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England,
1814
1836
Turner, S. W.
Connecticut,
1813
1832
. .. .
Thompson, H. V.
New York,
1816
1839
. ...
Thompson, Mrs. H. V.
Vermont,
1823
1837
. . .
Townsend, H. G.
New York,
1812
1834
. . . .
Truscott, Samuel
Canada,
1829
1838
. . . .
Vincent, J. A.
Pennsylvania,
1807
1830
Williams, A. J.
New York,
1829
1840
. ...
Wick, C. C.
Ohio,
1813
1835
. ...
Whitelaw, George
Scotland,
1808
1832
Walters, John R.
New York,
1811
1834
. . . .
Weidenkopf, F.
Germany,
1819
1837
... .
Weidenkopf, Jacob
Germany,
1828
1837
Wightman, S. H.
Ohio,
1819
1819
. ...
Watkins, George
Connectient,
1812
1818
....
Weston, George B.
Massachusetts,
1805
1826
. .. .
Warren, Moses
Connecticut,
1803
1815
Wager, I. D.
Ohio,
1820
1820
Williams, George
Connecticut,
1799
1833
....
Welch, John
New York,
1800
1825
. . . .
Welch, (). F.
.
. ...
Wheller, B. S.
England,
. . .
1836
... .
Wheller, Jane
England,
.. . .
1831
...
Warner, W. J.
Vermont,
1808
1831
....
Wightman, D. L.
Ohio,
1817
1817
....
Williamson, Samuel
Pennsylvania,
1808
1810
. . . .
Whittlesey, H. S.
Ohio,
1836
1836
. .. .
Winslow, E. N.
North Carolina,
1824
1830
....
Wilson, William
Ohio,
1819
1819
. ...
Welch, Jas. S.
Ohio,
1821
1821
....
Willson, Mrs. H. V.
Michigan,
1802
1835
. ...
Wemple, Myndret
New York.
1796
1818
....
Wellstead, Joseph
England,
1817
1837
. ...
Waterman, Wm.
Ohio,
1818
1818
. .. .
Williams, William
Connectient,
1803
1836
. . . .
Whitaker, Charles
New York,
1817
1831
. ...
Walters, B. C.
New York,
1807
1837
. . . .
Weidenkopf, Mrs. O.
Alsace,
1819
1830
White, Moses
Massachusetts,
1791
1816
1881
....
. ...
....
1817
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EARLY SETTLERS' ASSOCIATION.
NAME.
WHERE BORN.
WHEN.
CAME TO THE RESERVE.
DIED.
Wilson, Fred.
New York,
1807
1832
. . . .
Warren, Mrs. J. Y.
New York,
1816
1816
Walworth, John
Ohio,
1821
1821
Younglove, M. C.
New York,
... .
1836
. .. .
HONORARY MEMBERS.
NAME,
WHERE BORN,
WHEN.
CAME TO THE RESERVE.
DIED.
Crosby, Charles
Massachusetts,
1801
1811
. . .
Garfield, James A.,
President United States, Ohio,
1831
1831
1881
Garfield, Mrs. Eliza B., his mother,
New Hampshire, 1801
1830
....
. . . .
. ...
2591
NEW MEMBERS RECEIVED DURING THE PAST YEAR TO SEPT. 1, 1882.
NAME.
WHERE BORN.
WHEN.
CAME TO THE RESERVE.
DIED.
Adams, Mrs. S. E.
Vermont,
1819
1839
. .
Adams, E. E.
Ohio,
1830
1830
Barnett, James
New York, .
1821
1826
Brown, Mrs. Hiram
England,
1822
1832
...
Barr, Mrs. Judge
Connecticut,
1820
1837
. ..
Burgess, Catharine
New Jersey,
1800
1830
. ...
....
Berg, John
Germany,
1817
1842
Buell, Anna M.
Ohio,
1837
1837
....
Beardsley, Mrs. I. L.
New York,
1821
1836
....
Bolton, Mrs. Judge
Bingham, Mrs. Elijah
New Hampshire, 1805
1835
...
Charles, J. S.
New York.
1818
1832
....
Case, Zophas
Ohio,
1804
1818
...
Crawford, Mary E.
Ohio,
1834
1834
...
Callester, Mrs. M.
Isle of Man,
1818
1842
....
Curtis, Mrs. Samuel
England,
1824
1830
...
Crosby, Mary A.
Ohio,
1813
1813
....
Chapman, Mrs. E. C.
Ohio.
1840
1840
....
Carver Stickney
New York,
1840
...
....
Cannell, Thomas
Isle of Man,
1805
1834
. .. .
Douw, Mrs. Melissa
New York,
1809
1831
...
Davis, Thomas
England,
1799
1819
....
Degnon, Mrs. M. A.
New York,
1814
1837
.. . .
Doan, Norton
Ohio,
1831
1831
....
Eckermann, M.
Germany,
1808
1842
. . . .
Eckermann, Caroline
Germany,
1807
1842
....
Edwards, Mrs. S.
New York,
1819
1830
....
Farr, E. S.
Pennsylvania,
1805
1819
... .
. . . .
...
Burke, Thos.
New York,
1832
1839
...
1822
1833
...
Callester, J. J.
Isle of Man,
1824
1828
....
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EARLY SETTLERS' ASSOCIATION.
NAME.
WHERE BORN.
WHEN.
CAME TO THE RESERVE.
DIED.
Fey, Frederick
Germany,
1810
1832
...
Ferris, Amanda
Vermont,
1808
1820
Gleason, I. L.
Ohio,
1825
1825
Gleason, Mrs. I. L.
Ohio,
1832
1832
...
Glidon, Joseph
Vermont,
1810
1841
Given, William
Ireland,
1819
1841
...
Given, Mrs. M. E.
Ohio,
1825
1835 .
....
Gage, D. W.
Ohio,
1825
1825
. .. .
Gardner, O. S.
Ohio,
1840
1840
. .. .
Hough, Mary P.
Ohio,
1816
1816
....
Hadlow, H. R.
England,
1808
1835
Harbeck, John S.
New York,
1807
1840
Hamilton, A. J.
Ohio,
1833
1833
. ...
Hutchins, John
Ohio,
1812
1812
...
Hodge, O. J.
New York,
1828
1837
...
Hurlbut, Mrs. H. A.
Vermont,
1809
1834
1882
Ingersoll, John
Ohio,
1824
1824
...
Kerr, Levi
Ohio,
1822
1822
... .
Keller, Elizabeth
Germany,
1817
1836
. ...
Kerruish, W. S.
Ohio,
1831
1831
Kellogg, Louisa
Ohio,
1821
1821
....
Long, John
England,
1810
1842
. .
McCrosky, S. L. B.
Ohio,
1833
1833
Marshall, Mrs. G. F.
New York,
1818
1842
Murphey, Wm.
Ireland,
1810
1830
...
McLeod, H. N.
Canada,
1831
1837
. .
Palmer, E. W.
New York,
1830
1841
. . .
Pannell, Mrs. James
Massachusetts,
1813
1835
....
Paine, R. F.
New York,
1810
1815
..
Parker, Henry
Ohio,
1834
1829
...
Russell, C. L.
New York,
1810
1835
.. .
Remington, S. G.
New York,
1828
1834
. ...
Ranney, Mrs. Anne
New York,
1811
1834
....
Sanford, Mrs. A. S.
Rhode Island,
1803
1825
Stewart, C. C.
Connecticut,
1817
1836
. .
Spayth, A.
Germany,
1800
1832
. .
Smith, Erastus
Connecticut,
1802
1833
...
Smith, Elijah
Connecticut,
1821
1832
. ...
Sabin, Mrs. Wm.
New York,
1821
1838
....
. .
...
.
Martin, Eleanor L.
England,
1826
1832
....
...
. .
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...
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NAME.
WHERE BORN.
WHEN.
CAME TO THE RESERVE.
DIED.
Southworth, Mrs. E.
Connecticut,
1801
1819
....
Spencer, T. P.
Connecticut.
1811
1832
Spangler, Mrs. M. M.
Canada,
1820
1835
Short, Lewis
Connecticut,
1811
1827
Short, Helen
New Hampshire,
1811
1828
. .
Wilson, Jas. T.
Ohio,
1828
1840
Winch, Thomas
New York,
1806
1832
. . . .
Wightman, Mrs. D. L.
Ohio,
1822
1822
. . .
Wood, Mrs. M. S.
Michigan,
1821
1840
. . . .
HONORARY MEMBER.
NAME.
WHERE BORN.
CAME TO WHEN. THE RESERVE. DIED.
Garfield, Mrs. Lucretia R. 4 Ohio,
. . . .
....
. . .
Total members to Oct. 1, 1881
394
59
New members received during the year Honorary members.
4
Total membership
477
...
...
. ...
CONSTITUTION.
ADOPTED, AS AMENDED, JANUARY 10, 1880.
ARTICLE 1.
This Association shall be known as the " EARLY SETTLERS' ASSOCIATION OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY," and its members shall consist of such persons as have resided in the Western Reserve at least forty years, and are citizens of Cuyahoga county, and who shall subscribe to this Constitution and pay a member- ship fee of one dollar, but shall not be subject to further lia- bility.
ARTICLE II.
The officers of this Association shall consist of a President, two Vice Presidents, Secretary and Treasurer, with the addi- tion of an Exeentive Committee of not less than five persons, all of which officers shall be members of the Association and hold their offices for one year, and until their successors are duly appointed and they accept their appointments.
ARTICLE III.
The object of the Association shall be to meet in conven- tion on the 22d day of July, or the following day if the 22d fall on Sunday, each and every year, for the purpose of com- memorating the day with appropriate publie exercises, and bringing the members into more intimate social relations, and collecting all such facts, incidents, relics, and personal rem-
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iniscences respecting the early history and settlement of the county and other parts of the Western Reserve, as may be re- garded of permanent value. and transferring the same to the Western Reserve Historical Society for preservation: and also for the further purpose of electing officers and transacting such other business of the Association as may be required.
ARTICLE IV.
It shall be the duty of the President to preside at public meetings of the Association, and in his absence the like duty shall devolve upon one of the Vice Presidents. The Secretary shall record in a book for the purpose the proceedings of the AAssociation, the names of the members in alphabetical order, with the ages and time of residence at the date of becoming members, and conduct the necessary correspondence of the Association. He shall also be regarded as an additional mem- ber. ex-officio, of the Executive Committee, and may consult with them but have no vote. The Treasurer shall receive and pay ont all the moneys belonging to the Association, but no moneys shall be paid out except on the joint order of the Chairman of the Executive Committee and Secretary of the Association. No debt shall be incurred against the Associa- tion by any officer or member beyond its ready means of pay- ment.
ARTICLE V.
The Excentive Committee shall have the general supervi- sion and direction of the affairs of the Association. designate the hour and place of holding its anal meetings, and pub- lish dne notice thereof, with a programne of exercises. The committee shall also have power to fill vacancies that may occur in their own body or in any other office of the Association, until the Association at a regular meeting shall till the same. and shall appoint such number of subordinate committees as they may deem expedient. It shall also be their duty to re-
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port to the Association at its regular annual meetings the con- dition of its affairs, its success and prospects, with such other matter as they may deem important. They shall also see that the annual proceedings of the Association. including such other valuable information as they may have received. are properly prepared and published in pamphlet form. and gra- tuitously distributed to the members of the Association, as soon as practicable after each annual meeting.
ARTICLE VI.
At any annual or special meeting of the Association the presence of twenty members shall constitute a quorum. No special meetings shall be held, except for business purposes and on call of the Executive Committee. This Constitution may be attested or amended at any regular annual meeting of the Association on a three-fourths vote of all the members present, and shall take effect, as amended, from the date of its adoption. The former Constitution of Nov. 19. 1829. is hereby abolished.
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THENEWYORK PUBLICLIBRAN P.3592 ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN, FOUNDATIONS, 1897.
OF THE
EARLY SETTLERS' ASSOCIATION
OF
CUYAHOGA COUNTY.
NUMBER IV.
PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
ESTE RN
RESERVE
CLEVELAND, O.
LSIR
TY.
CLEVELAND, O.
PRINTED AT THE PUBLISHING HOUSE OF THE EV. ASSOCIATION. 1883.
ENEWYORK
ASTOR. LENGE THE TILDEN FOUNDThe 1897.
OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION, 1883.
HON. HARVEY RICE, PRESIDENT.
HON. JOHN W. ALLEN, VICE-PRESIDENTS. MRS. J. A. HARRIS,
THOMAS JONES, JR., SECRETARY. SOLON BURGESS, TREASURER.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
GEO. F. MARSHALL, R. T. LYON, DARIUS ADAMS, JOHN H. SARGENT, M. M. SPANGLER.
CHAPLAIN.
REV. THOMAS CORLETT.
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enterprise, but for its intelligence and refined civilization-a land that has produced, since its first settlement in 1796, more eminent men and accomplished women in proportion to its population, it is believed. than any other part of the world. And thongh nearly all of the earlier pioneers have now passed from earth to the enjoy- ment of a brighter and happier " Reserve," let us thank God that a lingering few of the venerable fathers and mothers of the land still remain with us to tell the story of their conflict with the rude and sterner forces of Nature. It is from their lips that we delight to hear and learn what they did, and how they did it. It is, how- ever, not only from original, but secondary sources as well, that we wish to gather all the information we can of pioneer life and its history.
The success of our Association has hitherto been as gratifying as its aim is landable. In less than four years since its organiza- tion, it has increased in numbers from its original nineteen mem- berships to five hundred or more, if we include the new accessions at this meeting. This unanticipated success may be accepted as evidence of its popularity, and must be attributed to the social enjoyment and intellectual feast which its festivities afford its mem- bers. The work of the Association is truly a ." labor of love." which, like virtue, brings with it its own reward.
As an association it has already acquired a wide reputation, and is exercising a wide influence not only in a social way, but in prompting other associations of a similar character to renewed effort and inducing the organization of additional pioneer associa- tions in different counties of the State. Within a few weeks past a State Pioneer Association was organized at Columbus, where it will hold its annual sessions. Its object is to collect and preserve the relics, documents, traditions, and other matter pertaining to the early history of Ohio and the great Northwest. It invites the co-operation of all county or other local pioneer associations, and should receive a favorable recognition.
All this is cheering, and should encourage our Association to persevere in its work. Every member can, if he will, do some- tliing, say something, write something, or present some relic, some
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old letter, or other document pertaining to pioneer life, which is of interest, and which will ever grow still more interesting with the lapse of time. It is this kind of matter and of information, which we want and wish to preserve. In fact, it is only by an earnest perseverance that our Association can achieve its aim, or perpetu- ate itself and its usefulness.
It has been said by some theorists that the natural state of man is the civilized state, for the reason that Adam and Eve were endowed, or supposed to be endowed, at their creation, with all the graces and refinements of civilized life. But if we may judge from the relics of the primitive ages, it seems more reasonable to believe that man was created a barbarian, or soon became one, and that civilization has in fact developed itself slowly and step by step through an unknown series of ages until it has reached its present status-that of a Christian civilization -and yet a civili- zation that is still progressive.
It was the antagonism of creeds that first induced thinking men to think for themselves and act for themselves. It was this class of men who braved the perils of the ocean, landed on Plym- outh Rock, laid the foundations of a Great Republic, and erected the standard of a stern morality. These men were known as Puritans ; and though few, were invincible. It was they who be- queathed to mankind the divine idea of human brotherhood, and asserted the true nobility of man as man. It was from the Puri- tans that the carly pioneers of the Western Reserve inherited a migratory spirit, and that heroic enterprise, which enabled them to reclaim a wilderness and convert its solitudes into an earthly paradise.
In less than a century the population of the Western Reserve has increased in numbers from its original surveying party of fifty persons to five hundred and fifty thousand. The Reserve has a fer- tile domain, consisting of three and a half millions of acres, and is capable of sustaining a population of three millions or more. This may seem a fanciful asseveration, but the day will doubtless come much sooner than is expected, when this prediction will be satisfactorily verified.
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We live in an age of marvels. In fact, the age of miracles has not passed. The nineteenth century is full of them, full of marvelous inventions and improvements, which have comparatively relieved [labor of its servility, and elevated the laborer. It is the divinity of modern science that has wrought these marvels. If such are the marvels of the nineteenth century, what will be the wonders wrought in the next century, or in the next ten centuries ? These are unanswerable questions. Yet we know that Nature has a language of her own, and that she patiently awaits interpreters.
It is contrast as well as distance that "lends enchantment to the view." The living present is destined to become in turn the remote past. Its relics will then be sought and treasured as curiosities. There will ever be a present and a past. The one will ever smile at the peculiar manners and customs of the other, while each will ever assume to be wiser than the other. Thus life · has its phases, and every age its mirror. If we would acquire true wisdom, we must interrogate the past, and appropriate its les- sons. In doing this, we should not only acknowledge the merits of the past, but aspire to still sublimer heights in the scale of true manhood -a manhood that exalts itself and 'is worthy of divine exaltation.
REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
MR. PRESIDENT :-
The Executive Committee of this Association, conforming to its constitutional requirements, while in making this their annual report, feel it to be their first and saddest duty to place upon rec- ord the fact that but a few weeks since one of its noblest and best officers was taken suddenly from among the living. George C. Dodge, our Treasurer, is dead. No member of this Association holds it in greater respect or desires its future prosperity more emphatically than he did, he loved to bring back to memory the days when he was young and in his school-days sported over these busy haunts of men, when they were the wild woods of the native forest; and in later years to do the work of a farmer's boy, the deeds of all
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those years appeared like treasures buried in the past to be opened out to view, brushed from the rust and mildew of age and bright- ened as jewels of great value. When this community grew larger,- when it spread its arm over those vast forests, then it was that the young farmer's boy became the more useful citizen, honored, re- spected,-trusted for his integrity and sterling worth and placed in the most responsible positions known to the thriving county of Cuyahoga. We make no special eulogy for our departed brother. There remains in the minds of a wide circle of that good man's friends nothing but a lively memory of his good deeds. If he had faults, there is no man alive that can point his finger to one. He has been the most valuable and energetic member that this Asso- ciation has had, and we could do no less than apprise you that the living spirit that has prompted us in this enterprise of ours during these four years of success is no longer present to insure our pros- perity. We are now compelled to do our best without his whole- some counsel and advice ; this day is conspicuous in his absence.
The general condition and prospects of this Association are substantially unchanged. At a late meeting of the management the early mistake which was made in supposing that one dollar initiation-fee would be all-sufficient to continue its annual meetings in like manner to what has transpired, was discussed at full length ; a proposition was deliberated upon, that the Association require an annual asessment from each member to be rated as dues, this was defeated. The final action was, that an annual subscription of $5 be solicited from such as were willing, and there the matter rests ; the progress made in that new departure can readily be as- certained upon interviewing the Secretary.
Respecting the success of our common enterprise there is no question. Our previous general assemblies or annual meetings have been of remarkable interest. Early settlers have met who had not met for a year, while others had not met for many years and perhaps would never have met again in this world but for this unostentatious organization of ours. Every heart beats all the quicker when the hand of an old friend or even an old acquaint- ance is shaken.
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It is possible that there are men living who could magnify the interest of this Association, if they would spare to us a few hours in the year in placing upon paper, for the published Annals, mat- ters of either little or great moment respecting which they were, forty or fifty years or more ago, well conversant-incidents of life in Cuyahoga county, or even on the Reserve. A life sketch of the schools of the early days, their teachers, the school-honses, their style and where they were located, the method of correction or punishment and who got any and what effect it had upon the body or mind. Tell us how much the teachers got in way of salary, what books they used, how many hours school kept and what scholars did'nt care whether school kept or not.
Some one should be able to tell us something of the early Sunday-schools, their teachers and where they were located, and of Churches and their ministers.
There are those who should give ns a well digested history of Banking, in this city, the ups and downs of those corporations that issne money. Even the catastrophe which befell the old Com- mercial Bank of Lake Erie as well as the Bank of Cleveland may be freshi enough in the minds of men living to make a page or two in history, notwithstanding the indefatigable Judge Hayward is not among ns.
We want some old fresh-water tar to give ns the status of the shipping in the earlier days, and some account of those officers who walked the decks of those stately steamers that became the pride of Lake Erie. Those historic men-where are they ? Where are Blake, Howe, Wilkinson, Tillotson, Walker, Stanard, Appleby ?
We need a record of the early volunteer military organizations. The Grays as well as the Gnards who flourished forty-five years ago, - who can make for ns a page or two for future ages to read ? Give us their record, and their roster, rank and file.
We need the record of the volunteer fire-department, the scores of young men who stood ready to save the property of others, when themselves had no house or barn or shop to save.
We need the record of the work of those humane women who organized works of charity, who reclaimed the fallen, who went
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about seeking out the poor and needy. and administered to their necessities, doing good everywhere.
The truth is, there are volumes of valuable history yet hidden that need to come out, and this Association should have the pow- er to press people into the service wow, because by the lapse of a few more years the connecting link between the earlier days of Cleveland and the future will be broken, and our opportunity lost forever. And now, in respect to the matter of food for the body, we have told Henry, our faithful neighbor, to respect the earlier days of Cleveland when flour and lard were cheap and dough-nuts plenty ; when they were the desired of all, both old and young, and middle-aged ; when the good housewife never had too many, and when sadness and sorrow overcame the household when the pan was empty, and if Henry fails to keep the lard hot and the dough twisted until all are satisfied, we will make it hot for him,- the early days must and shall be respected.
GEO. F. MARSHALL, Chairman Ex. Com.
Report adopted.
REPORT OF THE TREASURER.
The late Geo. C. Dodge, Treasurer of the Association, having deceased within the past year, his son, S. C. Dodge, Esqr., by re- quest presented a statement of the financial condition of the Asso- ciation taken from his father's books, showing the entire expenses and receipts of the Association since its organization as follows :
EXPENSES :
Publishing books
$354 12
Lunches . 130 00
Music . 90 00
Rents, Postage, Advertising etc. 109 05
$686 17
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Expenses, carried over
$686 17
RECEIPTS :
Members
$474 00
Collected
49 00
Raised by Subscription
92 00
$615 00
$615 00
Balance due Treasurer.
71 17
There are $20 in unpaid Subscriptions
20 00
Report adopted.
$ 51 17
AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION.
A. J. WILLIAMS. Esq., now arose and after making a forcible and specifie statement in relation to the financial affairs of the Association, and urging the importance of providing for its neces- sary annual expenses, moved to amend the first article of the Con- stitution so as to read as follows, to-wit :
ARTICLE I.
This Association shall be known as the "Early Settlers' Asso- ciation of Cuyahoga County," and its members shall consist of such persons as have resided in the Western Reserve at least forty years, and are citizens of Cuyahoga county and who shall subscribe to this Constitution and pay a membership-fee of one dollar, but shall not be subject to further liability, except that after one year from the payment of such membership-fce a contribution of one dol- lar will be expected from each member, who is able to contribute the same, to be paid to the Treasurer at every annual session of the Asso- ciation, and applied in defraying necessary expenses.
The words of the amendment are printed in italics. On motion the amendment was unanimously adopted.
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MONUMENT TO GEN. MOSES CLEAVELAND.
REMARKS OF HON. R. P. SPALDING.
Mr. President, some two years ago I attended a meeting of this Association, and I was very much gratified with a remark that fell from the lips of Mr. Samuel Adams, who said that at some future period it might become the duty and the pleasure of this Association to erect a statue to the memory of Gen. Moses Cleaveland, the founder of our city. I have had that suggestion of Mr. Adams' on my mind from that day to this. He is not present, I believe, at this moment, but I undertake in his name to offer a resolution that shall initiate action on the part of this Association.
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