... DELAWARE IN THE DAYS OF 1812 DELAWARE IN THE DAYS OF 1812 ALICE HILLS Miss Hills is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution Delaware Ohio Chapter for which she prepared the following bit of local history In the war of 1812 Ohio or a part of it was the scene of much military action in which our own country and town played no small part Delaware situated so nearly in the centre of the state about half way between Chillicothe the capital and the scene of operations around Sandusky ...
... SHULL'S ROAD SHULL'S ROAD The following letter addressed to the Editor by John William Scholl professor emeritus in the University of Michigan contains enough of historical data to warrant its publication as a matter of record ANN ARBOR MICHIGAN April 6 1946 Dear Sir I have before me a Road Map of Montgomery County Ohio made revised in 1936 by Victor C Smith then County Engineer which contains an especially interesting error Near the northeast corner of the county in Wayne Township there is a ...
... JAMES N JAMES N GIGLIO The Political Career of Harry M Daugherty 1889-1919 Historians have written about Harry Micajah Daugherty only within the context of the Warren G Harding era His association with the 1920 campaign and the Harding presidency has received extensive coverage Works on the 1920's have amply covered his involvement in the administration scandals Daugherty's pre1912 career however has been virtually ignored only a scant outline of early political adventures has come from the ...
... HISTORICAL NEWS HISTORICAL NEWS Historical Societies DELAWARE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Delaware Wilbur Main President The society has been holding regular monthly meetings on the third Monday of each month At the meeting in February R B Powers gave a paper on genealogy Mrs John J Swickheimer spoke at the March meeting on the early history of Radnor Township In April the first number of a mimeographed bulletin was published for the purpose of publicizing the society by describing its aims and ...
... SHAKER EDUCATION SHAKER EDUCATION by SHERMAN B BARNES Professor of History Kent State University On August 27 1810 a body of some five hundred armed men threateningly descended upon the Shaker community at Union Village near Lebanon Ohio The crowd eventually withdrew however without committing any act of violence In explaining this withdrawal official Shaker historians gave credit not only to the calm peaceable and harmless deportment of the believers but also to the orderly and flourishing ...
... THE DEATH AND FUNERAL OF PRESIDENT THE DEATH AND FUNERAL OF PRESIDENT WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON BY REV EDWARD S LEWIS One of the most notable campaigns for the presidency of the United States was that of 1840 in which Martin Van Buren and William Henry Harrison contended for that high office This was perhaps the most picturesque of the presidential campaigns The Democrats were strong and confident Harrison the Whig candidate was ridiculed by them as being only a western soldier living in a log ...
... THE GENEALOGICAL SECTION THE GENEALOGICAL SECTION REPORTED BY HELEN S FULLER The joint session of the Columbus Genealogical Society and the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society took place at 7 PM April 1 in the auditorium of the Ohio State Museum Frank A Livingston presided and John F Carlisle presented a paper on William Holmes McGuffey His History and Genealogy in which he pointed out McGuffey's position concerning the selection of reading material adapted to the minds of ...
... Index Index COMPILED BY EDWARD LENSE AND NANCY SUMMERS ABA See American Bar Association Abbot David and Tappan 136 136n 137-38 139 140 Abolition of slavery 49 50 56 abolitionism in Western Reserve 50 56 and Benjamin Tappan 109 111 ACLU See American Civil Liberties Union Adams John 121 220 Adger John B American delegate to World Evangelical Alliance 302 Aeschbacher W D book rev 338 Alexander Charles C book rev 342-43 Alexander James 148 Alien and Sedition Acts 224 Allen Frederick Lewis quoted ...
... Index Index COMPILED BY LAURA RUSS E LL ABOLITIONISM Theodore Dwight Weld's Anti-Slavery Mission in Ohio by Vernon L Volpe 5-18 Abolitionist Actuarv Atheist Elizur Wright and the Reform Impulse by Lawrence B Goodheart rev 168-170 Abzug Robert Passionate Liberator Theodore Dwight Weld and the Dilemma of Reform 6 8 9 Adjutant General's General Order Number 12 1916 45-46 Adjutant General ONG office of 40-56 Agriculture Butter and Egg Business Implications From the Records of a Nineteenth-Century ...
... THE RISE OF HOMEOPATHY THE RISE OF HOMEOPATHY By LUCY STONE HERTZOG M D In the course of correspondence concerning this paper Dr Frederick Waite wrote me One of the questions is What was the previous relation of those who became homeopaths in the early era All the homeopathic histories stress the point that many of the homeopaths had previously been in regular medicine but he was unable to prove this true except of only a small minority Dr Waite also raised the question Whence come the ...
... OHIO OHIO Archaeological and Historical QUARTERLY THE OHIO VALLEY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION Fifth Annual Meeting Pittsburgh Pa October 30-November 1 1911 THE NEW ORLEANS CENTENNIAL Robert Fulton who had profited by the experiments and experiences of John Fitch and James Rumsey a score or more years before made a successful trial with the steamboat Clermont on the Hudson River in 1807 The success of the Clermont on the New York river inspired her owners Fulton Livingston and Roosevelt with the ...
... KENTON'S CHILLICOTHE KENTON'S CHILLICOTHE BY T J BROWN WAYNESVILLE OHIO Having been born and lived most of my life in Greene county and within easy driving distance of Old Town the site of what I learned to designate as New Chillicothe and having known when a boy about 1840 an old Indian fighter who was a participant in the ill-conducted Bowman expedition intended to capture and destroy that village I read up very early in life all the adventures I could find connected therewith As to the ...
... 546 Ohio Arch 546 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications this loyal public would ever especially enjoy the St Clair park of seventy-seven acres embracing the site of Fort St Clair the battle field burial place and the scenic lands surrounding The old flag of thirteen stars and many scars which now drapes the form of our darling dead she greatly prized on account of the hallowed remembrances thereof to herself personally relating This old flag was her talisman it tenderly thrilled her ...
... THE EXPEDITION OF CELORON THE EXPEDITION OF CELORON BY C B GALBREATH The journals of Celoron and Bonnecamps with the paper by O H Marshall are here published in order to bring together in convenient form the accounts of this remarkable expedition sent by the Marquis de la Galissoniere Governor-General of New France and the Country of Louisiana to establish more firmly the French claims to the Ohio country particularly that portion of it which lies within the present boundary of our state A ...
... THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN OF 1875 IN OHIO THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN OF 1875 IN OHIO BY FORREST WILLIAM CLONTS M A SIGNIFICANCE OF CAMPAIGN As a purely state contest the political campaign of 1875 in Ohio was of more than ordinary significance It was unusually long intensely conducted bitterly fought and the conclusion might be interpreted to have decided at least one very important question for the people of the entire country Widespread attention served to arouse the citizens of Ohio to the meaning ...
... 554 Ohio Arch 554 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications the Hopewell Mounds during the explorations of Professor Moorehead in 1 89 1 It is the further plan of the Director to place on exhibition objects illustrating the various cultural peoples of prehistoric times in Ohio It is further anticipated that the south exhibition hall on the second floor will be devoted to collections illustrating the various types of artifacts used by prehistoric man in Ohio ACCESSIONS TO MUSEUM COLLECTIONS ...
... A Civil War Diary of William McKinley A Civil War Diary of William McKinley Edited by H WAYNE MORGAN IN APRIL 1861 news came to Ohio that secessionists had fired on Fort Sumter the long-dreaded civil war was at hand and the last hopes of compromise vanished in the smoke of battle Ohio home of so many conflicting forces had her share of southern sympathizers but she was prepared to stand by the Union cause even if it meant war Recruiting agents mingled with politicians and orators through the ...
... 462 Ohio Arch 462 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications will stand as the testimonial of a grateful people to the life and services of a truly beloved man To this building and the beautiful grove surrounding it will come generations of American citizens our children grandchildren and their descendants and draw an inspiration to a life of unselfishness and honor as they become more and more familiar with the life and character of Rutherford Birchard Hayes that crowned and glorious life ...
... THE FIRST REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNTHE FIRST REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN AMERICA BY EX-JUDGE DAVID DAVIS Mr William M Pettit in the Archaeological and Historical Quarterly of July 1931 has written an able article setting forth that Rev John Wheelwright of Boston and later of Exeter Massachusetts was the first man to form a Republican Government in America The records and history of the Colonies by many authors attribute that honor to Rev Roger Williams Rev Wheelwright came to the Colonies ...
... OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS NOTES AND COMMENTS BY THE EDITOR TWO TIMELY BOOKS ON LAFAYETTE The True LaFayette by George Morgan J B Lippincott Company Philadelphia 489 pages Price 25 0 The True Lafayette is a somewhat ambiguous title but in this instance the word true is applicable alike to the man and the story of his life The work is about all that could be desired in a single volume It is a timely straight-forward and authentic ...