... CELEBRATION OF THE SURRENDER CELEBRATION OF THE SURRENDER OF GENERAL JOHN H MORGAN AN ACCOUNT BY MORGAN'S CAPTOR MAJOR GEORGE W RUE On September 2 1 1910 there was celebrated on the Crubaugh Farm South of Lisbon Columbiana county near the historic spot where the event occurred the 47th Anniversary of the Surrender of the Confederate Raider General Morgan Concerning the celebration the East Liverpool Tribune of September 22 1 91 O made the following comment Romance and intrigue combined to make ...
... A CIVIL WAR DIARY OF ALBION W TOURGEE edited by DEAN H KELLER Albion W Tourgee's Civil War diary which covers a period of six months in 1863 is an important document in the author's biography and in the literature of the Civil War It reveals Tourgee in many lights -- from the thoughtful loving husband to the stern high-minded Unionist and from the dedicated military man to the impatient individualist All of these traits were present to some extent in Tourgee's character and evidence of them ...
... EARLY HISTORY OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY EARLY HISTORY OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN OHIO ON July 13th 1 854 the anniversary of the Ordinance of 1787 there assembled at Neil's New Hall Columbus Ohio a large delegate convention representing every town in the State having for its purpose to fuse into one practical organization all political elements which opposed the repeal of the Missouri Compromise and were ready to resist the extension of slavery into Kansas and Nebraska A similar convention met on ...
... BOUNDARY AND JURISDICTIONAL PROBLEMS BOUNDARY AND JURISDICTIONAL PROBLEMS OF THE KENTUCKY-OHIO BORDER BY EUGENE O PORTER The Ohio River forms parts of the boundaries of five states and in so doing advances two problems first that of the actual boundary of each state on the river and second that of the jurisdictionwhich each state may exercise on the river In other words Virginia in her deed of cession of the Old Northwest to the Government of the Confederacy in 1784 and in her enabling act for ...
... A PRINTER'S TROUBLES A PRINTER'S TROUBLES OXFORD OHIO DURING THE EIGHTEEN-THIRTIES By ALTA HARVEY HEISER At this time of celebrating the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Ordinance of 1787 which act of Congress was the official opening of the Northwest Territory much thought is being given to pioneer days The early settlers took life in general and their own existences in particular very seriously This is somewhat amusing unless considered with an understanding of the conditions ...
... OHIO OHIO Archaeological and Historical PUBLICATINOS BUCKEYE STATION BUILT BY NATHANIEL MASSIE IN 1797 BY MORTEN CARLISLE Shrouded in the mists of obscurity and but little known except to a few of the older generation in and about Manchester Ohio this old house built by the famous surveyor General Nathaniel Massie stands today mute evidence of the excellence of his work and a link between the throbbing life of the present day and those hardy pioneers whose toil and suffering made possible the ...
... BEVERLY WILSON PALMER BEVERLY WILSON PALMER Towards a National Antislavery Party The Giddings-Sumner Alliance Shortly after meeting Joshua Reed Giddings in 1846 Charles Sumner in a 30 December 1846 article in the Boston Courier praised the Ohio Congressman for his opposition to the Mexican War Emphasizing Giddings's roots in New England Sumner wrote New England may be happy that her voice was heard at so early a stage of this important discussion and in a manner calculated to influence it so ...
... 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 ...
... THE NAMING OF MARIETTA THE NAMING OF MARIETTA By JOSEPHINE E PHILLIPS Our city is called Mari-etta was the brief postscript by which General Samuel Holden Parsons informed his friend Manasseh Cutler of the important event1 On the following day in a letter to his wife he explained more fully Our city's name in honor of the Queen of France is composed of her two Christian names--Marie Antoiniette2 In the manuscript record book of the Ohio Company3 the announcement was made with flourishes and ...
... OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS NOTES AND COMMENTS BY THE EDITOR AN EARLY OHIO SCHOOL BOOK Through the kindly interest of Mr Kora F Briggs the Society has come into the possession of an interesting school book published in Columbus in the year 1818 two years after this city became the seat of the state government From the copyright notice it appears that this book was first published in 1814 by the author Rufus W Adams On a page ...
... Franklinton-An Historical Address Franklinton -A n Historical Address 59 FRANKLINTON--AN HISTORICAL ADDRESS By GENERAL JOHN BEATTY A few rods from where we are assembled to-day the waters of the Olentangy unite with those of the Scioto and together flow down to the Ohio thence to the Mississippi and so onward to a gulf of the Atlantic ocean Southwardly from the place where the two streams meet there was at the time to which we propose to refer a broad handsome stretch of valley land where good ...
... OHIO OHIO Archaeological and Historical PUBLICATIONS MONUMENT ON THE SITE OF FORT WASHINGTON CEREMONIES AT THE UNVEILING OF MONUMENT 1789-1808 The monument erected in Third street between Broadway and Ludlow street in Cincinnati to mark the site of Fort Washington was unveiled on June 14 It was erected by a committee representing patriotic societies in Ohio as follows Mayflower Descendants-Mrs Frank J Jones Mr Herbert Jenney Mr W H Doane Colonial Dames of America-Mrs M Morris White Miss Anna K ...
... 30 Ohio Arch 30 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications VOL 4 AN EARLY ABOLITION COLONY AND ITS FOUNDER BY A A GRAHAM About nine miles north of the capital of Ohio is a village the foundation of which marks an important epoch in the history of Ohio The conflict between freedom and slavery began before the successful growth of the young republic was assured Thrifty New Englanders were waiting the encroachment of slavery and among them were men not afraid to lift up their voices in loud and ...
... DENNIS K DENNIS K BOMAN Conduct and Revolt in the Twenty-fifth Ohio Battery An Insider's Account On August 10 1861 in the town of Canfield Ohio twenty-eight year old Robert T McMahan enlisted as a private in the Second Ohio Volunteer Cavalry1 On September 3 the date of his muster he began a journal in which he noted the experiences and impressions of his service in the United States military2 McMahan first served as a cavalryman and then as a gunner for the Twenty-fifth Ohio Light Artillery ...
... 578 Ohio Arch 578 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications proceedings and looked forward with pleasure to his closer connection with its work There being no further business before the Society upon motion it adjourned The president announcing that the annual meeting of the trustees would immediately follow ANNUAL MEETING OF THE TRUSTEES SOCIETY BUILDING SEPTEMBER 24 1915 There were present Messrs G F Wright E O Randall E F Wood D J Ryan B F Prince H E Buck L P Schaus G F Bareis J E Campbell W ...
... THE CLEVELAND CONFERENCE OF 1861 THE CLEVELAND CONFERENCE OF 1861 by WILLIAM B HESSELTINE Professor of History University of Wisconsin and HAZEL C WOLF Instructor in History Manual Training High School Peoria Illinois The outbreak of the Civil War found a nation completely unprepared for the conflict The federal government had neither plans for conducting the war nor an organizational structure for implementing the plans In the first few weeks after Fort Sumter chaos mingled with confusion ...
... JOHN H JOHN H KLIPPART SECRETARY OF THE OHIO STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 1856-1878 by JOHN F CUNNINGHAM Dean Emeritus College of Agriculture Ohio State University When a man devotes his abilities and his energy and his vision to developing something that is of fundamental interest to all the people and does such an outstanding job that he wins the hearty acclaim and the profound respect of his generation and when the results of his work become so much a part of our daily living that we regard ...
... OHIO HISTORY CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS 261 OHIO HISTORY CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS 261 and our record in military production would have been far more brilliant than it was In the afternoon session held in the Auditorium of the Ohio State Museum and presided over by Stanton L Davis of the Case School of Applied Science the following papers were read by James M Miller of Waynesburg College Waynesburg Penna and by Philip D Jordan of Miami University THE SPIRITUAL FORCE IN EARLY WESTERN CULTURE By JAMES ...
... THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR THE YEAR FEBRUARY 17 1807 TO FEBRUARY 1 1898 GEN R BRINKERHOFF President E O RANDALL Secretary COLUMBUS O JANUARY 1898 407 To His Excellency Asa S To His Excellency Asa S Bushnell Governor of Ohio SIR-I have the honor to submit herewith the thirteenth annual report of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society covering the year from February 17 1897 to February 1 1898 This ...