohio
earth-works. In one of the floor cases are two casts,
one
representing Fort Hill in Highland
county; one the Serpent
Mound in Adams county.
On the north side hang two commissions
(framed), one
signed by Arthur St. Clair when Governor of the North-
west Territory, and by Winthrop Sargent,
Secretary, dated
the 2d of August, 1787. The other, signed by Return
Jonathan Meigs, Governor of Ohio, is dated May 7, 1812.
Each is a military commission issued to
Dr. Nathan Goodale,
a prominent resident of Columbus. Above
these hangs
a copy of the framed testimonial given
by the Society to the
Board of Trade of Chillicothe,
commemorative of the visit of
the Society to that place in connection
with the last annual
meeting. Underneath that is an old piano
used in Gen.
Washington's family.
Near these is a large framed chart of
most excellent pen
work commemorative of the Department of the Woman's
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Relief Corps
of Ohio. Also a crayon drawing, representing
the log
school-house in Black Run township, Muskingum
county, where
James A. Garfield taught school in 1851.
The drawing is
by Howard Christy, a boy sixteen years
of age, and
is, for his age and training, an excellent piece
of work. It
was obtained for the Society by C. Frame, Esq.,
of Duncan's
Falls, Ohio.
On the wall is
a birch bark Indian canoe, obtained by
Gen. W. D.
Hamilton, of Columbus, Commissioner in charge
of the
Department of Commerce and Transportation in
the Ohio
Centennial at Columbus, from Dr. Charles E.
Stroud,
Sandusky, Ohio, who in turn obtained it from an
Indian woman
in the Michigan Peninsula.
Elm bark canoe, made by John Curry, Esq., of New
California,
Jerome township, Union county, and placed on
exhibition in
Union county's exhibit at the Ohio Centennial.
Donated at its
close to the Society, and now kept in the
Exposition
Building on the fair grounds. Also a pack saddle,
made and used
in 1788, given by Austin True, of Trumbull,
Athens county.
A synopsis of
the articles in the cases shows the follow-
ing general
assortment. In addition to these
articles,
there are many
in the State Relic Room belonging to the
Society; these
include many military articles. It is the policy
to classify
all articles, and we hope to see the State Relic
Room made a Stale
Military Museum, a policy I am glad to
say is
favorable to those now in charge.
ARCHEOLOGY. NUMBER
Grooved
Hammers . .. 29.
Grooved
Axes ... 91.
Unfinished
Axes showing method of
manufacture ... . 9.
Celts ... .. 132.
Rollers or
round pestles .. 17.
Pestles or Nut
Crackers . . . 29.
Pipes of all
kinds .... 45.
Slate
Ornaments, Totems, Utensils, etc. 118.
Copper
Axes . . . .. 2.
Copper Beads
... .. 1.
Stone Beads
. . 10.
Skulls -.. 6.
Mound
Pottery . . . .. 15.
Flint,
embracing Cores, unfinished etc.,
showing method
of manufacture . 121.
Rooms of the Society. 571
Arrow Points, small .. 81.
Indian Head made of flint . . . . .1.
Framed Charts
.. .. 29.
Casts .....
2.
Flint pieces, including, Scrapers, Drills,
Knives, Lance Points, etc . 1010.
Miscellaneous Articles . . 150.
INDIAN IMPLEMENTS, ETC.
Iron Tomahawks . . . .
. . 12
Pottery of all kinds .. .. . 29.
Implements and Ornaments . . . . 23.
Miscellaneous Pieces
. . . . . 75.
PHOTOGRAPHS.
Serpent Mound series
. .. . 30.
Mound Builders' Articles . . . . . 11.
Mexico, Pueblo, and Zuni scenes . . 12.
Pottery and Utensils . . .
. . .10.
Marietta Flood of 1884 .
. . . . . 10.
LIBRARY ADDITIONS.
Books, donated
....... 300.
Exchanges, Magazines, Periodicals,
Papers, etc . .......
45.
Pamphlets, donated ...... 150.
Old Letters and Documents . . . .
110.
Miscellaneous Articles
.... . 80.
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES.
Old Clocks .
. . . . . 3.
Old Books . . .... . . .
. 20.
Piano . .. . . . . . . 1.
Commissions, framed .......
2.
Domestic Articles ....... 40.
Mastodon Teeth 2.
Miscellaneous articles, illustrating domestic
life in Ohio
. . . . .
. 30.
All articles have been donated, and hence show better
than words can express what can and will be done for
the
Museum and Library if a safe place for keeping be
secured,
and a permanent policy be established
A. A. GRAHAM,
Secretary.
1From Major J. W. Powell, of the Bureau of Ethnology,
Washing-
ton.
MINUTES OF THE FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING
OF THE SOCIETY.
THURSDAY, JANUARY
31, 1889.
THE Society was called to order by the
President, F. C.
Sessions, Esq. The Secretary stated that
as the fiscal
year of the Society did not close until
the 19th of Febru-
ary, the annual report could not be
presented till that
time, and that the only business before
the Society was
the election of five trustees,-to serve
for the term of three
years. The President appointed as
Committee to nominate
persons to fill these places, Mr. A. A.
Graham, Gen. R.
Brinkerhoff, and Rev. W. E. Moore.
The President then read his annual
address, (printed
elsewhere in this number). At the
expiration of the address,
Mr. Graham reported that the Committee
would recommend
the following persons to serve as
trustees:
Rev. H. A. Thompson, of Westerville;
Daniel J. Ryan,
of Portsmouth; D. K. Watson, of
Columbus; Charles Town-
send, of Athens; M. D. Follett, of
Marietta.
On motion of Dr. C. C. White, of
Columbus, the rules were
suspended, and the Secretary was
instructed to cast the vote
of the Society in favor of the gentlemen
named, who were
declared elected.
The Secretary announced that the
Trustees would meet
the following morning at 9:30 in the
Senate Committee
Room, and also the program for the next
day, including
the excursion to Chillicothe, after
which the President
introduced Hon. Daniel J. Ryan, of
Portsmouth, who ad-
dressed the Society on "A Familiar
Talk about the
Governors of Ohio." As the address
was illustrated by
stereopticon views of the Governors, and
the chief
places and persons conspicuous in Ohio's
history, an ab-
stract can not be given. At the
conclusion of the ad-
dress a vote of thanks was extended to
Mr. Ryan, and the
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