... JUDSON HARMON JUDSON HARMON BY HUGH L NICHOLS Judson Harmon forty-fourth governor of Ohio 1909-1913 was born at Newtown Hamilton County Ohio on the 3rd of February 1846 He was the eldest son of Rev Benjamin Franklin Harmon one of the pioneer preachers of the Baptist faith who extended the field of his spiritual ministrations through the medium of the old-time circuit-riding to the adjoining County of Clermont Judson Harmon was of English ancestry His lineage has been authentically traced to ...
... Negro Self-Improvement Negro Self-Improvement Efforts in Ante-Bellum Cincinnati 1836-1850 by Richard W Pih In recent years various historians particularly Leon F Litwack in his North of Slavery have focused on the speciousness of the North Star Legend of Yankee tolerance and benevolence toward the free Negro prior to the Civil War Numerous state studies on this subject have been made but work on the local urban level appears neglected Even though Carter G Woodson admirably pioneered an ...
... The OHIO HISTORICAL Quarterly The OHIO HISTORICAL Quarterly VOLUME 67 NUMBER JULY 1958 Nine Letters of Nathaniel Dike On the Western Country 1816 - 1818 Edited by DWIGHT L SMIT H IN JUNE OF 1816 a young prospective lawyer set out from Haverhill Massachusetts to seek his fortune in the West As was not unusual then for one who traveled a long distance he wrote home letters of considerable length to describe his journey and the new land to which he came But in this instance the traveler was a ...
... DUNCAN McARTHUR THE MILITARY PHASE DUNCAN McARTHUR THE MILITARY PHASE By C H CRAMER Duncan McArthur had won his military spurs before the War of 1812 broke out and had been commissioned a general in the State Militia In the spring of 1812 with war looming on the horizon Congress authorized the President to organize a number of volunteers who were to be ready to march on short notice The Ohio quota was 1200 men1 McArthur ordered his militia division to assemble and used his forensic powers in ...
... THE OHIO FREE SOILERS AND PROBLEMS OF FACTIONALISM by FREDERICK J BLUE The history of the Free Soil party in Ohio from 1849 until it was dissolved in 1854 was one of incessant factional conflict One source of controversy was the question whether the party should form a coalition with one of the major parties or should continue as a separate party This controversy over the organization of the party was finally successfully resolved when Free Soil leaders helped form the new Republican party and ...
... BURKE AARON HINSDALE BURKE AARON HINSDALE BY HAROLD E DAVIS HIRAM COLLEGE Burke Aaron Hinsdale came of pioneer stock For generations his ancestors had been pioneers If his pioneering was of a different sort it was nevertheless pioneering Gifted with a rugged constitution he had an unbounded capacity for work and tireless energy which kept his pen busy through an eventful life as the bibliography of his published works shows A voracious mind and a certain independence of judgment-- a pioneer ...
... THE NAMING OF THE CITY OF CINCINNATI THE NAMING OF THE CITY OF CINCINNATI By EDGAR ERSKINE HUME Dr William Holland Wilmer the famous ophthalmologist of Johns Hopkins and president of the New Jersey Society of the Cincinnati tells of a traveling salesman in a Pullman smoking car who interrupted another passenger reading his paper What's that pale blue silk button you are wearing he asked The other told him that it was the rosette of the Society of the Cincinnati Fine replied he I'm from ...
... EDITORIALANA EDITORIALANA THE AVERY HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES A philosophical essayist on the study of history tritely remarks that a historian should be possessed of industry conscience and imagination Industry and patience to faithfully exhume the facts conscience to truthfully and impartially exploit them and imagination to vividly portray the scenes and events involved that the reader in his mind's eye may perceive them realistically reproduced Such is the ideal historian Such an one to ...
... HISTORICAL NEWS HISTORICAL NEWS Historical Organizations AMERICAN JEWISH ARCHIVES Cincinnati Jacob R Marcus Director The Ohio Sesquicentennial Judaica Exhibit prepared by the archives is available for loan to institutions synagogues societies and schools in Ohio and neighboring states The exhibit comprises thirty items photographs portraits and photostats of documents relating to the history of the Jews in Ohio A list of the items and information regarding the loan of the materials may be ...
... TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY May 23 1913 The twenty-eighth annual meeting of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society was held in the Hunter Society Room Page Hall Ohio State University Columbus Ohio at 2 o'clock P M Friday May 23 1913 The following members were present Mr E H Archer Columbus Mr George F Bareis Canal Winchester Mr T B Bowers Columbus Mr H E Buck Delaware Hon Albert ...
... MINUTES MINUTES OF THE NINTH ANNUAL MEETING STATE LIBRARY ROOM STATE CAPITOL COLUMBUS OHIO February 20 1894 The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society met in annual session with the President Gen Roeliff Brinkerhoff in the chair The following members were present Gen Roeliff Brinkerhoff President Mansfield Rev Wm E Moore Vice President Columbus S S Rickly Treasurer Columbus E O Randall Secretary Columbus Prof Geo F W right Oberlin Judge W J Gilmore Columbus George F Bareis Canal ...
... Emilius Oviatt Randall Emilius Oviatt Randall 87 But a recognition wider and even more highly prized was that written in the hearts of those who knew and loved him During his college days at Ithaca Mr Randall met Miss Mary A Coy the lady who later became his wife To her and their two sons and daughter we of the Kit-Kat Club offer our sympathy We too have suffered a grievous loss We knew his genial companionship his ready helpfulness and his continuing friendship His sterling scholarship his ...
... BOOK REVIEWS BOOK REVIEWS The Beginnings of the U S Army 1783-1812 By James Ripley Jacobs Princeton New Jersey Princeton University Press 1947 497p including bibliography and index 500 This handsomely bound beautifully printed and heavily footnoted volume relates in considerable detail and in extremely readable form the military history of the United States from the end of hostilities with Britain in 1783 to their outbreak again in 1812 It is the first of several volumes that will carry the ...
... THE HAYES BEQUESTS THE HAYES BEQUESTS When future generations shall make their pilgrimages to the historic scenes of Fremont Ohio they will ask What means this beautiful park with its winding roads through a forest of gigantic trees and this artistic building of stone at its northern entrance with this commodious but simple brick mansion in the background and what is this magnificent collection of building in a spacious field outside approached by well-worn roads and pathways The answer will ...
... 398 Ohio Arch 398 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications torian George H Twiss Columbus Chaplain Julius W Atwood Columbus Vice-Presidents ex-officio Orlando J Hodge President Western Reserve Chapter Cleveland Dr E D Gardner President Anthony Wayne Chapter Toledo E P Whallon President Cincinnati Chapter Cincinnati Wm A Taylor President Benjamin Franklin Chapter Columbus Chas C Shearer President Nathaniel Greene Chapter Xenia Robert M Davidson President George Washington Chapter Newark Disney ...
... THOMAS JEFFERSON'S VIEWS ON SLAVERY THOMAS JEFFERSON'S VIEWS ON SLAVERY BY C B GALBREATII To one who has read the works of Thomas Jefferson it would seem that there should be no question in regard to his views of slavery Because such question has been raised reiterated and made a matter of public record and because his attitude has been thus questioned by many prominent in the early history of Ohio it may not be out of place to review here the testimony offered in regard to the real views that ...
... STORY OF THE FIRST GEOLOGICAL SURVEY STORY OF THE FIRST GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF OHIO 1835 - 18 42 BY PAUL WAKELEE STODDARD INTRODUCTORY NOTE The purpose of this paper is conceived to be the story of the First Geological Survey of Ohio not the findings of the Survey or the discoveries made It deals with the rise and fall of popular sentiment and the corresponding reaction in legislative halls Moreover this is legislative history--not social for the latter although far more valuable is subtle and ...
... LEE SOLTOW LEE SOLTOW Inequality Amidst Abundance Land Ownership in Early Nineteenth Century Ohio As the great trans-Appalachian West opened to settlement in the years after the founding of the Republic Americans saw in the virtually unlimited lands of the interior the promise of a prosperous citizenry and a healthy body politic Most believed that those rights declared self-evident in the ringing words of the Declaration of Independence must be firmly grounded in a social fabric characterized ...
... SIXTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT SIXTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society TO THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE AND THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY BY E O RANDALL SECRETARY COLUMBUS OHIO JANUARY 1901 383 OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY FROM FEBRUARY 1 1900 TO FEBRUARY 1 1901 Elected by the Trustees GEN ROELIFF BRINKERHOFF -- -- President GEN GEORGE B WRIGHT ------- First Vice-President GEO F BAREIS --------- Second Vice-President HON S S RICKLY - - --------- ...
... THE FOUNDING OF FRANKLINTON THE FOUNDING OF FRANKLINTON ITS SIGNIFICANCE TODAY1 by HAROLD J GRIMM Associate Professor of History Ohio State University The citizens of Columbus owe a debt of gratitude to the Honorable James A Rhodes mayor of Columbus and his Franklinton Sesquicentennial Committee under the chairmanship of Mr Erwin C Zepp for setting aside these two days in commemoration of the founding of the village of Franklinton By inviting us to pause in our busy work-a-day lives to give ...