Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-03-21


FGRELAND's HIsToRIcAL SOCIETY. - The
third quarterly meeting of the Society for
the current year was held in the Congrega-
tional Church at Plymouth, on Wednesday,
March l4th, at ten o'clock a. NJ, the Vice
President, Mr.. z. Philips, of Berlin, in the
chair The No-walk Reflector gives an in
teresting report of the proceedings, from
which we culI:
The following relics and curiosities were
then exhibited BY and on behalf of the fol-
lowing named persons respectively:
By D. E. Bacon, Esq, Wakeman, a copy
of The Connecticut Courant," a weekly
paper, printed at Hartford, October 2sth,
I764.
BY Hiram Rogers, Esq, Plymouth, the
following specimens and curiosities, brought
from the museum of Jefferson College, Vir-
| ginia, by Mr.. George Hoffman, a soldier in
the war Of the rebellion. A specimen Of
Sea Fan & tooth of d Mastodon, being II
inches across its surface; q petriied verte-
bra of some large animal; a specimen of
petrifed wood, and a fine specimen of Pa
cifc coral.
BY q. L. BOdine, a set of shaving tools
that were owned and used by Peter Erwin,
q soldier of '76, who served his country in
the Brigade known as the Jersey Blues"
and who died in 1916, aged 81 years. He
used the tools 81 years; and at the time of
his death they were presented to the pres
ent owner, who has used them twenty
years; so that they have been in constant
use for 81 years.
By Mrs. Angelina Bodine, a pair of ear
rings, made Of old Spanish beaten gold.
They were the bridal presents of Mrs. Me-
hrTah1a El1T,fN -vif, f ToLa- ETVs.A. r
Kingsbury, Washington'county, n. Y, who
served his county in SOM capacity during
the seven years of the Revolutionary War.
In the year 1888 they were purchased in the
city of Albany, when that city was occupied
by the Colonial force. Mrs. Elliott, living
So near the seat of war, was subjected to a
great many changes. At one time she came
near being taken prisoner by the British,
she and her family escaping in a wagon
the latter part Of the night. The next
morning her house was burnt, and every
thing available was appropriated to the use
of the British soldiers. This lady was sis
ter n-law TO Col. Elliott and Captain Daniel
Elliott, of Revolutionary memory; mother
of Asa and Charles Elliott, who were musi-
clans in the war of lSt2-I3; and great
grandmother TO Captain James Elliott and
Lieut.. Peter ElliStt of the Army of the
Potomac. She was also the great grand
mother Of George Bodine, who was muir
dered June Sth, 1865, by the Cheyennes and
Apaehes, at Sage Creek Station, Idaho.
Mrs. Elliott dying in 1898, the earrings and
her wedding ring were given to her daugh-
ter, Mrs Maria Carpenter, who died in
I34e, when they were given to the present
owner. They have thus had 81 years of
wear.
BY T. Swelley, an old brass button. found
in an old building in Cumberland county,
Penn, and bearing the inscription "Long
live the President, G. W." and the initials
the original States of the Union.
By Mr. Hart Seymour, a "Book Of Ser
mons" of the Rev. Jonathan Edwards,
printed in 1850.
By E. Case, an old fashioned breech-
musket of Harper's Ferry manu-
captured from the rebels at Draines-
vile, Va, by S. B. Conger.
BY Mrs. Conkling, a small Silver Spoon
presented to q young lady as a part of her
setting out, one hundred and ten years
ago.
A series of very interesting papers, pre-
pared by J. H Niles, Esq, of Norwich, en-
Geology of the Firelands," Bear
Hunt on the Marsh" LAST Charivari of
Greenfield, and "Anecdote of Gen. Wayne"