Annual Meeting of the Livingston County Historical Society, Volumes 16-251892 |
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... hand at date of last report .......... Making total receipts ......... I have paid the outstanding debts of the Society to Messrs . Bunnell & Oberdorf ...... And I have paid them for pamphlets of 1891 .. Leaving the Society in debt to ...
... hand at date of last report .......... Making total receipts ......... I have paid the outstanding debts of the Society to Messrs . Bunnell & Oberdorf ...... And I have paid them for pamphlets of 1891 .. Leaving the Society in debt to ...
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... hands and was taken to Montreal . While upon the way , being unable to keep up with the other prisoners , on account of his lameness , the British would prick him with the point of their bayonets , exclaiming in their language , " assa ...
... hands and was taken to Montreal . While upon the way , being unable to keep up with the other prisoners , on account of his lameness , the British would prick him with the point of their bayonets , exclaiming in their language , " assa ...
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... hand hay - rake factory ; when the locality became familiarly known by the euphonious designation of Toggletown , which , along with the City of Ghent , as business centers , long since became extinct . Another half - mile above , Moses ...
... hand hay - rake factory ; when the locality became familiarly known by the euphonious designation of Toggletown , which , along with the City of Ghent , as business centers , long since became extinct . Another half - mile above , Moses ...
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... hands of said Gillis McBean . Before reaching the locality indicated the sky had become overcast and the evening one of thick darkness , accom- panied by vivid and frequent flashes of electricity . In attempting to cross the somewhat ...
... hands of said Gillis McBean . Before reaching the locality indicated the sky had become overcast and the evening one of thick darkness , accom- panied by vivid and frequent flashes of electricity . In attempting to cross the somewhat ...
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... hands it fell a pray to the devour- ing element . About the year 1819 , Duncan and Colonel Hugh McMillan built a saw - mill upon the same stream , one mile farther west , at what is now known as " Limerick , " and in the construc- tion ...
... hands it fell a pray to the devour- ing element . About the year 1819 , Duncan and Colonel Hugh McMillan built a saw - mill upon the same stream , one mile farther west , at what is now known as " Limerick , " and in the construc- tion ...
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A. J. Abbott A. O. Bunnell Albany Allen Angus Cameron annual dues annual meeting appointed Avon Bennett Big Tree Board of Council Buffalo By-Laws C. K. Sanders C. L. Bingham Caledonia Charles Charles Shepard church citizens CLAUSE colonies committee Conesus constitution County Historical Society County of Livingston Dansville death Doty duties E. H. Davis elected F. M. Perine farm father Fowlerville G. W. Peck Geneseo George Groveland H. B. Higgins H. D. Kingsbury Hamilton Herbert Wadsworth honor Indians interest Isaac Hampton J. M. Edwards James John Josiah Begole kingdom L. B. PROCTOR Lake land Livingston County Historical Livonia Log Cabin M. H. Mills Madison members present Milne Miss motion Mount Morris Norman Seymour NORTH DANSVILLE Nunda pioneer President Richard Peck Rochester Rogers Howell Rorbach Secretary and Treasurer Shepard tion town village vote Western New York William
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Page 75 - tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend.
Page 11 - Oh say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming! And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Page 29 - I say, took up arms; and then, if you went to speak to them, you had the musket of death presented to your breast. They would rob you of your property; threaten to burn your houses; oblige you to be on your guard night and day; alarms spread from town to town; families were broken up; the tender mother would cry, "O, my son is among them! What shall I do for my child!
Page 39 - STATE OF NEW YORK, County of New York, is: On this 2nd day of July, 1908, before me personally came Richard Stanley Ryan and Daniel Le Roy Dresser, to me known and known to me to be the persons described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and they severally duly acknowledged to me that they executed the same.
Page 11 - tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing; Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrim's pride, From every mountain side Let Freedom ring.
Page 22 - Westward the course of empire takes its way; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day; Time's noblest offspring is the hist.
Page 46 - York, hereby consents to, and approves of the filing of the annexed certificate, for the incorporation of the Buffalo Historical Society. Dated January 8, 1863. RP MARVIN. CONSTITUTION. 1. This Society shall be called "THE BUFFALO HISTORICAL SOCIETY." 2. The general object of the Society shall be, to discover, procure and preserve whatever may relate to the history of Western New York in general, and the City of Buffalo in particular...
Page 21 - Now know Ye that there is therefore granted by the United States unto the said James Baker the Tract of land above described. To have and to hold the said tract of land with the appurtenances thereof unto the said James Baker and to his heirs and assigns forever.
Page 33 - The chamber where the good man meets his fate Is privileged beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of Heaven.
Page 26 - YE say, they all have passed away, That noble race and brave; That their light canoes have vanished From off the crested wave; That, 'mid the forests where they roamed, There rings no hunter's shout; But their name is on your waters, — Ye may not wash it out.