Book/Printed Material Commemorative exercises at unveiling and dedication of the Ft. Meigs monument, Copy 1
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Image 1 of Copy 1 E 356 .M502 Copy 1- Contributor: Cushing, Daniel Lewis - Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Association - Ohio. Fort Meigs Monument Commission - Oblinger, Flavius Josephus
- Date: 1909
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- Date: 1909
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- Date: 1909
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Image 4 of Copy 1- Contributor: Cushing, Daniel Lewis - Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Association - Ohio. Fort Meigs Monument Commission - Oblinger, Flavius Josephus
- Date: 1909
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Image 5 of Copy 1- Contributor: Cushing, Daniel Lewis - Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Association - Ohio. Fort Meigs Monument Commission - Oblinger, Flavius Josephus
- Date: 1909
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Image 6 of Copy 1- Contributor: Cushing, Daniel Lewis - Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Association - Ohio. Fort Meigs Monument Commission - Oblinger, Flavius Josephus
- Date: 1909
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Image 7 of Copy 1 COMMEMORATIVE EXERCISES AT UNVEILING AND DEDICATION OF THE FT. MEIGS MONUMENT September 1 1 908 Presentation Address of Chairman J. B. Wilson of the Fort Meigs Commission and Response of Acceptance by…- Contributor: Cushing, Daniel Lewis - Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Association - Ohio. Fort Meigs Monument Commission - Oblinger, Flavius Josephus
- Date: 1909
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Image 8 of Copy 1 ^r t 09- Contributor: Cushing, Daniel Lewis - Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Association - Ohio. Fort Meigs Monument Commission - Oblinger, Flavius Josephus
- Date: 1909
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Image 9 of Copy 1 FORT MEIGS MONUMENT DIMENSIONS— Base. 34 feet square. Height to Shaft, 15 feet 8 inches. Die. 8 feet 8 inches square. Shaft at base, 6 feet square. Shaft at top, 4 feet…- Contributor: Cushing, Daniel Lewis - Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Association - Ohio. Fort Meigs Monument Commission - Oblinger, Flavius Josephus
- Date: 1909
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Image 10 of Copy 1 Members of Ft. Meigs Commission JOHN B. WILSON, Chairman CHAS. W. SHOEMAKER J. L. PRAY WM. CORLETT, Secretary- Contributor: Cushing, Daniel Lewis - Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Association - Ohio. Fort Meigs Monument Commission - Oblinger, Flavius Josephus
- Date: 1909
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Image 11 of Copy 1- Contributor: Cushing, Daniel Lewis - Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Association - Ohio. Fort Meigs Monument Commission - Oblinger, Flavius Josephus
- Date: 1909
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Image 12 of Copy 1 Fort Meigs Dedicatory Services Tuesday, September 1, 1908. 1. Call to order by J. B. Wilson, Chairman of the Fort .M i|» s Connnission, at 2:00 p. m. 2. Siniiinm America Andience…- Contributor: Cushing, Daniel Lewis - Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Association - Ohio. Fort Meigs Monument Commission - Oblinger, Flavius Josephus
- Date: 1909
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Image 13 of Copy 1 GEN. WM. H. HARRISON- Contributor: Cushing, Daniel Lewis - Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Association - Ohio. Fort Meigs Monument Commission - Oblinger, Flavius Josephus
- Date: 1909
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Image 14 of Copy 1- Contributor: Cushing, Daniel Lewis - Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Association - Ohio. Fort Meigs Monument Commission - Oblinger, Flavius Josephus
- Date: 1909
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Image 15 of Copy 1 COMPLETE RECORD Of the Dedicatory Services of Fort Meigs Monu- ment, September 1, 1908 There is do doubt that tlie eartlnvorks of Fort Meig=! in 1813, manned by as brave a l)and…- Contributor: Cushing, Daniel Lewis - Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Association - Ohio. Fort Meigs Monument Commission - Oblinger, Flavius Josephus
- Date: 1909
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Image 16 of Copy 1 10 Old Tippecanoe. Forty thousand is given as the low- est estimate of the great throngs at that time assembled. The Event of 1908. Years passed by, and once more the attention…- Contributor: Cushing, Daniel Lewis - Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Association - Ohio. Fort Meigs Monument Commission - Oblinger, Flavius Josephus
- Date: 1909
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Image 17 of Copy 1 11 modious rest tents equipped witli cots and chairs, and many other conveniences. Barrels of ice water were placed here and there over the grounds, and along the south side of the…- Contributor: Cushing, Daniel Lewis - Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Association - Ohio. Fort Meigs Monument Commission - Oblinger, Flavius Josephus
- Date: 1909
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Image 18 of Copy 1 12 guest. I thought it a hardship that God should decide that our cause should fail, but I have since come to the conclusion that God kncAv better than I did, for…- Contributor: Cushing, Daniel Lewis - Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Association - Ohio. Fort Meigs Monument Commission - Oblinger, Flavius Josephus
- Date: 1909
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Image 19 of Copy 1 13 mingle their life-blood iu consecrating these grounds a shrine of our heaven-born American liberty. And as Thy servant Jacob, awakening from his sleep in the held of Bethel, said trembling: How…- Contributor: Cushing, Daniel Lewis - Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Association - Ohio. Fort Meigs Monument Commission - Oblinger, Flavius Josephus
- Date: 1909
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Image 20 of Copy 1 14 125,000 for tlic purchase of this fort, and the erection of a suitable memorial to commemorate the acliievements of G-euerals Ilariison, Dudley, Clay and their brave men. We are glad upon…- Contributor: Cushing, Daniel Lewis - Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Association - Ohio. Fort Meigs Monument Commission - Oblinger, Flavius Josephus
- Date: 1909
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Image 21 of Copy 1 15 in their work they have been encouraged and rewarded by the generous sympathy of the people generally. Labors of the Association. I can not forego making special mention of the untir-…- Contributor: Cushing, Daniel Lewis - Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Association - Ohio. Fort Meigs Monument Commission - Oblinger, Flavius Josephus
- Date: 1909
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Image 22 of Copy 1 16 and impressive ceremony. Tins is especially so if the monument be one to commemorate some unselfish act, some sacrifice made for humanity, or some noble and heroic service rendered to the…- Contributor: Cushing, Daniel Lewis - Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Association - Ohio. Fort Meigs Monument Commission - Oblinger, Flavius Josephus
- Date: 1909
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Image 23 of Copy 1 17 The surrender of Hull, the retreat of Tupper, and the defeat of Winchester had been very discouraging to the American cause. General Harrison proceeded with great energy to gather a new…- Contributor: Cushing, Daniel Lewis - Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Association - Ohio. Fort Meigs Monument Commission - Oblinger, Flavius Josephus
- Date: 1909
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Image 24 of Copy 1 GOVERNOR ANDREW L. HARRIS- Contributor: Cushing, Daniel Lewis - Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Association - Ohio. Fort Meigs Monument Commission - Oblinger, Flavius Josephus
- Date: 1909
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Image 25 of Copy 1 Fort Meigs and its iiieuace to tlie success of their plans is evidenced by the fact that General Proctor and his Indian allies laid siege to it on two different occasions. The…- Contributor: Cushing, Daniel Lewis - Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Association - Ohio. Fort Meigs Monument Commission - Oblinger, Flavius Josephus
- Date: 1909
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Image 26 of Copy 1 20 ley s men, elated by their success in capturing the bat- teries, went in pursuit of the fleeing Indians, into the for- est. Away from the fort in the forest, a…- Contributor: Cushing, Daniel Lewis - Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Association - Ohio. Fort Meigs Monument Commission - Oblinger, Flavius Josephus
- Date: 1909
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Image 27 of Copy 1 ravine at the left of the fort was a brilliant one. In this Captain (afterwards Colonel) Croohan, who later dis- tinguished himself at Fort Stephenson, had a conspicuous part. During the siege…- Contributor: Cushing, Daniel Lewis - Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Association - Ohio. Fort Meigs Monument Commission - Oblinger, Flavius Josephus
- Date: 1909
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Image 28 of Copy 1 22 Colonel Croghan, the British and Indians met with a ter- rible repulse. After tliese two sieges, Fort Meigs continued to be an iiiil) )rtant base of opei ations against the enemy.…- Contributor: Cushing, Daniel Lewis - Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Association - Ohio. Fort Meigs Monument Commission - Oblinger, Flavius Josephus
- Date: 1909
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Image 29 of Copy 1 HON. ROBEET S. MURPHY. Address of the Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania. At the conclusion of his response Governor Harris introduced Lieutenant Governor Murphy of Pennsylvania, who, on the part (;f his state,…- Contributor: Cushing, Daniel Lewis - Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Association - Ohio. Fort Meigs Monument Commission - Oblinger, Flavius Josephus
- Date: 1909
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Image 30 of Copy 1 24 The numberless acts of this character at the hands of Eng- land justified the exercise of warlike force. But every measure known to peaceful diplomacy was resorted to before proceeding to…- Contributor: Cushing, Daniel Lewis - Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Association - Ohio. Fort Meigs Monument Commission - Oblinger, Flavius Josephus
- Date: 1909
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Image 31 of Copy 1 25 pregnant with doubt and uncertainty, and as the result of the final appeal of intolerable conditions to the sleeping patriotism of the country. It came as the result of the indignities…- Contributor: Cushing, Daniel Lewis - Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Association - Ohio. Fort Meigs Monument Commission - Oblinger, Flavius Josephus
- Date: 1909
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Image 32 of Copy 1 26 record made by our countrymen excites the noblest admiration. No more brilliant chapter of bravery and heroism distinguishes the history of any laud. True, we triumphed in a marked degree upuii…- Contributor: Cushing, Daniel Lewis - Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Association - Ohio. Fort Meigs Monument Commission - Oblinger, Flavius Josephus
- Date: 1909
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Image 33 of Copy 1 HON. ROBERT S. MURPHY- Contributor: Cushing, Daniel Lewis - Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Association - Ohio. Fort Meigs Monument Commission - Oblinger, Flavius Josephus
- Date: 1909
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Image 34 of Copy 1 28 of rnany men filled with the courage of patriotism. Here came as a Captain of men the great Harrison, destined for brighter distinction than the laurels of Tippecanoe. With him rode…- Contributor: Cushing, Daniel Lewis - Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Association - Ohio. Fort Meigs Monument Commission - Oblinger, Flavius Josephus
- Date: 1909
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Image 35 of Copy 1 29 commencement of a remarkable period of activity. This gi-eat territory of the iSTorthwest, freed from tlie danger of the savage and invasion from the JSTorth, became the point toward which moved…- Contributor: Cushing, Daniel Lewis - Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Association - Ohio. Fort Meigs Monument Commission - Oblinger, Flavius Josephus
- Date: 1909
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Image 36 of Copy 1 30 this patriotic s])irit is the subject of the united loyalty and devo- tion of all our countrymen. It is typified in the highest form of government known to man, a great…- Contributor: Cushing, Daniel Lewis - Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Association - Ohio. Fort Meigs Monument Commission - Oblinger, Flavius Josephus
- Date: 1909
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Image 37 of Copy 1 31 the glory and greatness of this splendid country must ever and always depend. FLAG PEESBNTATION. Following the address of Governor Mui-phy. a large flag was pi-esented by Attorney George F. Kirby,…- Contributor: Cushing, Daniel Lewis - Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Association - Ohio. Fort Meigs Monument Commission - Oblinger, Flavius Josephus
- Date: 1909
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Image 38 of Copy 1 32 had never been harmonious or complacent. There had grown up in England, among many of its leading men, the idea that in some way the United States would return to their…- Contributor: Cushing, Daniel Lewis - Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Association - Ohio. Fort Meigs Monument Commission - Oblinger, Flavius Josephus
- Date: 1909
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- Date: 1909
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Image 40 of Copy 1 34 a death struggle with the greatest maritime nation in the world, and the willingness of Mr. Madison and liis associates to force war, with such a slight majority, six in the…- Contributor: Cushing, Daniel Lewis - Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Association - Ohio. Fort Meigs Monument Commission - Oblinger, Flavius Josephus
- Date: 1909