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Source:
The Firelands Pioneer Quarterly
Published by
The Firelands Historical Society
Headquarters in
The Firelands Memorial Building
Norwalk, Ohio
Published at Norwalk, Ohio
The American Publishers Company.
1921

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New Series

Volume XXII

Jan. 1921

ILLUSTRATIONS.
  Page
Judge Thomas M. Sloane, - Frontispiece  
Firelands Memorial Building 4
Alexander Thom 14
Mrs. Isabel S. Thom 14
Mrs. Mary (Janes) Ingham, in 1896, Cleveland 32
Col. James W. Van Dusen, Medical Corpos, U. S. A. 81
Alfred Kelly 106
  Page
The Louisville 118
Frank H. Tompkins 186
Mrs. M. F. C. Worcester 190
Hon. S. T. Worcester 190
George F. Titus 207
James Gilbert Gibbs 212
Benjamin Briggs Herbert 244
John Stultz Laning 255

RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS.
List of Officers for 1920-21 4
Fifty-sixth Annual Meeting 5
Invocation, Rev. Chas. H. Gross 5
Address of Welcome, Hon. C. D. Miles 6
Response, Pres. C. P. Wickham 7
Appointment of Committee to Examine Treasurer's Report 7
Treasurer's Report, J. A. Strutton 8
Nominating Committee Appointed 9
Election of Officers 9
Acceptance of collection of specimens of the "Antlered Herd of North America" 10
Afternoon Session, 56th Annual Meeting 40
Acceptance of collection of coins 40
Adjournment 83
Fall Meeting, Sandusky 84
Invocation, Rev. Charles H. Small, D. D. 84
Appointment Committee on Resolutions 122
Afternoon Session, Fall meeting 122
Report Committee on Resolutions,
  H. L. Peeke and James G. Gibbs
132
Greetings from Mr. George F. Titus 162
Amendment to Section of Society's Constitution Referring to Life Membership 163
Remarks by Curator, James G. Gibbs 163
Adjournment 163

HISTORICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS.
Letter from Col. J. W. Van Dusen 11
Memorandum for Col. J. W. Van Dusen, U. S. A. 11
U. S. Battleship Maine 12
Reminiscences of New London, William B. Thom 13
Mary Jane Ingham's Contribution 33
Letter from Thomas L. Kennan 38
George Kennan, Norwalk's Most Famous Son, Takes a Live Interest in the Firelands 38
Some Bits of Local History, Address
     By Hon. Malcom Kelly
41
Incidents of Andersonville, Mr. E. P. Snyder 58
Sketch of Service Record of Joseph Reamer 72
Items from An Old Account Book of Almon Ruggles 73
Letter of Regret from Hon. Chas. L. Curtiss 77
Letter of Regret from Col. J. W. Van Dusen 81
Accessions to the Museum and Library of the Firelands Historical Society 83
Postcards Are 50 Years Old 83
Ancient American Surgery 83
The Value of a Historical Society to a Community, Address
     By Judge Charles P. Wickham
84
Article in Cleveland Topics 86
Jay Cooke, Civil War Financier and Pioneer Railroad Builder, F. E. Weeks 88
Early History of the Old Bee Line R. R. and Its Completion by Hon. Alfred Kely in 1851, William B. Thom 104
A few Facts about Zion Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Sandusky, Ohio, Rev. Theo. J. C. Stellhorn 122
Address by Hon. Hosea Paul 126
Address by Hon. Basil Meek 130
Revelations of An Old Account Book, Address by Hon. Thomas W. Latham 133
The Pioneer Women of Sandusky, Mrs. Sarah M. C. (Cooke) Sloane 138
The Firelands as a Field for the Historical Novelist, H. L. Peeke 139
Woman Suffrage in Erie County, Mrs. Alice Kelley Hertlein 147
A Page from the Medical History of Erie County 150
Paper on Lester S. Hubbard, Read by his daughter Jeannie L. Hubbard Denig 158
Some Recollections of the Past,
     by Mr. A. J. Barney, Wakeman
161
"Hold the Fort!" by Colonel J. I. Adams, United States Cavalry, (formerly Lieutenant, Signal Corps) 164
The Victory of Fallen Timber - The Treaty of Greenville and Tarhee, the Crane, Chief of the Wyandots, Address by Hon. Caleb H. Norris 170
The Mozart Gallup Bass Viol 185
A Generous Son of the Firelands 185
Parcels Post Started Jan. 1, 1913 185
Notable Wedding Celebrations: -  
Sixtieth Wedding Anniversary 187
Married Sixty Years 187
Fifty-Sixth Wedding Anniversary 187
Golden Weddings 187
An Ancient Will 188
A Valued Portrait of a Famous Man 189
Note from Mrs. M. F. C. Wooster 191
The Aim of the Historical Society 191
Churches Celebrate Centennials: -  
Centenary of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Norwalk 192
A Hundred Years in Thy Sight - Historical Pageant 193
Many Attain Very Great Age 200
Centenary of Methodism in Norwalk 201
Methodism in Norwalk - Historical Sketch, Ed. L. Young 202
The Sunday School 203
General Mention 204
Official Roster, First M. E. Church 205
Ninetieth Birthday of Presbyterian Church 206
Several Articles Omitted 206
The George F. Titus Pistol Collection is a Great Addition to the Firelands Museum 207
Pisto's, Resume by George F. Titus 208
George Kennan Gives Museum a Rare Curio 209
The Tercentenary of the Pilgrims 210
At Memory's Gate 211
Mrs. Barr at 82 211
Letter from C. P. Wickham, President 213
Letter from H. L. Peeke 213
In Memoriam 214
Quotations 296
A Lincoln Anecdote 297
All Parts Interchangeable 297
Bulletin of the F. H. S., with List of Life Members 298
Table of Contents 32

OBITUARIES.

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