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the cabinet of President Hoover in
Honorable Walter
F. Brown, Postmaster-General. Had he
been present
he would have been accorded a most
generous welcome.
Naturally unusual interest centered in
the distin-
guished guest, William Wayne of Paoli,
Pennsylvania.
He is a lineal descendant of General
Anthony Wayne,
a successful business man and a former
member of the
General Assembly of Pennsylvania. Asked
if he had
held any other government position, he
smilingly replied
"No, this is my only
offense." He left a most favorable
impression and his presentations at the
dedication and
the banquet were heartily cheered.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The Historical Society of Northwestern
Ohio with
commendable enterprise had a complete
stenographic
report made of all the exercises
incident to the unveil-
ing and dedication of the monument to
General Anthony
Wayne on September 14, 1929. This
report was
promptly published and the editor of
the QUARTERLY is
under great obligations for the
privilege of using this
report in the preparation of copy for
the QUARTERLY.
HISTORICAL DISPLAY IN LASALLE &
KOCH'S WIN-
DOWS, TOLEDO, OHIO
ARRANGED BY NEVIN O. WINTERS
(Courtesy of Alfred Koch)
WINDOW I
Books --
1. Butterfield, C. W. -- History of the Girtys.
2. Jackson,
---- History of the Indian Wars.
3. "The Report of General Wayne on
the Battle of Faller.
Timbers." In Slocum, C. E. ---
History of the Mau-
mee River Basin, pp. 207-211.
38 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications
Maps --
1. Dr. Belknap's Map of Wayne's Route in the Maumee
Valley, 1794. In Hulbert, A. B. -- Historic
High-
ways, v. 8, p. 197.
2. "Ohio in 1835." This
map shows the old Northwestern
Territory as it was in 1835. Wood County
includes what
is now Lucas County, then unborn.
Toledo, or Port
Lawrence, is located in Monroe County,
Michigan.
Other near-by counties have not yet been
born. De-
fiance is still Fort Defiance; Fremont
is Lower San-
dusky; Findlay is Fort Findlay. Loaned
by the His-
torical Society of Northwestern Ohio.
3. "Port Lawrence and
Vistula."
Pictures --
1. "Chief Tarhe -- the Crane."
Ohio State Archaeological
and Historical Society --
Publications, v. 14, p. 133.
2. Photographic copy of the Greenville
Treaty.
3. "The Treaty of Greenville."
Ohio State Archaeological
and Historical Society -- Publications,
v. 7.
4. "Turkey Foot Rock -- original
site;" "Roche de Boeuf
on the Maumee." Ohio State
Archaeological and His-
torical Society -- Publications, v.
18, pp. 146, 147.
5. "Little Turtle." Ohio State
Archaeological and Histori-
cal Society -- Publications, v. II, p. 32.
WINDOW 2
Books --
1. Peters, W. E.-- Ohio Lands and Their Subdivision.
2. Slocum,
C. E. -- The Ohio Country, 1783-1815.
3. Howells, W. D. -- Stories of Ohio.
4. Abbott, J. S. C. -- History of the
State of Ohio.
5. Burnet, Jacob -- Notes on the
Northwestern Territory.
Maps --
1. "Ohio in 1815."
2. "Land Surveys in Ohio, with
early Posts and Settle-
ments." Hinsdale, B. A. -- Old Northwest, p. 291.
3. "Maumee in 1836." The
original name of this suburb
was Maumee City. In 1836 it was much
larger and
more important than Toledo. The map
shows that it
was plotted on an elaborate scale. The
lower part
shows the Maumee River, from Ft. Wayne
to Lake
Erie. It visualizes many facts of
history and is worth
Ohio's Monument to General Anthony
Wayne 39
more than passing note. Here are shown
the famous
"twelve-mile square reserve"
granted to the Indians
by the United States, and the Ottawa
Reserve, set
aside for certain Indians. Loaned by the
Toledo Pub-
lic Library.
4. "Toledo in 1857." In this
map we see Toledo as it was
72 years ago. One can trace the route of
the Erie and
Kalamazoo R. R., the first railroad west
of the Alle-
ghanies. The Miami and Lake Erie Canal
runs
through the city to Manhattan and its
route is clearly
indicated. Loaned by the Toledo Public
Library.
Pictures --
1. "U. S. Army and Navy Uniforms in the War of 1812-
1815." Wood, William, and Gabriel, R. H. -- The
Pageant of America, v. 6, p. 291.
2. "Blockhouse
of Fort Defiance as Restored." Van Tassel,
C. S. -- Book of
Ohio, v. 2, p. 156.
3. "Soldiers' and Sailors' Pioneer
Monument, Hamilton,
O." Ohio State Archaeological and
Historical Society
-- Publications, v. 13, p. 106.
4. "General Anthony Wayne,"
from an old print. Ohio
Magazine, v. I, October, 1906, p. 338.
WINDOW 3
Books --
1. "Anthony Wayne Routs the Ohio
Indians." America,
v. 4.
2. "General Anthony Wayne's General
Orders."
Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections,
v. 34, p.
341.
Maps --
1. "Camp Meigs." This map was
drawn by Lieutenant
Joseph Larwill with a quill pen soon
after the famous
siege of Fort Meigs. It is dated July 1,
1813, and
shows Camp Meigs -- generally called
Fort -- sur-
rounded by heavy timber; except the
cleared portion
around the stockade, which was done for
protection
from
surprise. On opposite side of
the river are
shown the sites of British batteries,
Dudley's battle
and massacre, and the old British
fortification. This
interesting map was loaned by the Toledo
Public
Library.
40 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications
2. "Plan
of the Battle of Fallen Timbers;" "Turkey Foot
Rock." Lossing, B. J. --
Pictorial Field Book of the
War of 1812, p. 55.
Pictures --
1. "Statue of Mad Anthony Wayne at Newburgh, N. Y."
The Real American in Romance, v. 10.
2. "Fort Wayne, 1795." Brice,
W. A. -- History of Fort
Wayne, p. 154.
3. "Wayne's Battlefield."
Wilson, F. E. -- The Peace of
Mad Anthony, p. 96.
4. "Uniform of an American Officer,
1796." McClellan,
Elizabeth -- Historic Dress in
America, 1607-1800.
Miscellaneous --
1. Spurs and Watch-chain of General Anthony Wayne.
Loaned by Ohio State Archaeological and
Historical
Society.
2. Pipe of Peace. The original grand
Calumet or Pipe of
Peace, smoked by General Anthony Wayne
and ninety
Indian chiefs at Greenville. Among the
Indians the
smoking of the pipe of peace was a
solemn ceremony.
It was passed from one to another and
each participant
took a puff. Loaned by the Ohio State
Archaeological
and Historical Society.
3. Autograph of General Anthony Wayne.
General
Wayne's signature is appended to an
order to "deliver
112
hunting shirts" for members of the
Third Sub-
legion then under marching orders. It is
dated Octo-
ber 4, 1795, and is an interesting souvenir
of his
famous company. On either side is a copy
of a well-
known portrait of Wayne. In another
frame is an
artist's conception of the Battle of
Fallen Timbers, and
another portrait of General Wayne.
Loaned by W. J.
Sherman.
4. Souvenirs of Fort Defiance. Articles
found on the
grounds of Fort Defiance within the past
few years
include the following, viz.:
Buttons from uniforms of General Wayne's
soldiers,
bearing the continental insignia.
Bayonet, from a soldier's gun.
Hand-made nails, used in constructing
the stockade.
Fragments of broken camp utensils.
A cane, made of wood from a massive
apple-tree which
stood opposite the Fort, and which was
said to be
Ohio's Monument to General Anthony Wayne 41 the largest apple-tree in the world. It yielded 200 bushels of fruit in its prime. It fell a few years ago. The head of the cane is made from an antler of the last wild deer killed along the Maumee. These relics were loaned by Abram Smith, of Defiance. WINDOW 4 "The Battle of Fallen Timbers." Ellis, E. S.--His- tory of the United States, v. 2. Photographic copy of portrait of General Anthony Wayne. Original is in the Museum of the His- torical Society of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia. Anthony Wayne Flag, which was carried in Wayne's campaign from Fort Defiance to Fallen Timbers. Private Johnson, color-bearer, bequeathed this time-worn and battle-scarred banner to his family. It is owned today by Captain W. H. Johnson, of Findlay. |
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