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COLONEL WILLIAM CRAWFORD.1
BY JAMES H. ANDERSON.
UPPER SANDUSKY, OHIO, May 6, 1896.
Hon. J. H. Anderson, Columbus, Ohio,
DEAR JUDGE: I am directed by the
officers of the Wyandot
County Pioneer Association to extend you
an invitation to de-
liver an address at the picnic to be
held at Crawford, Thursday,
June 11, on the occasion of the 114th
anniversary of the burning
of Colonel William Crawford. Hoping to
receive a favorable
answer, so that you can be duly
mentioned in future notices and.
advertisements, I beg to remain,
Most respectfully,
E. N. HALBEDEL, Secretary.
1 This address was delivered before five
or six thousand people, on
the banks of the Tymochtee, near
Crawford's monument, in Crawford
township, Wyandot county, Ohio. Before
the formation of Wyandot
county, Crawford township was in
Crawford county. Crawford was burnt
by the Delaware Indians, June 11, 1782,
where the monument now stands,
which is about seven miles north-west of
Upper Sandusky, near Crawford
Station, and the town of Crawfordsville.
The monument bears this in-
scription: "In memory of Colonel
Crawford, who was burnt by the
Indians, in this valley, June 11, A. D.
1782." On the base are these words:
"Erected by the Pioneer Association
of Wyandot County, August 3, 1877."
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