Onondaga, Or, Reminiscences of Earlier and Later Times: Being a Series of Historical Sketches Relative to Onondaga ; with Notes on the Several Towns in the County, and Oswega, Volume 2Stoddard and Babcock, 1840 |
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acres afterwards Albany appointed Asa Danforth Baldwin Baldwinsville bank became Brewerton brine built bushels Camillus Church Clinton commenced commissioners common schools county of Onondaga Creek Danforth Daniel dollars duties early east erected Erie Canal feet fifty French Geddes grist mill ground held Hill house of worship hundred improved Indians inhabitants James Jamesville John Joshua Forman Judge Forman kettles labors land Legislature lot number Manlius Village manufacture Messrs Methodist miles Moses New-York occupied Oneida Lake Onondaga County Onondaga Creek Onondaga Hill Onondaga Hollow Onondaga Lake Onondaga Salt Onondaga valley organized Oswego Oswego River passed physician Pompey Post Office Presbyterian residence road Salina Salt Point Salt Springs Samuel saw mills Seneca River settled settlement settlers side Skaneateles Society soon succeeded Superintendent Surveyor Syracuse tavern tion town of Manlius township Trustees vicinity William Witt Wood
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Page 372 - English were an enemy he esteemed; that none but a brave nation would have thought of defending so weak a place so long, against such a strong train of artillery and superior numbers ; that they might expect whatever terms were consistent with the service of His Most Christian Majesty...
Page 295 - There is a state of the body like groaning, sobbing or moaning; and the distressful sound continues from two minutes, to a quarter of an hour. This agitation, however, does not wake her ; it gradually subsides and she passes into a sound and natural sleep, which continues during the remainder of the night. In the morning she wakes as if nothing had happened; and entirely ignorant of the scenes in which she has acted. She declares she knows nothing of the nightly exercises, except from the information...
Page 56 - here is a canal of a few miles, projected by General Washington, which, if completed, would render this a fine commercial city, which has languished for many years because the small sum of...
Page 369 - The works at Oswego at this time consisted of three forts — viz, the old fort on the west side of the river, and two forts on the east side, situated on two eminences, which latter were commenced the year previous, and were in an unfinished state. These works were very weak, and the walls of insufficient strength to resist heavy artillery. The English relied for a defence upon having a superior naval force upon the lake.
Page 294 - ... paroxysm has been known to end in thirty-five minutes, and to continue ninety-eight. The transition from the waking state to that of somnium is very rapid ; frequently in a quarter of an hour, or even less. After she retires from company in the parlour, she is discovered to be occupied in praising God in a distinct and sonorous voice. Her discourses are usually pronounced in a private chamber, for the purpose of delivering them with more decorum on her own part, and with greater satisfaction...
Page 54 - That a joint committee be appointed to take into consideration the propriety of exploring and causing an accurate survey to be made of the most eligible and direct route for a canal, to open a communication between the...
Page 273 - Clark described a small brass medal found in Pompey, and in good preservation. It had: The figure of a Roman pontiff, in a standing position, in his hand a crozier, surrounded with this inscription: B. virg. sin. P. origi con., which we have ventured to write out Beata virgo sine Peccato originali concepta, or as we might say in English, The blessed Virgin conceived without original sin.
Page 50 - Stanwix), and crossed over to Wood Creek, which empties into the Oneida Lake, and affords the water communication with Ontario. I then traversed the country to the head of the eastern branch of the Susquehanna, and viewed...
Page 371 - On the night of the 13th, the enemy were employed on the east side of the river in bringing up their cannon and raising a battery against the old fort. A constant fire was kept upon them from the west side. The cannon which most annoyed the enemy were four pieces, which were reversed on the platform of an earthen work which surrounded the old fort, and which was entirely enfiladed by the enemy's battery on the opposite shore. In this situation, without the least cover, the train, assisted by a detachment...
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