The Pioneers of Unadilla Village, 1784-1840; Reminiscences of Village Life and of Panama and California from 1840 to 1850
Unadilla, New York: Vestry of St. Matthew's Church, 1902. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine / No Jacket. Item #2326442
Limited edition, one of 650 copies, 600 of which were sold to fund the cemetery of St. Matthew's Church where most of the pioneers of Unadilla were buried. Related TLS by U.S. Senator John D. Clarke laid in (NY, House of Representatives, 34th District). No jacket. Ink name on front endpaper, minor general wear.
xv, 323 pp. Fold-out map, plates, including portrait of Joseph Brant. ABOUT FRANCIS WHITING HALSEY: Francis Whiting Halsey (October 15, 1851 – November 24, 1919) was an American journalist, editor and historian, born in Unadilla, New York. He was the son of Dr. Gaius Leonard Halsey, a Civil War surgeon, and Juliet (Cartington) Halsey. He was the grandson of Dr. Gaius and Mary (Church) Halsey of Kortright, New York, and a descendant of Thomas Halsey, who emigrated from England before 1640 and helped to found the settlement of Southampton, Long Island, one of the earliest English settlements in New York.--Wikipedia. ABOUT UNADILLA VILLAGE: The first settlement took place circa 1770 in the area of Sidney (in adjacent Delaware County), followed by Unadilla. Both Sidney and Unadilla were destroyed during the American Revolution and were re-established after the war. The town was formed from part of the Town of Otsego in 1792. Later the size of the town was reduced by the formation of new towns: Butternuts, Milford, and Oneonta in 1796, Otego (town), New York in 1822, and an addition to Butternuts in 1857. In 1827, the community of Unadilla set itself off from the town by incorporating as a village.--Wikipedia.
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