. Book of the Royal blue . one side showing the old statehouse wherein the original constitution wasadopted, the reverse the seal of the Stateof Ohio, was placed in the wall of the RossCounty court house, that building havingbeen erected on the site of the old statehouse, which was torn down in 1857 tomake room for the new structure. Much historical interest is attached tothe old state house. In it the last terri-torial legislature of 1801-2 met, also theState legislature for the succeeding twelveyears. The State was organized in it, andthe founders, Governor St. Clair, .JudgeBurnet, Dr. Tiffi
. Book of the Royal blue . one side showing the old statehouse wherein the original constitution wasadopted, the reverse the seal of the Stateof Ohio, was placed in the wall of the RossCounty court house, that building havingbeen erected on the site of the old statehouse, which was torn down in 1857 tomake room for the new structure. Much historical interest is attached tothe old state house. In it the last terri-torial legislature of 1801-2 met, also theState legislature for the succeeding twelveyears. The State was organized in it, andthe founders, Governor St. Clair, .JudgeBurnet, Dr. Tiffin, Nathaniel Massie, Gov-ernor Worthington and other western states-men of a hundred years ago met in it andfought their political battles. Ohio wasthe fourth State admitted to the originalthirteen; the first to be carved out of thegreat Northwest Territory, and from thedate of its birth, one hundred years ago,has been an important factor in the growthand development of the nation. 18 CONSTITUTIONAL CENTENNIAL HKsT STATK HDrSK. ()TH K, OHH fates <-?s»* ON THIS srri; stuuu thetirst state HOUSE OF OHIO; WHEREIN VAS ADOPTEDTHE ORIGINAL CONSTITUTION OF THECOIIIIONWEAUH NOVEMBER XXIX MDCCCil 111! I\M\ 11 \. hli IN ColliT HOlhK AT MAKKIM. sITI ^l-IKST STATE HOrSE OF OHIO.
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