... EDWIN M EDWIN M STANTON AT KENYON by WYMAN W PARKER Librarian Kenyon College Stanton the secretary of war in Lincoln's cabinet is still a controversial figure Stanton the youthful school boy is even more elusive but recently-located early letters written in college and in the years directly afterwards have cast more light upon the picture The letters give an impression slightly at variance with the published reminiscences of his contemporaries but such were tempered by time and the fact that ...
... The Ohio Canal Movement 1820-1825 The Ohio Canal Movement 1820-1825 By HARRY N SCHEIBER NO SINGLE ACT of the Ohio General Assembly prior to the Civil War had so profound an effect upon the state's economic development as did the bill of February 4 1825 by which construction of the state's canal system was first authorized On the eve of the bill's passage Alfred Kelley one of its eading exponents sought to explain to De Witt Clinton of New York the reasons why the Ohio legislature had agreed to ...
... PRESS NOTICES OF GOVERNOR CLINTON'S PRESS NOTICES OF GOVERNOR CLINTON'S VISIT TO OHIO COLUMBUS GAZETTE JULY 14 1825 Governor Clinton left here on Friday morning last accompanied by Governor Morrow several of the canal commissioners ex-Governor Brown and a number of our fellow citizens and arrived at Springfield in the evening He dined at Dayton on Saturday where he would remain until Monday From thence he would proceed to Cincinnati by way of Hamilton and etc where he would arrive on Tuesday ...
... NEWS and NOTES ADLAI E STEVENSON United States ambassador to the United Nations has given his papers relating to his campaign for governor of Illinois in 1948 and the papers of his terms as governor 1949-53 to the Illinois State Historical Society Springfield In a statement accompanying his letter of gift Ambassador Stevenson said Feeling that the preservation of papers affecting our past is important for the future and because of my family's long residence in Illinois and close connection ...
... 40 Ohio Arch 40 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications ring a man's relationship to the God who made him and the home over which he presides has a political significance You might as well talk of removing politics from business as to talk of asking the sun to stop shining as long as a human being votes upon the election of a man who will vote for a law there is always politics and there always should be politics Instead of there being too much politics in this country there is too little ...
... Forty-First Annual Meeting 633 Forty-First Annual Meeting 633 President Johnson stated that the reports of the Committees on the various Parks should be given great attention On last Sunday he attended the Ohio History Day celebration at Logan Elm Park and was absolutely amazed by the number -- literally thousands -- in attendance The celebration lasted practically all afternoon and great interest was displayed by those present The American people are turning to outdoor life -- picnics camping ...
... DONALD A DONALD A HUTSLAR The Ohio Farmstead Farm Buildings as Cultural Artifacts Ohio's rural landscape though dwindling constitutes a significant area of the state some 17 million acres largely in the central and western counties1 However Ohio's agrarian past is still evident in the urban centers where an occasional farm building remains on-site often adapted to some commercial use such as a dairy store or carry-out-an ignominious end at best The barn in particular has become a romantic ...
... THE ADMISSION OF OHIO TO THE UNION THE ADMISSION OF OHIO TO THE UNION by BENJAMIN H PERSHING BRUTAL TRUTH DISCOVERED NEAR 150TH BIRTHDAY OHIO ASKS STATEHOOD With this alarming headline a metropolitan Ohio newspaper on January 14 1953 announced the most unique episode in the history of the admission of territories into the federal Union The article stated that congress had taken no action on the constitution prepared at Chillicothe in 1802 Consequently Ohio had legally been a territory and ...
... OHIO IN THE MEXICAN WAR OHIO IN THE MEXICAN WAR BY DANIEL J RYAN This article is a chapter from Volume IV of the History of Ohio by Messrs Randall and Ryan It is printed by permission of the publishers The Century History Company 54 Dey St New York N YEDITOR The office of Governor did not prove attractive to Mr Corwin It afforded no opportunity to display either his talents or abilities In those days it was a position more of dignity than of power He used to say that his principal duties were ...
... William Oxley Thompson 103 Wil li am Oxley Tho m pson 103 ber of men and women of the state than any other person he has by personal example set the impress of his own character and ideals To no one of his generation is the commonwealth under greater obligations to no one does it accord higher respect A power for civic righteousness a lover of his fellow-men a broadminded generous courteous Christian gentleman Truly he has had The heart to conceive The understanding to direct And the hand to ...
... 30 Ohio Arch 30 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications HOLMES COUNTY REBELLIONFORT FIZZLE J R VANCE I was born in a log cabin situated in Knox Township Holmes County Ohio almost three-quarters of a century ago and have lived here on the farm ever since My information in regard to the events I am about to narrate comes from various sources I heard my father and mother discuss events as they had happened As I grew older I began to ponder on these discussions and to ask questions Many times I ...
... THE OHIO THE OHIO Archaeological and Historical Society ORGANIZED MARCH 13 1885 Articles of Incorporation Synopsis of By-Laws and List of Members FROM DATE OF ORGANIZATION UNTIL FEBRUARY 19 1891 317 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION The undersigned citizens of Ohio having associated themselves together and desiring to form a corporation not for profit under the laws of said State of Ohio do hereby subscribe and acknowledge the following articles of incorporation 1 The ...
... MEMOIR OF ANTOINE LAFORGE MEMOIR OF ANTOINE LAFORGE A Gallipolis Manuscript 1790 Translated from the original French by Laurence J Kenny S J St Louis University The accompanying document is a copy of a manuscript heirloom that has been cherished for more than a century among the descendents of Pierre Antoine Laforge one of the early French settlers of Gallipolis It brought them into possession of the modest inheritance referred to at its close and it has given substance and vraisemblance to ...
... THE EARLY FRENCH SETTLEMENTS ON THE GREAT THE EARLY FRENCH SETTLEMENTS ON THE GREAT LAKES JOHN M BULKLEY The French emigrants scattered along the northwestern frontier previous to the year 176 0 were chiefly from the provinces of Picardy and Normandy in France Without aspiring to the aristocratic rank of the noblesse who had congregated in the region of Quebec and Montreal they were accustomed to reverence the authority which had before been exercised over them under the French monarchy in ...
... PROGRAM PROGRAM INTRODUCTORY REMARKS HENRY A WILLIAMS President of the Club INVOCATION REV IRVING MAURER LEAD KINDLY LIGHT DOUBLE QUARTET Messrs Karl Hoenig John M Sheridan Ray R Smith Frank T Welling A M Calland Harold G Simpson W D McKinney and Wm A Vause RANDALL OUR PRESIDENT OSMAN C HOOPER Secretary of the Club RANDALL AND THE OHIO SUPREME COURT HON HUGH L NICHOLS Chief Justice Ohio Supreme Court RANDALL THE ARCHAEOLOGIST-HISTORIAN HON JAMES E CAMPBELL President Ohio Archaeological and ...
... THE PRESERVATION OF DOCUMENTS THE PRESERVATION OF DOCUMENTS ONE of the earlier issues of the QUARTERLY contained timely suggestions regarding the preservation of old documents letters and memoranda relating to our early history There has also been no little discussion on this question elsewhere notably in the American Historical Association The result has been to awaken an interest in such articles and a search in old trunks in garrets and in other such receptacles incident to our American ...
... THE TRUTH ABOUT CINCINNATI'S FIRST LIBRARY THE TRUTH ABOUT CINCINNATI'S FIRST LIBRARY By DOROTHY V MARTIN This essay proposes to lay a ghost--not a very important one but in its day its brief day a ghost that aroused partisans and parties and involved men in high places It is the ghost of Cincinnati's first library We might doubt that it ever existed even as a mere proposition outside of legend except for three meager records which have managed to survive for more than a century Two of these ...
... CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF ULYSSES S GRANT BY C B GALBREATH CELEBRATION AT POINT PLEASANT CLERMONT COUNTY OHIO Of all citizens of the United States born in Ohio the most famous in his day and generation as Judge Hugh L Nichols has observed was General Ulysses S Grant That he still holds that high place among the distinguished sons that Ohio has given to the Republic and the world was attested by the outpouring of people to celebrate the ...
... HISTORICAL NEWS HISTORICAL NEWS Historical Organizations ANTHONY WAYNE PARKWAY BOARD Columbus J Richard Lawwill Director In the past few months the Anthony Wayne Parkway Board has partic ipated in the dedication of several markers in the parkway district On June 21 a marker sponsored by the local businessmen's association and the Amer ican Legion post was dedicated at Fort Loramie Shelby County It describe the Miami and Erie Canal and the Greene Ville Treaty line which cross at that point J ...