Scope and Contents note

From July 15 -- 20, 1888, Lamb attended the "National Centennial of the Establishment of Civil Government in the 'Territory North West of the River Ohio' and of the First Settlement thereof under the Ordinance of 1787" at Marietta, Ohio. This series includes programs, correspondence, circulars, publications, clippings, and a B & O R.R. timetable relating to the excursion. Lamb's article about the centennial can be found in the Magazine of American History, Sept., 1888.