... Benjamin Ives Gilman SEAL Signed and delivered in the presence of William Parker Sr and Joseph Gilman 400 in hand being the consideration The Gallia County records also show that on October 21 1809 Jacob Roush sells to Jacob Knopp one complete share of the Ohio Company lying northwest of the Ohio River for the consideration of 1200 in hand Deed Book 4 and 7 page 98 When Gallia County was made a commonwealth of its own from the aforesaid ...
... 80 Ohio Arch 80 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications arrive at its position till the first assault was nearly over After a volley or two in which the British sustained some slight loss the troops at this point also were ordered to retire The loss amounted to 26 killed 29 wounded and missing and 41 wounded most of them slightly and brought away total 96 The Americans state their loss at one killed and seven wounded Considering the way in which they were sheltered and the circumstances of the ...
... Benjamin Tupper planned the Benjamin Tupper completed in this house the final draft of a circular entitled Information which was sent out to the press of Massachusetts in fourteen Massachusetts counties calling upon all the soldiers of the Revolution who desired to exchange their worthless certificates for public land in the West and all others who desired to join a company and make a ...
... 72 Ohio Arch 72 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications THE OHIO INDIANS ADDRESS AT FRANKLINTON CENTENNIAL BY COL E L TAYLOR SEPTEMBER 15 1897 We are engaged to-day in celebrating an event of a hundred years ago which was then apparently unimportant but which has led on to great and permanent results A hundred years ago a few intelligent and determined white men settled here in the then unbroken wilderness which settlement soon became and has ever since remained the center of a far-pervading ...
... Benjamin Haven was ordained Benjamin Since he had fallen ill with fever it was August 6 before he was able to set out to get his family Haven was left in charge of the congregation at Pettquotting and busied himself with putting doors and shutters on the Oppelts' house which were badly needed for protection against the wild dogs which infested the region Despite the extreme heat he then cut ...
... 40 Ohio Arch 40 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications VOL 3 MAJOR JOHN BURNHAM AND HIS COMPANY Mr Barlow had written Colonel Duer early in December 1789 that huts must be built on land opposite the mouth of the Great Kanawha to accommodate at least one hundred persons The cost of these huts was to be paid by the agent of the immigrants upon their arrival In March 1790 General Rufus Putnam as agent for the Trustees for the Scioto Associates employed John Burnham of Essex Massachusetts to ...
... 86 Ohio Arch 86 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications one officer and myself went to New York on recruiting service That was in 1814 I remained in New York about two years When we left New York we marched with recruits to fill up the companies stationed on the northern frontier I had re-enlisted on the 23d of November 1816 for five years We marched to Sackett's Harbor and I was there assigned to Company D Second Infantry The other recruits were distributed at the different stations I was ...
... Benjamin Franklin at the convention in Albany presented a well worked out plan for the definite union of the colonies under a governor to be appointed by the crown And now February 1755 General Edward Braddock appeared on the Potomac as the commander in chief of His Majesty's forces in America and marched with his army towards Fort Duquesne which he arrogantly asserted he would easily take and drive the French back to Montreal BRADDOCK'S ...
... 30 Ohio Arch 30 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications VOL 4 AN EARLY ABOLITION COLONY AND ITS FOUNDER BY A A GRAHAM About nine miles north of the capital of Ohio is a village the foundation of which marks an important epoch in the history of Ohio The conflict between freedom and slavery began before the successful growth of the young republic was assured Thrifty New Englanders were waiting the encroachment of slavery and among them were men not afraid to lift up their voices in loud and ...
... OHIO UNIVERSITY-THE HISTORIC COLLEGE OHIO UNIVERSITY-THE HISTORIC COLLEGE OF THE OLD NORTHWEST CLEMENT L MARTZOLFF Situated on the winding Hock-Hocking amid the picturesque hills of Southern Ohio is the little city which according to Theodore Roosevelt with queer poverty of imagination and fatuous absence of humor has been given the name of Athens Probably the strenuous ex-president would have considered it more appropriate to have named it Hog-Hollow or Buzzards' Glory or some such euphonious ...
... Benjamin Harrison then Governor of Virginia Writings of Washington Vol IX p 58 in which he discusses at length the best mode of communication 102 Ohio Arch 102 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications VoL 3 between the tide water region of Virginia and the Northwestern territory by means of the Potomac and James Rivers says It has long been my decided opinion that the shortest easiest and least expensive communication with the invaluable and ...
... Benjamin Oviatt and Theodore Benjamin Tappan the owner of Benjamin Oviatt who served Benjamin Tallmadge drew the Benjamin and brother Nathaniel into partnership in the speculation and in the fall of that year Nathaniel moved onto the ...
... Benjamin Stites had bought a Benjamin Drake and E D Mansfield in 1826 at the request of a committee of the City Council and for which the city paid Drake and Mansfield an agreed price of 75 The enumeration was by wards and showed a total population in 1826 o f 16230 persons The slow growth of the town in its earlier years was due probably in part to losses by the Indian wars and the ...
... OHIO OHIO Archaeological and Historical QUARTERLY JUNE 1887 THE BEGINNINGS OF THE COLONIAL SYSTEM OF THE UNITED STATES1 THE formation of this society comes at an opportune moment In a little more than three years a century will have elapsed since the first permanent white settlement was made within the limits of the great region Northwest of the River Ohio That settlement was the beginning not only of this good State of Ohio but also of Indiana Illinois Michigan and Wisconsin which have all ...
... 56 Ohio Arch 56 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications emphasized by the hundreds of Japanese lanterns strung along either bank and in sweeping festooons across the big Lake Erie bridge Near the bridge and extending across the river were seven of the largest boats in the river bearing huge electric transparencies upon which appeared six-foot letters spelling the name Croghan which was also seen in a set piece The hit of the evening was the reproduction of Fort Stephenson on the southern ...
... Benjamin Tupper For a Benjamin Tupper who was one Benjamin Wardsworth gave the Benjamin Miles for Belpre and Nathan Proctor for Waterford Mr Story continued his labors in these settlements until March 15 1 804 when at his own request he was released from the pastorate His health was ...
... Centennial Celebration Centennial Celebration 11 The court house square was soon covered with stone and lumber for the present building but the corner stone was not laid until July 12th 1855 when the Hon Thomas Scott and myself had the honor of delivering addresses on the occasion from a point where the northeast pillar of the portico now stands Such was my personal connection with the building on whose frontage we have this day placed a tablet commemorating 'The site on which stood the first ...
... FAIRFIELD ON THE RIVER THAMES1 FAIRFIELD ON THE RIVER THAMES1 By FREDERICK COYNE HAMIL The name Moraviantown is well known to students of the War of 1812 for it was near this place that General William Henry Harrison defeated Colonel Henry A Procter and the famous Indian Chief Tecumseh was killed The Battle of the Thames is also known as the Battle of Moraviantown American histories of the war following official accounts usually omit to mention the sequel to the battle the plundering and ...
... EARLY JOURNEYS TO OHIO EARLY JOURNEYS TO OHIO BY B F PRINCE Professor in Wittenberg College The contest for the lands west of the Ohio river began centuries ago It was a goodly land in the eyes of the savages as well as those of the white man A short survey of the Indian occupation will help us to understand the fierce contest between the French and English for domination in this region There is a conflict of opinion as to conditions in that territory from about 1650 to 1740 A great war of ...
... Benjamin and Jane Cowgal Benjamin White and BenjaminBenjamin Palmer in particular I had the honor lately to entertain his son Richard The matter stands thus The Little Turtle and other Indians about Fort Wayne above a hundred miles to the north of us sent a message to Baltimore Yearly ...