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torical Society at Nazareth are assured
that every pre-
caution will be taken to insure its
safety.
"Some day I hope every one of you
can go to the old
Church and sit in front of the old
fireplace, which we
discovered was twelve feet long and six
feet deep. We
will have candlesticks along the wall,
we will serve you
on a Moravian service such as was used
one hundred
and fifty years ago, when the Moravians
held services
there.
"I know the State of Ohio will prize
the bell and take
good care of it if any such thing
should happen as the
restoration ever being abandoned."
Secretary Galbreath: "It seems to
me it is proper at
this time to state for the information
of all present that
Reverend Weinland is the last in lineal
succession of
a series of Ministers beginning with
Heckewelder and
Zeisberger. He is the present Minister
of the Mora-
vian Church at Dover, Ohio. (Applause.)
Mr. Arthur C. Johnson, Chairman of the
committee
appointed to draft resolutions of
respect to the memory
of Daniel J. Ryan, made the following
report:
IN MEMORIAM DANIEL J. RYAN.
WHEREAS, It has pleased Divine Providence to remove
from our midst our co-worker, associate
and friend, Honorable
Daniel Joseph Ryan, and
WHEREAS, He had been a life member of
this Society al-
most from the time of its organization,
a member of the Board
of Trustees for thirty-five years and
second Vice President at
the time of his death, and
WHEREAS, Through all these years he was
active in the up-
building of the Society, a frequent
contributor to the Ohio Ar-
chaeological and Historical QUARTERLY
and a constant student
and writer of the history of our state, therefore
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Be it Resolved by the Ohio State
Archaeological and Historical
Society;
That in the death of Honorable Daniel
Joseph Ryan the
Society and the state has sustained a
great loss, his associate
members and officers a sincere friend
and active co-worker. Mr.
Ryan was for two terms a member of the
General Assembly and
for almost four years held tile
important office of Secretary of
State, a position which he resigned to
accept appointment as
Chief Commissioner of the World's
Columbian Exposition. He
was author of a number of books and
important monographs
among which were Arbitration between
Capital and Labor, A
Short History of Ohio, The Civil War
Literature of Ohio and
co-author with Honorable Emilius O.
Randall of the History of
Ohio, The Rise and Progress of an
American State, in five vol-
umes. He was the friend and associate of
the distinguished
men of Ohio for the past quarter of a
century. He was patri-
otically devoted to his state and nation,
faithfully discharged all
public trust and left a record of
achievement in which we take
especial pride.
Resolved,
That a copy of these resolutions be
forwarded to his wife
and family as evidence of our respect
and sincere sympathy in
their sad bereavement.
ARTHUR C. JOHNSON,
(For the committee on resolutions.)
President Campbell introduced Mr. Walter
McKin-
ney, a life member of the Society, who
presented a por-
trait painting, from life, of Simon
Kenton, illustrious
pioneer and Indian fighter. In
presenting this priceless
portrait, Mr. McKinney read a most
interesting paper
on Simon Kenton, the painter of his
portrait and the
maker of the frame. This paper, with
illustrations,
will appear in the January QUARTERLY.
President Campbell, in behalf of the
Society, accept-
ed the portrait, "painted from life
almost a century
ago."
General Edward Orton, Jr., then
presented four
portrait paintings of four noted Indian
chieftains of