... THE ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART THE ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART BY MARY MCMULLIN JONES In 1925 the Exeter Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Hampshire published a small book entitled The Order of Military Merit the Honor Badge of the Continental Army In this book is given all that is known about the oldest decoration for valor in existence except the Cross of St George of Russia This brief sketch was compiled with great difficulty as the Book of Merit provided for in General ...
... SIMON KENTON -- THOMAS W SIMON KENTON - - THOMAS W CRIDLAND PIONEERS BY WALTER D MCKINNEY Today it is my great privilege to place in the custody of this Society the framed portrait of a man This I might do in short form which would be forgotten at the conclusion of the ceremony but the subject of the portrait and the portrait itself -- and the maker of the frame and the frame itself -- are deserving of greater consideration by the society and myself The subject of the portrait is Simon Kenton ...
... Life Was Rugged a Century Ago Life Was Rugged a Century Ago Experiences of an English Immigrant By CARROL H QUENZEL George H Cadman was in his thirty-fourth year when he left Euston Street Station in his native London on the first lap of the trek to America Rather than wait nine whole days at Liverpool for the delayed departure of the Cambria the ship on which he had booked passage he paid an extra fee to be rowed seven miles to the Benjamin Adams and was outward bound in considerably less ...
... THE OHIO STATE THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING April 6 1945 The annual meeting of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society convened in the auditorium of the Ohio State Museum at 103 0 AM April 6 1 9 45 The meeting was called to order by Mr Arthur C Johnson President of the Society Other members of the Board of Trustees present were Mr Wolfe Mr Amos Mr Eagleson and Mr Florence Considering present day difficulties 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 ...
... HARDING ADMINISTRATION HARDING ADMINISTRATION AND RECOGNITION OF MEXICO by EUGENE P TRANI A long period of turmoil in Mexico temporarily came to an end in December 1920 with the assumption of the presidency by General Alvaro Obregon It thus seemed to be a ripe time for the reopening of diplomatic relations between Mexico and the United States and settlement of American claims against the Mexican government President Woodrow Wilson however by this time in his lame-duck period in office reacted ...
... Comments Notes and Reviews Comments Notes and Reviews 375 Mr Sherman was one of the first members of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society and for some years took a personal interest in its proceedings For ten years past and at the time of his death he was one of the trustees JOHN BROWN-A REVIEW In American history there are few if any characters the story of whose life is so erratic dramatic or so tragic as that of John Brown As he spent his youth and many years of his manhood ...
... 404 Ohio Arch 404 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications respondence with local authorities compilers of family histories contributors to historical magazines and members of historical and patriotic societies If this somewhat lengthy list be exhausted without result we may at last resort obtain some information from present day officials of the locality especially those connected with the County Clerk's or Recorder's offices The latter at least will be able to suggest some clue that may lead ...
... LINCOLN'S MINISTER TO MEXICO LINCOLN'S MINISTER TO MEXICO by J JEFFERY AUER Associate Professor of Speech Oberlin College Among the incongruities facing Abraham Lincoln in 1861 was the fact that his minister to Mexico would hold America's most important diplomatic post1 Although France and England the chief consumers of southern cotton were powerful nations possessed of great maritime strength in the event of a Union blockade of the South they could continue the cotton trade only through the ...
... PYRAMIDS AND BURIED CITIES IN THE LAND PYRAMIDS AND BURIED CITIES IN THE LAND OF THE MONTEZUMAS1 BURIED deep in the wildernesses of Mexico and Central America innumerable ruined cities await in silence the coming of the explorer-deserted temples and crumbling pyramids builded so-far back in the twilight of time that not a tradition remains of their founders In Yucatan alone no less than sixty-seven prehistoric cities have been discovered despite the fact that this wildest territory of Mexico ...
... Fortieth Annual Meeting 261 Fortieth Annual Meeting 261 In addition to the usual repairs and upkeep it became necessary to reroof the dwelling of the custodian including a new roof over the porch and to repair the summer-house This has been done at a cost of 12747 The great increase of visitors at the Park has required an additional supply of drinking water and made it necessary to drill an additional well on the premises This has been done at a cost including casing and pump of 1982 0 The ...
... 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 ...
... THE DEDICATION OF THE HAYES MEMORIAL THE DEDICAT I ON OF THE HAYES MEMORIAL AT SPIEGEL GROVE FREMONT OHIO TUESDAY MAY 30 1916 Memorials of our greatest statesmen have taken many forms and had their rise through various agencies Mount Vernon the home of Washington was rescued from oblivion by a private association whose rules and fees still control its view by the public Lincoln's modest home in Springfield Ill and The Hermitage the home of Jackson in Nashville Tenn are now in charge of local ...
... 634 Ohio Arch 634 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications CUSTER THE MAN OF ACTION ADDRESS BY COLONEL RALPH D COLE Mr Chairman Fellow Citizens Ladies and Gentlemen The character of a man is determined by the reaction of his natural endowments to the spirit of the age in which he lives If he has the power to breast the blows of circumstance the courage to accept the challenge Delivered at New Rumley Harrison County Ohio on the 22nd day of June 1932 on the occasion of the dedication of a ...
... Reviews Notes and Comments 217 Reviews Notes and Comments 217 A LATE ESTIMATE OF JOHN BROWN The time will never come perhaps when there will not be conflicting opinions in regard to John Brown and his mission It is remarkable however how well without any special advocate his character stands the test of time In spite of the critical portions of the biography written by Oswald Garrison Villard and the severe attack occupying an entire volume by Hill Peebles Wilson written for a consideration ...
... CONTRASTS IN 150 YEARS OF PUBLISHING CONTRASTS IN 150 YEARS OF PUBLISHING IN OHIO BY CHARLES M THOMAS Nathaniel Willis the publisher of the Scioto Gazette found it necessary to cut the size of his paper to half a sheet in the latter part of the year 1 8 02 He explained the reason for this by the following paragraph which is found in his issue for November 13 By reason of the Menongehalia river not having been navigable for some time past we have been disappointed in receiving a supply of paper ...
... RUSSELL D RUSSELL D PARKER The Philosophy of Charles G Finney Higher Law and Revivalism As it related to the antislavery crusade in the United States the higher law doctrine involved an insistence that slavery was contrary to the principles upon which the nation was established in that there were rules of right existing in the public mind prior to the framing of the Constitution These rules were expressed in the Declaration of Independence the true basis of government In American history the ...
... THE DIARY OF JOHN BEATTY JANUARY-JUNE 1884 THE DIARY OF JOHN BEATTY JANUARY-JUNE 1884 Part III edited by HARVEY S FORD Head Librarian Toledo Blade Wednesday March 26 1884 The newspaper correspondents have for the last month been urging me to give them an interview on the political situation What they mean by an interview is a carefully prepared dialogue between the correspondent who asks the questions or is represented as asking them and the interviewed person so called who writes both ...
... THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE E 0 RANDALL In that striking and stirring century known as the sixteenth began the voyages of discovery and the expeditions for occupancy by the Anglo Saxon and the Gaul of the North American continent The French were led by Jacques Cartier who in 1534 entered the Gulf of St Lawrence Other chivalrous and adventurous Frenchmen followed with various experiences until 1608 when Samuel Champlain encamped upon the Heights of Quebec and established a ...
... 342 Ohio Arch 342 Ohio Arc h and Hist Society Publications Detroit This latter officer was cowardly in character and incompetent in fitness The scenes are transferred to the Maumee Harrison builds Fort Meigs and the two sieges follow in both of which Tecumseh and Procter are the leading commanders The siege of Fort Stephenson August 1 was the highwater mark of Tecumseh's daring and generalship No incident in American history surpasses it for thrilling action and surprising results George ...