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"Sketch of Ohio River Improvements," Volume 18, Number 4, October, 1909, pp. 415-420 .
... Annual Meeting Ohio Valley Historical Association Annual Meeting Ohio Valley Historical Association 415 may be mentioned Hugh Henry Brackenridge the author of a satirical romance entitled Modern Chivalry in which he sarcastically depicts the political conditions of his time The Pittsburgh Gazette the first newspaper printed west of the Alleghany mountains contains in its early columns a number of contributions from the pen of this versatile son of Princeton who had been a classmate of James ...

"Friends of Freedom: Lincoln, Chase, and Wartime Racial Policy," by Frederick J. Blue. Volume 102, , Summer-Autumn, 1993, pp. 85-97.
... FREDERICK J FREDERICK J BLUE Friends of Freedom Lincoln Chase and Wartime Racial Policy Historians have long differed over what motivated Abraham Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation They have also disagreed over what place the President believed blacks should occupy after emancipation In failing to reach a consensus on what led Lincoln to the most important decision of his administration they have debated over what factors and persons may have influenced him1 Among those individuals ...

"Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio," by Charles T. Greve. Volume 35, Number 3, July, 1926, pp. 473-481.
... Dedication of Ohio's World War Memorial 473 Dedication of Ohio's World War Memorial 473 tions in manuscripts newspaper files and local history being especially notable ADDRESS OF CHARLES T GREVE At the conclusion of Mr Cathcart's address which was liberally applauded Professor Siebert introduced Mr Charles T Greve Secretary of the Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio and well-known author who spoke as follows Mr Chairman and Our Hosts The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical ...

"An Eddy in the Western Flow of American Culture: The History of Printing and Publishing in Oxford, Ohio, 1827-1841," Volume 44, Number 1, January, 1935, pp. 103-127.
... AN EDDY IN THE WESTERN FLOW OF AMERICAN AN EDDY IN THE WESTERN FLOW OF AMERICAN CULTURE The History of Printing and Publishing in Oxford Ohio 1827-1841 By JESSE H SHERA 103 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS It is I am well aware not customary to append to a study as brief as this a lengthy list of acknowledgments Nevertheless there are in this instance certain major obligations the public recognition of which I am convinced is not an act of supererogation Accordingly I would express my ...

"The Hopewell Culture," by Raymond S. Baby. Volume 61, Number 2, April, 1952, pp. 182-185.
... THE HOPEWELL CULTURE THE HOPEWELL CULTURE by RAYMOND S BABY Curator of Archaeology Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society This prehistoric culture named by William C Mills from the Hopewell mound group in Ross County closely followed Adena in time and like the Adena people the Hopewell people lived along the principal streams emptying into the Ohio River Valley Sites and centers of occupation of the Hopewell people are located in the main along or in the valleys of the Scioto Little ...

"Salmon P. Chase," Volume 1, Number 2, September, 1887, pp. 111-126.
... OHIO OHIO Archaeological and Historical QUARTERLY SEPTEMBER 1887 SALMON P CHASE THE careful study of a grand and successful life like that of Chief Justice Chase cannot fail to be interesting whether viewed with regard to the position reached by one who from a farmer's boy in moderate circumstances came to be United States Senator twice Governor of Ohio Secretary of the Treasury and finally Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States or whether it be considered with regard to the ...

"Patriotic Ohio and Patriotic Marion," by James E. Campbell. Volume 31, Number 4, October, 1922, pp. 404-407.
... 404 Ohio Arch 404 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications the crowds cheered and waved their hats and handkerchiefs until the automobiles bearing the president and his party passed out of the grounds The evening of the Fourth was observed by a dazzling display of fireworks witnessed by thousands The likenesses of President Harding Eber Baker and General Pershing were reproduced in fireworks display The morning program of the Fifth of July was presided over by George B Christian Sr The first ...

"The Sale of the Western Reserve" by B. A. Hinsdale. Volume 2, Number 4, March, 1889, pp. 475-487.
... THE SALE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE THE SALE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE AT the beginning of the Revolutionary War the State of Connecticut claimed the strip of land lying within her charter limits forty-one degrees and forty-two degrees two minutes north latitude extending from the Delaware River to the Mississippi River The State of Pennsylvania also claimed so much of this strip as lay within her charter limits that is east of a meridian line five degrees west of the Delaware A bitter controversy ...

Volume 67, Number 1, January, 1958, pp. 68-94.
... Book Reviews Book Reviews Financing Unemployment Compensation Ohio's Experience By Edison L Bowers Paul G Craig and William Papier Bureau of Business Research Monograph Number 89 Columbus Ohio State University College of Commerce and Administration 1957 xx 314p bibliography 400 An important function of state government in the industrialized society of our day is the organization and administration of an effective system of unemployment compensation Ohio which is well on the way to becoming the ...

"Vanished Bishopric-An Interesting Bit of Ohio History, The," Volume 25, Number 4, October, 1916, pp. 540-542.
... EDITORIALANA EDITORIALANA THE VANISHED BISHOPRIC-AN INTERESTING BIT OF OHIO HISTORY The Catholic Historical Review for July contains for people of Ohio a vastly interesting paper A Vanished Bishopric of Ohio dealing the rile French settlement at Scioto or Gallipolis on the Ohio River and the proposition to establish thereat a Catholic bishopric some time about the year 1789 the year that Bishop John Carroll was appointed to the See of Baltimore with jurisdiction over all the United States It ...

"The Moravian Records, Volume Two: The Diaries of Zeisberger Relating to the First Missions in the Ohio Basin," edited by Archer Butler Hulbert and William Nathaniel Schwarze. Volume 21, Number 1, January, 1912, pp. 1-125.
... OHIO OHIO Archaeological and Historical QUARTERLY THE MORAVIAN RECORDS VOLUME TWO THE DIARIES OF ZEISBERGER RELATING TO THE FIRST MISSIONS IN THE OHIO BASIN EDITED BY ARCHER BUTLER HULBERT AND WILLIAM NATHANIEL SCHWARZE INTRODUCTION THE MISSIONS OF THE UNITAS FRATRUM The ancient church of the Unitas Fratrum the United Brethren or Moravians as they became widely known from their original home-land was all but utterly destroyed by the persecutions that accompanied the Thirty Years' War Fleeing ...

"Some Experiences in Making a State Historical Survey," by W. D. Overman. Volume 43, Number 3, July, 1934, pp. 307-314.
... Report of the Forty-eighth Annual Meeting 307 Report of the Forty-eighth Annual Meeting 307 SOME EXPERIENCES IN MAKING A STATE HISTORICAL SURVEY By W D OVERMAN The Historical Survey now in progress in Pennsylvania was started in December 1933 and is under the direction of the State Archivist The survey was carried on as a state CWA project until March 29 1934 and since that time has been continued with a greatly reduced quota of workers as a project under the FERA At its inception the director ...

"The Ohio Canal Movement, 1820-1825," Volume 69, Number 3, July, 1960, pp. 231-256.
... 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 ...

"Library of an Early Ohio Farmer, The," by Robert H. Irrmann. Volume 57, Number 2, April, 1948, pp. 185-193.
... THE LIBRARY OF AN EARLY OHIO FARMER THE LIBRARY OF AN EARLY OHIO FARMER by ROBERT H IRRMANN Assistant Professor of History and Government Denison University Though not among the founding fathers of Blendon Township in Franklin County Gideon W Hart is noted by William Martin one of the county's early historians as among those who subsequently settled there after the initial waves of migration in 1806 and 1808 Born in Hartford Connecticut on July 16 1785 Hart first came to Franklin County in ...

Volume 70, Number 4, October, 1961, pp. 391-403.
... Index Index ABOLITION MOV'EMENT and aboAnderson William C trustee Wool litionists T Corwin unsympathetic and Cotton Manufacturing Company toward 8 and Corwin amendment 20 107 Adams Charles Francis 2 9 and the Andrews Israel Ward 340 341 Corwin amendment 17 18 19 20 Annual Report of the Society for Adams Charles Francis Jr 18 1960 247-253 Adams Henry quoted on secession Antioch College 227 285 ethics at crisis 2 10 17 19 24 26 220 philosophy of education at 235 Adams John Quincy 6 241-243 and ...

"People of Ohio's First County, The," by Wayne Jordan. Volume 49, Number 1, January, 1940, pp. 1-40.
... THE PEOPLE OF OHIO'S FIRST COUNTY THE PEOPLE OF OHIO'S FIRST COUNTY By WAYNE JORDAN Colonel John May of Boston writing from Pittsburgh to his wife on May 12 1788 remarked I wish there were more New England people going to Muskingum1 By Muskingum he meant the newly founded Marietta colony which had not yet been named for France's queen2 The colonel had been impressed by the number of boats laden with whites and blacks which kept floating by en route to Kentucky Against such competition ...

"John Brown at Harper's Ferry and Charlestown: A Lecture," by S. K. Donovan. Volume 30, Number 3, July, 1921, pp. 300-336.
... JOHN BROWN AT HARPER'S FERRY AND JOHN BROWN AT HARPER'S FERRY AND CHARLESTOWN A LECTURE BY S K DONOVAN This lecture by Colonel S K Donovan was delivered a number of times in Ohio but was never before printed The original manuscript is in the possession of his sister Miss Sallie Donovan of Delaware Ohio by whose permission it is now published Colonel Donovan once stated to the writer that he was the first newspaper correspondent to reach Harper's Ferry after the raid began When he arrived there ...

"List of Accessions," Volume 41, Number 3, July, 1932, pp. 558-563.
... 558 Ohio Arch 558 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications County Several additional parks shortly will be placed in our custody In connection with two or three of the park properties there has been some lack of agreement as to methods of administration The Director accompanied by Trustee J C Goodman Chairman of the Committee on State Parks recently visited these properties conferred with local committees and provided means for correcting the situations It may seem superfluous to consume the ...

"Birthplace of John Brough," Volume 28, Number 4, October, 1919, pp. 369-374.
... BIRTHPLACE OF JOHN BROUGH BIRTHPLACE OF JOHN BROUGH The following article is reprinted with slight corrections from a Marietta paper published some years ago-E 0 R The wrecking a few years ago of the old jail just opposite the Court House at Marietta brought to mind several historic facts of no mean importance This building was a little more than fifty years old having been erected in 1848 on the site of the pioneer Court House which was the first Hall of Justice in the Northwest Territory The ...

"McClellan's Western Virginia Campaign of 1861" by Richard O. Curry. Volume 71, Number 2, July, 1962, pp. 83-96, notes 193-194.
... As the secession crisis in the Old Dominion approached its climax in May 1861 the Unionists of northwestern Virginia looked anxiously to the state of Ohio for deliverance from tyranny On May 26 1861 only three days after Virginia formally seceded from the Union Major General George B McClellan commander of the department of the Ohio launched his invasion to preserve western Virginia for the Union To his troops McClellan issued the first in a series of colorful if exaggerated manifestoes that ...