TY - JOUR
AU - J. F. J.,
AB - AMERICAN [Number 3 Volume X XIX] THE AMERICAN THE THE HISTORICAL HISTORICAL THE MEETING OF THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION AT COLUMBUS OMPUTED according to one of the two methods commonly employed in such determinations, the geographical centre of the membership of the American Historical Association lies some one hundred and fifty miles northeast of Columbus; computed according to the other method, it lies some one hundred miles to the northwest of that city. It may therefore be remarked, in passing, that in fixing the places where the migratory or alternating meetings of the society shall be held, to meet "in an Eastern city" is to meet in some place to the east of the longitude of Columbus, to meet "in a Western city" is to meet somewhere to the westward of that line. For the purposes of the present record, however, it suffices to note that Columbus is as near as any city can well be to the geographical centre of the society's membership; and as it is also an excellent railroad centre, and has a flourishing and hospitable university, there was every reason why the Thirty-eighth Annual Meeting, if held there, should be marked by an exceptionally large 
TI - The Meeting of the American Historical Association at Columbus
JF - The American Historical Review
DO - 10.1086/ahr/29.3.423
DA - 1924-04-01
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SP - 423
EP - 448
VL - 29
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -