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on the west, much pleased with the town of cincinnati, think

it is the greatest place for business I ever saw, verry far sur-

passes Baltimore in my opinion for all kinds of business. We

visited the market house in the morning and where verry much

surprised at seaing 500 waggons their loaded with all kinds

of marketing, but, were told that it was not an uncomon thing

to sea 700 waggons there of a morning.   The population of

Cincinnati is said to be 39000, their was 1000 houses put up

their last year and 1000 more under construction this spring.

May 25th.

Left Cincinnati thence immeadiately up the Ohio river 18

miles viewing the fine bottoms all along the river, but was verry

much surprised seaing the trees markt all along the river where

the water had reacht to at the time of the great freshet this

spring the river then being 62 feet above low water.  This

evening we got to Samuel Behammers, where we had expected

to have found Aunt Margaret Logan but on inquiry we found

that she had been dead about four years.

May 26th.

Left Behammers, thence north west 2 miles to William

Dunhams who has a verry fine farm for sale 2 miles from the

Ohio river and 16 miles from Cincinnati, 180 acres in the tract

with about 100 acres cleared on it. This farm is well improved

with a verry large fine brick house and large fraim barn, well

watered but scarce of timber.  His price for the farm is 2300

dollars cash or 2500 in three payments.  from here we steared

our coarse east through Clearmont county 19 miles through

broken poor country to one Mr. Rosses 5 miles east of Williams-

burg where we remained for the knight.

May 27th.

Left Mr. Rosses continued our coarse east 22 miles through

the white oak swamp nearly all the way to Hillsborough the

county seat of Highland County, here we remained for the

knight.  The corn and wheat maid in this county last year

looks worth all most as mutch again as it did in aney of the

country west of this and I am told that on the Ohio river they

will give from five to ten cents a bushel more for the wheat

raised in Hiland county than for aney other, wheat here generally

weys from 63 to 66 lbs to the bushel.   We traveled about

diferent directions through the east and south parts of this

county. Came across a man by the name of Anthony Caplinger,

10 miles south of Hillsborough who ownd a farm of 252 acres,

He haveing had a faling out with his bretherern the Dunkers,

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in conciquance of this preacher not living right as he thaught

on account of whitch they split and their meatings were broken

up, be being dissatisfied and wishing to move into another

Dunker settlement, offered his land for sale, after viewing it I

thought it about such a farm as I wanted, there is about 120

acres cleared on it under good fence and in a high state of

cultivation, all the fields which are not now in cultivation are

finely set with clover big enough to mow. The buildings are

tolearable good I would say that all the buildings that are on

the farm could not be put their for less than eight hundred

dollars, his price for this farm was fifteen hundred dollars, find-

ing that we could not bargain for the land alone I proposed

buying him out all togeather; land with all growing on it and

all his personal property except his waggon and horses beads

and beading and such things as he might want to load one

waggon with, he said that he would prefer selling in that way as

he did not know how far he might move. I then askt him what

was the lowest he would take in cash for the whole together and

he said he would take $1600. dollars cash for the whole, I then

told him I would give him 1500 cash for the whole togather and

that he might now take his chois for I would not give aney

more, after standing a little he said it was a bargain we then

closed by article of agreement the next day we wrode about

10 miles north, where we found a farm to suit brother Daniel,

which farm he bot for 1600 dollars.  In the tract a verry

handsome farm well improved.   Daniel says it is the only

farm he ever saw in his life that exactly pleased him.

June Ist.

Left Highland county thence into Ros county direct on to

chilacothe where we remained for the knight. Found the town

improveing verry fast since they have got the advantages of

the canel which is now done 20 miles below the town, and the

balance under contract to points north, the contractors bound

to have it done by next fall, at which time they will have the

advantage of the new york market and the new Orleans market,

sertainly verry great are the advantages of this canal of the

state of Ohio, there is a great eal of verry fine land in Ros

county, but some parts of it thought not to be healthey, par-

ticularly the part surrounding the sioto river. Likewise, some

of the bottoms of paint creek whitch allso are seling high.

June 2nd.

After tending the market this morning in chilacothe and

being much pleased at seaing the brisk sales that were maid, we

left their for home. Wrode to Kingstown, 10 miles through a

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verry fine rich settlement, lands worth from 10 to 30 dollars per

acre. Badly watered, no spring water, and verry little water

for stock, thence to Tarleton, a small town on the east line

of pickaway county, thence to New Lankester, the county town

of Fairfield county, this county is principally settled with Jer-

mans. Farms in fine order with good buildings.  Town verry

flourishing, they have commenced cuting a canal from this place

to intersect the Cleveland canal, a distance of eight miles. This

canal is done by subscription, there is to be no locks in it, say

they will have it done by next fall.

June 3rd.

Left New Lankester, thence through perry county on to

Zainesville in Muskingdom county. The country lying between

Zainesville and chilacothe, distance 70 miles, generally good

wheat land, lays high and roaling, and some of it a good eal

broken up, on the whole I would call it about second quality,

worth from 5 to $30 per acre.

June 7th.

Left the turnpike 5 miles east of Wheeling at Henry Clays

monument, thence a little south of east, 9 miles to West Union,

in Ohio county, Virginia, this afternoon we discovered two

wild dear runing through the woods, the first we have seen,

from here we wrode through Washington county, pencilvaney,

thence through Green county to Wainsburg, the county town of

Green county.  Here we had intended turning of south to

Middletown on the Monnongahaly river in search of Doct. T. H.

Davis but on inquiry where told that we were yet 40 miles

from the place and that this was no direct road leading to the

place but all the way winding among the hills and then we

would have to pas through a verry mountainious country, with

a bad road all the way to Winchester, finding our horses giting

verry tired from the journey all ready, and we anxious to git

home, Daniel said he could not think of takeing the round, he

being under the neadcesity of returning home by the 15th of

June.  We then continued our coarse on the state road 36

miles to Uniontown on the National turnpike.

The country from where we left the turnpike 5 miles on

this side of wheeling through Ohio and Green countyes on to

Waynesburg, is a verry poor mountainious country, with here

and their a few small farms stuck about in the hallows. With-

out aney form, or I had likt to have said, comliness, the country

inhabited with bares, wolves, panthers and some wild dear,

soon after we left Wainesburg we got into a verry beautifull

country, verry fine farms all along the road to Uniontown,

DEDICATION OF THE JAMES E. CAMPBELL ELM

On October 20, 1923, very interesting exercises were

held in the State House Grounds at Columbus on the

occasion of the dedication of the James E. Campbell

Elm, a seedling from the famous Logan Elm in Picka-

way County under which the speech or message of the

Indian chief Logan was dictated and sent to Lord Dun-

more who was holding a peace conference with the

Indians at Camp Charlotte seven miles distant, Octo-

ber, 1774.     These    exercises were arranged        by   Mr.

Frank Tallmadge, Chairman of the Logan Elm Com-

mittee of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical

Society. Following is the interesting program, impres-

sively and pleasingly rendered on schedule time:

PROGRAM

INVOCATION .........                                    ........................REV. SIDNEY E. SWEET

FOREWORD .........                                           ...........................FRANK TALLMADGE

Chairman, Logan Elm Committee, of the Ohio State

Archaeological and Historical Society, introducing the

CHAIRMAN OF THE EXERCISES ............... C. B. GALBREATH

Secretary and Librarian, Ohio State Archaeological

and Historical Society

PLANTING SONG .................................... TRINITY CHOIR

LED BY PROFESSOR KARL HOENIG

(Tune: "America")

God save these trees we plant,             When they are ripe to fall,

And to all nature grant                                                    Neighbored by trees as tall,

Sunshine and rain.              Shape them for good.

Let not their branched fade,                  Shape them to bench and stool,

Save them from ax and spade,                Shape them to square and rule,

Save them for joy and shade--               Shape them for home and school,

Guarding the plain.            God bless the wood.

Lord of the earth and seas,

Prosper our planted trees,

Save with Thy might.

Save us from indolence,

Waste and improvidence,

And in Thy excellence,

Lead us aright.

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RECITATION, "Trees" ...................... Poem by JOYCE KILMER

To be spoken by the audience in concert

I think that I shall never see                       A tree that may in summer wear

A poem lovely as a tree.                              A nest of robins in her hair.

A  tree whose hungry mouth is                    Upon whose bosom     snow  has

prest                               lain;

Against the earth's sweet flowing                 Who intimately lives with rain.

breast.                                               Poems are made by fools like

A tree that looks at God all day        me,

And lifts her leafy arms to pray.   But only God can make a tree.

WHAT THE TREES TEACH US

(Fourteen Rhymes for Individual Recitations)

I am taught by the Oak to be rugged and strong

In defense of the right, in defiance of wrong.

I have learned from the Maple, that beauty to win

The love of all hearts, must have sweetness within

The Beech, with its branches wide-spreading and low,

Awakes in my heart hospitality's glow.

The Pine tells of constancy. In its sweet voice,

It whispers of hope till sad mortals rejoice.

The nut-bearing trees teach that 'neath manners gruff

May be found as "sweet kernels" as in their caskets rough.

The Birch, in its wrappings of silvery gray,

Shows that beauty needs not to make gorgeous display.

The Ash, having fibers tenacious and strong,

Teaches me firm resistance, to battle with wrong.

The Aspen tells me with its quivering leaves,

To be gentle to every sad creature that grieves.

The Elm teaches me to be pliant yet true;

Though bowed by rude winds, it still rises anew.

The Lombardy Poplars point upward in praise,

My voice to kind Heaven they teach me to raise.

I am taught generosity, boundless and free,

By showers of fruit from the dear Apple tree.

The Cherry tree blushing with fruit crimson red,

Tells of God's free abundance that all may be fed.

In the beautiful Linden, so fair to the sight,

This truth I discern: It is inwardly white.

The firm-rooted Cedars, like sentries of old,

Show that virtues deep-rooted may also be gold.

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DEDICATION OF THE TREE

Chairman--What tree does this seedling spring from?

Reply by Audience--The Logan Elm.

Chairman--How old is the Logan Elm?

Reply by Audience--It is the oldest living thing in Ohio.

It has lived in four centuries.

Chairman--In whose honor is this little tree now planted

and dedicated?

Reply by Audience--James E. Campbell.

PRESENTATION OF THE TREE............ HON. HENRY J. BOOTH

On behalf of the Logan Elm Committee to the State of Ohio

ACCEPTANCE .............................GOVERNOR A. V. DONAHEY

TREE PLANTING SONG .............................TRINITY CHOIR

To be joined by the audience

(Tune: "America")

1 Joy for the sturdy trees,                               3 Select the strong, the fair,

Fanned by each fragrant breeze,                   Plant them with earnest care,

Lovely they stand!                 No toil is vain.

The song birds o'er them trill,                     Plant in a fitter place,

They shade each tinkling rill,                      Where, like a lovely face,

They crown each swelling hill,                     Let in some sweeter grace,

Lowly or grand.                    Change may prove gain.

2 Plant them by stream and way,                    4 God will His blessing send,

Plant where the children play                      All things on Him depend,

And toilers rest;                  His loving care

In every verdant vale,                                 Clings to each leaf and flower

On every sunny swale --                              Like ivy to its tower.

Whether to grow or fail,                             His presence and His power

God knows best.                    Are everywhere.

-- S. F. SMITH.

BENEDICTION

In calling the assemblage to order Mr. Frank Tall-

madge spoke as follows:

There have been three forces that have called us together

today in the dedication of this little tree: our love of history,

our love of nature and the love we bear for one man, the first

citizen of this State.   I bespeak your interest in the program

and ask that all join in the songs to the well known tune of

America.

Mr. E. F. Wood, Treasurer of the Ohio State Archaeological

and Historical Society, has kindly consented to act as Chairman

in the place of our Secretary, Mr. C. B. Galbreath, who is

detained at home on account of a severe cold.

After the introductory and dedicatory exercises the

chairman introduced Hon. Henry J. Booth, who in

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behalf of the Logan Elm       Committee presented the

Campbell Logan Elm to the State in the following ad-

dress:

Mr. Chairman and Fellow Citizens: As I take it, the pri-

mary purpose of planting here today a scion of the most cele-

brated of all historic trees west of the Allegheny Mountains, to

bear the name of our most distinguished citizen, is to establish a

precedent which will promote a more active interest in the

public parks of the State, and more especially to lead to the

restoration of this park to the condition contemplated by those

who dedicated it to public use.

Let us hope that our exercises here today will be considered

also as a protest against the neglect which has resulted in starv-

ing to death nearly all of the trees of larger growth which were

planted here nearly a hundred years ago.

Let us hope also that this occasion will be accepted as a

meritorious appeal to our state officials to commence at once the

work of reparation for the results of past indifference and

neglect.

For many years this was a well shaded lawn.  It so re-

mained until after Governor Campbell left the office in which

he served the public with such signal ability.  Of the many

majestic elms which then surrounded the capital building but

few remained when Governor Donahey succeeded to that high

office. Therefore we may absolve both of them from responsi-

bility for the deplorable conditions which now exist.  One of

the causes directly contributing to the death and removal of

nearly all of the larger trees which were originally planted here

was their location too close to the streets.  Other preventable

causes constitute another story, which cannot now be told for

lack of time.

Passing now from the consideration of what has occurred

in the past, let me attempt to justify a statement concerning the

condition of these grounds made a year or two ago at a meeting

of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, but

now made for the first time in public, by this quotation from

the Mormon Bible:

"Blessed is he that bloweth his own horn, for whoso-

ever bloweth not his own horn, his horn shall not be blown."

Therefore, I take the liberty of saying to you now, as I said to

the members of that Society at that time, the condition of

this park is a disgrace to the State of Ohio. Nearly all of the

larger trees, the dead and the dying, have been removed. Every-

where about us appear the vacant spaces where once they stood.

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Others should be planted to supersede them, but in locations

more wisely chosen.  This should be considered not only a

public duty, but also a personal pleasure. We commence that

work today.

In rapid succession we hope others will be planted bearing

the names of other distinguished citizens.  They will doubtless

represent various suitable varieties, including perhaps the elm,

the oak, the hickory, the buckeye, and other varieties, both large

and small.  And in order to develop and perpetuate their

growth, we must feed and water every tree according to its needs.

For food and water are as vitally necessary to the life and well-

being of every tree as they are to every human being and to

every animal of the field and forest.

Nature takes care of her trees in their natural habitat, but

when man deprives them of such surroundings, he must supply

their food and drink. In the care of state parks, that duty rests

directly upon the state.

To promulgate that idea, representatives of The Ohio

Archaeological and Historical Society now tender to the state,

through Governor Donahey, a seedling of the Logan Elm, a tree

which became historic one hundred and forty-nine years ago,

and, with proper care, may yet add to its present age another

hundred years.

As this little tree was selected and brought here by Mr.

Frank Tallmadge, now and for many years past chairman of

the Committee which is entrusted with the care of the parent

tree, there can be no doubt as to the lineage and identity of the

seedling.  He knows the Logan Elm as well as he knows his

Catechism. It is as dear to him as the apple of his eye.

In closing permit me to add that no other name in Ohio,

so appropriate as his, could be selected for a place on this tree

as that of James E. Campbell.  We hope that the tree now

planted will serve its cherished purpose during all the years

which may be allotted to it by a beneficent Providence.  The

man whose name it bears will be known and honored as long as

American history is read -- time without end.

In the unavoidable absence of Governor A. V.

Donahey from the city, his Secretary, Mr. J. A. Meck-

stroth, accepted for the State the James E. Campbell

Elm in the following appreciative and appropriate ad-

dress:

Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:  I wish Governor

Donahey might be here today. Had he not been called to Wash-

ington I am sure he would be present.

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This is the kind of ceremony the Governor would enjoy.

He is a lover of the pioneer and Indian history of Ohio.  He

can find more arrow-heads and other Indian relics on an acre

of soil than any man I've ever known. I have heard the Gov-

ernor talk about the Logan Elm.  He visits the tree at every

opportunity.  He is a lover of trees in general.  I have heard

him say trees are like people.  Every tree in a forest can be

likened to some person of your acquaintance, he says.  Trees

range from seedlings to maturity, from youth to old age. You

can pick out the individual trees that had the best opportunity

in life -- those that had health, food, water and proper ventila-

tion and those that were not so fortunate. You find trees whose

broken limbs signify they met with an accident. And so on in-

definitely -- just as in the human race.

I am sure we all have a high appreciation for the good

work of Mr. Tallmadge, who has made the Logan Elm his

hobby. If you haven't seen this tree in recent years you should

go and see how Mr. Tallmadge is feeding it and how it has

developed and improved.  If Mr. Tallmadge were to live as

long as the Logan Elm will yet live, under the kind of care he

is giving it, he will live another century and maybe two. After

the recent death of the Washington Elm, the Logan Elm now

is probably the most famous tree in the country.

I need not express the admiration we all have for grand

old Governor Campbell, in whose honor a seedling of the

Logan Elm is planted here today.  And so, for the reasons I

have given, I know the Governor would have liked to be here

to accept for the State this seedling of the oldest tree in Ohio

in honor of the oldest living former Governor of the State.

And I also know if the Governor were here he would propose

that next year the Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society

plant another seedling in the State House yard in honor of the

Logan Elm's guardian angel, Mr. Tallmadge.

And now, not being an orator like Mr. Booth, who made the

presentation speech, or even like old Chief Logan, I don't know

what else to say except that it is a great pleasure for me to

accept this little tree in behalf of the State.  I hope it may

live and grow big and sturdy and thereby perpetuate the tradi-

tions of its parent and the memory of Governor Campbell. I

hope other seedlings of the same tree may be planted.  The

time will come when the Logan Elm, Governor Campbell, Mr.

Tallmadge and all of us will be dead and gone, but through such

thoughtful functions as this today the traditions of our pioneer

history and the memory of distinguished citizens may be carried

to future citizens of Ohio by future generations of the Logan

Elm.

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Governor Campbell, the recipient of the special

honor of this occasion, was present and in a very happy

address expressed his appreciation in this living testi-

monial of the regard in which he is held. With the

singing of the "tree planting song" by the Trinity Choir

and benediction the delightful and impressive program

of the afternoon was concluded.

PETER NAVARRE DAY.

On Saturday afternoon, October 6, 1923, Peter Na-

varre Day was appropriately celebrated in Toledo by

the dedication of the Peter Navarre Memorial in St.

Mary's Cemetery under the auspices of the United

States Daughters of 1812. Following is the program

of the exercises:

Music ...............................................Fred   Lower's  Band

Singing........................................."Star Spangled Banner"

Led by Mrs. Nelson A. Galbraith

Custodian of the Flag

Invocation  .............................Rev. Patrick O'Brien

Address ...............................Hon. Mayor Bernard F. Brough

Master of Ceremonies

Presentation of Cemetery Plot to the Peter Navarre Chapter, N. S.

U. S. Daughters of 1812 ......By the Rev. Francis Hiermann, S. J.

Pastor of St. Mary's Church

Acceptance by the Regent..........................Mrs. Kent Hamilton

Music  ................... .......... ..............  Lower's  Band

Unveiling of Memorial.......By the Chapter and Hon. Regents for Life

Mrs. Helen Wolcott Dimick, State President

Mrs. George B. Orwig, Hon. Organizing Regent

Led by the Chaplain and Ex-Regent, Mrs. Robert C. Bowlus

Assisted by Girl Scouts

Address -- "Peter Navarre".........................Hon. George Sheets

Singing                ...................... "America"

Led by Mrs. Nelson A. Galbraith

Peter Navarre was born in Detroit in 1785. He

died in East Toledo, March 20, 1874, in his eighty-ninth

year. He rendered distinguished services in the War

of 1812, acting as a scout for General William Henry

Harrison.

At the dedication of the Memorial our Society was

represented by Mr. W. J. Sherman of Toledo.

UNVEILING OF TABLET AT FORT GOWER

Appropriate and interesting exercises marked the

unveiling of a tablet by the Ohio Daughters of the

American Revolution on the site of old Fort Gower at

Hockingport, Athens County, Ohio. The exercises

preliminary to the dedication were held in the city of

Athens Friday evening, November 9. The formal

dedication and unveiling of the tablet occurred on the

day following at Hockingport. The granite monument

bears two tablets, one commemorating the building of

the Fort by Lord Dunmore on his way to the Pickaway

Plains and the resolutions adopted by Dunmore's offi-

cers expressing sympathy with their revolutionary

brethren in the Continental Congress; the other in

honor of Colonel Robert Patterson and his associates

who were here attacked by the Indians.

The program is here presented in full:

PROGRAM OF EXERCISES

UNVEILING TABLET AT HISTORIC FT. GOWER

by

OHIO DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

ATHENS, OHIO

Friday and Saturday, November 9th and 10th, 1923

Friday afternoon from three to five o'clock, Nabby Lee Ames

Chapter will receive all visiting Daughters at the home of Mrs. T.

Watson Craig.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9th -- ATHENS

Ewing Hall, 7:30 P. M.

Presiding ........................... Mrs. James T. Merwin

Regent, Nabby Lee Ames Chapter

Assembly ............................................. Vercoe Murphy

Bugler of The American Legion

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Invocation     ..............................Dr. Daniel McGurk

Music.................................Ohio University Girls' Glee Club

a. I know of two bright eyes ............................Clutsam

b. Long Ago ................................... Marshall-Loetke

Polonaise -- MacDowell .............................Miss Irene Witham

Presentation of Memorial....................Mrs. O. D. Dailey, Albany

State Chairman, Historic Spots

Acceptance of Memorial ..............Mrs. Lowell F. Hobart, Cincinnati

State Regent, Ohio D. A. R.

Music ..................................Mrs. Helen Falloon Stevens

a. Thou art risen, my beloved..................Coleridge Taylor

b.  Ah! Love, but  a  day ...........................Hallet Gilberti

"Lest we forget"..................................Dr. Garland, Dayton

Welfare Director, N. C. R.

Address -- The Larger Patriotism ....................Dr. Edwin Chubb

Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, Ohio University

America

Benediction   ............................    .Dr. Abbott Y. Wilcox

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10th

Hockingport, Site of Ft. Gower

1:00 o'clock P. M.

Presiding........................Mrs. Lowell F. Hobart, State Regent

America

Dedication...........................Mrs. Wm. Magee Wilson, Xenia

Vice President General from Ohio, N. S. D. A. R.

Unveiling........................Mrs. Orson Dryer, Columbus

Assistants--Margaret Townsend Porter

Marjorie Boyles

Charge to the Nabby Lee Ames Chapter ....................Mrs. Hobart

State Regent, Ohio D. A. R.

Acceptance of Charge....................... Miss Helen Mar Townsend

Chairman of Historic Spots, Nabby Lee Ames Chapter

Star Spangled Banner

The local papers give liberal space to this event.

The following account is from            the Athens Messenger

of November 11, 1923:

Most impressive were the services at Hockingport Satur-

day afternoon when the Ohio Daughters of the American Revo-

lution unveiled and dedicated the tablet marking the historic

site of Fort Gower where the first American Declaration of In-

dependence was made in 1774. Among those attending the cere-

monies were 40 representatives from other state chapters who

were very much pleased with the services held at Hockingport.

Many of the visitors arrived in Athens on Friday and in

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the afternoon they were entertained with a reception at the home

of Mrs. T. W. Craig. In the evening the memorial was pre-

sented to the Ohio D. A. R. by Mrs. O. D. Dailey, of Albany,

who is state chairman of the committee on historic spots. Mrs.

Dailey reviewed the historic interest of Fort Gower and the me-

morial was accepted by Mrs. Lowell F. Hobart, of Cincinnati,

the state regent.

Two splendid addresses of a patriotic nature were delivered

by Dr. Garland, of Dayton, and by Dean Edwin Chubb, of the

Ohio University.   Dr. Garland represented John Patterson,

president of the National Cash Register Co., of Dayton, who

donated one of the tablets on the memorial and the address of

Dr. Garland stressed the importance of remembering the scenes

of historical importance, together with pioneers who made the

development of the country possible.  Dean Chubb's address

was a fine one on "The Larger Patriotism."

Music was furnished for the occasion by the Ohio Uni-

versity Girls' Glee Club, Mrs. Helen Falloon Stevens and Miss

Irene Witham. Mrs. James T. Merwin, regent of the Nabby

Lee Ames Chapter, presided, the invocation being asked by Dr.

Daniel McGurk and the benediction being pronounced by Dr.

A. Y. Wilcox.

The trip to Hockingport, which was gaily decorated with

flags in honor of the occasion, was made by automobile.  Mrs.

Lowell F. Hobart, the state regent, presided during the cere-

monies which were opened with the singing of "America," by

the audience. The dedication address was made by Mrs. Wil-

liam Magee Wilson, of Xenia, vice-president general of the

National D. A. R.   The unveiling of the memorial was done

by Mrs. Orson Dryer, of Columbus, assisted by the Misses

Margaret Porter and Marjorie Boyles, of Athens.

The memorial is a granite block cut from the quarries near

Stony Creek battlefield in Connecticut. It is six feet high, four

feet wide, and two feet thick, and two of its sides are bronze

tablets telling the history of the site it marks and its dedication

by the Ohio D. A. R. Its charge was given to the Nabby Lee

Ames Chapter of Athens by State Regent Mrs. Hobart, and the

charge was accepted by Miss Helen M. Townsend, chairman of

the historic spots of the local chapter.

We have received a full report of two of the ad-

dresses. In presenting the memorial Mrs. O. D. Dailey

spoke as follows:

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Students of history have long been aware that no state of

the Northwest Territory can boast of so many forts and stock-

ades as Ohio. Yet, up to the present year, no fort was so little

known or so little heralded as Fort Gower.  However, recent

historians have brought it out of its obscurity, and are placing

it among the most significant of western forts, because at this

place occurred an event which gives to Ohio, which gives to

Athens County, so to speak, the claim upon a Revolutionary site.

It is not for me to enter upon any detailed history of this

event, but, that we may understand the motive which prompted

7,000 of Ohio's Daughters to select this site as deserving some

mark of recognition, it becomes necessary to state a few facts.

In 1774 the English Parliament affirmed the detested Quebec

Act, passed eleven years before, which gave Quebec jurisdiction

over the territory West and North of the Ohio river, known as

the Northwest Territory.  The American colonists were for-

bidden to settle in this region.  Pennsylvania did not object so

seriously to this act, for their trade with the Indians would be

even more secure if fewer settlements were made.

But the Virginians did not give up so easily. They claimed

that their charter extended into the Ohio country, and that

they had a right to settle there.  Consequently, Lord Dunmore,

last royal Governor of Virginia, planned an expedition into Ohio,

ostensibly to punish the Indians for frequent excursions across

the Ohio river. General Andrew Lewis, who was put in com-

mand of another division of 1500 men, which was eventually

to join Lord Dunmore's division, went down the Kanawha as

far as Point Pleasant. Here on October 10, occurred the bloody

battle which drove Cornstalk and his 1000 brave Indians back

across the Ohio river.

In the meantime Lord Dunmore with his men followed his

guides down the Ohio river until they arrived at the mouth of

the Hock-hocking river, where they built a stockade and named

it Fort Gower.  Leaving a garrison of 100 men to guard the

Fort, Lord Dunmore and his army marched up the Hock-hocking

valley, past the present site of Athens, camped on Sunday at

Sunday Creek, on Monday at Monday Creek, thence by the

present site of Logan, southwest to within seven miles of Circle-

ville, where Camp Charlotte was established. Here a few days

later the famous treaty with the Indians was made which closed

Lord Dunmore's War.

Returning to Fort Gower they there learned that couriers had

arrived in their absence, announcing the action of the first Con-

tinental Congress, assembled at Philadelphia, September 5, 1774.

It was at this time that the event occurred which concerns us

and our interests.

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Immediately the officers of Lord Dunmore held a meeting,

and in order to assure their countrymen on the frontier, in the

great crisis that had arisen, that they were ready at all times to

defend their country, drew up a set of resolutions saying that

they would be loyal to King George the Third so long as he

delighted to reign justly over a brave and free people, but "as

the love of liberty and attachment to the real interests of America

outweigh every other consideration, we resolve that we will exert

every power within us for the defense of American liberty, and

for the support of her just rights and privileges, not in any

riotous manner, but when regularly called forth by the unani-

mous voice of our countrymen."

Thus an independence was virtually declared upon Ohio soil,

upon the banks of the Hock-hocking, in what is now Athens

County, by these sturdy Virginians, more than one and a half

years before old Liberty Bell pealed forth her message of

freedom.

Theodore Roosevelt in his "Winning of the West" makes

this statement:  "Lord Dunmore's War with the Indians was

the opening act of the drama whereof the closing scene was

played at Yorktown."  The declaration at Fort Gower was a

part of this War.

At Point Pleasant, West Va., stands a marble shaft erected

by the Daughters of the American Revolution of that State,

in memory of the patriots who shed their blood in the first battle

of that war.

The far-famed Logan Elm is a natural memorial for the

events which center around the treaty with the Indians, which

closed that War.  Fort Gower has remained in its obscurity,

unmarked.

But, as State Chairman of Historic Sites, it has been my

pleasant duty to carry out one of the purposes of the organiza-

tion of the Daughters of the American Revolution, which is

"to perpetuate the memory and spirit of the men and women

who achieved Independence by the acquisition and protection of

historic sites," therefore, I beg to report to the State Regent of

that organization, in behalf of the Ohio Daughters, that Fort

Gower is no longer unmarked, for there, too, now stands a

huge granite boulder whose bronze tablet bears a message com-

memorating the men who at that spot, on November 5, 1774,

were among the first of our country to express the spirit of

American independence.

At Hockingport in directing the unveiling of the

tablet Mrs. Orson D. Dryer spoke as follows:

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Madam   Vice-president General, Madam  State Regent,

Daughters of Ohio and Friends: Would that I had the words

of a poet and the gift of an artist that I might paint a word

picture that would, in a measure bring to your minds the scene

enacted here one hundred and forty-nine years ago.

When John Murray, Earl of Dunmore, Royal Governor of

Virginia, arrived here with twelve hundred Virginians whom he

had led through the mountains to Fort Pitt and from there by

boat to the mouth of Hock-hocking, he built and garrisoned a

small stockade and named it Fort Gower, in honor of the English

Earl. The site upon which the Virginian army encamped was

one of awe-inspiring grandeur.  Here were hills and valleys,

all covered with gigantic forests, the growth of centuries, stand-

ing in their majesty and arrayed in the colors of early October.

On October 11th, Dunmore and his army left here on their

way to the Indian Villages. The army camped the first night at

Federal, and the second at Sunday Creek, both in Athens County.

At the third camp, near Nelsonville, news was brought from

General Andrew Lewis of his victory, at Point Pleasant, which

occasioned great joy among the troops. Two days later a mes-

senger from Cornstalk, the Indian chief, appeared, suing for

peace; but next day the army continued its journey to the

Pickaway Plains, where it camped on the bank of Scippo Creek,

at a place named Camp Charlotte. Here the famous treaty with

the Indian chiefs occurred. What the exact terms of that treaty

were is not now fully known. No copy of the treaty can be found.

Whatever the terms, the results of the Dunmore War were

most important. "It kept the northwestern tribes quiet for the

first two years of the Revolutionary struggle."  Cornstalk

haughtily acceded to the terms of the whites, but one distin-

guished chief who refused to be present at that council, was

Logan. He said, "I am a warrior, not a councilor" and would

not come.

The campaign had ended. The camp was struck and the

soldiers took up their march from Pickaway Plains back to the

Ohio. When Dunmore's army arrived at Fort Gower the sol-

diers learned for the first time of the action taken by the first

Continental Congress, which had assembled at Philadelphia

September 5, 1774. The officers of the army thereupon held a

meeting proclaiming their sympathy with colonial independence.

A strange way for Virginia frontiersmen to celebrate their

triumph over western Indians, and this was six months before

the shot was fired at Lexington that was "heard round the

world."

The resolutions passed November 5, 1774, asserted loyalty to

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the king while "he delights to reign over a brave and free

people," but declared that "love of liberty outweighs all other

considerations," and they would "exert every power" for its de-

fense when called forth by the voice of their countrymen. They

also expressed the respect entertained for Lord Dunmore, and

believed that the campaign was undertaken from no other motive

than the true interest of this country. These resolutions were

signed by Benjamin Ashby, Clerk, but it is unfortunate that we

have no way of ascertaining who all the other officers were, nor

whether Lord Dunmore had left the army for Fort Pitt prior

to, or after the passage of these resolutions.

General Adam Stephen was one of the officers reported to

have made a speech at this time favoring the colonial cause and

several of my ancestors took part in this celebrated meeting. My

great-grandfather, Colonel Benjamin Wilson, was aid-de-camp

on Lord Dunmore's staff, ranking as a lieutenant at this time

and vested with the authority that goes with that office, which

was then a much more important office than now.  Two of

Colonel Benjamin Wilson's brothers were with him, namely John

and Archibald and two cousins, John and William White.

Dunmore's army broke up into small squads, which found

their way back to Fort Pitt as best they might.  The men suf-

fered for lack of provision and were chiefly dependent upon

what game could be killed. Archibald Wilson and William and

John White at their own request left the army at Fort Gower

going home by the Shenandoah Valley, making some "toma-

hawk improvements" by blazing the trees and cutting initials

and date on them, which gave them a valid title to land in

Virginia.

But the two White brothers were never able to take up their

claims, as both of them were killed the following year by

Indians.

There were a number of the officers in this expedition

against the Indians, who became famous a little later in the

Revolution.

Benjamin Wilson became a Colonel in the Revolution. He

and his brother John were delegates to the Virginia convention

which ratified the Constitution of the United States.

It is a great honor you have conferred upon me today in

permitting me to have the privilege of unveiling this memorial

which has been erected by the Daughters of the State of Ohio,

to commemorate the greatest event that ever occurred on Ohio

soil.

I want to congratulate our chairman, Mrs. O. D. Dailey on

having so successfully carried her plans through to completion

OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL

SOCIETY

REVIEWS, NOTES AND COMMENTS

BY THE EDITOR

MEETING OF AMERICAN HISTORICAL

ASSOCIATION

The annual meeting of the American Historical

Association to which the attention of the members of

the Society was invited by a circular letter under date

of December 17, 1923, enclosing a detailed program of

the meeting, was held on schedule time in Columbus,

December 27-29, 1923. The sessions of the Associa-

tion and the related societies that held their meetings

on the same dates fully realized our prediction that

this meeting would afford "an opportunity for instruc-

tion, inspiration and rational entertainment never be-

fore presented to Ohioans interested in American his-

tory."

A detailed account of the sessions of the Associa-

tion and other organizations meeting at the same time

would fill a volume and cannot be attempted here.

These proceedings will later be published elsewhere and

will be available to all interested in them. The pub-

lication of the report of the American Historical Asso-

ciation by the United States Government, like other

government printing, national and local, is much delayed.

In answer to a letter of inquiry we have learned direct

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from Washington that the report for the year 1919

has not yet been published. These reports are of great

value, however, and are well worth waiting for.

In the meantime valuable papers read at the dif-

ferent sessions of the Association, many of them, will

be available through other channels before they are

published by the government four or five years hence.

The meeting on Thursday evening, December 27, in

the First Congregational Church was largely attended

and the speakers were heard with closest attention and

evident appreciation.  Honorable James E. Campbell,

former Governor of Ohio and President of the Ohio

State Archaeological and Historical Society, presided

in his usual felicitous manner.   In introducing Dr.

Harry A. Garfield, son of President James A. Garfield,

Governor Campbell paid a brief but sincere tribute to

the distinguished father of the speaker and his sons

who have themselves won honorable position in the

service of their country.  Dr. Garfield had chosen as

the subject of his address, "Recent Political Develop-

ment:   Progress or Change?" a subject entirely ap-

propriate but one that did not give definite intimation

of the treat in store for the audience.  The Columbus

Evening Dispatch editorially fittingly characterized this

address which was delivered in a pleasing voice and

reached everyone in the audience:

Dr. Garfield, of the Political Scientist Group, argued the

advisability of handling problems such as the coal distribution

through the agency of two special commissions, in addition to

the finally responsible government officials -- one, a fact-finding

commission, the other an advisory commission. The fact-finders

should have no power or responsibility whatever except to find

out facts and arrange them in intelligible form for use. The

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advisory commission should study these facts and to the best

of its ability interpret their meaning, suggesting any govern-

ment action which might seem advisable as a result of that study,

but it should have power only to advise, not to act. Our

ordinary constitutional agencies should not have their powers

and responsibilities lessened in any way whatever by the setting

up of these commissions. The argument was put with clearness

and force and is well worthy of serious consideration by Con-

gress and our state legislatures, which would have to furnish

the legal authorization and financial provision for such a plan.

The annual addresses by the Presidents of the

American Historical Association have almost without

exception been notable contributions to history.   So

true has this been that they are looked forward to with

assured anticipation of a message of more than ordi-

nary merit. Those who came to hear Dr. Edward P.

Cheyney, President of the Association, expected much

and they were not disappointed.   The long continued

applause at the conclusion of his address was a real

tribute from a discriminating audience.

Dr. Cheyney's subject was "Law in History." He

began by pointing out a number of incidents: a south-

west wind increasing to a gale on August 10, 1588,

which drove the Spanish Armada through the North

Sea to destruction; the advent of Anne Boleyn, "black-

eyed, vivacious, charming," in the reign of Henry VIII;

the incursion of Attila, King of the Huns, into Gaul in

the middle of the fifth century; the appearance of the

bubonic plague, the "black death" in Europe in 1345,

"more devastating than the armies of Attila"; the per-

sonality of Washington as a decisive influence in the

American Revolution -- all these were cited as super-

ficial indications that general laws do not control the

course of history; that much is left to chance influences

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and personalities outside of any general law controlling

the course of events. "My allotted time this evening,"

said the speaker, "could easily be filled with a mere

enumeration of instances where great and general

effects are asserted to have followed upon certain ac-

cidental or personal causes. But are these statements

of cause and effect true, or are the appearances decep-

tive?  Have these events and personalities really had

the influence on the course of history so easily and

naturally attributed to them? A hasty reexamination of

the instances I have taken may suggest the need of a

more adequate explanation. Although the wind blew

from the southwest on the tenth of August, 1588, it

did not blow adversely for the Spaniards through the

whole twenty years of the Elizabethan war. * * *

Can anyone believe that there would have been no

Reformation in England in the sixteenth century if

Henry VIII had not fallen in love with Anne Boleyn?

* * * American independence as we look on it now

was not the creation of Washington and the 'Fathers'

but a necessary result of the divergence of the two

countries.  So it is with the other instances."  The

speaker then led up to the conclusion that "history, like

the stars, has been controlled by immutable, self-existent

law, by what Mr. Gladstone in his sonorous eloquence

once described in Parliament 'as those great social

forces which move on in their might and majesty, and

which the tumult of our debates does not for a moment

impede or disturb.'"

Mr. Cheyney then proceeded to the enumeration of

what he conceived to be some of the laws of history.

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"Laws of history there must be," said he, "and my

guesses at some of them are these."

The laws that he suggests in the order presented

were as follows:

1. "The law of continuity * * * The con-

tinuity of history is not merely a fact; it is a law. By

no voluntary action can any great breach of historic

continuity be accomplished."

2. "A law of impermanence, of mutability * * *.

Perhaps an America scornful of a League of Nations,

wedded to isolation, struggling to keep her life separate,

unconformable to a world that has been made essentially

one by economic and intellectual changes, may not be

able to survive. Thus the law of mutability, of insta-

bility of nations, will receive one more illustration."

3. "A law of interdependence -- interdependence

of individuals, of classes, of tribes, of nations.  The

human race seems to be essentially an organism, a unit.

* * * No part of the human race in history has

really progressed by the injury of another. We have

all risen or fallen together.  Conquests of one people

by another have always demoralized the conquerors.

* * * Who shall say that France and Italy, England and

the United States, are freer and better countries since

the Great War than before? The fruits of victory in

war have often proved to be apples of Sodom, turning

to dust in the mouth."

4. "A law of democracy, a tendency for all gov-

ernment to come under the control of all the people.

* * * Who would not trust, if he may, the instincts

and aspirations of the mass of the people in the passage

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perilous of the next few years, rather than the vagaries

of a Mussolini, the obstinacy of a Poincare, the

pedantry of a Lenin, or the narrow vision and restricted

interests of any one class of the people?"

5. "A law of necessity for free consent.   Human

beings are free agents in their relations to other human

beings; they cannot permanently be compelled.     Not

only should all government be by the consent of the

governed but all government has been by the consent of

the governed. * * * The effects of force in his-

tory have been temporary and partial and illusory; vol-

untary acceptance alone has been permanent and ade-

quate and substantial."

6. "A law of moral progress." The speaker de-

clared that there seemed, "so far as this groping search

extends," such a law.  "Obscurely and slowly, yet vis-

ibly and measurably, moral influences in human affairs

have become stronger and more fittingly extended than

material influences."

After a recapitulation of these laws which were

each appropriately set forth with references not only

to past history but present conditions the speaker said:

May I repeat that I do not conceive of these generalizations

as principles which it would be well for us to accept, or as

ideals which we may hope to attain; but as natural laws, which

we must accept whether we want to or not, whose workings

we cannot obviate, however much we may thwart them to our

own failure and disadvantage; laws to be accepted and reckoned

with as much as the laws of gravitation, or of chemical affinity,

or of organic evolution, or of human psychology.

Near the close of his address Dr. Cheyney gave this

as his judgment of the practical use of history:

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For practical uses, if history is to have a practical use,

what we need is a clue to the future. This a knowledge of the

laws of history might give us. If we knew the laws of history

we might reason and act with the same intelligence and precision

and anticipation of success with which the engineer acts in con-

formity with the known laws of physics, or the astronomer with

the laws of astronomy, or the cattle breeder with the Mendelian

law of inheritance.

While there are doubtless those who would not agree

with all of Dr. Cheyney's conclusions, it will be gener-

ally admitted that his address, here all too briefly re-

viewed, is timely and thought-stimulating.

At the conference of Patriotic Societies on Satur-

day afternoon, December 29, Professor Carl Wittke of

the Ohio State University spoke on "What the Patriotic

Societies can do to aid the Organization of Work in

Ohio History."     He reviewed briefly some of the

program adopted by the Ohio History Commission and

made an appeal to the Patriotic Societies to aid in the

collection and preservation of the sources of local Ohio

history.

The business meeting of the Association on Friday

afternoon lasted so late that but few members found

time to inspect the collection of the Ohio State Archaeo-

logical and Historical Society at 5:30 P. M., the hour

fixed in the program for this inspection. In the course

of the three days' session, however, many members at

other times visited the Museum and Library Building

of the Society. The reception and smoker given under

the auspices of the Society in the Deshler at 9:30 Fri-

day evening was a great success -- a most enjoyable

affair in every way.   Practically all those in attend-

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ance at the meeting were present and expressions of

appreciation of this function were frequently heard.

The program closed with the session of the Con-

ference of State Historical Societies at the Hotel

Deshler Saturday afternoon.   Though this meeting

came at the end of the series when a number of mem-

bers had to leave on early afternoon trains, it was well

attended and there was a profitable interchange of

views among those present.

Professor Wilbur H. Siebert of the Ohio State Uni-

versity was accorded unstinted praise for his very suc-

cessful arrangements for the conference.  He was

chairman of the Committee on Local Arrangements,

and a number of delegates assured the writer that at

no previous meeting of the Association had the ar-

rangements been in every way more satisfactory.

Woodrow Wilson, former President of the United

States, was elected President of the Association. Other

officers chosen are: Charles M. Andrews and Dana C.

Monro, Vice-Presidents; John Spencer Bassett, Secre-

tary; Charles Moore, Treasurer. Among the members

of the council chosen were Professor A. M. Schlesinger,

formerly of the Ohio State University.  Professor A.

C. Cole of the University was a member of the nomi-

nating committee.

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Resolutions adopted by

THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION

at its Annual Meeting held at Columbus, Ohio,

December 27-29, 1923

WHEREAS, there has been in progress for several years an

agitation conducted by certain newspapers, patriotic societies,

fraternal orders, and others, against a number of school text-

books in history and in favor of official censorship, and

WHEREAS, this propaganda has met with sufficient success

to bring about not only acute controversy in many cities but the

passage of censorship laws in several states, therefore,

Be it resolved by the American Historical Association, upon

the recommendation of its Committee on History Teaching in

the schools and of its Executive Council, that genuine and in-

telligent patriotism, no less than the requirements of honesty

and sound scholarship, demand that textbook writers and

teachers should strive to present a truthful picture of past and

present, with due regard to the different purposes and possibili-

ties of elementary, secondary, and advanced instruction; that

criticism of history textbooks should therefore be based not upon

grounds of patriotism but only upon grounds of faithfulness

to fact as determined by specialists or tested by consideration

of the evidence; that the cultivation in pupils of a scientific

temper in history and the related social sciences, of a spirit of

inquiry and a willingness to face unpleasant facts, are far more

important objectives than the teaching of special interpretations

of particular events; and that attempts, however well meant, to

foster national arrogance and boastfulness and indiscriminate

worship of national "heroes" can only tend to promote a harm-

ful pseudo-patriotism; and

Be it further resolved, that in the opinion of this Associa-

tion the clearly implied charges that many of our leading

scholars are engaged in treasonable propaganda and that tens

of thousands of American school teachers and officials are so

stupid or disloyal as to place treasonable textbooks in the hands

of childen is inherently and obviously absurd; and

Be it further resolved, that the successful continuance of

such an agitation must inevitably bring about a serious deteriora-

tion both of textbooks and of the teaching of history in our

schools, since self-respecting scholars and teachers will not stoop

to the methods advocated.

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OHIO HISTORY DAY AT THE LOGAN ELM

A large and appreciative audience assembled in

Logan Elm Park near the grand old tree which gives it

its name to celebrate Ohio History Day on October 7,

1923.   The local papers gave generous space to this

notable event. The Union Herald prefaces an extended

account as follows:

The celebration of History day at Logan Elm Park Sun-

day was attended by from 1500 to 1800 people from all over

central Ohio, and the great success of the meeting must have

been most gratifying to Mrs. Howard Jones who conceived the

splendid idea of getting together once a year on this historic

spot to study the remarkable history of our wonderful state.

The contemplation of the remarkable success of the first

celebration must be doubly gratifying to Mrs. Jones for the

reason that succeeding gatherings at the park will naturally

grow larger year by year, as time goes on. The permanency of

History day in the annals of Ohio is assured now and future

gatherings will witness the assembling of great crowds, not only

from central Ohio, but from the furthermost corners of the

state.

Sunday's meeting was an inspiration to all who were so

fortunate as to be present and the story of the first History day

will be told and retold until its annual celebration will be hailed

with joy and thanksgiving.

The day was ideal, the sun shone kindly down on the people,

and nature, dressed in her best, never gave forth a prettier pic-

ture. There was just enough tang in the air to give zest to the

celebration and visitors from Columbus, Canal Winchester,

Lancaster, Chillicothe, Washington C. H., and nearby towns

felt richly repaid for their effort in making the trip to Logan

Elm.

A very pleasing program was rendered with Attorney Bar-

ton Walters presiding who in introducing each of the speakers

gave some interesting bits of history.

The Democrat and Watchman was equally felicitous

in the introductory paragraphs of its account:

"Ohio History Day" at the famous Logan Elm on last

Sunday, October 7, was enjoyable and profitable from every

point of view.

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The day was typically autumnal. The sun shone brightly

and in the bracing air there was just a hint and tang of the

coming winter days. The branches of the old elm, clothed in

the verdure worn for centuries, swayed in the breeze and wel-

comed to its grateful shade, a representative posterity, many

harvest moons removed from Dunmore treaties and Chief Logan

laments.

The people came from all sections of central Ohio, unmis-

takably impressed with the aim and object of the occasion. It

was the largest audience ever yet assembled at Logan Elm Park.

Attorney Barton Walters of Circleville presided, and in a very

appropriate manner prefaced the splendid program of the after-

noon. He then introduced Honorable John F. Carlisle of Co-

lumbus, who spoke briefly but fittingly concerning Ohio His-

tory Day, not forgetting to remind the audience that this-to-be

annual event, had its conception in the mind of Mrs. Dr.

Howard Jones of Park Place, Circleville; and who, because of

several months of illness, was not privileged, as it would have

been her pleasure, to take part in the exercises of the occasion.

Mr. Carlisle closed his interesting remarks with the reading of

lesson from  one of the McGuffey Readers on "The North

American Indian."

Mrs. Herbert Backus, Vice Regent of the Daughters of the

American Revolution, told, in a very interesting manner how

her organization was taking steps to memorialize important

events of the Revolution.

Mr. C. B. Galbreath, Secretary of the Society, was

present and made a brief address devoted to prominent

points in the Dunmore War and Logan's famous mes-

sage to the peace conference with the Indians at Camp

Charlotte, seven miles distant from the Logan Elm.

He stated that the central virtue of this message,

usually spoken of as Logan's speech, was its arraign-

ment of ingratitude. He then read some verses of his

own on the Logan Elm. These were prominently pub-

lished in the local papers and in the November issue of

the Ohio Educational Monthly.      For generous notices

grateful acknowledgment is here recorded.