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1823. Margaret, d. of George and Mrs. Turner. Rufus, s. of Bial and Mary P. Steadman. George Wyllis, s. of Esquire Goodno. Eliza, d. of widow Eliza Judson. Rufus Putnam, s. of Rev. Samuel P. and Patty Rob- bins. Arthur Wellesley, Jackson, Ebenezer, Thomas White and Lucre- tia, c. of Anaxinander Warner. Orange Philander and Margaret, c. of Abijah and Mrs. Wedge. Eliza, d. of Thomas and Abigail Stanley. Elizabeth, d. of Moses Flanders. Oren, s. of Reuben Messenger. George Everett, s. of Phineas and Mary Keyes.
The Record of Baptisms from 1823 to 1832 is not preserved.
By Rev. Luther G. Bingham.
1832. Benjamin Perkins, s. of Douglas and Mary A. Putnam. John Henry, s. of John and Deborah Mills. Henry Wait, s. of Nathaniel and Julia Holden. Mary Eliza, d. of James and Sally Flagg. Edward Mills, s. of Daniel H. and Theodosia Buell. Joseph, s. of Joseph E. and Rhoda Hall. Joseph, s. of Joseph and Mrs. Morris.
1833. Benjamin Franklin, s. of Benjamin F. and Rosanna Stone. Child of Michael and Mary Eadie. Frances Caroline and Rebecca So- phia, c. of Charles and Frances Bosworth. Julia Welch and Eliza Holden, c. of David and Eliza Skinner. William Bradley, Maria and Elizabeth McFarland, c. of Weston and Maria Thomas. Cornelius Pat- ton, Catharine Plumer, Mary Priscilla, Mehitable Maltby and William Swan Plumer, c. of Cornelius and Hetty Tinkham. Anselm Tupper, s. of Anselm T. and Rebecca Nye. Joshua Seth, s. of Frederic and Maria Shipman. Luke Hitchcock, s. of John and Susanna McIntosh. Julia Ann Daggett, d. of John and Susanna McIntosh. George Dunlevy and Columbia, c. of Timothy and Lorena Buell. John, s. of Christian and Charlotte Beck. George Stanley and , c. of Zephaniah and Lucy Bosworth. Mendon, s. of George and Eliza Westgate.
1834. Louisa Adelia, d. of Abraham and Huldah Blakeley. Eliza- beth, d. of George and Mary Elston. Charlotte Putnam, d. of Augustus and Charlotte P. Stone. Frances Eliza, d. of Nathaniel and Julia Hol- den. Charles Wilson, s. of John and Deborah Mills. Luther George, s. of John and Mrs. Greene. Amanda, Harriett Almira and Putnam, c. of William and Nancy Warren. David Barnes, s. of John and Susan Cot- ton. William Richardson, s. of Silas and Deborah Slocomb. Harriett Lucina, d. of Samuel and Lucina Shipman. William, s. of Joseph and Mary Morris. John Thomas, s. of Mr. and Lucy Cadwell. Sarah Maria,
d. of D. C. and Eliza Skinner. Henry Martin, s. of Truman and Betsey Post. Julia Maria, d. of Frederick and Maria Shipman. Eliza Amanda, d. of Charles and Frances Bosworth. Elizabeth Mary, d. of John and Josephine Gabauden. Henry Kirk, s. of Henry and Hannah Smith. John Darling, Sarah, Frances Mary and Eunice Boyd, c. of John D. and Sarah Preston. Augustus Stone, s. of Christian and Charlotte Beck.
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1835. Thomas Vinton, s. of Daniel P. and Sarah Bosworth. Charles, s. of Anselm T. and Rebecca Nye. Child of James and Margarette An- drews. Peter Radcliff, s. of David, Jr., and Hannah Putnam. Samuel Hildreth, s. of Douglas and Mary A. Putnam. Elizabeth Edgerton, d. of D. H. and S. E. Allen. Cyrus Nye, s. of Cyrus and Sophia Byington.
1836. Juliett Harriett, d. of Cornelius and Hetty Tinkham. Rhoda Maria, d. of Samuel and Lucina Shipman. Julia Ann, d. of Nathaniel and Julia Holden. Moses McFarland, s. of David C. and Eliza Skinner.
1837. Sarah, d. of Charles and Frances Bosworth. Luther Melanc- thon, s. of Rev. L. G. and Sarah Bingham. Mary Cram, d. of Anselm T. and Rebecca Nye. Charles Henry, s. of John and Deborah S. Mills. Reuben Linnell, s. of Ichabod and Minerva Nye. Emma Brooks, d. of Truman and Betsey Post. Jane Yates, d. of D. H. and S. E. Allen. Frances Maria, d. of Abraham and Huldah Blakeley. Mary Cone, d. of Silas and Deborah Slocomb. George Matthews, s. of H. and Margaret Lord. Benjamin, s. of David and Mrs. Racer.
1838. Hannah Gilman, d. of Luther and Hannah G. Temple. Child of Christopher and Mrs. Sturtevant. Samuel Chambers, s, of David C. and Eliza Skinner. Hannah Munson, d. of David and H. M. Putnam.
1839. William Lankton, s. of John and Eliza Gilman. Elizabeth Thompson, d. of Luther and Betsey Edgerton. Nathaniel Shipman, s. of Nathaniel and Julia Holden. William Henry, s. of Otis and Nancy Wheeler. Sarah Sophia, d. of John and Deborah S. Mills. Child of Charles and Mary Hendre. William Philo, s. of John and Julia Slocomb. Douglas, s. of Douglas and Mary A. Putnam. Alice, d. of D. H. and S. E. Allen. Sarah Flagg, d. of Mr. and Edna Richardson. Thomas Rey- nold and Eliza Margaret Hempstead, c. of Thomas and Mrs. Campbell. Truman Sanford, s. of Truman and Betsey Post. Joseph Neal, Rosanna, James Glass and Mary, c. of James and Mary A. Roseberry. Rebecca Nye, Ann Blockson and Sarah Amanda, c. of John O. and Sally A. Cram. William Perry, s. of Rev. L. G. and Sarah Bingham.
1840. Isabella Collin, d. of William and Maria St. Clair. Sarah Eliz- abeth, d. of Samuel and Lucina Shipman. James Walker, s. of Anselm T. and Rebecca Nye. Charles Frederick, s. of Frederick and Maria Shipman.
By Rev. Thomas Wickes.
George Gates, Ann Maria, John and Frances Elizabeth, c. of John and Francis Lewis. Julia Ann, Lewis, Elizabeth Thomas, Isabella Clemena, William Adolphus and Horatio, c. of Lewis and Ann Soyoz. Susan, John, Ann Maria, Mary Lucretia, c. of Joseph and Margaret A. Phillips. Anna Church, d. of William T. and Philena B. Gray. Susan, d. of D. C. and Maria Racer. Charles Henry Mills, s. of James and Ann Davis. John Mills, s. of J. M. and Eliza Amlin. Arathusa Louisa, d. of James A. and Beulah Tenney. Mary Elizabeth, d. of A. and Friendly D. Chester. Brainard(Taylor, s. of Luke and Mrs. De Witt. George Lyman, s. of John M. and Juliana Slocomb. Martha Frances, d. of Sala and Joanna F. Bosworth. Ann Catharine, d. of D. C. and Eliza Skinner. William Henry, s. of Luther and Elizabeth Edgerton. William Clark, s. of I. W. and Sarah Andrews.
1841. Calista Putnam, d. of Ichabod H. and Catharine Nye. Martin Luther, s. of Luther and Hannah Temple. Albert Linnekogle, s. of Henry and Hannah Smith. Charles Asa, s. of Nathaniel and Julia Hol- den. Jonas Moore, s. of Thomas and Mrs. Campbell. Edward Comfort,
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s. of Frances and Eliza Knapp. William Cornelius, s. of Charles and Mary A. Hendre. Mary Frances, d. of John O. and Sally A. Cram. Maria, d. of Anselm T. and Rebecca D. Nye. Daniel Perkins, s. of D. P. and D. T. Bosworth.
1842. Sophia Gaitre, Victor Bertram, Adoran, Joseph Napoleon and Leonidas Romulus, c. of Mrs. Meriban. Charles Watson, s. of Sylvester and Julia Loomis. Children of James and R. Rosberry. Jonas Moore, s., of Joseph and Margaret Philips. John Mills, s. of James and Mrs. Davis. William Church, s. of William J. and Philena B. Gray. Franche Cotton, s. of Talbot and Susan Bullard. Sarah Eliza, d. of Thomas and Mary A. Wickes. Frances Elizabeth, (adopted) d. of Mr. and Mrs. Hannewell. Martha Ann, d. of James M. and Eliza Amlin. Salem Jer- ome, s. of Moses and Eliza Hammond. Charles Shipman, s. of Sala and Joanna Bosworth.
1843. Jane Williams, d. of Isaac and Fanny Frederick, Bates, s. of Henry and Hannah B. Smith. Edward Collyer, s. of Edward and Hannah Nye. Mary Perkins, d. of John M. and Juliana Slocomb. Henry Martin, s. of A. H. and G. Haskell. Charles Nathaniel, s. of I. H. and Catharine Nye. Samuel Bingham, s. of Samuel and Lucina Shipman.
1844. Benjamin Tupper, s. of Anselm T. and Rebecca D. Nye. Har- riett Elizabeth, d. of Rev. John and Mrs. Woodbridge. Frances Gay- lord. d. of George A. and Snsan W. Ward. Williim Jones, s. of Thomas and Mrs. Campbell. David Holton, s. of D. H. and Adaline Winship.
1845. Amelia Lambert, d. of Rev. Thomas and Mary A. Wickes. Mary Elizabeth, d. of A. H. and G. Haskell. Albert Henry, s. of John and Juliana Slocomb. William S., s. of Samuel and Mary Maxwell. George Wells, s. of D. P. and D. T. Bosworth Emily Perkins, Mary Dodge, Martha Smith, Harriet Brown and Ann Eliza, c. of Mrs. Harriet De La Vergne. Rebecca, d. of A. T. and Mrs. R. D. Nye. Abi- gail Augusta, d. of William and Patience Fay.
1846. George, s. of George A. and Elizabeth Ward. Henry, s. of I. H. and C. Nye. Sarah Hyde, d. of Prof. I. W. and Mrs. M. A. Andrews. Henry Perkins, s. of Sala and Joanna Bosworth. John, s. of John and Dorothy Mills. Caroline Webster, d. of Rev. J. R. and Caroline Barnes. Weston Thomas, s. of D. C, and Eliza Skinner.
1847. Beman Castis, s. of John and Susan Vinton. Harriett Frances, d. of Rev. Thomas and M. A. Wickes. Mary Eliza, d. of Samuel and Mary Maxwell. Frank, s. of Merritt and Mrs. A. Judd. Mary Celeste, d. of G. A. and Elizabeth Ward. Joseph, s. of Joseph and Margaret Philips. Harriet Ellen, d. of J. M. and J. S. Slocomb.
1848. Samuel Ebinger, s. of John and Frances Lewis. Lucretia Moore, d. of William and Patience Fay. Thomas Alexander, s. of Rev. Thomas and Mrs. M. A. Wickes. Elizabeth Rebecca, d. of Prof. I. W. and M. A. Andrews. Charlotte Elizabeth, d. of Samuel and Mary Max- well. Elizabeth Alice, d. of John O. and Sally Cram.
1849. Albert Douglas, s. of Douglas and H. Perkins. Tasker Bourne, s. of D. P. and D. L. Bosworth. Mary Ellen, d. of Samuel and Lucina Shipman. Mary Ward, d. of T. C. H. and Lucy Smith.
1850. Ella Maria, d. of J. D. and A. Cotton. . Elizabeth Darling, d. of John and Elizabeth Woodbridge. Lucy Holmes, d. of E. W. and H. Nye. Sarah Josephine, d. of Samuel and Mary Maxwell. Mary Cole- man, d. of John and Dorothy Mills. Asa Wilson, s. of A. B. and Annette
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Waters. Mary Hildreth, d. of Andrew and Rhoda Ross. Mary Beman and Charles Henry, c. of Beman and Betsey Gates. Solomon Payson, s. of William and Patience Fay. William A. Fisher, s. of J. A. and Beulah Tenney.
1851. George C. Clark, s. of George and Elizabeth Rossiter. Ellen, d. of John and Jane Smith. Chandler Francis, s. of Chandler and Hen- rietta Robbins. Ellen Alma, d. of William and Philena Gray.
1852. Samuel Moore, s. of Samuel and Mary Maxwell. George, s. of Andrew and Agnes Johnson. Frank, s. of I. H. and C. W. Nye. Nancy Bradley, d. of W. B. and M. J. Thomas. William and Mary, c. of James and Mrs. Davis. Olive Butler, d. of Theodore and Evaline Hall. Wil- liam Webster, s. of John and Dorothy Mills. Mary Hopkins, d. of Rev. Thomas and L. F. Wickes.
1853. Clara Laflin, d. of E. B. and C. F. Andrews. William Curtis Clark, s. of I. W. and M. A. Andrews. Julia Louisa, d. of L. and Julia Brigham. William Rockwell, s. of Rev. Thomas and Lydia Wickes. William Slocomb, s. of Joseph and Eliza Ward. Anna Steece, d. of J. D. and Ann Cotton. Betsey Shipman, d. of Beman and Betsey Gates.
1854. John Howes, s. of A. B. and Annette Waters. Samuel Hildreth, s. of A. and R. M. Ross. Theodore Norton, s. of George and Leonora Woodruff. Margarett and Isabella Douglas, c. of John and Jane Smith. Elizabeth Agnes, d. of Andrew and Agnes Johnson. Phoebe, d. of C. F. and C. Dabele.
1855. Mary Ann, d. of George and E. Rossiter. Frank Abbott, s. of Amos and Lucy Layman. Catharine Frances, d. of E. B. and C. F. An- drews. Jane Morgan, d. of J. M. and Elizabeth Woodbridge. Mary Frances, d. of J. B. and Eliza Ward. Caroline, d. of Rev. Thomas and Lydia Wickes. Wellington Skinner, s. of Wellington and Julia Wells. Edward Clark, s. of George and E. Rossiter. Frances Maria, d. of J. M. and Juliana Slocomb. George Woodbridge and Elizabeth Woodbridge, c. of John and Jane Smith. Mary Eliza, d. of J. D. and Ann Cotton.
1856. Harry Alden, s. of Melvin and Sophia Clark. William Putnam and Mary Ann, c. of William and Ellen Jump. Lucy Woodbridge, d. of T. C. H. and L. Smith. Georgiana, d. of C. F. and C. Dabele. Charles Cole, s. of W. B. and M. J. Thomas.
1857. Mary, d. of John and Margaret Fisher. John Haskell, s. of William J. and P. Gray. Maria Elizabeth, d. of William A. and P. Fay. Langdon Childs, s. of T. L. and Laura Andrews. Fanny Rogers, d. of George R. and E. Rossiter. Adam Clark, s. of Andrew and Agnes John- son. Ellen, d. of John M. and E. Woodbridge. Sara Ella, d. of Lorenzo and Mrs. Parker. Cutler Watson, s. of E. B. and C. F. Andrews.
1858. Charles Adams, s. of Roswell and Mrs. Tenney. Arthur Brown- ing, s. of Melvin and Sophia Clark. Maria Elizabeth, d. of William B. and M. J. Thomas. Harriet Westgate, d. of C. E. and Vesta Glines. Howard Williams, s. of J. W. and S. Stanley. Charles Henry, s. of Sala and J. F. Bosworth. Alfred Dewey, s. of M. D. and H. Follett. Frank Stewart, s. of George R. and E. Rossiter. Julia Anna, d. of William and Ann W. Tennant. Charles Fulton, s. of John and Jane Smith.
1859. Walter, s. of J. R. and J. Crawford. John Walter, s. of Andrew and Agnes Johnson. Hiram Burch, s. of W. H. and Ellen Dunning. Frederic Guitteau, s. of I. H. and S. Nye. Charles Abbott, s. of Amos and L. Layman. William Judson, s. of William A. and P. Fay. John
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F., son of T. L. and and L. Andrews. Charles William, s. of C. F. and C. Dabele.
1860. Fanny Nelson, d. of Melvin and Sophia Clark. Walter Web- ster, s. of George R. and Louise Woodruff. Annetta Maria, d. of C. E. and Vesta Glines. Maria Allen, d. of James D. and R. N. Sturgis.
1861. John Morgan and William Darling (twins), c. of J. M. and Eliz- abeth Woodbridge. Benjamin Child, s. of William A. and Patience Fay. Elizabeth, Agnes and Alice Jane, c. of Mr. and Mrs. Spratt. Mary Louisa, d. of C. F. and C. Dabele. Charles Andrews, s. of George R. and E. Rossiter. Constance Church and Elizabeth Swift, c. of T. C. H. and Lucy Smith. George A., s. of L. M. and Mrs. Parker. George Dex- ter, s. of J. D. and Ann Cotton,
1862. Weston Kent, s. of W. B. and M. J. Thomas. William Lourie, s. of John and Isabella Devol.
1863. Cora, daughter of C. F. and C. Dabele. Kittie Clark, d. of E. W. and H. E. Evans. Edward Hinsdell, s. of Edward F. and A. Fish. John Thomas, s. of John W. and S. Stanley. Ernest Virgil, s. of John and Isabella Devol. Maria Morgan, d. of T. C. H. and Lucy Smith.
1865. Mary Caroline, d. of George R. and Louisa Rossiter. Grace, d. of M. D. and H. Follett.
1866. Ward Andrews, s. of Wm. and S. A. Holden. Clarence Evans, s. of George and Ernestine Camp. Volney Adams, s. of John and Er- nestine Deeble. Henry Thomas, s. of C. E. and Vesta Glines. Bertha Elizabeth, d. of C. C. and E. Ketter.
1867. William Wickes, s. of D. P. and Emeline Adams.
1868. Ellen Sophia, d. of George R. and Louise Woonruff. Grace Put- nam, d. of John and Isabella P. Devol.
1869. Elston Hamlin, s. of George and Ernestine Camp. Grace May, d. of William B. and Mary J. Thomas.
By Rev. Theron H. Hawks.
Katharine Eliza. d. of Charles E. and Vesta Glines. Frank Meade, s. of E. G. and Sarah E. Brigham.
1870. Alice Augusta, d. of C. C. and E. Ketter. Charles, s. of Augus- tus T. and Kate Ward. Lizzie May, d. of J. A. and Sarah Kingsbury.
1871. Mabel Day, d. of E. B. and O. M. Read. Adaline Frost and Amelia Proctor, c. of Miles A. and H. A. Stacy. Harold Ivan, s. of John D. and I. Devol. Mary Arnold and Eben Frank, c. of Eben D. and M. A. Gates. Alice and Helen, c. of Alexander and Jane Bukey. Carrie Eliz- abeth, d. of E. G. and S. E. Brigham.
1872. Louise Webster, d. of G. R. and H. W. Rossiter. Margaret, d. of E. D. and M. A. Gates. Willia Wakefield, d. of A. W. and Kate L. Ward. George McAllister and William Simon, c. of John and Frances Plumer. Lizzie Clark, d. of William and S. A. Holden. Samuel Ship- man, s. of J. A. and Sarah S. Kingsbury.
1873. Edward Goodnow, s. of E. G. and S. E. Brigham. Ella Dyar, d. of Miles A. and H. A. Stacy.
1874. Samuel Edward, s. of Samuel and Ella McMillen. Annie Sa- bella, d. of C. C. and E. Ketter. Mary Anne, d. of William and S. A.
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Holden. Lucy Woodbridge, d. of James and Mary S. Means. Hattie Follett, d. of John and I. P. Devol.
1876. Maud Miller, d. of E. B. and O. M. Read. Alice May, d, of T. D. and A. Biscoe. Grace Wilson, d. of Miles A. and H. A. Stacy. Will- iam Harold, s. of E. G. and S. E. Brigham. Frederick Coleman, s. of B. V. and A. Miraben. Jennie, d. of William G. and Ellen Way.
1877. Charles Emmet, s. of Samuel, and Ella McMillen.
1878. Harry Ernest and Theron Hawks, c. of Thomas and Mary Wal- lace. Mary, d. of William G. and Ellen Way. Jane Minerva and Samu- el Hart, c. of John and Frances Plumer. Mary Bashford and Lillie Put- nam, d. of Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Clark. Claude St. Clair, Daisy Belle and Harry Curtis, c. of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Clark. Harry Leonard, s. of J. L. and and Mary E. Reckard. Linnie Alethea and Florence May, c. of J. J. and Emma F. Theis. Blanche Hughena, d. of D. P. and Helen L. Scott. Edward Bailey, s. of M. D. and Abbie Follett, Mary Frost, d. of E. G. and S. E. Brigham.
1880. Emma Whittlesy, d. of Jonas M. and Fannie Fuller. Bessie Eells, d. of of E. G. and S. Brigham. Arthur Holden, s. of Dr. Charles and Julia H. Hart. Joseph Maxwell, s. of Miles and H. A. Stacy. Jessie Nye, and Grace Ford, c. of Theodore F. and Lucy H. Davis. Seldon Barber, s. of James F. and Lucy B. Cole. Lillian, William Whitney and Sarah Imbrey, c. of Prof. I. J. and and L. C. Manatt.
1881. Grace Addison, d. of J. A. and Sarah S. Kingsbury. Fannie Dye, d. of Mr. and Mrs. Clarke.
1882. Edward George (adopted) s. of Edward and Maria Groves. Kate Grafton, d. of Fred and Mary R. Lapham. John Eells, s. of E. G. and S. E. Brigham. Lucy James, d. of James and Lucy B. Cole.
By Rev. C. E. Dickinson.
1883. Miles Edwin, s. of M. A. and H. A. Stacy.
1885. Juliet Reddington, d. of Prof. J. H. and Lilla Chamberlain. Howard Hawks s. of Prof. O M. and Mary H. Mitchell. Frances White, Beman Anderson and Ray Bosworth, c. of John and Frances Plumer.
1885. Francis Bell, s. of Samuel and Ella McMillen. Harriet Hop- kins, d. of A. D. and Mrs, Follett.
1887. Harriet Cleveland, d. of Fred and Mary R. Lapham.
1888. Comley Dean, s. of A. D. and Lizzie Alderman. Frederic Car- ter, s. of Judge F. J. and Marguerite Cutter. Edith, daughter of How- ard W. and Nettie M. Stanley. Edith Caroline, d. of George and Amelia Putnam.
1890. Austin Devol, s. of William and Clara Gates. Raymond Arga- lus, s. of William and Clara Gates. Charlotte Jane, d. of William and Margaret Berry.
1891. Norval Glen, s. of Mr. and Mrs. Norton. Dedrick Charles and Ethel May, c. of Charles and Margaret Pape.
1892. Gladys Marjorie, d. of A. D. and Lizzie Alderman. Janette, d. of Edward and Julia Preston. Edith Catharine, d. of Edward and Edith Meissenhelder. Lewis Wommer, s. of George and Amelia Putnam. Sylbert Ray, s. of David H. and Nellie Fleming.
1896. Willie Earl, s. of Edward and Jane Preston.
APPENDIX.
MARIETTA. IN 1788. BY MR. WILLIAM SMITH. I.
In 1788 the whole of the upper point was deeply fringed with willows, and the plain thickly wooded with stately trees. In front of Fort Harmar along the Muskingum flourished a beau- tiful growth of sycamores, beneath which a row of log bake- shops, stores, etc., were afterwards erected. The appearance of the fort from the river was very pretty. It was square with block houses at the corners.
At the stockade on the east side of the river about one acre was inclosed. The block houses were of the most substantial kind, with the sides and roofs covered with plaster four inches thick to prevent the Indians from destroying them with fire communicated from arrows. At each corner was a bastion upon which the cannon were placed. The pickets ten or twelve feet high were strongly planted in an upright position. Outside of these were strong pointed stakes so driven and secured as to form an acute angle with the pickets. Then to complete the palisade, tops of trees, every branch sharply pointed, were filled in and so secured as to render their removal impossible, and so thick as to be utterly impenetrable. There were two principal gates, one opening to the north, the other to the south, each defended by a chevaux defense. There was also a small gate toward the east.
II.
The following is a copy of a letter dated July 9th, 1788 :
"This place excels all for elegance of situation and climate. I have no doubt it will be a great city for trade in a few years.
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The Indians appear very civil to us. We have plenty of perch, pickerel and catfish, each weighing from 24 to 30 pounds. Last Friday being July 4th, a public entertainment was made by subscription. Fourteen toasts were drank; thirteen cannon were fired twice, once in the morning and once in the afternoon when the toasts were drank. An oration was delivered on the occasion by General Varnum.
The Governor arrived to-day, when fourteen guns were fired from the garrison. Trees are very large here; there is one in particular whose circumference is 44 feet 2 inches, so that were it cut out in the middle a countryman might easily drive a wagon through without touching either of the sides. Within the last few days corn has grown 93 inches in 24 hours. There are to be seen the ruins of an ancient city in this place. The sight itself fills the most curious and ingenuous with astonish- ment."
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Another writer says of these remains :
"The ancient remains of which you have heard so much are truly astonishing. When I first entered the forest where they are situated I felt emotions similar to those on first walking the rounds of Westminster Abbey, where kings, philosophers and heroes rest. I seemed to be treading on sacred ground and a peculiar kind of awe was excited in contemplating works erected so many ages ago, over which such lofty trees now wave their majestic heads. For what purpose the great mound was erected is uncertain, whether as an altar, or place of religious ceremony, or a tower, it being surrounded with a circular ditch and wall of earth. By what people capa- ble of such regular work this excellent region has been hereto- fore inhabited is uncertain,-perhaps by a colony of Mexicans."
IV.
Gen. Rufus Putnam describes the planting and raising of corn in Marietta the first season, 1778, as follows :
"By May 5th, the necessary work in the woods for making the plan of the eight acre lots was completed, and I made a proposition to the people in the company's employ that as many as chose might clear the land, and plant on their own account, and make up the time after their present contract expired. To this proposition many of them agreed, and began the same day to prepare lands for planting by cutting away the small and girdling the larger trees. About the same time Col. May, Col. Stacy and a number of other adventurers arrived,
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who, with the others, began to clear and plant the land intend- ed for the city, upon the risk of giving it up whenever it should become private property, and be reclaimed by the owners. So great was the industry that from the beginning of May to the 20th of June, one hundred and thirty-two acres were planted with corn, besides a large quantity of potatoes, beans, &c. About thirty-five acres of the corn land was plowed or har- rowed so as to be in tolerable good order for a crop. The rest of the land was planted with the hoe; but the great misfortune was that the leaves of the beech and poplar, or aspen, trees of which their are a considerable number, did not die with the girdling, by which means the corn was so shaded as to greatly lessen the crop .. The prospect in the forepart of the season was so discouraging that some of the planters did not hoe their corn at all, and some hoed but once and that very badly. Under all these circumstances there is a great deal of corn and forage raised. There is very little which will not yield from twenty to thirty bushels to the acre. A piece of interval on the bank of the Ohio, belonging to Mr. Cory has been gathered and measures 114 bushels of ears to the acre. Some of the ears have pro- duced a pint and one-half of shelled corn, and it is very com- mon for an ear to yield a pint. I made the following experi- ment upon corn gathered, braided and hung up in a room over a fire for three weeks until it was thoroughly dry. I took a pint, and on full trial both by scales and steelyard, I found the pint of corn weighed fifteen ounces and a half, which gives 62 pounds to the bushel. In short, the quality of the corn of this country is in all respects equal to any raised in New England, all excess in quantity therefore must be a balance in our favor.
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The following reminiscences of the early times in Marietta written by Dr. G. S. B. Hempstead in 1858, will interest many readers :
"My father's family arrived at Mr. Williams' opposite Mari- etta on the 3d day of August, 1802, having been on the road 64 days from New London, Conn. Our wagons, carriages, &c., were ferried to the upper point of the Muskingum. The bar oppo- site the town did not extend more than two-thirds its present distance down the Ohio, and the obstructions in the mouth of the Muskingum did not then exist. On a line direct from the upper to the lower point the water was from ten to fifteen feet over a smooth flat rock. A bar was then forming on the West side extending into the eddy below the point. Among my earli- est associations and recollections are the Muskingum Academy
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and the school taught therein by David Putnam. The Puritans, as in the olden times, were particularly solicitous to cultivate, cherish and promote the three indispensible associates, with which they had heretofore traveled, to-wit: The Bible, the Bible's expounder and the schoolmaster. These have been by them deemed of the utmost importance, for without these they did not believe it possible to attain and preserve these three great principles for which they left home, country and friends, braved the perils of the ocean, and defied the dangers of the savage wilderness. All subsequent experience as well as the previous history of the world, confirms the correctness of their convictions, for without the Bible, the Bible's expounder and the schoolmaster, it is utterly impossible to have, enjoy and preserve "liberty of conscience, liberty of speech and free dis- cussion."
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