Gazetteer and Business Directory of Ontario County, N.Y., for 1867-8H. Child, 1867 - 240 pages |
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... Constitution , a memorial was presented in Congress , March 1 , 1836 , and an act for its admission into the Union ... Constitution , the principle feature of which consisted in a clause abolishing slavery . The Convention adjourned ...
... Constitution , a memorial was presented in Congress , March 1 , 1836 , and an act for its admission into the Union ... Constitution , the principle feature of which consisted in a clause abolishing slavery . The Convention adjourned ...
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... Constitution was formed , September 15 , 1818. It was one of the original thirteen States , and ratified the United States Con- stitution , January 9 , 1788. Area 4,674 square miles , or 2,991,360 acres . Population in 1860 , 460,147 ...
... Constitution was formed , September 15 , 1818. It was one of the original thirteen States , and ratified the United States Con- stitution , January 9 , 1788. Area 4,674 square miles , or 2,991,360 acres . Population in 1860 , 460,147 ...
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... Constitution , Government , & c . , was passed April 18 , 1818 ; a Constitution was framed August 26 , and it was admitted into the Union December 23 of the same year . Area 54,405 square miles , or 64,819,200 acres . Population , in ...
... Constitution , Government , & c . , was passed April 18 , 1818 ; a Constitution was framed August 26 , and it was admitted into the Union December 23 of the same year . Area 54,405 square miles , or 64,819,200 acres . Population , in ...
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... Constitution and Government when their population should amount to 60,000 ; a Constitution was adopted January 22 , 1812 , and the State admitted into the Union April 8 of the same year , under the name of Louisiana . Area 41,255 square ...
... Constitution and Government when their population should amount to 60,000 ; a Constitution was adopted January 22 , 1812 , and the State admitted into the Union April 8 of the same year , under the name of Louisiana . Area 41,255 square ...
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... Constitution August 14 , 1776 , and ratified the Constitution of the United States April 28 , 1788. Area 11,124 square miles , or 7,119,260 acres . Population in 1860 , 687,049 , of whom 87,189 were slaves . It is mainly an agricultural ...
... Constitution August 14 , 1776 , and ratified the Constitution of the United States April 28 , 1788. Area 11,124 square miles , or 7,119,260 acres . Population in 1860 , 687,049 , of whom 87,189 were slaves . It is mainly an agricultural ...
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acres Adams agent Allen Benj Benjamin blacksmith boots and shoes Brown Canadice Canandaigua Canandaigua Lake carpenter and farmer carpenter and joiner carriage maker Castle Charles Chas church Clark Clifton Springs cooper Daniel David dealer Edward farm farmer 50 farmer leases Farmington Fisher Geneva George Gorham grist mill Hemlock Lake Henry Henry H Herendeen Hiram Hobart College Hopewell Isaac Jacob James John Johnson Joseph Lake lawyer Lewis Livingston Manchester manufacturer mason merchant mill and farmer milliner Miss Naples Ontario County P. O. address Lyons P. O. address Palmyra painter Patrick Peck Phelps physician Population in 1860 post village postmaster proprietor Reed residence retired farmer Richard Robert Rushville Samuel saw mill school teacher Seneca Seneca Lake shoemaker Shortsville Smith South Bristol square miles stamp Stephen Territory Thomas Thos town vote Water Wayne West Bloomfield William Wilson Yates Yates Co
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Page 37 - How sleep the Brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there!
Page 76 - Deed, instrument, or writing, whereby any lands, tenements, or other realty sold shall be granted, assigned, transferred, or otherwise conveyed to, or vested in, the purchaser or purchasers, or any other person or persons, by his, her, or their direction...
Page 81 - SEC. 14. That hereafter no instrument, paper, or document required by law to be stamped, which has been signed or issued without being duly stamped, or with a deficient stamp, nor any copy thereof, shall be recorded or admitted, or used as evidence in any court until a legal stamp or stamps, denoting the amount of tax, shall have been affixed thereto, as prescribed by law...
Page 78 - Probate of will, or letters of administration: Where the estate and effects for or in respect of which such probate or letters of administration applied for shall be sworn or declared not to exceed the value of $1,000 exempt.
Page 94 - That from and after the passage of this act, it shall be lawful throughout the United States of America to employ the weights and measures of the Metric System ; and no contract, or dealing, or pleading in any court, shall be deemed invalid or liable to objection, because the weights or measures expressed or referred to therein are weights or measures of the Metric System.
Page 66 - An act to establish the northern boundary line of the State of Ohio, and to provide for the admission of the State of Michigan into the Union upon the conditions therein expressed...
Page 76 - Bills of lading or receipt (other than charter party) for any goods, merchandise, or effects, to be exported from a port or place in the United States to any foreign port or place, ten cents.
Page 68 - ... organized as a Territory March 2, 1861. Its name signifies snowy, and is derived from the Spanish word nieve (snow.) It comprises 81,539 square miles, or 52,184,960 acres, lying mostly within the Great Basin of the Pacific coast. Congress, at its session in 1864, passed an act which was approved March 21, to enable the people of the Territory to form a Constitution and State Government, in pursuance of which a Government was organized and the Territory admitted as a State by Proclamation of the...
Page 78 - Protest: Upon the protest of every note, bill of exchange, acceptance, check or draft, or any marine protest, whether protested by a notary public or by any other officer who may be authorized by the law of any State or States to make such protest, 25 cents.
Page 98 - ... motions ; in frost as in clear summer-like weather it lies constantly at the bottom ; and in snow as in rainy weather it pitches its dwelling in the very mouth of the phial.