. Book of the Royal blue . if the Ijegislature would establishthe seat of government in a proposed townon the high bank east of the Scioto River,opposite Franklinton, and on or beforeDecember, 1817, hold its sessions there,and continue to hold them there until theyear 1840, they would lay out such town,give a certain amount of ground for publicbuildings, and erect such buildings, to thevalue of fifty thousand dollars. Their offer was accepted, and on the18th day of June, 1812, the day on whichwar was declared against Great Britain, tree stumps and other obstructions fromHigh Street. A tine Ind
. Book of the Royal blue . if the Ijegislature would establishthe seat of government in a proposed townon the high bank east of the Scioto River,opposite Franklinton, and on or beforeDecember, 1817, hold its sessions there,and continue to hold them there until theyear 1840, they would lay out such town,give a certain amount of ground for publicbuildings, and erect such buildings, to thevalue of fifty thousand dollars. Their offer was accepted, and on the18th day of June, 1812, the day on whichwar was declared against Great Britain, tree stumps and other obstructions fromHigh Street. A tine Indian mound stood at the cornerof High and Mound streets (the latter tak-ing its name therefrom), where the courthouse now stands. This was leveled andthe earth used in making the bricks fromwhich the first state house was built. That the Legislature was wise inaccepting the proposition of Messrs. Star-ling, Kerr, McLaughlin and Johnston, thesplendid city on the banks of the Sciototestify, but the first proprietors of Colum-. Aimnouii M. the first sale of public lots took place,and amid the excitement incident towar times the infant capital began itscareer. At the time of the first sale of lots itsprospects were not flattering, as the streetsand alleys of the proposed town weretraced through almost unbroken forest,and for a number of years after thetown was established, its streets were soobstructed with stumps, logs and brush,teams had to zigzag their way throughthem. In 1816 a subscription of $ raised for the purpose of removing bus do not seem to have profited much bytheir venture. Two of them failed inbusiness through the depreciation of realestate a few years after the capital hadbeen moved to Columbus, one died shortlyafter and his property was quickly dissi-pated after his death, while the fourth, Starling, is the only one whose nameis now connected with the city. He livedand died a bachelor, and shortly before hisdeath donated thirty thousand dollars tothe f
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