Ohio History Journal

PREFATORY NOTE.

1885 the Ohio State Archaeological and Histor- ical Society began the publication of its docu- ments in the form of a Quarterly. These were issued at irregular intervals, however, until suf- ficient material had accumulated to produce three volumes. In 1896 the Society published, at one

issue, a fourth volume and the fifth appeared in August, 1897. The Society has thus produced five volumes, averaging four hundred pages to the volume, of material concerning the his- tory, archaeology and biography of the State. These volumes are of the utmost value and interest, containing articles, essays and papers by leading authorities-most of which material was prepared solely for the Society and which does not exist and cannot be obtained outside the works of the Society. The demand for these publications has been so great that the Society has issued second editions of the first three volumes and a third issue will soon have to be made. These books are in constant demand, not only by similar societies and by leading libraries throughout the United States, but by the governments and great society libraries of the old world. Each member of the Society and, by proper courtesy, each member of the Ohio Leg- islature is entitled, without cost, to these publications as they are issued by the Society. In the fall of 1897 the Society decided to renew its pub- lications in Quarterly form, and in January, 1898, the first Quar- terly of the new series was issued, comprising the first ninety- four pages of this volume (VI). In June another issue in Quar- terly form was made, including the remainder of this volume (pages 95 to 441). This last issue in June was regarded as the Quarterlies (Nos. 2 and 3) for April and July, 1898. It was thought advisable to make one issue for these two dates, as the material provided was sufficient for the two numbers and of

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