6 PREFACE. 



his valuable volume of Reports. Dr. Daniel Drake is as 

 clearly indicated by his position and information, to give 

 us a history of the medical profession in this state, in his 

 Medical Journal. To those gentlemen vi^e naturally look 

 to fill up the chasm, which we have purposely left for them. 

 Relying on the patronage of our fellow citizens, so 

 liberally and so promptly extended to me, on all former 

 occasions, I have been at the expense of Stereotyping, this 

 first History of Ohio. 



Its mechanical execution, shows what is daily doing in 

 Cincinnati, in the arts of book making. It is an Ohio pro- 

 duction, in all its parts, fairly representing the views and 

 feelings of a large majority of the reading people of this 

 state. The number of copies of this work hereafter to 

 be issued from the press, will depend solely on the pub- 

 lic demand for it. I shall publish but five hundred copies 

 at a time, and deliver them, at any point in the state, 

 where there shall be a demand for them. None will ever 

 be left for sale, on commission. 



On taking leave of my friends, who have so long en- 

 couraged me to proceed in my literary labors, I have only 

 to thank them, for all their kindness to their old friend, 



CALEB ATWATER. 



Cincinnati, June 25, 1838. 



