Poems 1

Poems

Description:

These poems are included in the papers of Julia Buttles of Worthington, Ohio, married to Job Warren Case in 1815. The collection also includes correspondence, poems, essays, and other writings. Letters between Julia and family, re. early life in Ohio, activities in Connecticut and New York, War of 1812, and routine social graces. The poems appear to be school assignments as spelling has been corrected in pencil.  The first is a simple verse about social graces to remember.  The second is a rousing account of slaughtering bed bugs.

Creator:

Unknown; Levi Buttles

Creation Date:

Unknown

Collection Title/Number:

VFM 1620

Image Number:

TAH1806

"It is not easy but it pays

to; -

Apologize.

Begin over.

Take advice.

Be unselfish.

Admit-error.

Be considerate.

Keep on trying.

Avoid mistakes.

Obey conscience.

Keep out of a rut.

Forgive and forget.

Think and then act.

Make the leest of a little.

Maintain a high standard.

subdue an unruly temper.

Recognize the silver lining.

Shoulder a deserved blame.

Smile in the face of adversity.

Accept just rebukes gracefully.

Discriminate between the line

and reel."

Poems 2

Poems

Description:

These poems are included in the papers of Julia Buttles of Worthington, Ohio, married to Job Warren Case in 1815. The collection also includes correspondence, poems, essays, and other writings. Letters between Julia and family, re. early life in Ohio, activities in Connecticut and New York, War of 1812, and routine social graces. The poems appear to be school assignments as spelling has been corrected in pencil.  The first is a simple verse about social graces to remember.  The second is a rousing account of slaughtering bed bugs.

Creator:

Unknown; Levi Buttles

Creation Date:

Unknown

Collection Title/Number:

VFM 1620

Image Number:

TAH1806

Bed bug Day 

1

A drum was heard; a note of attack

As to the assault we hurried;

The students scratching their itching backs

Whence the bugs, their blood had carried.

2

The day was dark, the sun not bright;

When the beds with our hands turning

By the struggling sun beams’ misty light.

We saw them slowly crawling.

3

In useless cavities they made their nests

In sheets and in clothes we found them;

Where they lay - like warriors taking their rest.

With their martial friends around them

4

Few and short were the curses we said,

And we spoke not a word of sorrow:

But we steadfastly [^ wished] they were all dead.

And we gladly thought of the morrow-
5

We thought as we mashed them in our narrow beds

And shook them from our lone pillow -

How we their foes would sleep o’er their dead,

As sweetly and soundly as if we were mellow!

6

Lightly we’ll talk of the spirits that are gone.

And o’er their cold ashes upbraid them;

But nothing we’ll seek, if they’ll sleep on

In the graves where the students have laid them.

7

And when our heavy task was done,

When the bell toll’d the hour of rest,

We knew that [^ Death, who the] work has begun,

Had now, rid us of a very great pest

8

Slowley but joyfully we laid us down.

From the field of our slaughter fresh and gory!

We felt not a bite, we felt not a bug,

But we slept alone - in our glory

Levi Buttles

War of 1812 Anecdotes

Anecdotes of the Lake Erie Area War of 1812

Description:

This document is a transcription of an original account of the court martial of Robert Heriot Barclay.  The proceedings give an account of the Battle of Lake Erie, the largest naval battle of the War of 1812.  In it Barclay argues that he had too few seamen to effectively battle the American forces.  Prior to the battle he had repeatedly requested reinforcements and was denied.  During the battle their ship was captured by the Americans and the men were held as prisoners on the vessel.  In the end Barclay and his men were acquitted.

Creator:

Richard C. Knopf, Transcriber; Admiral Edward James Foote & Robert Heriot Barclay

Creation Date:

Transcription - 1957; Proceedings Sept. 9, 1814

Collection Title/Number:

973.52 An31
Anecdotes of the Lake Erie area, War of 1812 / transcribed from original sources by Richard C. Knopf.

Fuller Letter

Letter to Mrs Patty Fuller

Description:

John Fuller was an army officer, of Rutland, Vt. The collection contains correspondence, journals, and other papers, describing Fuller's service on a military expedition from Vermont to the Mississippi Territory via Ohio (1809-10) and the Elk River expedition (1810-14), and relating to the War of 1812 and the Society of the Cincinnati; and military papers and records (1809) of the 7th Infantry Rifle Regt.  In these letters he writes to his wife Patty to tell her about his new assignment - a promotion for exceptional work - which will move him away from New Orleans and to a safer area on the Mississippi River.  He also plans to move closer to Newport, Kentucky or Cincinnati, Ohio.  He goes on to discuss a variety of topics including the landscape, politics both local and national, and other personal business.  The last three pages of the transcript are a letter to his son and another brief letter to his wife.