History of Hamilton County, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches

1881·45.3 MB·English

by  Ford, Henry A., comp

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HISTORY
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Illustrations and Biographical Sketches.
COMPILED BY
Henry A. Ford, A. M., and Mrs. Kate B. Ford.
L.A.WILLIAMS & CO.
PUBLISHERS,
1881,
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Prefatory Note,
Itshouldeverbeborneinmindthattheofficeofanhistorianisone Miss E. H. Appleton, librarian of the Historical and
othfatimhmeenwsilelrebseponhseilbdilirteys;potnhsaitbleitfaolrwathyescteolnlsseqfourengcoeosdoforaevwial;ntanodf Philosophical society; Mr. John M. Newton, of the
fidehty. [Hon. yacob.Burnet, Cincinnati. Mercantilelibrary; ChesterW. Merrill, esq., ofthe Pub-
An earnest and very laborious effort hasbeen made liclibrary; Colonel Sidney D. Maxwell, superintendent
to compose this historyin thespirit of Judge Burnet's of the Chamber of Commerce; and Mr. H. A. Ratter-
remark. No source of information available to the man, secretaryof the German-American Insurancecom.
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writershas been left unsearched, nor any effort orex- pany; allofCincinnati andto LouisW. Clason,mayor
pensespared toproduce awork which should satisfythe of Madisonville.
reasonableexpectationsof acityandcounty which have Itmayseem, in somecases, thatpublicinstitutions or
waitednearlyacentury forthecompilationandpublica- privateinterests of public importancehavenotreceived
tionof theirannals. TheHstof works consultedistoo the noticethatwasduetothem, orare, possibly, wholly
largeforconvenientcitationhere. Itincludes those of unnoticed in these volumes. It may be concluded in
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allthe earlier writers Burnet, Cist, the Drakes, Mans- such cases, with scarcelyanyexception,thattheomission
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field, andothers with amultitude oflatervolumes, and is the resultof failure on thepartof those possessing
pamphlets, magazines, newspapers, and manuscriptsin- desired informationtoco-operatewith thehistorian.
numerable. Ithasnotbeen practicableinsomanycases Thecompilersregretmostsincerelythattheirinability
tosecure formal permission for the use of bookscon- toreadsomeof the proofs has resulted in manyerrors
sulted orquoted; butit is trusted that due respect has of typography, and a few of statement. It is hoped,
been paid to all copyrights, and that no authorwhose however, that all of any importancewill be foundcor-
writingshave contributed to this volume willobjectto rected in the errata at the close of the respective vol-
such useas hasbeen madeofthem. Acknowledgments umes.
arealso dueto manypersons,inallpartsof the county The special biographies and "notes of settlement"
and at several points elsewhere in the State, fortheir havebeen prepared, innearlyallcases in bothvoluines,
kind and helpful aid in the preparation of this book. by otherhandsthanthose ofthecompilers.
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