... BOOK NOTES BOOK NOTES L IFE JOURNALS AND CORRESPONDENCE OF REV MANASSEH CUTLER LLD By his Grandchildren William Parker Cutler and Julia Perkins Cutler Two volumes Cincinnati Robert Clarke amp Co 1888 The diary correspondence and papers of Dr Cutler ought to throw a flood of light upon many events in the early history of the Northwest and upon the policy of the old Congress in organizing and providing for the settlement of the region beyond the Ohio river Portions of his journals were published ...
... THE INDIAN VILLAGE OF CUSH-OG-WENK THE INDIAN VILLAGE OF CUSH-OG-WENK BY THOMAS H JOHNSON COSHOCTON The generations who were active participants in the events which constitute the early history of Ohio having passed away it seems to me the imperative duty of those now living whose early life overlapped the survivors of the active participants in the stirring events of that earlier period to place on record any recollections they may have of the stories told by those old survivors tending to ...
... THE RISE OF THE DENOMINATIONAL COLLEGE THE RISE OF THE DENOMINATIONAL COLLEGE BY RUSSELL M STOREY Of all the groups that had their part in the early educational life of the Ohio Valley none more completely ran the gamut of pioneer experiences than the founders and builders of the denominational colleges They were hewers of wood and drawers of water in their persons they combined the functions of builder janitor teacher business manager and president together with whatever other odds and ends ...
... THE OPENING SCENES OF THE REBELLION THE OPENING SCENES OF THE REBELLION BY COLONEL S K DONAVIN In the spring of 1861 I was a reporter and traveling correspondent on the Daily Exchange newspaper of the City of Baltimore When the telegraph announced that Mr Lincoln had reached Pittsburg en route for Washington City to be inaugurated President of the United States I left Baltimore by the Northern Central Railway for the purpose of meeting him and noting the incidents of his journey When I reached ...
... ADDRESS BY GOVERNOR A ADDRESS BY GOVERNOR A V DONAHEY At the annual meeting of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society the audience was favored by the presence and encouraging words of Governor A V Donahey A most cordial reception was accorded to the Governor and he responded with the following address Governor Campbell Ladies and Gentlemen I came here this afternoon to loan my presence for a few minutes and to say that I am deeply interested in the archaeological and historical ...
... 36 Ohio 36 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications This state was the thoroughfare for all the races and all the people in their struggle to reach the west Its foundations were laid by the very best brains of this country when that great American stream of settlers founded this composite Ohio Wherever you look you will find the Ohio man and as long as we have The Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society to perpetuate the greatness of the Ohioan and mark the places where they have ...
... POLITICO-ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS IN THE POLITICO-ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS IN THE WESTERN RESERVE'S EARLY SLAVERY CONTROVERSY By EDWARD C REILLEY With the advent of the Panic of 1837 the people of that northeastern section of Ohio known as the Western Reserve seemed for the first time to have suspected that the southern labor system was in some degree responsible for producing their economic woes This viewpoint was but slowly accepted and was not emphasized by its proponents until after the ...
... Ohio Valley Hist Ohio Valley Hist Ass'n Fifth Annual Meeting 79 main opponents Clark to President Reed August 4 1781 post p Marshall advised the people to pay no attention to the drafts ordered for Clark and offered protection to those who refused He had told Clark that while he could do nothing for the expedition as an official that as a private person he would give every assistance within his power Penna Archives 1781-1783 p 318 71 See post p 72 See post p 73 See post p 74 Mich Pioneer and ...
... Big Bottom and Its History Big Bottom and Its History 17 ADDRESS OF C L MARTZOLFF It is said that a minister's text is but a peg upon which to hang his sermon If I were a minister the peg upon which I would hang this speech would be found among the jewels of the wonderful mines of King Solomon - The Book of Proverbs Remove not the ancient landmark which thy fathers have set Man has ever been a monument builder When the Israelites fought with the hosts of Amalek when the hands of Moses were ...
... OHIO OHIO Archaeological and Historical PUBLICATIONS SIMON KENTON PROF R W M'FARLAND SECTION I PRELIMINARY NOTE It may seem to many people that enough has already been written both of Boone and Kenton the first having been the most prominent early settler of Kentucky the second having been the scout who did probably more than any one else not excepting Boone himself to save the settlers from the tomahawk and scalping knife of the Indian By Boone's own account it appears that he John Finley ...
... DOCUMENTARY DATA DOCUMENTARY DATA By BERTHA E JOSEPHSON Contrary to expectations the summer months brought an increase in the activities of this department Not only have the collateral duties of editing been unusually heavy what with the completion of the History of the State of Ohio series the issuing of another volume in the Ohio Historical Collection series and the compilation of a revised list of Publicatio n s in Print and For Sale --all these in addition to the routine editing of Museum ...
... GIRTY'S ISLAND GIRTY'S ISLAND BY N B C LOVE DESHLER O Girty's Island in the Maumee River a hundred years ago was the headquarters of the Indians and was the home for a time of Simon Girty Rich in verdant foliage of varied green And many kindred growth of stately trees Plants flowers and vines with nectar for bees Blended in a quivering summer sheen And around the waters ebbying tide Bending low long boughs with vines interlace And reflect in the liquid mirror's face Scintillating like moving ...
... Announcing Announcing THE HISTORY OF THE STATE OF OHIO Edited by CARL WITTKE and Published under the Auspices of the OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY in Six Volumes Volumes I II and III are now available and Volume VI is in press Volumes IV and V are expected later The price of the complete set is 2500 and orders should be sent direct to the Secretary Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society Ohio State Museum Columbus Ohio Because of the limited edition sets will not be ...
... THE BATTLES OF THE MAUMEE THE BATTLES O F THE MAUMEE N B C LOVE D D MOUND BUILDERS Maumee Thou art lovely and bright As if blood had ne'er tinged thy waves And pre-historic tawny braves Had wrought no scene of hellish night Why not a golden sunset smile When thy banks are clothed in green And beauty adorns all the scene When bathed in mellow light the while Thou art gray in the early morn And restful thy summer eveA mirror which cannot deceive And has not since Time was born In ages gone thy ...
... THE OHIO DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE THE OHIO DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE CLEMENT L MARTZOLFF B PED By permission of The Ohio Teacher The school histories have always said much about the Mecklenburg Resolutions being the prelude to the Declaration of Independence Indeed some histories make so much of it that you doubt if Thomas Jefferson would ever have mustered up courage sufficient to pen the immortal lines beginning When in the course of human events etc had he not had this brave precedent ...
... THE ORIGIN DESCRIPTION AND SERVICE OF FORT THE ORIGIN DESCRIPTION AND SERVICE OF FORT WINCHESTER WITH MENTION OF SOME OF THE PERSONS AND EVENTS CONNECTED WITH IT BY CHARLES E SLOCUM M D PH D DEFIANCE O From the earliest record until the building of the Miami and Erie and the Wabash and Erie Canals along its course the Maumee River was known to be a great thoroughfare and we have good right to infer that the Aborigines from their first appearance in this region until the historic times made its ...
... HARMAR'S CAMPAIGN HARMAR'S CAMPAIGN Through the courtesy of Mr Frazer E Wilson of Greenville Ohio the author of several articles on Wayne's campaign and the Greenville Treaty we herewith publish from a duplicate of the original MS a letter written by one Thomas Irvin who participated in Harmar's advance and retreat The document has a double interest the first hand information which it imparts and the crude but direct style of expression typical of the scholarship of the pioneers--EDITOR Dear ...
... SYMMES' THEORY SYMMES' THEORY JOHN WELD PECK ATTORNEY-AT-LAW CINCINNATI OHIO I want if I can to carry you back to the day when the West was new when the outposts of the nation were on the Mississippi when the boundless forests were scarred but here and there with clearings when Cincinnati the thriving town between Third street and the river was the undoubted and unrivaled Queen City of the West Those were the days of strong men The War of 1812 was just over The pioneer the pathfinder the ...
... EDITORIALANA EDITORIALANA VOL XXIV No 2 APRIL 1915 RECENT DONATIONS TO THE LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Doctor Edward C Mills Columbus Ohio presented to the library a number of volumes pertaining to Ethnology Mr D H Gard presented to the library his private library consisting upwards of 3000 volumes on Americana This library will be cared for in a separate alcove known as the Gard Alcove The heirs of the late General Roeliff Brinkerhoff President Emeritus of the Society presented to the Library a large ...
... GEORGE WASHINGTON AT THE GEORGE WASHINGTON AT THE GREAT BEND OF THE OHIO RIVER GUY-HAROLD SMITH There is a tradition that George Washington took a short cut across the Great Bend of the Ohio River in the autumn of 1770 when he made his journey to the Kanawha River Since Washington went down stream as far as the Kanawha he had to cover that section known as the Great Bend both on the down stream journey and on his return It is only logical that he might want to hasten his journey by cutting ...