Ohio archæological and historical quarterly (1887)
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society · Columbus : Published for the Society by A.H. Smythe · leaf 65
ge, was probably first suggestedby Josiah Meigs, Commissioner of the General Land Office, in a letterfrom Washington City, April 12, 1816, in which, among other wordsare these: If it were left to me to name the town at Lower SanduskyI should name it in honor of the gallant youth, Col. Croghan — and… … J. P. MOORE. REMARKS OF J. P. MOORE. I was born in Pennsylvania in 1829 and brought to the BlackSwamp in 1834. All my older brothers attended the Croghan celebra-tion at Lower Sandusky in 1839 and I have beenpresent at every celebration since that time. My early associations in Lower Sandusky…
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