... EDITORIALANA EDITORIALANA VOL XVIII No 3 JULY 190 9 WASHINGTON'S FIRST BATTLE GROUND For many years it had been the ardent desire of the Editor to traverse the country of the Monongahela and the Youghiogheny where the youthful Washington began his diplomatic career entered his military life received his baptism of fire won his spurs in battle met his first defeat and succumbed to his only surrender experiences that taught him his preparatory lessons in the science of statesmanship and the art ...
... EDITORIALANA EDITORIALANA TABLET ON SERPENT MOUND It will be recalled that during the visit of Prof F W Putnam of Harvard University to the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science held in Columbus August 1899 that gentleman stated to the officers of our Society that if we would accept repair and suitably preserve and guard the property known as Serpent Mound then in the possession of the Peabody Museum that the trustees of that institution would transfer to us said ...
... Benjamin Tappan John B Weller and David T Disney37 Perhaps Tod realized that the Cleveland letter had cost him a large block of votes and was determined to recapture them by vigorous stumping The Ohio State Journal greeted this action of Tod's with derision It said that he was merely perambulating the State delivering himself of a weak false and contemptible harangue that he has committed to memory from the columns of the Statesman38 Tod's 34 ...
... REPORT ON THE PRESENT CONDITION OF REPORT ON THE PRESENT CONDITION OF MOUNDS AND EARTHWORKS OF OHIO HAVING been appointed by the Ohio Arch ae ological and Historial Society Chairman of a Committee to consider the necessity and the means of preserving the prehistoric mounds and earthworks of Ohio I arranged last summer to spend a week in company with Judge C C Baldwin of Cleveland in making a tour of inspection which should enable us to supplement investigations which we had previously made ...
... THE COMING AND GOING OF OHIO DROVING THE COMING AND GOING OF OHIO DROVING REV I F KING D D Mr King about the year 1850 took three droves two of cattle and one of sheep across the Allegheny mountains In doing this he walked from Zanesville Ohio to eastern Pennsylvania five times On one trip he came home by public conveyance In 1851 the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was only finished to Clarksburg West Virginia This article is an interesting description of a phase of the business life in the early ...
... Benjamin Franklin Harmon one Benjamin Franklin was born in Henderson New York January 27 1819 and died in Cincinnati in 1893 He married Julia A Bronson of Olean New York They had eight children of whom Judson Harmon was one The life companion of the latter was Miss Olivia Scobey who preceded him in death about twelve years To this union three daughters were born Mrs Abigail H Wright residing ...
... Benjamin Rush in Philadelphia and had married an eastern woman a niece of Colonel Jared Mansfield professor of mathematics at West Point Drake's children and now his grandchildren who were Sandy's as well were being brought up as gentlefolk with servants private schools and all the luxury that had sprung up so quickly in the growing West It was for one of these grandchildren that Dr Drake wrote down his interview with their unknown grand- ...
... ARNOLD HENRY DOHRMAN ARNOLD HENRY DOHRMAN BY A J MORRISON TOLEDO The following extracts1 will explain themselves and will serve to throw light upon the circumstances of the grant by the Old Congress to Arnold Henry Dohrman of a township in the southeastern part of Tuscarawas County 1780 I Report of Committee of Foreign Affairs June 21 1780 to whom was referred a letter of 23rd May from Mr P Henry late governor of Virginia to-wit Arnold Henry Dohrman hath expended large sums of money in ...
... RICHARD T RICHARD T FARRELL Internal-Improvement Projects in Southwestern Ohio 1815-1834 During the first three decades of the nineteenth century merchants farmers and manufacturers successfully established Cincinnati's economic prominence in the West Taking advantage of the city's strategic location pioneer merchants supplied the increasing number of immigrants from Europe and the eastern states with the goods they needed before they moved up the valleys of the Great Miami and Little Miami ...
... THE ANTI-GALLOWS MOVEMENT IN OHIO THE ANTI-GALLOWS MOVEMENT IN OHIO By ALBERT POST The criminal codes of colonial America were based on those of England but in the New World where the social structure and traditions were less binding these codes were modified by reducing the number of capital crimes In England during the eighteenth century over two hundred felonies were capital while in the North American colonies the average number was about twelve With the publication in 1764 of the Essay on ...
... 634 Ohio Arch 634 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications The custodian reports that during the year twenty-two thousand visitors to the park have registered and he estimates that fully as many more did not register making at least forty-four thousand people who visited the park during the year This is the largest number of visitors in a single year in the history of the park This may be due in part to the improved road from Hillsboro to Peebles which passes by the park Signed W H COLE WM C ...
... Benjamin Romaine Stephen Benjamin Hough After organization the order increased rapidly and included among its members Thomas Worthington Edward Tiffin Ethan Allen Brown Winn Winship Preslay Morris Jesse Spencer and others of the highest standing in society and leaders of public opinion both in State and National politics The dispensation granted for the purpose of erecting the new wigwam ...
... Benjamin Lundy organized the Benjamin H Ladd was a Benjamin Stanton as a principal conductor of the runaways eastward to the Alum Creek Friends' settlement in Morrow County Young Stanton hauled his Negro passengers at night by team and wagon over a corduroy road through the black swamp sometimes halting on stormy nights in that dismal 16 ...
... Benjamin Tappan of Steubenville S P Hildreth of Marietta Alfred Kelley of Columbus James McBride of Butler County Ebenezer Lane of Huron and some twenty others to organize The Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio Among the charter members for the city of Cincinnati were Nicholas Longworth John P Foote and Timothy Flint To anyone familiar with the history of our state the names of these empire builders must awaken a thrill of enthusiasm ...
... 24 Ohio Arch 24 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications their loss was far heavier than that suffered by Wayne's soldiers Following the Battle of Fallen Timbers many Indians fled to Detroit the British headquarters and General Wayne departed for Fort Defiance He did not live long to enjoy the honor of his victory dying two years later One of General Wayne's last acts was to receive from the British Fort Miami which they formally surrendered in 1796 in pursuance to a treaty negotiated by Chief ...
... Benjamin Tappan of Benjamin Tappan was its first president Subsequent presidents during the Columbus period were Ebenezer Lane Judge Jacob Burnet and J C Wright Burnet being ree lected in 1844 For the first dozen and a half years of its existence the Society had its home in this capital city of Columbus and its membership included persons from all parts of the state Its first publication was ...
... DOCUMENTS DOCUMENTS EARLY OHIO POSTAL ROUTES by WILLIAM D O VERMAN Director Library and Archives Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Akron Ohio Editor's Note Considerable interest has been indicated in Dr Overman's article on Early Ohio Postal Routes published in the January-March 1946 issue of the Quarterly pp 21-29 Particularly philatelists who specialize in early stampless covers have expressed appreciation for the article It has been suggested that the publication of the postal routes ...
... Benjamin Hughey Barney Benjamin Sawyer Hiram Young Benjamin Jenks October 4 Benjamin Sawyer January 31 Benjamin Seth Young Miami country State of Ohio August 3 1 1810 3 The Manifesto or a declaration of the doctrines and practice of ...
... GENERAL EDWARD S GENERAL EDWARD S GODFREY By HON CALVIN POMEROY GODFREY It sadly befalls one this week as of April fifteenth to record in fidelity the demise of a noble man Putnam County's greatest military figure another of the distinguished martial sons of Ohio--Brigadier General Edward S Godfrey USA Retired That mortal and painless end of a quite meritorious and notable career occurred at the home in Cookstown Burlington County New Jersey at seven o'clock the evening of Friday April 1 1932 ...
... 292 Ohio Arch 292 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications VoL 4 FRANCIS CHARLES SESSIONS BY WASHINGTON GLADDEN D D LL D Blessed are they that dwell in thy house They will be still praising thee Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee In whose heart are the highways to Zion Passing through the Valley of Weeping they make it a place of springs Yea the early rain covereth it with blessings They go from strength to strength Every one of them appeareth before God in Zion - Ps lxxxiv 4 -7 This ...