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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Muskingum County, Ohio
Clickable Map of Muskingum County, Ohio and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Muskingum County, OH (78) Coshocton County, OH (73) Guernsey County, OH (51) Licking County, OH (157) Morgan County, OH (43) Noble County, OH (18) Perry County, OH (32) MuskingumCounty(78) Muskingum County (78) CoshoctonCounty(73) Coshocton County (73) GuernseyCounty(51) Guernsey County (51) LickingCounty(157) Licking County (157) MorganCounty(43) Morgan County (43) NobleCounty(18) Noble County (18) PerryCounty(32) Perry County (32)
Zanesville is the county seat for Muskingum County
Adjacent to Muskingum County, Ohio
Coshocton County (73) ►
Guernsey County (51) ►
Licking County (157) ►
Morgan County (43) ►
Noble County (18) ►
Perry County (32) ►
1► Ohio, Muskingum County, Cumberland — 17-60 — The Lett Settlement —
Near International Road (Local Route 216) east of Big Muskie Drive (Ohio Route 284).
Near this location stood the settlement of African American families known as "The Lett Settlement." The Lett Settlement was a self-sustaining community of mixed race families, including the Caliman, Guy, and Lett families. The . . . — — Map (db m135923) HM
2► Ohio, Muskingum County, Dresden — Dresden Fire Department —
On 9th Street (Ohio Route 208), on the right when traveling west.
Dedicated to all fallen firefighters who have made the supreme sacrifice In memory of Greg Rodgers who passed away in the line of duty 12/13/99 "Greater love has no one than this that he lay down his life for his friends" John . . . — — Map (db m14722) HM
3► Ohio, Muskingum County, Dresden — Dresden War Memorial —
On Main Street, on the left when traveling south.
"Dedicated to all veterans in all wars" They brought honor to our country & promise to our dreams In memory of our departed veterans of all wars Civil War Killed in Action Jacob Ane Benjamin W. Barton John Cassell . . . — — Map (db m14725) WM
4► Ohio, Muskingum County, Dresden — Father John D. Kempf Veterans Memorial —
On Chestnut Street at 4th Street, on the left when traveling north on Chestnut Street.
To all veterans in honor [of] Father John D. Kempf National Chaplain of the American Legion 1982 - 1983 — — Map (db m14723) HM
5► Ohio, Muskingum County, Dresden — World's Largest Basket —
On West 5th Street at Main Street (County Route 706), on the right when traveling east on West 5th Street.
The World's Largest Basket is 48 feet long, 11 feet wide, 23 feet high. This basket was made from 10 hardwood maple trees and required 2,000 employee hours of work to complete. This is a giant sized model of the popular Longabreger Market . . . — — Map (db m158013) HM
6► Ohio, Muskingum County, Duncan Falls — Address at Naming of Winefordner Field, Lemmon, S. D. — By John N. Bailey —
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: A little more than a month ago we assembled here and dedicated this port to the future use of aerial transportation. For that event and in order to make the ceremony more interesting and impressive, the . . . — — Map (db m13391) HM
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7► Ohio, Muskingum County, East Fultonham — Safety Follows Wisdom — Portland Cement Association Safety Trophy —
On U.S. 22 at Old Town Road, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 22.
Awarded Columbia Cement Division, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., for a Perfect Safety Record in 1931. Reawarded for a Perfect Safety Record in 1935 1956 1966 1974 1947 . . . — — Map (db m12016) HM
8► Ohio, Muskingum County, Fultonham — 10-60 — Birthplace of Thomas A. Hendricks —
On Old Town Road, 0.6 miles east of Cemetery Road.
Vice President Thomas A. Hendricks was born at this site on September 7, 1819. While still a baby, Thomas' family moved to Indiana and he grew up and rose to prominence in the Hoosier State. Hendricks served consecutively in the Indiana State . . . — — Map (db m13097) HM
9► Ohio, Muskingum County, New Concord — Birthplace of William Rainey Harper — 1856-1906 —
On Main Street (U.S. 40) at College Drive on Main Street.
This log house, constructed by blacksmith Joseph McKinney, was the birthplace of William Rainey Harper. The son of Scotch-Irish settlers, Harper graduated from Muskingum College at the age of 14, giving his valedictory address in Hebrew. A gifted . . . — — Map (db m282) HM
10► Ohio, Muskingum County, New Concord — Boyhood Home of John H. Glenn, Jr. —
On West Main Street (Alternate Interstate 70) west of Spragg Alley, on the right when traveling east.
This property is listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior Boyhood Home of John H. Glenn, Jr. Build 1923 — — Map (db m205875) HM
11► Ohio, Muskingum County, New Concord — College Drive Presbyterian Church —
On College Drive north of West Main Street (U.S. 40), on the right.
This congregation of Scotch-Irish pioneers was first gathered at Crooked Creek in 1806, and organized in 1812 as the Crooked Creek Associate Reformed Church. The congregation moved to this site in 1858 and was reorganized as the New Concord United . . . — — Map (db m280) HM
12► Ohio, Muskingum County, New Concord — Findley Settlement —
On West Main Street (U.S. 40) west of College Drive, on the right when traveling west.
Judge David Findley and his sons worked farms which extended from the site of Interstate 70 to the John Glenn High School. Here, on Findley Creek, the Judge erected log houses and built a carding and fulling mill and a tobacco warehouse. . . . — — Map (db m279) HM
13► Ohio, Muskingum County, New Concord — Fox Creek "S" Bridge Park —
The Fox Creek "S" Bridge is one of a series of such bridges which lined the path of the National Road. All but a handful were destroyed during the construction of U.S. Route 40. The National Road, completed here in 1828, . . . — — Map (db m104805) HM
14► Ohio, Muskingum County, New Concord — Fox Creek Bridge —
On Old National Road (U.S. 40) at East Pike Street, on the right when traveling west on Old National Road.
1828 (DAR logo) 1936 In memory of the pioneers who built this "S" bridge the Ohio Society Daughters of the American Revolution — — Map (db m82441) HM
15► Ohio, Muskingum County, New Concord — John Glenn — The Historic National Road in Ohio —
On West Main Street (U.S. 40), on the right when traveling east.
John Glenn, Jr. is a retired U.S. Marine Corps pilot, astronaut, and U.S. Senator. He was born in Cambridge, Ohio, on July 18, 1921, and moved to New Concord when he was two. On February 20, 1962, Glenn flew on the Friendship 7 space mission, . . . — — Map (db m98607) HM
16► Ohio, Muskingum County, New Concord — Muskingum College —
On College Drive north of Main Street (U.S. 40), in the median.
The college was chartered by the Ohio General Assembly in March 1837. It was funded by a group of New Concord area residents, the Friends of Education. The original building burned in March, 1851. The College Hall was rebuilt by public . . . — — Map (db m283) HM
17► Ohio, Muskingum County, New Concord — New Concord — The Historic National Road in Ohio —
On West Main Street (U.S. 40) at North Layton Drive, on the right when traveling east on West Main Street.
In 1827, construction of the National Road began through Muskingum County, and the Scotch-Irish settlement that became New Concord was laid out on March 24, 1828 by Judge David Findley. Judge Findley, born in Belfast, Ireland in 1762, and his six . . . — — Map (db m98608) HM
18► Ohio, Muskingum County, New Concord — New Concord —
On West Main Street (Alternate Interstate 70) west of North Layton Drive, on the right when traveling east.
Home of Muskingum College and John Glenn, Jr., First American to orbit the Earth — — Map (db m205876) HM
19► Ohio, Muskingum County, New Concord — New Concord War Memorial —
On Main Street (U.S. 40), on the right when traveling east.
For God and Country we dedicate this memorial in loving memory of our veterans of all wars who have served their country so we may continue to enjoy freedom and democracy. — — Map (db m13352) HM
20► Ohio, Muskingum County, New Concord — Robert Francis Harper —
On Main Street (U.S. 40) at College Drive, on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
This Garden is in Memory of Robert Francis Harper (1864–1906). Robert Francis "Frank" Harper, who was born in this cabin, joined his brother William Rainey in studying ancient languages. He became one of the world experts on the ancient people . . . — — Map (db m281) HM
21► Ohio, Muskingum County, New Concord — 2-60 — S-Bridge —
On U.S. 40, on the right when traveling west.
Coaches, Conestoga wagons, herds of livestock, pioneers on foot or horseback, peddlers, soldiers, beggers - these and many others have crossed this bridge on the National Road since 1830. Escaping slaves sought shelter beneath it. Like many others . . . — — Map (db m13350) HM
22► Ohio, Muskingum County, New Concord — The New Concord Underground Railroad — Civil War Story —
On West Main Street (Old National Road) (U.S. 22/40) east of Spragg Alley, on the right when traveling east.
"God had made of one blood all men to dwell upon the earth" -Reformed Presbyterian 1842
The Scotch-Irish residents of the New Concord area were predominantly Presbyterian, Reformed Presbyterian, Associate . . . — — Map (db m154304) HM
23► Ohio, Muskingum County, New Concord — 12-60 — Zane's Trace —
On U.S. 40 at Shadyside Drive, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 40.
Side A Fulfilling President George Washington's desire to "open wide the gates of the West," in 1796 Congress authorized the Zane brothers of Fort Henry (at present day Wheeling) to clear a path through the dense woods of Appalachian . . . — — Map (db m13351) HM
24► Ohio, Muskingum County, Norwich — 15-60 — First Traffic Fatality in Ohio / The National Road —
On Main Street at Lodge Street, on the left when traveling north on Main Street.
First Traffic Fatality in Ohio As he traveled the National Road on August 20, 1835, the last diary entry by Christopher C. Baldwin, librarian for the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Massachusetts, was, "Start by stage on the . . . — — Map (db m13348) HM
25► Ohio, Muskingum County, Norwich — In Memory of Christopher Baldwin — First Traffic Fatality in Ohio —
On Main Street at Norwich Drive, on the left when traveling east on Main Street.
In Memory of Christopher C. Baldwin, Librarian of the American Antiqurian Society Worchester, Mass., killed on this curve Aug. 20, 1835, by the overturning of a stage coach. This being the first traffic accident on record in this state. — — Map (db m157951) HM
26► Ohio, Muskingum County, Norwich — Mile Markers — National Road/Zane Grey Museum — One of Several Identical Markers —
Near E. Pike Old National Road (U.S. 40).
The Act of Congress in 1806 which authorized the construction of the National Road required that mile markers be placed at regular intervals. These reference points reassured travelers that they were following the correct route. They also indicated . . . — — Map (db m205519) HM
27► Ohio, Muskingum County, Norwich — Motels — The Historic National Road in Ohio —
On Old National Road (U.S. 40), on the left when traveling east.
As motorized transportation developed, motels of all sizes became a fixture along the National Road. Automobile travel in the early 1900s was often an adventure. Overnight accommodations, in the form of hotels, were concentrated in urban centers, . . . — — Map (db m98694) HM
28► Ohio, Muskingum County, Norwich — Norwich —
On Norwich Drive near Alternate Interstate 70, on the right when traveling north.
The 1835 scene of the first recorded traffic fatality in Ohio, an overturned stagecoach — — Map (db m205871) HM
On Norwich Drive, 0.3 miles east of Lodge Street, on the right when traveling east.
30► Ohio, Muskingum County, Norwich — 1-60 — Salt Creek Bridge/Timber Covered Bridges —
On Arch Hill Road at Murphy Hill Road, on the right when traveling east on Arch Hill Road.
Side A: Salt Creek Bridge This covered bridge, spanning Salt Creek in Perry Township, Muskingum County was erected in the 1870s. It is a splendid example of an Ohio covered bridge built with Warren type trusses. It is being preserved as an . . . — — Map (db m13344) HM
31► Ohio, Muskingum County, Norwich — The Historic National Road — in Ohio —
Near East Pike National Road (U.S. 40) at Zane Grey Road (County Route 199).
Welcome to the National Road The National road crosses six states from Baltimore, Maryland to East St. Louis, Illinois. The road fulfilled the dreams of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson to build an all-weather route across the . . . — — Map (db m93721) HM
32► Ohio, Muskingum County, Norwich — The Historic National Road in Ohio — Mile Markers —
The Act of Congress in 1806, which authorized the construction of the National Road, required that mile markers be placed at regular intervals. These reference points reassured travelers that they were following the correct route. They also . . . — — Map (db m205520) HM
33► Ohio, Muskingum County, Norwich — The Ralph Hardesty Stone House — The Historic National Road in Ohio — The Road That Helped Build The Nation —
On Norwich Drive at Harding Way Road, on the right when traveling west on Norwich Drive.
Built in 1836 for Ralph Hardesty at a cost of $500, the original stone portion of this house measures 40 by 22 feet. Little is known of Mr. Hardesty except that he was listed in the 1850 Census, when he was 43 years of age. The two-story house, . . . — — Map (db m205872) HM
34► Ohio, Muskingum County, Norwich — Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier — Never Forget Garden —
On East Pike (U.S. 22) west of Zane Grey Road (County Road 199), on the right when traveling east.
This garden is a living tribute to all of America's veterans and their families. In silence and respect, this is a place to remember why millions of Americans have fought and died for our liberty and our freedom. Here we renew our promise to . . . — — Map (db m205870) WM
35► Ohio, Muskingum County, Norwich — Warren Pony Truss Bridge — Riveted Iron Bridge —
Near Old National Road (U.S. 40) near 8850 E Pike,.
This is among the oldest surviving rivet-connected Warren Pony Truss bridges in Ohio and a good example of a bridge type commonly used in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. It is typical of the quality of construction by the Mount . . . — — Map (db m98817) HM
36► Ohio, Muskingum County, Norwich — Zane's Trace Bridge — Warrern Riveted Pony Truss Bridge —
Near East Pike National Road (U.S. 40) near Zane Grey Road (County Route 199).
(original medallion- The Mt. Vernon Bridge Co, Mt. Vernon Ohio 1909) Warrern Riveted Pony Truss Bridge erected along the Zane Trace over Salt Creek Moved to National Road Zane Grey Museum in 2000 — — Map (db m93735) HM
37► Ohio, Muskingum County, Philo — Lt. Michael J. Lutz —
On Front Street at 3rd Street, on the left when traveling south on Front Street.
In memory of Lt. Michael J. Lutz Who lost his life in the line of duty, July 12, 1994 Dedicated for service to the community as a member of the Muskingum County Sheriffs Department and Harrison Township Fire Department. . . . — — Map (db m13551) HM
38► Ohio, Muskingum County, Philo — 8-60 — The Muskingum River Flows North —
Near Bridge Street.
Thirty-thousand years ago, the streams and rivers in this area flowed north. A ridge extended across what is today the Muskingum-Morgan County line about seven miles south of the Philo Lock. When the Wisconsin Glacier moved down from Canada 25,000 . . . — — Map (db m13334) HM
39► Ohio, Muskingum County, Zanesville — 100th Anniversary of the Flood of 1913 —
On Market Street west of North 5th Street, on the right when traveling west.
This plaque commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Flood of 1913. Designating the high water mark in and around the city of Zanesville. To those who, during the flood which overwhelmed Zanesville in March, 1913, many times put their own . . . — — Map (db m205866) HM
40► Ohio, Muskingum County, Zanesville — American Legion Post #29 Veterans Memorial — Zanesville, Ohio —
On 3rd Street at Main Street (U.S. 40), on the right when traveling south on 3rd Street.
Dedicated this date 8-20-00 to the brave men and women whose sacrifices made this nation free. May they forever be remembered. — — Map (db m16901) HM
41► Ohio, Muskingum County, Zanesville — 18-60 — Anti-Slavery Tensions in Muskingum County —
Near Jefferson Street at Putnam Avenue (U.S. 22).
Side A In the early 1800s, opposing attitudes existed in the separate communities of Putnam and Zanesville. Anti-slavery New Englanders settled Putnam while pro-slavery Virginians and Kentuckians settled Zanesville. The Emancipation Society . . . — — Map (db m94534) HM
42► Ohio, Muskingum County, Zanesville — 14-60 — Architect Cass Gilbert —
On 4th Street at Market Street, on the right when traveling north on 4th Street.
One of America's leading architects of the early 20th century, Cass Gilbert (1859-1934), was born in a home that stood at this site. After studying at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Gilbert apprenticed with prominent architectural firm . . . — — Map (db m13098) HM
43► Ohio, Muskingum County, Zanesville — Combat Wounded Veterans — Military Order of the Purple Heart — 1782 - 1932 —
On Main Street (U.S. 40) west of North 5th Street, on the right when traveling west.
Dedicated to all men and women wounded in all our wars
My stone is red for the blood they shed, the medal I bear is my country's way to show they care, if I could be seen by all mankind maybe peace will come in . . . — — Map (db m205862) WM
44► Ohio, Muskingum County, Zanesville — Eisenhower Interstate System —
Near Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway (Interstate 70) 5 miles west of Ohio Route 82, on the right when traveling west.
In August 1973, the U.S. Congress Designated a cross-country stretch of interstate as the "Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway," in tribute to President Eisenhower's early recognition of the need for national network of highways to enhance the mobility . . . — — Map (db m166454) HM
45► Ohio, Muskingum County, Zanesville — First National Bank —
On Main Street (U.S. 40) just east of South 4th Street, on the right when traveling east.
In 1907, First National Bank erected its 3rd building to serve as its headquarters on Main Street. This magnificent eagle, standing watch over the entrance, highlighted the structure. When the building was razed in 1931 to make room for the . . . — — Map (db m205865) HM
46► Ohio, Muskingum County, Zanesville — G.A.R. Soldiers and Sailors Monument — Muskingum County, Ohio —
On Pershing Road, on the left when traveling west.
In Memory of the Soldiers and Sailors of Muskingum County Ohio Erected by Hazlett Post No. 81 Department of Ohio G.A.R. Donated by Robert A. Parsons as a memorial to Hazlett Post No. 81 G.A.R. — — Map (db m12445) HM
47► Ohio, Muskingum County, Zanesville — Headley Inn — The Historic National Road in Ohio —
On West Pike (U.S. 40), on the right when traveling west.
One of the most beautiful and interesting of the old stopping places is the Headley Inn which provided lodging and refreshment for the westward tide of immigration for 30 years. The Headley Inn dreamed half a century away over rooms stored with . . . — — Map (db m98983) HM
48► Ohio, Muskingum County, Zanesville — 1521.14 — Historical Flood Marker —
Historical Flood Mark March 1913 — — Map (db m205868) HM
49► Ohio, Muskingum County, Zanesville — Karl Kappes — (1861 - 1943) — Artist, Zanesville-native —
On 5th Street, on the right when traveling south.
A graduate of Zanesville High School, Karl Kappes studied art in Cincinnati before moving on to New York, Paris, and Munich. In the 1890's, Karl began working at the nationally known Weller Pottery; advancing to foreman in 1901, and lead designer . . . — — Map (db m28920) HM
50► Ohio, Muskingum County, Zanesville — 6-60 — Lodge of Amity No. 5 Free and Accepted Masons
Near 4th Street, 0 miles south of Market Street, on the right when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
The Lodge of Amity, one of the six founding lodges of the Grand Lodge of Ohio, was chartered on June 24, 1805, and first met in the Benoni Pierce Hotel at the northeast corner of Main and Fifth Streets, Zanesville. This marker was erected in . . . — — Map (db m212234) HM
51► Ohio, Muskingum County, Zanesville — Muskingum County Iraqi Conflicts Memorial —
Near Market Street.
In memory of our fallen comrades from Muskingum County who died during the Iraqi Conflicts "Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends" John 15:13 11-6-03 Noah Graham . . . — — Map (db m16903) WM
52► Ohio, Muskingum County, Zanesville — Muskingum County Medal of Honor Memorial —
Near Market Street, on the right when traveling west.
Alfred Ransbottom Civil War - Army 2-24-1865 Robert B. Brown Civil War - Army 3-27-1890 George A. Lloyd Civil War - Army 4-16-1891 William E. Richey Civil War - Army 11-9-1893 William H. Longshore Civil War - . . . — — Map (db m16902) WM
53► Ohio, Muskingum County, Zanesville — Muskingum County Vietnam War Memorial — "Brothers All, They Gave All" —
In memory of our fallen comrades - from Muskingum County - who died in the Republic of Vietnam Apr 18-66 Danny A. Bolin - U.S.M.C. Jun-66 Harold E. Boetcher - U.S.M.C. Nov 19-66 Ted Belcher - Army/Medal of Honor Dec 30-66 Guy W. Huey - . . . — — Map (db m16912) WM
54► Ohio, Muskingum County, Zanesville — Nelson T. Gant House —
Front Nelson T. Gant as one of Zanesville's most prominent African American citizens. Born into slavery on the Woodburn Estate of John Nixon of Loudoun County, Virginia on May 10, 1821, Nelson was given is freedom by the provisions of his . . . — — Map (db m43961) HM
55► Ohio, Muskingum County, Zanesville — Nelson T. Gant House — The Historic National Road in Ohio —
Nelson Talbot Gant was freed from slavery by the last will and testament of his owner, John Nixon, September of 1845 in Loudoun County, Virginia. However, Gant's wife, Maria, was a slave to Jane Russell of Leesburg, Virginia. According to Virginia . . . — — Map (db m43963) HM
56► Ohio, Muskingum County, Zanesville — Ohio Flag Unit —
On Main Street (U.S. 40) just west of North 5th Street, on the right when traveling west.
Ohio Flag Unit 17th Infantry Regiment Buffalos — — Map (db m205864) WM
57► Ohio, Muskingum County, Zanesville — 16-60 — Roseville Pottery Company — 1890 - 1954 — Linden Avenue Plant —
On Linden Avenue, 0.2 miles north of Taylor Street, on the left when traveling north.
Founded in 1890 in Roseville, Ohio, Roseville Pottery Company was incorporated in 1892 with George Young as general manager. At the time, Roseville produced commercial pottery such as stoneware, flowerpots, and cuspidors. The company moved to this . . . — — Map (db m13103) HM
58► Ohio, Muskingum County, Zanesville — 7-60 — Second Capital of Ohio —
On Main Street (U.S. 40) east of 4th Street, on the left when traveling east.
In 1809 the citizens of Zanesville erected a building on this site which served as the capitol of Ohio from October 1, 1810, until May 1, 1812. The 9th and 10th sessions of the Ohio General Assembly met here before returning to Chillicothe in May . . . — — Map (db m275) HM
59► Ohio, Muskingum County, Zanesville — Sixth Street Bridge —
On Muskingum Avenue west of Putnam Avenue (Ohio Route 93).
The original Sixth Street Bridge, constructed at a cost of $72,960, opened on December 7, 1885. The structure consisted of four wrought-iron trusses which spanned the Muskingum River and one swing truss which spanned the Muskingum Improvement Canal. . . . — — Map (db m277) HM
60► Ohio, Muskingum County, Zanesville — Smith House & Farm —
Edward Edison Smith was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and arrived in Muskingum County about the same time as his neighbor, Uzal Headley. Smith was a farmer who built a log house near this site and, after the National Road reached Zanesville in . . . — — Map (db m98982) HM
61► Ohio, Muskingum County, Zanesville — The Bicentennial Legacy Monument —
On Market Street west of North 2nd Street, on the right when traveling west.
1. John McIntire, Founder, son-in-law of Ebenezer Zane. Visionary for the town's development. His legacy lives on in the McIntire Scholarship Fund. Died in 1815 at age 56. 2. Noah Norris, Patriot. Enlisted in the first black regiment . . . — — Map (db m246) HM
62► Ohio, Muskingum County, Zanesville — The History Of Zanesville —
1880 - William Green opens the first tavern in what is now Zanesville. 1801 - Zanesville receives its name from a government official. (Formerly known as Westbourne). 1810-1812 - Zanesville is the capital of Ohio. 1817 - . . . — — Map (db m205860) HM
63► Ohio, Muskingum County, Zanesville — 9-60 — The Muskingum River Locks —
Near 8th Street near Hughes Street.
The Zanesville lock, canal, and dam were part of a series of eleven such built on the Muskingum River from Marietta to Ellis, north of Zanesville, from 1836 to 1841. The improvements made the shallow river navigable by steamboats. The State of Ohio . . . — — Map (db m13349) HM
64► Ohio, Muskingum County, Zanesville — 11-66 — The Stone Academy —
On Putnam Avenue (Ohio Route 93) north of Jefferson Street, on the left when traveling south.
Constructed of sandstone quarried from nearby Putnam Hill, the Stone Academy dates to 1809. The Springfield School House Company erected the building, it is believed, to lure the statehouse from Chillicothe. However, when Zanesville was chosen as . . . — — Map (db m172342) HM
65► Ohio, Muskingum County, Zanesville — Three Muskingum County Courthouses — Former Capitol of Ohio —
On Main Street (U.S. 40) at North 4th Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
Three Muskingum County Courthouses have stood on this site. the second (depicted above) served as the Ohio State Capitol from 1810 to 1812 — — Map (db m99192) HM
66► Ohio, Muskingum County, Zanesville — Union Veteran Legion No. 118 —
On Greenwood Avenue (U.S. 40) at Hamline Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Greenwood Avenue.
Dedicated to the Union Veteran Legion No. 118 Long Service Soldiers of the Civil War — — Map (db m13331) HM
67► Ohio, Muskingum County, Zanesville — Veterans Memorial —
On Main Street, on the right when traveling west.
Dedicated by American Legion Post 29 Thank you for your service — — Map (db m206140) WM
68► Ohio, Muskingum County, Zanesville — World War II Memorial —
Victory in Europe 1945 - 1995 A 50 year commemoration dedicated May 8, 1995 In honor of all World War II veterans of Muskingum County — — Map (db m205863) WM
69► Ohio, Muskingum County, Zanesville — World War II/Korean War Memorial —
On Main Street (U.S. 40) at 5th Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
297 men from Muskingum Co. Ohio died in World War II 1941-1945, and the Korean War 1950-1953. This monument is a tribute to that sacrifice. 297 empty helmets (symbolic of each fallen soldier, sailor, marine, and airman) have a name upon them. They . . . — — Map (db m61850) WM
70► Ohio, Muskingum County, Zanesville — World War Memorial —
Erected by the people of Muskingum County in recognition of those who rendered service to our country during the World War — — Map (db m205858) WM
71► Ohio, Muskingum County, Zanesville — Y-Bridge — The Historic National Road in Ohio — A Unique Landmark —
On Old National Road (U.S. 40), on the left when traveling west.
On November 16, 1814, the Muskingum Messenger reported, "Muskingum and Licking Bridge, This grand and important work is now possible. Great credit is due to Mr. Rufus Scott, the architect. Now the south and north sides of Licking . . . — — Map (db m99037) HM
72► Ohio, Muskingum County, Zanesville — 3-60 — Y-Bridge — 1902 —
On Linden Avenue north of Main Street (U.S. 40), on the right when traveling south.
World famous part of the Old National Road. Maintained by Muskingum County. Marker by Ohio Society of Professional Engineers. Approved by the Ohio Historical Society. — — Map (db m9555) HM
On Main Street (U.S. 40), on the right when traveling south.
74► Ohio, Muskingum County, Zanesville — 5-60 — Y-Bridge — 1902
On West Main Street (Historic National Road) (U.S. 40), on the right when traveling east. Reported missing.
World famous part of the Old National Road. Maintained by Muskingum County Marker by Ohio Society of Professional Engineers Approved by the Ohio Historical Society — — Map (db m8518) HM
75► Ohio, Muskingum County, Zanesville — 13-60 — Zane Grey — "Father of the Western Novel" —
On Convers Road, 0.1 miles west of Maple Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Born Pearl Zane Grey in 1872 at this site and raised in Zanesville, author Zane Grey established the western novel as a twentieth century American literary genre. Trained as a dentist and practicing in New York City, Grey began writing full time . . . — — Map (db m13104) HM
76► Ohio, Muskingum County, Zanesville — Zanesville — The Historic National Road in Ohio —
On Old National Road (U.S. 40), on the right when traveling west on Old National Road.
Zanesville, the county seat of Muskingum County, was named for Colonel Ebenezer Zane. In 1796 Congress commissioned Colonel Zane to build a road from Wheeling, Virginia (later West Virginia) to Limestone, Kentucky (present Maysville, Kentucky). . . . — — Map (db m194090) HM
77► Ohio, Muskingum County, Zanesville — Zanesville and Muskingum County Artwall —
On 5th Street at Shinnick Street, on the left when traveling south on 5th Street.
This is a "rubbing" wall which depicts the proud history of Zanesville and Muskingum County. Historic images are surrounded by tiles depicting foliage from the Ohio Buckeye tree. The images are in order of their dates . . . — — Map (db m28931) HM
78► Ohio, Muskingum County, Zanesville — Zanesville Underground Railroad —
On Muskingum Avenue west of Putnam Avenue (Ohio Route 93), on the right when traveling west.
(Front): A tale of two cities. During the time of the Underground Railroad, Zanesville and Putnam were two communities separated by the Muskingum River with two distinct moral views. The people in Zanesville were proslavery, in Putnam . . . — — Map (db m5624) HM


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Q: Rust fs read dir I am writing a program that read dir and then if there a dir it should read it
I have tried this code:
pub async fn list_folder() {
    let program_data_folder = String::from(std::env::var("ProgramData").expect("err") + "/Microsoft/Windows/Start Menu/Programs");
    let path = Path::new(&program_data_folder);
    let paths = fs::read_dir(path).unwrap();

    for folder in paths {
        println!("Name: {}", folder.unwrap().path().display());
        if folder.unwrap().path().is_dir() {
            fs::read_dir(folder.unwrap().file_name()).unwrap();
        }
    }
}

Error:
use of moved value: `folder`
value used here after moverustcClick for full compiler diagnostic
listeners.rs(15, 37): `folder` moved due to this method call
listeners.rs(15, 30): help: consider calling `.as_ref()` or `.as_mut()` to borrow the type's contents
listeners.rs(14, 9): move occurs because `folder` has type `Result<DirEntry, std::io::Error>`, which does not implement the `Copy` trait
result.rs(1106, 19): `Result::<T, E>::unwrap` takes ownership of the receiver `self`, which moves `folder`

How can I fix it?

A: The key is the last line:

Result::<T, E>::unwrap takes ownership of the receiver self, which moves folder

After you unwrap a Result it's not usable any more because the Ok value's been moved out. That means you can't call unwrap() repeatedly.
To fix it, call unwrap() once and save the result, like so:
for folder in paths {
    let folder = folder.unwrap();
    println!("Name: {}", folder.path().display());
    if folder.path().is_dir() {
        fs::read_dir(folder.file_name()).unwrap();
    }
}

Unwrapping everything is a bad habit, though. It means I/O errors crash the program immediately. It's a lot better to let errors propagate to the caller so it can deal with them however it chooses. This entails making your function return a Result and replacing all the unwraps with ?. Rust makes the best option, ?, the shortest, to encourage good error handling.
pub async fn list_folder() -> std::io::Result<()> {
    let program_data_folder = String::from(std::env::var("ProgramData").expect("err") + "/Microsoft/Windows/Start Menu/Programs");
    let path = Path::new(&program_data_folder);
    let paths = fs::read_dir(path)?;

    for folder in paths {
        let folder = folder?;
        println!("Name: {}", folder.path().display());
        if folder.path().is_dir() {
            fs::read_dir(folder.file_name())?;
        }
    }

    Ok(())
}

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ties, and faculties usually afforded by her predecessors. She carried her refusals of accommodation even to the nobility, many of whom she offended by her obstinacy. But she soon met with a neighbour, who taught her, that she who strove to incommode everybody might be easily incommoded herself; and that such was the fact will be understood from the following narrative :-One Mr. Bird, a rich gentleman, says Walpole, near the park, was applied to by the late Queen for a piece of ground that lay convenient for a walk she was making; he replied, it was not proper for him to pretend to make a Queen a present; but, if she would do what she pleased with the ground, he would be content with the acknowledgment of a key and two bucks a-year. This was religiously observed till the era of her Royal Highness's reign; the bucks were denied, and he himself once shut out, on pretence it was fence-month (the breeding-time, when tickets used to be ex, cluded, keys never). The Princess soon after was going through his grounds to town; she found a padlock on his gate; she ordered it to be broke open; Mr. Shaw, her deputy, begged a respite till he could go for the key. He found Mr. Bird at home. "Lord, Sir! here is a strange mistake; the Princess is at the gate, and it is padlocked!" " Mistake! no mistake at all; I made the road; the ground is my own property; her Royal Highness h
has thought fit to break the agreement which her royal mother made with me; nobody goes through my grounds but those I choose should." Translate this to your Florentines; try if you can make them conceive how pleasant it is to treat blood-royal thus!
But we must not be led further into this fascinating work, beng satisfied that we have already placed before the reader a sufficient sample of its contents to induce him to peruse it for himself,
.2[ti ;? *,; ; : Art. V.-A Collection of the Familiar Letters and Miscellaneous n Papers of Benjamin Franklin, "now first published. 1 vol! - Boston, United States of America. 1833. This work may be regarded as a supplement to the Memoirs of Flanklin's Life, written by himself up to a late period of his career, and continued by his son William. These letters have the advan tage of being written under circumstances in which the author could not have contemplated the possibility of their appearing before the world, and for this reason we may consider them as the faithful representatives of the thoughts and feelings of that great philosopher. ;
The portion of the epistles, which relate to Franklin in his immediate relations with his family, is very small in this volume. The letters to his wife amount to no more than three, which
ch were written in 1756. They contain but little worthy of notice, except that they are remarkable for such endearing epithets as show affection on the part, of the writer. In one of them
he affects to be angry with his wife, on VOL, Iv. (1833) no. 11.
account of her silence, and puts a postcript in his letter, informing her, playfully, that he has seratched out the loving words which he had written, forgetting, at the time when he wrote them, that he was angry. On another occasion, in a letter to a young female correspondent, Franklin alludes to his wife, and wishes that she may live these hundred years, adding, " for we are grown old together, and, if she has any faults, I am so used to them that I don't perceive them, as the song says,
6 Some faults we have all, and so may my Joan,
But then they 're exceedingly small;
And now I'm used to 'em, they 're just like my own,
I scarcely can see them at all,
My dear friends,
I scarcely can see them at all.', "'Indeed I begin to think she has none, as I think of you,' ! And since she is willing I should love you, as much as you are willing to be loved by me, let us join in wishing the old lady a long life and a happy.""---pp. 33, 34.
There are several letters of Franklin's in this volume, which were addressed to his sister Jane, who afterwards became Mrs. Mecom. In one of them he tells her,
'I am highly pleased with the account Captain Freeman gives me of you. I always judged by your behaviour when a child, that you would make a good, agreeable woman, and you know you were ever my peculiar favorite. I have been thinking what would be a suitable present for me to make, and for you to receive, as I hear you are grown a celebrated beauty. I had alınost determined on a tea table; but when I considered, that the character of a good housewife was far preferable to that of being only a pretty gentlewoman, I concluded to send you a spinning wheel, which I hope you will accept as a small token of my sincere love and affection.
• Sister, farewell, and remember that modesty, as it makes the most homely virgin amiable and charming, so the want of it infallibly renders the most perfect beauty disagreeable and odious. But when that brightest of female virtues shines among other perfections of body and mind in the same person, it makes the woman more lovely than an angel. : Excuse this freedom, and use the same with me.'--p. 251.
In another he expresses himself in the following terms:
* I hope you visit sister as often as your affairs will permit, and afford her what assistance and comfort you can in her present situation. Old age, infirmities and poverty, joined, are afflictions enough. The neglect and slights of friends and near relations should never be added. People in her circumstances are apt to suspect this sometimes without a cause; appearances should therefore be attended to, in our conduct towards them, as well as realities. I write by this post to cousin Williams, to continue his care, which I doubt not he will do.'-p. 252.
It was a great source of bitterness to him to have found that between this sister, who then resided at Boston, and the family of her deceased brother, an altercation had taken place: he used every means at a reconciliation. His letter on this occasion contains the following sensible.passage :-
Above all things I dislike family quarrels, and when they happen
among my relations, inothing gives me more pain. If I were to set my. self up as a judge of those subsisting between you and brother's widow and children, how unqualified must I be, at this distance, to determine rightly, especially having heard but one side. They always treated me with friendly and affectionate regard; and you have done the same. What can I say between you, but that I wish you were reconciled, and that I will love that side best, that is most ready to forgive and oblige the other? You will be angry with me here, for putting you and them too much upon a footing; but I shall nevertheless be, dear sister, your truly affectionate brother.-pp. 56, 57.'
Franklin was the youngest of the brothers in a family of seventeen children. Thirteen of these, including himself, grew up and settled in the world. "I remember," writes Franklin, in a letter dated 1760, to his sister, " these thirteen (some of us then very young), all at one table, when an entertainment was made at our house, on oecasion of the return of our brother Josiah, who had been absent in the East Indies, and unheard of for nine years. Of these thirteen, , there now remain but three.' As our number diminishes, let our affection to each other rather increase; for, besides its being our duty, 'tis our interest, since the more affectionate relations are to each other, the more they are respected by the rest of the world."
The writer of this letter proved by his practice how earnestly he desired that the advice contained in the last paragraph should influence his family, for an unpleasant occasion for his interference and his counsel occurred in the family of his favourite sister. Her son, who had been apprenticed, abruptly quitted his master's service and went on board a privateer. The following letter, written by him to his sister, in reference to this affair, is as remarkable for the judgment as the goodness of heart which it displays. till I do not think his going on board the privateer arose from any difference between him and his master, or any ill usage he had received. When boys see prizes brought in, and quantities of money shared among the men, and their gay living, it fills their heads with notions, that half distract them, and put them quite out of conceit with trades and the dull way of getting money by working. This I suppose was Ben's case, the Catherine being just before arrived with three rich prizes; and that the glory of having taken a privateer of the enemy, for which both officers and men were highly extolled, treated, presented, &c., worked strongly on his imagination, you will see, by his answer to my letter, is not unlikely. I send it to you enclosed. I wrote him largely on the occasion ; and though he might possibly, to excuse that slip to others, complain of his place, you may see he says not a syllable of any such thing to me. My only son, before I permitted him to go to Albany, left my house unknown to us all, and got on board a privateer, from whence Í fetched him. No one imagined it was "hard usage at home, that made him do this. Every one that knows me, *thinks I am too indulgent a parent, as well as master... very good opinion of Benny, (his sister's son) in the main, and have great hopes of his becoming a worthy man, his faults being only such as are commonly incident to boys of his years, and he has many good qualities for
...... I have a which I love him. I never knew an apprentice contented with the clothes allowed him by his master, let them be what they would. Jemmy Franklin, when with me, was always dissatisfied and grumbling. When I was last in Boston, his aunt bid him go to a shop and please himself, which the gentleman did, and bought a suit of clothes on my account, dearer by one half than I ever afforded myself, one suit excepted; which I don't mention by way of complaint of Jemmy, for he and I are good friends, but only to show
you the nature of boys.'-pp. 12-15. It would appear that Franklin indulged in a curious theory on the bringing up of children. In writing to a lady named Hewson on the treatment of her infant son, he does not hesitate to recommend that she should allow him every thing he liked. This advice he gives for a reason explained by himself, to the effect that, whilst the features are forming, the disturbance of their harmony by crying ought to be avoided as much as possible. When allowed to do every thing they please, and to have every thing they like, children get a pleasant air, which becomes natural, and is rendered permanent by habit. The result is, that the face is handsomer, and this, he says, is a qualification by no means unimportant to success in life. • Had I been," concludes the writer, " crossed as much in my infant likings and inclinations, as you know I have been of late
years, I should have been, I was going to say, not near so handsome, but as the vanity of that expression would offend other folks vanity, I change it, out of regard to them, and say, a great deal more homely." * The allusion to his being crossed of late years refers to the reports which some malicious persons circulated of him whilst in England, He has been charged, and the accusation has been said to be supported by passages in his own writings, with having solicited from the King of Great Britain a grant for himself and his son. But there is no foundation whatever for such a statement. The affair in which the unjust charge originated is easily explained. When Franklin resided in England as the Pennsylvanian agent, a company was organized in America, having American objects in view, which the members believed could be considerably promoted if they could obtain a grant of land in the Ohio country. They applied to Franklin to use his influence in procuring the object of their wishes. He succeeded, and this was the only act of his which gave rise to the charge that he sought any compliment for himself or his son. It was a complete consciousness of his innocence that induced Franklin to speak of these calumnies with the contempt which they deserved. "I give myself," he writes, in one of his letters, " as little concern about them as possible. I have often met with such treatment from people that I was all the while endeavouring to serve. At other times, I have been extolled where I had little or no merit. ...One's true happiness depends more upon one's own judgment of one's self, or a consciousness of rectitude in action and intention, and the approbation of those few who judge impartially, than upon the applause of the unthinking, andiscerning multitude, who are apt to cry Hosanna to-day, and to-motrow, Crucify him ad mid Davolls
In fact, there is only one passage in these letters in which we can trace any thing like a feeling of personal hostility; the object of it appears to be an English divine, a man whom Franklin'de clares he made his enemy solely by doing him too much kindness. This, however, he is consoled by knowing is the honestest way of acquiring an enemy; " and since it is convenient," he adds, with that sound practical philosophy which so much distinguished him, "since it is convenient to have at least one enemy, who, by his readiness to revile one on all occasions, may make one careful of one's conduct, I shall keep him an enemy for that purpose." at 7. Considering the decided part which Franklin took not only in politics but in reference to civil institutions-considering, also, the spirit of parsimony which is so strongly inculcated in his writings, it is really wonderful that he did not make more enemies for himself. To those who are willing to charge Franklin with a desire of establishing in the minds of the rising generation a penurious severity of restraint upon themselves, we would say, that this philosopher was taught by sad experience to estimate at their proper value both time and money; for, like many a young tradesman, he had to struggle in early life against poverty, from which he relieved himself solely by industry and saving. The policy on which he acted is well developed in a letter to his mother, which he wrote to her from Philadelphia. "As to your grand-children, Will is now nineteen years of age, à tall proper youth, and much of a beau. He acquired a habit of idleness on the expedition, but begins, of late, to apply himself to business, and, I hope, will become an industrious man. He imagined his father had got enough for him, but I have assured him that I intend to spend what little I have myself, if it please God that I live long enough; and, as he by no means wants acuteness, he can see, by my going on, that I mean to be as good as my word. Sally grows a fine girl, and is extremely industrious with her needle, and delights in her workirado Perhaps I flatter myself too much, but I liave hopes that she will prove an ingenious, sensible, notable, and worthy woman, like her aunt Jenny. For my own part, at present I pass my time agreeably enough. I enjoy, through mercy, a tolerable share of health. I read a great deal, ride a little, do a little business for myselfnow and then for others, retire when I can, and go into company when I please; so the years roll round, and the last will come, when I would rather have it said, He lived usefully, than-He died
Et voor o route 97 Another passage from one of his letters, respecting his nephew, declares the nature of this policy still more strikingly:44. The truth is, I intended from the first to give him the printing-house; but," as he was young and inexperienced in the world, I thought it best not to do it immediately, but to keep him a little depens
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Thursday 13 September 2012 at 22:06
Trinity XV -14th September 2012
Last Sunday, in the epistle, St. James was condemning discrimination against the poor and favouritism towards the rich. This Sunday he moves on to deal with the problems of the tongue: that small but incendiary member with which we both "bless the Lord, and Father,…and curse those made in the image of God. From the same mouth come blessing and cursing"
The last week of my summer break was spent on retreat with the Benedictine community at Mucknell Abbey. While not totally silent, most of the words uttered during the week were in the round of daily prayer which shapes the community's life. I think St. James would approve.
I spent some of the time re-reading Dietrich Bonhoeffer's "Life Together." He wrote it for his students at the illegal seminary of the Confessing Church at Finkenwalde in Germany during the Nazi era. One of the rules of the seminary was that staff and students should not discuss another member who was not present: an antidote to ecclesiastical gossip in the spirit of St. James which many of us might profit from.
The notes for visitors in the monastery guesthouse give some advice on the importance of listening to the rest of the community when taking part in the services. Speaking or singing so loudly as not to be able to hear the voices of those around you is contrary to the spirit of monastic worship; and of common prayer generally. Bonhoeffer spoke to his seminarians about the value of singing in unison rather than trying to demonstrate one's own virtuosity. This is a skill which we all need to practice. Attentiveness to our neighbours helps us be attentive to God.
All Saints is a church which has a precious and, in today's rather noisy Church, increasingly rare gift: silence. We keep quiet before services and we keep periods of silence during them:
• before the Prayers of Penitence as we call to mind our own sins,
• before the Collect which sums up our intentions of mass,
• after the Liturgy of the Word and the Sermon;
• during the Intercessions
• after Holy Communion.
We come out of the silence during the service to praise God and to pray. After the service we emerge to speak words of welcome, friendship and encouragement to others, and to listen to what they have to say.
Even in a Sunday congregation which often has many visitors, perhaps unused to our ways, there is an atmosphere of profound silence. This silence is more than the absence of sound; there is a sense of attentive anticipation, of listening for the voice of God, of being held in that peace of God which passes all understanding. It is a silence which involves stillness of the body as well as calmness of mind. For those who find silence difficult, it is helpful to begin practicing it in company with others rather than our own. When we keep silence together, the company of others is encouraging and we may feel less threatened than on our own.
Alan Moses
Please pray for Samantha Martin, Daniel, Michael Harris, Sandra O'Brien, Linda Orme, Mary Barnet,
Stephen Collingwood, Sian Evans, Jackie Ferriter, Joshua Levy, Audrey Patterson, Cecilia Shore, Michael Sullivan, Rachel Clayton, Heather Walker, Graham Hawkes, Richard Tann, Brian Sparkes, Ron Cayless, John Rogers, Mason Jacobson, Barbara Laws, Marguerite Crill, Ondina Brash, Carol Blake, Anne Hamburger, David Day, Timothy Montgomery, Timothy Harding, Andrew Tillyard, Lise Cribbin
The Recently Departed: Brother Arnold SSF, Peter Vickers, Gwen Norman, Elvira Dibley, Sr. Jean Margaret,
Maurice Keen, Marion Pidgeon At the anniversary of their death: Peggy MacMillan, Thomas Partridge, Augusta Kirby, Gwen Duckett, Richard Dinnis, Virginia Ambridge, Evelyn Hutt, Flora Subbiah, Arthur Bourchier, Guy Flemming, Greville Howard, Anthony de Tabley Andrews
Saturday September 15th ST CYPRIAN'S DAY at St Cyprian's, Clarence Gate
12noon High Mass – Preacher: Fr. Richard Watson, Vice-Dean, St Albans Abbey
Followed by a reception
3:30pm Sung Evensong and Benediction
Sr. Jean Margaret ASSP
On Monday 17th September, a piece of the history of All Saints will come to a close. With the funeral of Sr. Jean Margaret, the last of the long line of All Saints Sisters of the Poor who served here in Margaret Street, where the community was founded, has gone to her reward. Her funeral mass will be celebrated in the chapel of the convent at Oxford at 11.30am and some of us from All Saints will be there. For those unable to attend the service, there will be a requiem mass for Sr. Jean Margaret here at All Saints at 6.30pm on the same day. We are planning to have a mass of thanksgiving at All Saintstide
Poetry Tea Saturday 29th September 3:00pm at Pamela's. You are invited to bring poems and prose on the general subject of 'Summer celebrations and experiences'. If you would like to write something yourself how about 'My Jubilee' or 'My Olympics' . To accept, or to find out Pamela's address, please speak to Pamela or Sandra or ring Sandra on 020 7637 8456 leaving your name and phone number. Cost £6 towards the All Saints Restoration Appeal.
ANGLICAN CATHOLIC FUTURE
A series of evenings celebrating our Catholic inheritance in the Church of England .
Wednesday October 17th 'Our Lady' – Speaker, The Revd Cally Hammond Dean of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge 6:30pm Mass ALL SAINTS MARGARET STREET – ALL WELCOME for further details please contact All Saints Margaret Street.
CONFIRMATION – Saturday 3rd November 2012 5pm at St Paul's Cathedral. Please see Fr. John or Fr. Alan for further information.
Penny Mordaunt MP, (Portsmouth North) and friend to All Saints Margaret Street is arranging for the Parish a Tour of Parliament on 16th November 2012. A maximum number of 60 people can attend, so please book your place with Fr. John Pritchard as soon as possible. johnapritchard@hotmail.co.uk The Tour Starts at 9:55am and will last 75mins. The Tours are free, but I am suggesting that we all make a £10 donation towards Phase IV – Restoration Appeal for All Saints Margaret Street. Please send Cheques to All Saints c/o Dennis Davis or Fr John Pritchard made payable to "All Saints PCC Restoration Appeal". Details of where to meet will follow. ONLY 7 Places left. Please book as soon as possible.


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A Fictional Analogy
In conclusion we turn not to another musical composition but to a fictional oddity: MacDonald Harris's Tenth (1984). The appropriation of fictional figures for (usually satirical or parodistic) use in someone else's plot is a familiar literary device that can be found in novels ranging from Henry Fielding's Joseph Andrews to Hermann Hesse's Morgenlandfahrt (Journey to the East).40 A related device takes a well-known literary figure and, in a different work, presents us with accounts of his earlier (Pawel Huelle, Castorp, 2004) or her later life (Hella S. Haasse, Een gevaarlijke Verhouding [A Dangerous Liaison], 1976, and Alexandra Ripley, Scarlett: The Sequel, 1991). Harris—the pen name of Donald Heiney (1921–93), a professor of English and creative writing at the University of California at Irvine and author of many earlier novels—modifies this device and takes it a step further.
"Tenth," alluding to the superstitious "curse of the ninth" which allegedly causes composers to die in the course of attempting to create a tenth symphony, refers in the novel to an unfinished tenth symphony by Adrian Leverkühn. In other words, the novel takes Leverkühn's historical reality for granted and posits that he died in an asylum in 1945 in the course of writing his tenth symphony. The novel's Leverkühn, as Harris presents him in a few brief references, has little except his madness and musical genius in common with Mann's figure. Otherwise he is quite different: he lived five years longer than the hero of Doktor Faustus and was allegedly the father of a daughter named Birgit through an extramarital relationship with Serenus Zeitblom's young second wife; and Mann's Leverkühn, while he composed several "symphonic" works, certainly did not complete nine symphonies. However, Harris's work refers only peripherally to Leverkühn. It is concerned much more with the alleged Tenth Symphony and its completion by Julian Coates, a musicologist who, like Harris, teaches at a university near Los Angeles.
On the basis of an article in Music World about Leverkühn's "Tenth," Coates is invited by a producer at BBC to come to London for a radio show featuring his ideas, which are based on the two completed movements of the planned five-movement symphony and on scattered notes by Leverkühn. (Again one wonders if Harris was inspired by an acquaintance with BBC's 1980 presentation of The Devil's Jig.) The composer's daughter, the now thirty-five-year-old Birgit, is present for the occasion, as is the director of Cosmic Editions, which publishes Leverkühn's works. On the basis of his performance, which includes recordings of the first two movements as well as piano improvisations on his ideas for the later movements, Julian is given a contract to complete the symphony. In that connection Birgit invites him to Munich, where he is given access to the mysterious hundred-page Blue Notebook, in which Leverkühn jotted down his own ideas about the completion of the symphony, to which she controls the complete rights.
The novel is filled with incidental subplots—Julian's relationships with three different women, with his father and mother, and with a mysterious Dutchman who stalks him and tries to dissuade him from attempting the completion of Leverkühn's work. Basically, however, it revolves around his ultimately successful effort to complete the symphony, which enjoys a triumphant premiere in Los Angeles, attended, among others, by "a German professor named Dr. Mann from Pacific Palisades who had written a book on Leverkühn" (266). At Julian's radio performance we are given a description of the completed portions, where "the poignant lament of the first movement now gave way to a solider, more aggressive music" in which the expanded brasses play energetically "like a German Biergarten trio while the strings, aghast, stole away to whisper and confer among themselves," until the movement ends with "three sharp tutti chords punctuated with blows of the kettledrum—Zeitblom called these the Three Strokes of Fate"—symbolizing the cannon shots opening the First World War (50). Later we follow Julian's own composition of the later movements: for instance, based on Leverkühn's almost undecipherable notes, the fourth, Allegro con brio, which ends "with a trumpet-scream, clawing its way upward until it burst out, like fireworks, in three loud drum-notes" (245). Julian decides to anticipate that passage with "a kind of grotesque parody of a chaconne in the classical manner," which turns out to be a passacaglia he himself had written for classroom demonstrations and which he now inserts as "Leverkühn's sarcastic comment on the banality of the baroque, of the classic, of the whole convention of European music up to his time" (246). The irony is intensified by the fact that the critics single out passages composed by Julian as typically Leverkühnian.
There is no need to recapitulate further the extended verbal music created by Harris for the purposes of his work. What we have here, in the last analysis, is not "figures on loan" from another work but "music on loan." That is to say, Harris takes not only Leverkühn but also—and this is his unique contribution—his compositions as the fictional reality upon which his own work is based: not only its figures—Leverkühn's daughter Birgit, his biographer Dr. Mann, his admirer Julian, the radio producers and publishers—but also its music. Harris mentions none of the compositions actually cited and described in Doktor Faustus, only the imaginary Tenth Symphony. But along with the various musical realizations discussed above, the novel exemplifies in yet another medium the effective power of Mann's verbal music and the varied manner of its realizations. The next step would be some future composer's realization of Julian Coates's "Tenth."
From Ziolkowski, Theodore. Music into Fiction: Composers Writing, Compositions Imitated (Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture)