A History of Education in the State of Ohio; A Centennial Volume (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1876. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER V. HIGHER EDUCATION. The first organized white settlement within the present limits of Ohio, was made in the year 1788. Two years before this, March 1, 1786, in response to a call in the public prints signed by Generals Putnam and Tupper, several citizens of Massachusetts gathered at the "Bunch Of Grapes Tavern" in Boston and after consultation organized the Ohio Company of Associates.* The men connected with this movement were, for the most part, soldiers of the Revolution who had given long and weary years to the service of their country, and had found when victory and peace had come, the new nation bankrupt and themselves greatly impoverished. These men had government certificates of indebtedness, or army warrants--but there was no money in the treasury with which to pay them. They were strong men, full of energy and hope, and they determined to invade the great wilderness northwest of the Ohio river, and build them new homes and plant a new State if the government would sell them land and take army warrants as payment in whole or in part. Gen. Rufus Putnam, a man of great strength and worth of character, who had won and retained the esteem and confidence of Gen. Washington during the war, was the acknowledged leader of the movement. Rev. Manasseh Cutler, LL. D., aided by the Hon. Winthrop Sargent, was the chief agent of the company in negotiating with Congress for the purchase of land. Hon. Nathan Dane, a personal friend of Mr. Cutler, and the representative in Congress .of most of the memhcrs of the Company, took a deep interest in the matter of providing a territorial government for the contemplated settlement in the West. Thus originated the peerless Ordinance of July 13, 1787. *The Bunch of Grapes Tavern stood on a site now occupied by th...