... THE ORIGIN OF THE GIDDINGS RESOLUTIONS THE ORIGIN OF THE GIDDINGS RESOLUTIONS By W SHERMAN SAVAGE The British Government abolished slavery in its West Indies possessions as early as 1833 The nearness of the slave states of the American Union to those islands made this a question of great concern and caused much confusion in the diplomatic relations of the two countries When ships from the Southern States with slaves on board were driven by stress of weather into these ports the slaves claimed ...
... THE OHIO BOUNDARY OR THE ERIE WAR THE OHIO BOUNDARY OR THE ERIE WAR1 WHEN the great Ordinance of 1787 was passed by Congress it was agreed by all the States present that six of the articles known as the articles of compact should not be repealed except by the joint consent of Congress and the States concerned The fifth of these irrevocable articles provided that not less than three nor more than five States should be formed out of the region of country known as the Northwest Territory In case ...
... 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 ...
... DR DR ALVA CURTIS IN COLUMBUS THE THOMSONIAN RECORDER AND COLUMBUS' FIRST MEDICAL SCHOOL By JONATHAN FORMAN M D In 1769 in the town of Astead New Hampshire was born one Samuel Thomson He lived and grew up as a farmer's son He became a keen observer of men and things He was particularly interested in all that he could learn about the healing art He was entirely self-taught and he learned from the Indians about him from the old women who were handy with the sick and from the medical books ...
... DONALD J DONALD J RATCLIFFE The Experience of Revolution and the Beginnings of Party Politics in Ohio 1776-1816 The American Revolution would scarcely be worth the name if it signified nothing more than separation from Great Britain In fact it was the beginning of an experiment to create a republic in which a free people could be governed justly without resort to the traditional sources of state power hereditary right and ancient prescription The new republic however did not take shape ...
... 164 Ohio Arch 164 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications VOL 3 RIO GRANDE COLLEGE-REV J M DAVIS PRESIDENT When asked but a few hours ago to take part in the exercises of this forenoon I gladly consented for in my opinion no interest that has been developed in Gallia county in the first century of its settlement is more worthy of being brought to remembrance and notice than its educational interests and my connection for a number of years with Rio Grande college enables me to set forth briefly ...
... THE BEGINNINGS OF THE NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH THE BEGINNINGS OF THE NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH IN OHIO by OPHIA D SMITH The doctrines of Emanuel Swedenborg were introduced in America near the close of the eighteenth century twelve years after Swedenborg's death In 1784 James Glen a Scottish Newchurchman came to Philadelphia to deliver the first Swedenborgian lectures ever heard in this country This was three years before Robert Hindmarsh in London organized the first New Jerusalem society in the world ...
... THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THOMAS EWING THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THOMAS EWING EDITED BY CLEMENT L MARTZOLFF Through the courtesy of Thomas Ewing Jr of New York City I am permitted to give to the public for the first time the entire autobiography of his distinguished grandfather Thomas Ewing a pioneer the first Alumnus of the first college of the Old Northwest an eminent lawyer a profound statesman an honorable citizen and a Christian gentleman-C L M1 NOTE--I wish to express my gratitude to the following ...
... Editorialana Editorialana 1 33 scription of the Western Country given by Generals Putnam and Tupper amp others it appearing expedient to form a settlement there a Motion was made for chusing a Committee to prepare the Draught or Plan of an Association into a Company for the said Purpose for the Inspection and Appropriation of this Convention - Resolved in the Affirmative--Also Resolved that this Committee shall consist of five-General Putnam Mr Cutler-Col Brooks Major Sargent amp Capt Cushing ...
... DAVID KELLOGG CARTTER DAVID KELLOGG CARTTER BY RUTH GERTRUDE CURRAN Naming the oldest son David Kellogg has been a custom of the Cartter family for five generations The second David Kellogg Cartter was born in Jefferson County New York June 22 1812 four days after the declaration of war on the part of the United States against England He was the son of David K Cartter a prominent and well-to-do carpenter and Elizabeth Hollister Cartter The father died when David was ten years old and in ...
... THE TAMMANY SOCIETY IN OHIO THE TAMMANY SOCIETY IN OHIO SAMUEL W WILLIAMS ORIGIN AND HISTORY The Tammany Society was organized in the City of New York in the year 1789 and was designed to counteract the combined influence of the Federalists and the Society of Cincinnati The latter was looked upon as a species of aristocracy and hostile to democratic institutions Fears were entertained that its members might consolidate power in their own hands though they were certainly as loyal to the infant ...
... VICTOR B VICTOR B HOWARD The 1856 Election in Ohio Moral Issues in Politics In recent years a growing number of social scientists have taken the position that ethnic and cultural diversity of American society and not ideologies of platforms of the major parties have been the chief factors in determining American political alignments1 Samuel P Hays insists that party ideologies never reflect the major concern of the local electorate and on that level ethno-cultural issues are much more ...
... THE JOURNAL OF A VERMONT MAN IN OHIO 1836-18421 THE JOURNAL OF A VERMONT MAN IN OHIO 1836-18421 edited by LEROY P G RA F Professor of History University of Tennessee In 1836 when he was thirty-one Oren Wiley left his family and friends in Saxtons River Vermont to accept employment in a tin shop in Ohio City Ohio a new settlement located along Lake Erie on the west side of the Cuyahoga River opposite Cleveland Three years later he moved to Dayton Ohio where he lived until his return to New ...
... McCormick Summer-Autumn 2001 pp 136-152 Copyright 2001 by the Ohio Historical Society All rights reserved This article is presented page by page with footnotes according to the original print version If a sentence seems to end abruptly scroll down to continue with the next page An Entrepreneurial Enterprise and the Financial Crisis of 1819 The Worthington Manufacturing Company By Virginia and Robert W McCormick James Kilbourn Photo Courtesy the Worthington Hisorical Society The Worthington ...
... MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY APRIL 4 1941 The Board of Trustees of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society met at noon Friday April 4 1941 in the Trustees Room of the Ohio State Museum President Johnson presided over the meeting attended by the following trustees Messrs Eagleson Fleischmann Florence Rightmire Spencer Spetnagel Wittke and Wolfe Director Shetrone ...
... CLEMENT L CLEMENT L VALLANDIGHAM BY W H VAN FOSSAN LISBON OHIO In my library is a pencil-marked volume of the miscellaneous works of Sir Philip Sidney Knt It is not the contents of this book however that leads me to refer to it but the carefully punctuated autograph of its purchaser C L Vallandigham London Canada West April 22 1 864 Fifty years after it may be of interest to ask Who was this man his followers called the martyr in exile the man who in part at least occasioned the writing of ...
... OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS NOTES AND COMMENTS BY THE EDITOR DEATH OF HONORABLE DANIEL J RYAN Early Friday morning June 15 1923 Daniel Joseph Ryan Vice President of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society breathed his last He had been in poor health for some time but the end came unexpectedly He passed without pain from the repose of sleep to the repose of death This announcement brings sadness to the members of ...
... A Backwoods Utopia A Backwoods Utopia The Berea Community of 1836-1837 By DAVID LINDSEY In April 1836 three remarkable men--a farmer-turned-circuit rider a farmer-turned-evangelist and a teacher-turned-farmer--met on the banks of the Rocky River in northeastern Ohio Each man had come a devious route to that spot James Gilruth born of Scotch immigrant parents in western Virginia in 1793 fought briefly in the War of 1812 before taking up a farm in Ohio's Scioto River valley Undergoing a deep ...
... 370 Ohio Arch 370 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications MILITARY DAY The third day was Military day and no other county has better right to commemorate the memory of the soldier than Jefferson whether he be of the Revolutionary war of the Second War for Independence the Mexican war or the War Between the States Jefferson county furnished thousands of the bravest men in the Federal army during the War Between the States It is not necessary to mention their names - the mere mention of this ...
... RECENT ADDRESSES OF RECENT ADDRESSES OF JAMES EDWIN CAMPBELL HOW AND WHEN OHIO BECAME A STATE On the third day of September 1783 a treaty of peace was concluded at Paris between Great Britain and the United States of America The commissioners on behalf of the United States were Benjamin Franklin John Jay and John Adams who had negotiated it and Henry Laurens who arrived from captivity in the Tower of London just in time to sign it There had been nearly two years of vexatious wrangling over the ...