... Benjamin and Joseph Townsend Benjamin Stanton William Benjamin Mitchell Benjamin Lundy a New Jersey Benjamin Stanton a Quaker Benjamin Lundy supported the
... ADDRESS AT MARIETTA OHIO 1858 ADDRESS AT MARIETTA OHIO 18581 BY HON THOMAS EWING EDITED BY C L MARTZOLFF ATHENS OHIO Ladies and GentlemenWe meet to celebrate the seventieth anniversary of the first landing of our Pioneer Fathers on the shores of the Ohio in the North Western Territory An age-the full age allotted to men has elapsed since that hardy band of brave men and brave women fresh from the war of the Revolution a few of the boldest and most adventurous of the relics of that war through ...
... Benjamin Chambers a Benjamin Harrison John Adams Thomas Jefferson Thomas H Benton and so resoundingly on They travelled from the agency by means of rivers sometimes beginning the journey in large canoes lashed together debarking to steamboats at Louisville thence to Cincinnati and completing the journey on horseback the horses being either sent back with returning scholars or sold and the ...
... ANDREW POE'S ENCOUNTER WITH INDIANS ANDREW POE'S ENCOUNTER WITH INDIANS From the Draper Mss Border Forays 5 D-Chap 29 Wisconsin Historical Society Archives Andrew Poe was born the thirtieth of September 1742 in Frederick county Maryland George Poe the father of Andrew died while the latter was in his teens He remained at home until he became of age living with his mother and an elder brother Not long after the termination of Pontiac's War he came to the neighborhood of Pittsburgh where he ...
... WILLIAM WILLIAMS MATHER WILLIAM WILLIAMS MATHER BY JOHN H NEWVAHNER William Williams Mather was the first State Geologist of Ohio and chief of the first Geological Survey of the State In this capacity he discovered and brought to light a knowledge of the vast mineral resources of the State And the development of these resources has brought untold wealth to Ohio and to the Nation Who was this man who was entrusted with such responsibility by our great commonwealth Why was he chosen for this ...
... Winthrop Sargent 273 Winthrop Sargent 273 became adopted amongst them his head shaved painted etc as is their custom upon such occasions and has since by his own account been much in favor with them He relates that he has been with them to the British posts Michilmackinac particularly That they are there equipped with all the necessaries to come to war against the United States--march out upon these occasions under English colors and are received when they return with scalps with military ...
... Eggleston I Local Study 1 Eggleston 1 Extend the study of the primitive life and the pioneers from the locality to other parts of the State and country and bring out the friendly relations and the struggles between the Indians and white people 430 Ohio Arch 430 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications II Study Individual Pioneers 1 The first Governor of Boston 2 Marquette 3 William Penn and ...
... OHIO OHIO Archaeological and Historical QUARTERLY SEPTEMBER 1887 SALMON P CHASE THE careful study of a grand and successful life like that of Chief Justice Chase cannot fail to be interesting whether viewed with regard to the position reached by one who from a farmer's boy in moderate circumstances came to be United States Senator twice Governor of Ohio Secretary of the Treasury and finally Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States or whether it be considered with regard to the ...
... 342 Ohio Arch 342 Ohio Arc h and Hist Society Publications Detroit This latter officer was cowardly in character and incompetent in fitness The scenes are transferred to the Maumee Harrison builds Fort Meigs and the two sieges follow in both of which Tecumseh and Procter are the leading commanders The siege of Fort Stephenson August 1 was the highwater mark of Tecumseh's daring and generalship No incident in American history surpasses it for thrilling action and surprising results George ...
... Benjamin Drake and Edward Benjamin Drake and Edward D Mansfield Cincinnati in 1826 Cincinnati 1827 78 39 Cist Cincinnati Miscellany I 20 INDUSTRIAL BEGINNINGS IN 0HIO 253 INDUSTRIAL BEGINNINGS IN 0HIO 253 State limestone being the most common type of stone found Grind whet and millstones were made in the Connecticut Reserve and on Raccoon Creek in Athens County were made burr millstones ...
... Benjamin Hambleton Joseph Ingraham Ruth Galbraith Elizabeth Pagate Salem Benj Stanton Abner G Kirk Cuyahoga Cleveland Hamon Kingsbury J H Foote Dover S G Porter Joseph H Payne Euclid H H Coit Fayette Bloomingburg James Stewart Wm Dickey Hugh C Stewart 8 In the original list the delegates are arranged alphabetically by local addresses The present writer is responsible for the rearrangement by counties ANTI-SLAVERY CONVENTION 1836 177 ...
... MINUTES OF MINUTES OF THE OHIO ACADEMY OF HISTORY Deshler-Wallick Hotel Columbus Ohio April 21 1950 The Ohio Academy of History met in Columbus April 21 in connection with the Ohio College Association The morning session at 1000 A M was attended by nearly one hundred persons This session was devoted to a panel discussion conducted by the members of the committee on the teaching of history in Ohio colleges of which Frank L Esterquest of Western College is the chairman Robert L Jones of Marietta ...
... Benjamin Wilson was then an officer in Dunmore's army and his narrative of the campaign furnished the facts which were recorded in Withers' Chronicles of Border Warfare When the speeches were delivered he sat immediately behind and close to Dunmore In remarking on the appearance and manner of Cornstalk while speaking he says When he arose he was in no wise confused or daunted but spoke in a distinct and audible voice without stammering or ...
... 96 Ohio Arch 96 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications so on Professor Siebert is a careful and painstaking student and has exercised discriminating judgment as to what is necessary for the proper educidation of his subject He gives under each chapter the list of authorities which he has consulted or which may be further examined by those who desire more exhaustive study of the various topics The book is accompanied by an excellent appendix giving a chronological outline of the historical ...
... 146 Ohio Arch 146 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications COLONEL THOMAS CRESAP BY MRS MARY LOUISE CRESAP STEVENSON To write the history of Colonel Thomas Cresap is to write the Colonial History of Maryland and Virginia and more or less of Ohio To recount the story of these colonies is to tell the story of the Revolution The rehearsal of that noble struggle would involve much of the history of the great powers of Europe and you might conclude we were like Tennyson's brook and would 'go on ...
... Benjamin Ashby Clerk but it Benjamin Wilson was Benjamin Wilson's brothers 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 ...
... Benjamin Van Cleve and Major Ebenezer Denny The following diary of Colonel Winthrop Sargent Adjutant General of the army who was with the expedition from the time it left Fort Washington until its shattered ranks returned is here presented for the first time to the readers of the QUARTERLY DIARY In this diary principally intended as a record of meteorological observations brief memorandums of public transactions in which the author has borne a ...
... Editorialana Editorialana 161 mouth begin to move and approaching the immobile features silent for centuries he placed his ear to the stone lips and heard a sound like a subdued murmur you're another As Artemus Ward would say of this controversy of the critics it would be funny if it were not serious The Mound Builders builded better than they knew Their works are food for thought and subjects for study Certain it is that they were a vast and enterprising and interesting race whence and ...
... LETTER OF HON LETTER OF HON GEORGE B LORING READ AT THE C ELE BRATION BY R R DAWES WASHINGTON D C April 5 1888 SIR I have been requested by His Excellency Gov ernor Ames of Massachusetts to represent that Commonwealth at the Centennial Celebration of the first settlement of the Northwest Territory under the Ordinance of 1787 at Marietta Ohio I regret exceedingly that at a late hour I am compelled to deny myself the pleasure of being present on the occasion I feel it to be my duty however to ...
... BUFFALO CHILD LONG LANCE VISITS OHIO BUFFALO CHILD LONG LANCE VISITS OHIO The visit of Buffalo Child Long Lance to Ohio and his address before the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society will long be remembered by those who were so fortunate as to hear and greet him He had been invited to speak on Ohio History Day at Logan Elm Park It was found however that by coming a few days earlier he could be present at the annual meeting of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society to ...