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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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