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"The Quakers, Their Migration to the Upper Ohio, Their Customs and Discipline," Volume 37, Number 1, January, 1928, pp. 35-85.
... THE QUAKERS THEIR MIGRATION TO THE THE QUAKERS THEIR MIGRATION TO THE UPPER OHIO THEIR CUSTOMS AND DISCIPLINE BY H E SMITH MARIETTA OHIO George Fox was the Father of the Quaker Meeting sometimes called Friends' Meeting He tells us that Truth sprang up first to us to be a people to the Lord in Leicestershire England in 1644 He describes how the movement first spread to the neighboring counties then by 1654 over England Scotland and Ireland in 1655 many went beyond the seas and in 1656 Truth ...

Volume 68, Number 2, April, 1959, pp. 193-218.
... Book Reviews Book Reviews Thomas Worthington Father of Ohio Statehood By Alfred Byron Sears Columbus Ohio State University Press for the Ohio Historical Society 1958 viii260p end-paper illustrations bibliography and index 550 Jeffersonian republicanism or Jeffersonian democracy as many prefer to call it is one of the great inheritances of the American people but it is a difficult one to approach From one direction it appears to be monumental symbolized in the eloquence of the Declaration of ...

"The Conquest of the Indian," by Benjamin R. Cowen. Volume 14, Number 2, April, 1905, pp. 139-147.
... THE CONQUEST OF THE INDIAN THE CONQUEST OF THE INDIAN BENJAMIN R COWEN CINCINNATI Portion of an address delivered by General Cowen on the 28th of June 1904 at the placing of the tablet in commemoration of the Harrison-Tarhe Peace Conference We have heard the story of the historic incident this monument is designed to commemorate eloquently told by the Regent of the Columbus Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution That society has rendered a valuable service in the erection of this ...

"The Centenary of Sandusky County," by Basil Meek. Volume 29, Number 4, October, 1920, pp. 455-460.
... THE CENTENARY OF SANDUSKY COUNTY THE CENTENARY O F SANDUSKY COUNTY BY BASIL MEEK Read at the centennial celebration of Sandusky county August 2 1920 Sandusky county has a wonderfully interesting history but only a few of the more important facts will be attempted to be given by me on this occasion of its centenary of years The time allotted will necessarily preclude the mention of many of the romantic incidents in its aboriginal and early civil and military history Reference to these is hereby ...

"Some Documentary History of Ohio," by George Davenport Kratz. Volume 21, Number 4, October, 1912, pp. 396-402.
... SOME DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF OHIO SOME DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF OHIO BY GEORGE DAVENPORT KRATZ AKRON In undertaking to edit the following expresses and communications I have made no attempt to form any connection between them or to draw any conclusions from the import of the letters taken separately The nature of the communications prohibits such a procedure My part has been merely to preface several of the documents with a few remarks relative to the state of affairs at the time they were ...

"Address of Tod B. Galloway" (Big Bottom Monument) Volume 15, Number 1, January, 1906, pp. 33-34.
... Big Bottom and Its History Big Bottom and Its History 3 3 ADDRESS OF TOD B GALLOWAY If I were to ask you what I should talk about I suppose you would answer me as the small boy did in Sunday School one day when a man got up and said Now children what shall I talk about and the bright boy said about one minute I am somewhat like an old Scotch preacher I once heard of A man went to church one day and he noticed that the preacher was crying a great deal during the delivery of his sermon Finally ...

"The Siege of Fort Meigs," by Earl A. Saliers. Volume 18, Number 4, October, 1909, pp. 520-541.
... THE SIEGE OF FORT MEIGS THE SIEGE OF FORT MEIGS EARL A SALIERS Ohio State University The War of 1812 furnishes perhaps a fewer number of notable achievements accomplished on land than any other of our wars The lack of a regular army and the consequent dependence upon militia would have made it difficult for an efficient general to execute a prolonged campaign while the position which a section of the country took against the war rendered success still more difficult Despite ill preparation and ...

"Address of President Wright," Volume 22, Number 3, July, 1913, pp. 409-414.
... FORT McARTHUR MEMORIAL TABLET FORT McARTHUR MEMORIAL TABLET On July 4 1913 a memorial tablet erected by the Daughters of the American Revolution was unveiled with fitting and interesting ceremonies at the site of the old fort McArthur three miles southwest of Kenton on the Scioto River We publish the addresses delivered on that occasion by Prof G Frederick Wright President of The Ohio State Archaeological amp Historical Society and Mrs John T Mack of Sandusky ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT WRIGHT It is ...

"Presentation of Portraits of American Indians," by General Edward Orton, Jr.. Volume 34, Number 1, January, 1925, pp. 132-137.
... PRESENTATION OF PORTRAITS OF PRESENTATION OF PORTRAITS OF AMERICAN INDIANS BY GENERAL EDWARD ORTON JR During the spring of 1924 an exhibit of the work of a rising young American artist Mr W Langdon Kihn of New York was shown in this city and was found to consist wholly of original portraits of American Indians made from life in their own homes under conditions which reduced their natural embarrassment timidity or superstitious fear of portraiture to a minimum thus greatly favoring truthful and ...

"Crawford Massacre Anniversary," Volume 16, Number 3, July, 1907, pp. 417-418.
... Editorialana Editorialana 417 who are interested in this work The undersigned committee will be glad to receive suggestions concerning speakers lists of names and addresses of history workers details concerning local history organizations and patriotic societies and any other sources of information that will assist in rendering the conference a success Address communications to Frank P Goodwin 3435 Observatory Place Cincinnati Ohio HOW GOVERNOR MEIGS GOT HIS NAME Where did the parents of ...

"Anthony Wayne His Indian Campaigns," by Kathleen Mierka. Volume 54, Number 4, October-December, 1945, pp. 386-391.
... THE ANTHONY WAYNE ESSAY CONTEST THE ANTHONY WAYNE ESSAY CONTEST The Anthony Wayne Memorial Legislative Committee during the winter of 1944-45 in cooperation with the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society and the Ohio State Department of Education sponsored a contest among the public parochial and private schools in Ohio on the subject of Anthony Wayne and the Indian Wars in Ohio 1790-1795 Several thousand students from all over the State entered the contest Winning essays in the ...

"Travel in the 1830's," by Robert Price. Volume 54, Number 1, January-March, 1945, pp. 40-45.
... TRAVEL IN THE 1830's TRAVEL IN THE 1830's By ROBERT PRICE Leisurely trips of today have too much hurry--hurried trips of a past century had too much leisure If Mr William Fitch of Schodack Rensselaer County New York on a business expedition to Licking County Ohio in May and June 1836 could have had access to automobile and macadam he might have made the journey and back in four days with time to spare Instead being forced to utilize canal boat lake steamer stage carriage horse and wagon packet ...

"Origin, Rise, Progress and Decline of the Whitewater Community of Shakers Located in Hamilton County, Ohio," by J. P. MacLean. Volume 13, Number 4, October, 1904, pp. 401-443.
... ORIGIN RISE PROGRESS AND DECLINE OF THE ORIGIN RISE PROGRESS AND DECLINE OF THE WHITEWATER COMMUNITY OF SHAKERS LOCATED IN HAMILTON COUNTY OHIO BY J P MAC LEAN While engaged in collecting the material for the article on West Union I engaged in a correspondence with Elder Charles H Sturr general manager of the Whitewater community He invited me to make him a visit and I should have the freedom of all the archives of the society I determined at once to accept the invitation and although the ...

"The Travel Notes of Joseph Gibbons, 1804," Volume 92, , Annual, 1983, pp. 96-146.
... edited by edited by JOSEPH E WALKER The Travel Notes of Joseph Gibbons 1804 Introduction With General Anthony Wayne's victory over the Indians of the Northwest Territory in 1794 and the resultant Treaty of Greene Ville settlement in eastern Ohio and northwestern Pennsylvania became relatively safe A stream of migrants moved across the mountains and up from the South in sufficient numbers that Ohio could claim statehood in 1803 Why did a family leave the security of eastern Pennsylvania to take ...

"Big Bottom and its History," by Clement L. Martzolff. Volume 15, Number 1, January, 1906, pp. 1-38.
... OHIO OHIO Archaeological and Historical PUBLICATIONS BIG BOTTOM AND IT S HISTORY CLEMENT L MARTZOLFF The history of Big Bottom has no claim on being unique unless the recent action of Mr Obadiah Brokaw in erecting a monument at his own expense to mark the site of the blockhouse can demand such distinction The events connected with this historic ground are decidedly type studies Its early history is but representative of and part of that general conflict between the Indian and the white man Its ...

Volume 12, Binding Supplement, , 1903, pp. 446-478.
... IN DEX IN DEX A PAGE Abolition Achilles Pugh publishes paper on 305 Scotch-Irish sentiment on 297 A Century of Statehood Address Nash 25 Acolhuans The Review of 104 Adams John Q Jeremy Bentham's works presented to Ohio by 365 On W orthington Thomas 357 Addresses - A Century of Statehood Nash 25 George Croghan Williams 375 Greatness of Ohio W atson 310 Kossuth before Ohio Legislature 114 Manly at Centennial Celebration 1 McClintick at Centennial Celebration 6 The First Constitution Ryan 11 ...

"Religion and the Westward March," Volume 50, Number 1, January-March, 1941, pp. 71-83.
... RELIGION AND THE WESTWARD MARCH RELIGION AND THE WESTWARD MARCH By WILLIAM W SWEET When the Treaty of Peace was signed with Great Britain in the year 1783 which gave independence to the United States of America the Congregational Church was the largest and most influential religious body in the land Though confined almost exclusively to New England the Congregationalists were at the same time nationally important because of their cultural and educational leadership They had come through the ...

"Lucy Backus Woodbridge, Pioneer Mother: January 31, 1757-October 6, 1817," by Louise Rau. Volume 44, Number 4, October, 1935, pp. 405-442.
... LUCY BACKUS WOODBRIDGE PIONEER MOTHER LUCY BACKUS WOODBRIDGE PIONEER MOTHER January 31 1757--October 6 1817 By LOUISE RAU Distant secluded still the little village of Grand-Pre Lay in the fruitful valley At the confluence of the Ohio and the Muskingum Rivers hidden beneath its giant elms and maples Marietta named for the fascinating Marie Antoinette takes one back to bygone days when Ohio was a wilderness peopled by red men Here in the foothills New England made her first outpost during the ...

"Local History-Foundation of Our Faith in Democracy," Volume 60, Number 3, July, 1951, pp. 221-232.
... LOCAL HISTORY-FOUNDATION OF OUR FAITH IN LOCAL HISTORY-FOUNDATION OF OUR FAITH IN DEMOCRACY by S K STEVENS State Historian Commonwealth of Pennsylvania It is not merely a pleasure but a genuine honor to be with you this evening at the capital of the first great state to be carved out of the Northwest Territory with its government framed in accordance with the principles of that outstanding charter of liberties-the Northwest Ordinance Ohio has come a long way since 1803 when its state ...

"Young Woman in the Midwest: The Journal of Mary Sears, 1859-1860, A," edited by Daryl E. Jones and James W. Pickering. Volume 82, Numbers 3 & 4, Summer-Autumn, 1973, pp. 215-234.
... Edited by Edited by DARYL E JONES JAMES H PICKERING A Young Woman in the Midwest The Journal of Mary Sears 1859-1860 Born in Greenwich Massachusetts on March 31 1838 and trained as a music teacher Mary E Sears was twenty years old in the winter of 1859 when she began keeping a journal of her daily thoughts and activities while emigrating West to join family members in Ohio and Illinois During the following two years she recorded a multitude of experiences which span both distance and social ...