Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-25
A FORMER TOWNSMAN.
A Visit to Henry Howe, the His

A Visit to Henry Howe, the His
 tOrian.
 To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 MT. and Mrs. E. J. Sheehan have re- turned from trip in the west and a visit to MT. Henry Howe, the Ohio historian. MT. Howe's many friends in this his native city will be glad to hear of him and to learn that he has lately concluded his very extensive "History of Ohio," the result of nearly six years of labor. It is remarkable that the work was begun by him when nearly in the seventies, the allotted age of man, and his success proves him to possess wonderful pluck and energy. The work was most congenial occupation and the venerable author was well fitted for tho task.
 |. MT. Howe's father, General Hezekiah Howe, kept the college bookstore and there congregated many learned and noted men, eminent lawyers, professors and others. Listening to their conversation in his early boyhood days was of great value to him in developing great fondness for literature and learning. Among the habitues of the store were Noah Webster, Benjamin silli- man, Jeremiah Day, James L. Kingsley, IOkoI M. OuoIldll, Lll lfc5 duu OUuclbs He began early in life the making of state histories, and forty five years ago travelled over Ohio on horseback to every county, seeing eminent people, gathering notes and making sketches of all the prin- cipal streets and buildings on his way. In 1885 MT. Howe started out on second tour over the Buckeye state. The follow ing is from the Columbus Post:
 "Twice with an interval of fortyfve years MT. Howe has been Ohio's historian, | and at both periods he has gone to the diff converse with old residents, as well as to l search local archives and libraries. plan of labor so through and, arduous warrants
 the use of the word utf4ue in connection | with MT. Howe's work, and will certainly | be remembered as long as the state of Ohio | has place in the chronicles of time" The Ohio State Journal says:
 tThe book is not merely a journal his tory; it is much more than that. It is a splendid panorama, unfolding before the
 reader the whole life and annals of Ohio from it's earliest settlement to the present biography, geography and statistics | go hand in hand with narrative, reminis- oence and details of manner and life, and | the whole is executed with a wealth of we'll executed engraving that is simply as- tonishing''
 When Mir. Howe began his second his tory he had not anticipated spending so l much time, but ambition enlarged as he progressed and enabled him to conquer the many obstacles which beset his path 1 at the very start and determined him to make this work as perfect as possible. Among his old townsmen who aided him | in the start are: Professors Henry W. Far | nam and Salisbury of Yale, Henry T. Blake, the late Dr. E. H. Bishop, the late Hon. Charles H. English and Dr. Levi Ives. Professor s. E. Baldwin of the Yale Law school was the first subscriber to the work-ex-President R. B. Hayes, the first l in Ohio
 MT. Howe has changed but little since he left here four years ago. Not wrin-
 kle has deepened, his eyes are as bright | and full of fun as ever and his beard and white hair as full and thick as of yore. The people of his native city and state will join those of Ohio in granting him all the honor and glory which he has so justly earned by his perseverance, his talent and his energy. F. H. L.