PREFACE.
THE
present volume is the third issued by this Society. The
first and second were issued in pamphlet
form, quarterly,
but many members expressing a preference
for the publication
in bound (annual) form, this volume is
so issued. Should this
form seem best, it will be continued.
Some delay has been experienced owing to
serious illness
on the part of three of those whose
papers are among the best
in the volume. This has necessarily
delayed the publication
several months beyond the regular time of
issue, a delay which
could not be avoided.
In addition to the anniversary exercises
in connection with
the Centennial of the settlement of
Gallipolis, the volume con-
tains the proceedings of the Society for
two years, and several
papers prepared for the annual meetings
of these years, as well
as the Act of Incorporation, a synopsis
of the By-Laws, and a
complete list of the members from the
organization of the
Society until the present time. The
Society has been in exist-
ence five years, and few societies can
show so good a growth
and better results. The volumes now
issued are sufficient evi-
dence of the work already done, and of
that before us. The
next volume will contain a full history
of the boundary ques-
tions between Virginia and Ohio,
together with a full discussion
of the claims of Virginia to the
territory north of the Ohio
River. It is also intended to include in
this volume a discus-
sion of the boundaries between Ohio and
Indiana and between