Pioneer History of Orleans County, New York PDF Download

Author: Arad Thomas
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781333704018
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 496

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Excerpt from Pioneer History of Orleans County, New York: Containing Some Account of the Civil Divisions of Western New York, With Brief Biographical Notices of Early Settlers, and of the Hardships and Privations They Endured, the Organization of the Towns in the County Some difficulty existed in getting out the work by the Association, and the author was requested by many Of his friends to get up a book on his own ao count, which should contain the substance of the his tories referred to, and such other matter connected with the Pioneer History of Orleans County, as might be of general interest to readers. The author has used the records Of the Association, taking some histories Of Pioneers in full, as written by themselves; and extracting and condensing from others such parts as he thought Of more general inter est, and as his Space would allow. Many Of his facts he has collected from his own knowledge, and from the testimony of early settlers, and others acquainted with the matter. To those who have SO kindly aided him by such in formation as they possessed, he returns his sincerest thanks, particularly to Messrs. Asa Sanford, Matthew Gregory and Hon. Robert Anderson, for their gener ous contributions of material for this book. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.