PREFATORY NOTE.

The first edition of this volume, published in 1891, having been exhausted, in response to continued demands for copies of the same, the Legislature of Ohio of '93-94 appropriated the sum of five hundred dollars to be used by the Society in defraying the expense of republication. The original edition was published under the direction of Mr. A. A. Graham, at that time Secretary of the Society, and is now reprinted as it first appeared, without alteration.

Mr. Graham tendered his resignation as Secretary, to the Trustees of the Society, in the fall of 1894, which was accepted and the subscriber hereto was then elected to fill the vacancy.

It should be stated, also, that at the annual meeting of the Socie held February, 1895, a new constitution was adopted by which the annual membership fee was reduced from five to three dollars, and the life membership fee from fifty to twentyfive dollars.

The new constitution will appear in full in volume IV, which will be published during the present year (1895). E. O. RANDALL,

Columbus, Ohio, April, 1895.

Secretary.

PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY

OF THE CITY OF

GALLIPOLIS, OHIO.

October 16, 17, 18 and 19, 1890.

PRELIMINARY ARRANGEMENTS.

As early as April, 1890, the citizens of Gallipolis, through their Board of Trade, took action to secure a proper celebration of the approaching centennial of the city's settlement. On April 22, 1890, at a meeting of the Board of Trade, the following named gentlemen were elected an Executive Committee of arrangements:

John L. Vance, Chairman; C. Fred Henking, W. B. Shober, H. R. Bradbury, Joseph Mullineux, J. A. McClurg, Geo. House, J. C. Hutsinpiller, C.. W. Henking, Dr. J. Eakins, B. F. Barlow, P. A. Sanns, J. C. Priestley, B. T. Enos, E. L. Menager, C. D. Kerr, J. M. Kerr, S. A. Dunbar, A. W. Kerns, W. Kling, A. Ufermann, Charles Regnier.

The organization of the Committee was completed by the selection of the following named gentlemen to the positions stated:

The meetings of the Committee were held at the Auditor's office, the use of which was tendered by A. W. Kerns.

The Committee at its first meeting, tendered an invitation to the General Assembly of Ohio to be present at the Centennial, which invitation was presented to the House of Representatives by Hon. J. Eakins, a member of the House from Gallia County. The invitation was accepted by the General Assembly, and arrangements made by the members of that body to attend.

On the evening of April 28th the Executive Committee met and appointed a Sub-Committee to confer with the Ohio Archæological and Historical Society in regard to the Centennial celebration: Hon. J. Eakins, Wm. B. Shober, C. F. Henking, J. A. McClurg, H. R. Bradbury, Jos. Mullineux, and John L. Vance.

Messrs. B. F. Barlow, William Kling, A. W. Kerns, J. M. Kerr and B. T. Enos were also appointed a committee to suggest names and duties of sub-committees.

The first named committee went to Columbus, May 12th, and the next day met the Executive Committee of the Archæological and Historical Society, and after a conference, a committee consisting of H. R. Bradbury, Jon. L. Vance, C. F. Henking, F. C. Sessions, and A. A. Graham was appointed to prepare a programme for the Centennial. This committee met in Gallipolis, Saturday, June 7th, and arranged a provisional programme, and assigned to John L. Vance and A. A. Graham the duty to arrange the details necessary to its completion, and authorized them to make such alterations and additions as might be necessary for the final programme.

Steps were now taken by the Society and the Gallipolis committee to secure in permanent form the papers, addresses and proceedings of the Centennial in volume third of the Historical Society's publications. The Secretary of the Society was authorized to prepare a circular setting forth the proposed contents of the volume, and to secure a subscription thereto from the people of Gallipolis. In pursuance of this action, the following circular was prepared and submitted to a meeting of the Board of Trade of Gallipolis the evening of Friday, June 20th, and a subscription of 150 copies of the publication secured. The circular is as follows:

THE OHIO ARCHEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. CIRCULAR OF INFORMATION NO. 2, 1890. THE

PUBLICATIONS FOR 1890.

The Centennial of the Settlement of Gallipolis, Ohio, will occur October 19th, next. It will then be one hundred years since the colony of French emigrants landed on the northern bank of "La Belle River."

This settlement, the only one of its kind in Ohio, bears no little impress on our history, and merits more than merely a Centennial celebration. Its history contains not only the location of the colony, and the founding of a town, but also carries with it many questions of national interest. Made about the opening of the French Revolution, when the attention of all Europe was drawn to the questions of civil and religious liberty; and when the minds of men were easily turned to any solution of the problems then agitating mankind, there clusters about this settlement many interesting and instructive questions in our early annals. The scheme of locating a foreign colony upon land in an American wilderness, obtained from the Government through organized land companies was watched by many, not only in Europe, but also in America. It was not merely local interest; the attention of nations was drawn thither.

The history of this colony, the formation of the Ohio and Scioto Land Companies, both more or less interested in its success, and the relation each bore to the other, with a concise history of their transactions so far as they relate to this colony, will appear in this volume. Original maps, plats, drawings and documents will be used to illustrate the text. The French Grant" will be carefully and fully described, and such plats and maps, as will elucidate the text, will be used.

The story of the French emigrants will be faithfully given, and as far as possible a complete list of the first settlers will be printed. Plats and plans, views and portraits, as far as can be obtained, will be used to illustrate the work.

The volume will therefore not be merely an account of the exercises commemorative of the Centennial. It will be a history