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Source:
Washington County
and the
Early Settlement of Ohio
Being the
Centennial Historical Address,
Before the Citizens of Washington County,
By
Israel Ward Andrews, LL. D., President of Marietta College
Marietta, Ohio, July 4th, 1878
Published: Cincinnati: Peter G. Thomson, Publisher, 179
Vine Street,
1877
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| CORRESPONDENCE |
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| Historical Address |
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- Declaration of Independence - 8
- Title of the United States to Ohio - 7
- General Putnam's Letter to Washington - 11
- The Ohio Company's Purchase - 13
- The Ordinance of 1787 - 15
- The Ohio Company and Congress in 1792 - 17
- Marietta in 1788 - 19
- Washington County Established - 21
- Early Fortifications - 23
- Townships in Washington County - 25
- Formation of the State - 27
- Marietta incorporated in 1800 - 31
- The System of Local Government in Ohio - 33
- The Court House of 1800 - 35
- Punishment in Early Times - 37
- The Children's Home - 39
- Religious Organizations - 41
- The Muskingum Academy - 47
- Marietta College Established - 49
- Educational Institutions - 51
- Libraries and Newspapers - 55
- Newspapers - 57
- Taxation of Land - 59
- The Post-Office and the First Postmaster - 61
- Flour Mills and Ship-building - 63
- Statistics - Agriculture and Petroleum - 65
- Agricultural and Mechanical Association - 67
- Money and Accounts - 69
- Military Record - 71 |
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APPENDIX
- Lists of various Civil Officers have been prepared, and are appended to
this discourse. These embrace the judges of the Territory,
judges of the Court of Common Pleas, members of Congress,
senators and representatives in the General Assembly,
postmasters at Marietta, and the various county officers. |
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