... BOOK REVIEWS BOOK REVIEWS Colonel Dick Thompson the Persistent Whig By Charles Roll Indiana Historical Collections XXX Indianapolis Indiana Historical Bureau 1948 xvi 315p illustrations and index 250 Richard Wigginton Thompson the grand old man of Indiana politics was 22 years of age when he migrated to Bedford Indiana from his birthplace in Culpeper County Virginia where he was born June 9 1809 In Bedford he taught school briefly worked in a store studied law in his spare time founded with ...
... THE HOSKINSVILLE REBELLION THE HOSKINSVILLE REBELLION By WAYNE JORDAN1 A corporal four privates from the Union Army and a deputy United States marshal sloshed through mud all day and neared Hoskinsville Ohio on the evening of March 11 1863 They did not enter the village immediately but stopped at a house about a mile away The posse had come to get two Noble County boys who were in bad with the Government The deputy marshal Samuel Colby had a warrant for the arrest of Tertullus W Brown who was ...
... ABRAHAM LINCOLN VISITS WITH HIS PEOPLE ABRAHAM LINCOLN VISITS WITH HIS PEOPLE by J H CRAMER Associate Professor of History Youngstown College The crossroads of America nurtured Abraham Lincoln they were home to him He spent most of his life in the villages and small towns of the Middle West and the thriving city of Springfield Illinois numbered only seven thousand persons in its population during the years in which Lincoln was one of its leading citizens The teeming life of the American city ...
... Book Reviews Book Reviews The Irish in America By Carl Wittke Baton Rouge Louisiana State University Press 1956 xi319p list of works cited in the text and index 500 Dean Wittke's notable contributions to an objective understanding of the role of the immigrant in United States history have stimulated many to look forward eagerly to the publication of the present volume This has been especially the case because writers both of Scotch-Irish and of Catholic Irish antecedents have often been less ...
... OHIO MEDICAL HISTORY--PRE-CIVIL WAR OHIO MEDICAL HISTORY--PRE-CIVIL WAR PERIOD THE FIRST YEAR OF THE SECOND EPIDEMIC OF ASIATIC CHOLERA IN COLUMBUS OHIO--1849 By JONATHAN FORMAN Cholera because of its sudden appearance its high mortality and the frightfulness of its dead has always been a dramatic character in the history of the human race Some years ago the writer told the story of the first cholera epidemic in Columbus that of 18331 This was the great epidemic surpassing any pestilence that ...
... OHIO HISTORY AND NATIONAL HISTORY OHIO HISTORY AND NATIONAL HISTORY OHIO HISTORY TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION At a meeting of the Ohio History Teachers' Association held in April 1915 a committee was appointed to consider the publication of one or more volumes pertaining to the history of the state This committee decided that it would be wise to make a beginning by collecting a series of extracts from the sources in such a way as to make clear the part the state has taken in important phases of the ...
... JOHN BROWN IN OHIO JOHN BROWN IN OHIO An Interview with Charles S S Griffing edited by Louis FILLER Assistant Professor of American Civilization Antioch College John Brown's Ohio years merit continued study In view of the fact that a serious shadow has been cast over his intentions and activities in Kansas by a formidable historian1 it is evident that the Ohio period may be crucial in any ultimate evaluation of Brown's role and personality Mary Land's article John Brown's Ohio Environment in ...
... MINUTES OF THE THIRTY-NINTH ANNUAL MEETMINUTES OF THE THIRTY-NINTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM AND LIBRARY BUILDING COLUMBUS OHIO October 2 1924 FORENOON SESSION 9 A M The meeting was called to order by Secretary C B Galbreath On motion of W C Mills Hon James E Campbell was elected chairman of the meeting On motion of C B Galbreath Charles W Justice was elected secretary of the meeting There were present Hon James E Campbell W C Mills George F ...
... 48 Ohio Arch 48 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications represent the majesty the dignity the power and the glory of this Great Republic THE GOSPEL OF BURNISHED STEEL AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE BROAD STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH MAY 25 19 24 Although the Honor Roll which we are dedicating today contains names only of World War soldiers it is thought something should be said about the soldiers of former wars and perhaps in this day of mistaken pacificism something about war in general As this ...
... ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1945 To THE OFFICERS TRUSTEES AND MEMBERS OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY Herewith is submitted the Annual Report of the Society for the year 1945 The cooperation and the many courtesies which you have shown to the staff personnel during the year are greatly appreciated Respectfully submitted April 1 2 19 46 HENRY C SHETRONE Director REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR The year 1945 was a ...
... CATHERINE M CATHERINE M ROKICKY Lydia Finney and Evangelical Womanhood In May of 1835 Lydia Andrews Finney bade farewell to her husband as he headed for his first look at Oberlin College in Oberlin Ohio Mrs Finney and their three children would stay in Cleveland with her parents until the Reverend Charles Grandison Finney settled himself as the professor of theology in Oberlin1 Separation between the couple was far from a new experience because of the position of the Reverend Finney as the ...
... Index Index COMPILED BY LAURA RUSSELL ABRIDGMENT of the Laws by Nathan Dane 72 Academic Seal of The Ohio State University 68 Achenbaum W Andrew Shades of Gray Old Age American Values and Federal Policies since 1920 rev 112-13 Acreage Owned by 43 French Persons in the District of Gallipolis in Washington County July 1 1800 65-67 Table 66 Adams John Quincy 6 Adams Robert 130 Adult education 34-45 Aeneid by Vergil 73 Agricultural Experiment Station 39 Agricultural extension service 34-45 ...
... THE ORDINANCE OF JULY 13TH 1787 THE ORDINANCE OF JULY 13TH 1787 TH E intrinsic merits of that organic law which was enacted by the old Continental Congress on the 13th of July 1787 for the Government of the Territory Northwest of the river Ohio have been so fully discussed and are so well understood that any attempt in that direction would be little more than a repetition of views already familiar to an intelligent audience Its merits can now be measured by its fruits Results are its monument ...
... Book Notes Book Notes Ohio Pottery and Glass Marks and Manufacturers By Lois Lehner Des Moines Iowa Wallace-Homestead Books 1978 113p illustrations notes bibliography A useful updating of John Ramsay's 1947 check list of Ohio potteries with additional material on Ohio glass manufacturers this work contains brief company histories arranged alphabetically by town or city and accompanied by reproductions of known ware marks The bibliography indicates an uneven utilization of available material ...
... OHIO OHIO Archaeological and Historical PUBLICATIONS JOSHUA REED GIDDINGS A CHAMPION OF POLITICAL FREEDOM BY BYRON R LONG There never was a time perhaps when there was less need for furnishing material for readers than just now The worldwar has been productive of thot and action such as has enlisted thousands of good writers who are keeping record of incidents and are setting down impressions which are moving the souls of men as profoundly as any that human life has experienced The excuse for ...
... Index Index Saunders Richard Erie Railroad 7 Scale and Scope The Dynamics of Industrial Capitalism by Alfred D Chandler Jr rev 61-63 Scarlet Woman of Wall Street The See Erie Lackawanna Railway Company Scharff Virginia Taking the Wheel Women and the Coming of the Motor Age rev 64-66 Schob David E Schob book rev 147-148 Scioto Company The 117 Scioto River 119 120 Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks One Hundred Years of Preservation and Resource Management California History by Lary M ...
... 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 ...
... OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS NOTES AND COMMENTS BY THE EDITOR ANNIVERSARY OF VISIT OF LAFAYETTE TO OHIO CELEBRATED IN CINCINNATI One great city in the United States at least appropriately celebrated the centenary of Lafayette's visit to America The city of Cincinnati under the leadership of Mrs Lowell F Hobart Ohio Regent of the D A R Mrs Charles A Meyers Regent of the Cincinnati chapter of this organization Mrs Thomas Kite ...
... JARED POTTER KIRTLAND M JARED POTTER KIRTLAND MD THE SAGE OF ROCKPORT NOVEMBER 10 1793--DECEMBER 18 1877 By GEORGE M CURTIS M D A portly old gentleman with a robust commanding physique was Dr Jared Potter Kirtland of the eighteen seventies So massive was his rotund frame that to the unutterable delight of wide-eyed visiting youngsters he would sit and read in those preEdisonian days with a candle propped upon his powerful chest His home at East Rockport Ohio was surrounded by exotic shrubs and ...
... 206 Ohio Arch 206 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications V O L 3 But still its mission is to the regions beyond its position in the advancing columns is on the front line Its business is to find and drive the enemy leaving to the slower-moving forces the work of fortifying and garrisoning the conquered provinces Its muster roll begins with those of Caesar's household and ends not until it includes the faithful Onesimus Quenchless zeal for souls is and must forever be its characteristic a ...