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Coonskin Library historical sketch outlined
A detailed recounting of the Coonskin Library in Ames and Dover, its origins in the northwest territory, the role of Manasseh Cutler and Josiah True, and Walker's Athens county history. The piece notes purchases via fur trade, early records, and the Dover branch legacy, with a reflective, local tone on its educational impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County Democrat
Coonskin
D. H. L. True
Scientific Society
Walker
True
United States
Allegheny Mountains
Amesville
Athens County
Morgan
Washington County
Morgan County
Muskingum Valley
Stubbs
Macauley
Ohio
Rufus Putnam
Manasseh Cutler
Benjamin Tupper
Winthrop Sargent
West
Congress
Dr. Cutler
George Ewing
Thomas Ewing
Judge Cutler
Ewing
United States Gazette
Baker
Waterford
Josiah True
Boston
Samuel Brown
Mr. Brown
Young Ewing
John Jacob Agtor
Thaddeus Harris
Brown
Mr. Ewing
Ben. Brown
Vatican
Ames Township
Western Library Association
Ames
Coonskin Library
Dover
L. A. Sprague
Athens Ohio
Mr. Walker
Bishop Ames
Austin True
John Jacob Astor
Esquire
New England
Embryo Library
North-Western
Dayton Library Society
North-west Territory
Ephriam Cutler
Jason Rice
Silvanus Ames
Benjamin L. Brown
Martin Boyles
Ezra Greet
Geo. Ewing
John Brown, Jr
George Ewing Jr
Daniel Weethée
Timothy Wilkins
Benjamin Brown
Samuel Brown Sr
Simon Converse Christopher Herrold
Edmond Dorr
George Wolf
Nathan Woodbury
Joshua Wyatt
George Walker
Elijah Hatch
Zebulon Griffin
Jehiel Gregory
George Castle
Blair
Clark
Ramsey
Goldsmith
Playfairs
George Barnwell
Camilla
Shakespeare
Locke
Josephus
Smith
Spéctator
Plutarch
Thomas Fowing
Philadelphia
Athens Pioneer Association
Ohio University At
Athens
William P. Cutler
Coonskin” Library
Henry Howe
Alleghenies
Farmers’ Library
Dover Library