... A CANOE JOURNEY FROM THE BIG BEAVER TO THE A CANOE JOURNEY FROM THE BIG BEAVER TO THE TUSCARAWAS IN 1773 A TRAVEL DIARY OF JOHN HECKEWAELDER Translated and edited by AUGUST C MAHR Professor of German Ohio State University By 1772 due to circumstances beyond their control the missionaries of the Moravian Church among the Indians in Pennsylvania had found it inevitable to abandon their two mission stations on the upper North Branch of the Susquehanna Friedenshiitten about one mile down the river ...
... CELEBRATION OF THE SURRENDER CELEBRATION OF THE SURRENDER OF GENERAL JOHN H MORGAN AN ACCOUNT BY MORGAN'S CAPTOR MAJOR GEORGE W RUE On September 2 1 1910 there was celebrated on the Crubaugh Farm South of Lisbon Columbiana county near the historic spot where the event occurred the 47th Anniversary of the Surrender of the Confederate Raider General Morgan Concerning the celebration the East Liverpool Tribune of September 22 1 91 O made the following comment Romance and intrigue combined to make ...
... TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY MARCH 2 1909 The twenty-fourth annual meeting of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society was held in the Hunter Law Society Room Page Hall Ohio State University Columbus Ohio at two p m March 2 1909 The following members were present Prof Martin R Andrews Marietta Mr E H Archer Columbus Mr George F Bareis Canal Winchester Mr A J Baughman Mansfield Mr Martin B ...
... ORATION OF HON ORATION OF HON GEORGE F HOAR THERE are doubtless many persons in this audience who have gathered here as to their Father's house They salute their Mother on her birthday with the prayer and the confident hope that the life which now completes its first century may be immortal as liberty If we were here only to do honor to Marietta-to celebrate the planting of this famous town coeval with the Republic seated by the beautiful river her annals crowded with memories of illustrious ...
... OHIO OHIO Archaeological and Historical PUBLICATIONS MONUMENT ON THE SITE OF FORT WASHINGTON CEREMONIES AT THE UNVEILING OF MONUMENT 1789-1808 The monument erected in Third street between Broadway and Ludlow street in Cincinnati to mark the site of Fort Washington was unveiled on June 14 It was erected by a committee representing patriotic societies in Ohio as follows Mayflower Descendants-Mrs Frank J Jones Mr Herbert Jenney Mr W H Doane Colonial Dames of America-Mrs M Morris White Miss Anna K ...
... Caleb Atwater Caleb Atwater Pioneer Politician and Historian By FRANCIS P WEISENBURGER THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT SUMMARY of Ohio's past was an historical introduction by Salmon P Chase to his compilation of the Statutes of Ohio1 At that time Chase a graduate of Dartmouth College who had studied law in a somewhat informal way under William Wirt attorney general of the United States 1817-29 was waiting for clients as a fledgling lawyer in Cincinnati2 James Kent the distinguished New York jurist ...
... THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO STATE ARCH A EOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY SOCIETY BUILDING COLUMBUS OHIO Sept 28 1 917 The meeting was called to order by President G Frederick Wright There were present G Frederick Wright Frank Tallmadge E O Randall L P Schaus W H Cole W O Thompson F E Wilson J M Dunham W C Moore W C Mills T D Hills Rev B R Long J F Roof H C Hockett Rev William McDermott E F Wood H E Buck C W Justice F W Treadway George F ...
... ADAM HURDUS AND THE SWEDENBORGIANS IN ADAM HURDUS AND THE SWEDENBORGIANS IN EARLY CINCINNATI By Ophia D Smith Many volumes have been written about the hardships and accomplishments of pioneer preachers in the Western Country Most of these however deal with men of orthodox faith The Swedenborgians equally self-sacrificing but unorthodox and misunderstood have received little attention because they were few in number Yet they were people of influence--they were readers and thinkers and doers In ...
... Editorialana Editorialana 289 Second Vice-president Judge Simeon Eben Baldwin New Haven Connecticut Secretary A Howard Clark Esq Smithsonian Institute Washington Corresponding Secretary Professor Charles H Haskins 15 Prescott Hall Cambridge Massachusetts Treasurer Clarence Winthrop Bowen Esq 130 Fulton St New York Chicago was chosen as the next place of meeting December 1904 The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society was represented at the American Historical Association meeting by ...
... JONATHAN J JONATHAN J BEAN Marketing the great American commodity Nathaniel Massie and Land Speculation on the Ohio Frontier 1783-1813 Few figures in early American history are as controversial as the land speculator The land speculator has been portrayed as both a parasitical landlord and an important figure fostering the economic development of the frontier The career of Ohio land speculator Nathaniel Massie highlights the problems faced by those engaged in land development in the early ...
... SKETCHES OF JOHN AND ANN SIMPSON DAVIS SKETCHES OF JOHN AND ANN SIMPSON DAVIS THEIR FORBEARS AND DESCENDANTS BY EVA SELLS JAEGER The History of every Family is a romance -- to those who search its pages a poem --Lamartine The history of the state of Pennsylvania from which came John and Ann Simpson Davis is unique in the manner of settlements made there as it offered an asylum for all mankind To this state came the Swedes who settled along the Delaware River the Dutch from Holland who in turn ...
... Old Fort Sandoski and the De Lery Portage Old Fort Sandoski and the De Lery Portage 37 1 Indians which eventually led to his dismissal from the service His distinguished engineer Montresor was left to rebuild the fort which however was only partially accomplished There is not much more recorded concerning the portage of old Fort Sandoski until the War of 1812 when after the victory of Commodore Perry on September 10 1813 General Harrison with his entire army moved down from his headquarters at ...
... HELEN M HELEN M THURSTON The 1802 Constitutional Convention and Status of the Negro What does the 1802 Ohio constitution say regarding freedom suffrage and citizen rights for negroes and mulattoes1 How were decisions made at the constitutional convention Who were the decision-makers Since even today confusion exists in historical studies on these questions it is hoped that answers in some degree can be obtained from a vote by vote study of the eight major motions concerning the negro that were ...
... REPORT OF COMMITTEES ON HISTORICAL REPORT OF COMMITTEES ON HISTORICAL ACTIVITIES Dr Harlow Lindley read the following report of the Committee on Historical Activities in Ohio which was filed with the other reports for publication in the Quarterly REPORT ON HISTORICAL ACTIVITIES IN OHIO BY HARLOW LINDLEY Chair man Co mm ittee on Cooperation From information at hand it appears that there are about forty local county and regional historical societies now in existence in the State of Ohio Some of ...
... NOTES ON THE ANTE-BELLUM CATTLE INDUSTRY FROM THE McNEILL FAMILY PAPERS by JOHN EDMUND STEALEY III The long-ignored story of the pre-Civil War cattle industry in Ohio has been the subject in recent years of several scholarly studies which have enhanced the meager bibliography of American agricultural history Previously only a few major works dealt with the beef trade on a general national basis The most notable of these are James Westfall Thompson's History of Livestock Raising in the United ...
... 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 ...
... RELIGION AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF OHIO RELIGION AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF OHIO by BERNARD MANDEL Fenn College Cleveland Ohio Foremost in the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution was the guarantee that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibit the free exercise thereof This amendment however was not a conclusive establishment of religious freedom for three reasons First it was a statement of principle which was accepted in theory but often ...
... Minutes of Fifth Annual Meeting Minutes of Fifth Annual Meeting 241 THE PIONEER PHYSICIANS OF THE MUSKINGUM VALLEY BY EDMUND CONE BRUSH A M M D A Paper Read at the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Society in the Hall of the House of Representatives at Columbus March 6 1890 Generation after generation of pioneers have gradually carried the star of empire westward until it would seem as if the work of the pioneer was nearly done As these hardy and adventurous men and women have gradually opened up ...
... 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 ...
... FUGITIVE SLAVE CASES IN OHIO PRIOR TO 1850 FUGITIVE SLAVE CASES IN OHIO PRIOR TO 1850 By LEO ALILUNAS Background of the Fugitive Slave Question Before the subject of fugitive slave cases in Ohio prior to the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 can be developed it is necessary to consider a few aspects of the antislavery movement in Ohio A number of questions arise What was the antislavery sentiment of the people of Ohio before 1850 What was the legislative policy of the State legislature ...