{"title":"New York: Otsego County","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"101-b1972","title":"Reminiscences; Personal and Other Incidents, Early Settlement of Otsego County [New York]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNotices and Anecdotes of Public Men; Judicial, Legal, and Legislative Matters; Field Sports; Dissertations and Discussions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLevi Beardsley (born November 13, 1785 in the Town of Hoosic, New York) originally created this manuscript for the benefit of his children. Fortunately, with encouragement, he revised and expanded his work for publication. This extensive work covers a wide variety of topics interspersed with the author's personal and family matters. \"Many incidents have been introduced, that will let the reader into the habits and modes of life at the early settlement of the country; and these modes, though greatly modified by improvements, inventions and advances, within the last sixty years, are not very dissimilar to those still adopted by frontier settlements thousands of miles to the west. \"The truth is, that the life of all pioneers in new countries, is beset with hardships, difficulties and privations, that few can realize who come after them.\" The wide range of topics, too numerous to list in full, include: English Puritan ancestry, early recollections, forest scenery, primitive mode of extracting teeth, military enrollment and brigade training, murder of Huddleston and execution of Van Alstine, political matters, senatorial convention (1813), Grand Island, Chautauque County, incidents in justice's courts, exemption of homestead and household effects, elected to the assembly (1825), visit to Ohio (1826), visit to Upper Lakes (1836), outbreak of cholera, election of Nathanial P. Tallmadge to the U.S. Senate in 1833, legislative matters, anti-bank feeling and the repeal of bank charters, common schools, Col. Stevens of Hoboken and his project for a railroad in 1811, charter of Central Bank, visit to Cherry Valley (1850), tombstone records, Unadilla hunts, hunting deer on the Maumee, habits and intelligence of animals, reflections on capital punishment and the execution of Professor Webster, slavery and the alienation between the North and South, reflections on the War with Mexico, and much more. An appendix gives further details of the battle of Bennington which was touched on in the first chapter.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLevi Beardsley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1852), 2012, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, 590 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788419720\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-B1972\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39394655305846,"sku":"101-B1972","price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-b1972-1500px.png?v=1776975409"},{"product_id":"101-b0798","title":"A Collection of Abstracts from Otsego County, New York Newspaper Obituaries, 1808-1875","description":"\u003cp\u003eA compilation of several volumes of Miss Barber's newspaper abstracts, now in one volume with a complete index. Includes names of deceased, date and age at death and citation of original issue in which notice appeared.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGertrude Audrey Barber\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1993), 2008, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, index, 242 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781585497980\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-B0798\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41324075792,"sku":"101-B0798","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-b0798a-1500px.png?v=1776975183"},{"product_id":"101-b0840","title":"Otsego County New York Geographical and Historical","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time With County and Township Maps From Original Drawings\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOriginally published as Pipe Creek Publications Early Settler Series New York, No. 5. General history of Otsego County, New York with a list of villages, their post offices and population numbers. Includes each of the 24 townships with history of each township and boundaries, lists of the earliest settlers and from whence they came, with data on the villages in each township regarding schools and churches.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdwin F. Bacon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1902, 1993), 2011, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, index, 86 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781585498406\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-B0840\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39282996674678,"sku":"101-B0840","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-b0840-1500px.png?v=1776975199"},{"product_id":"101-r0660","title":"Early Families of Otsego County, New York, Volume 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eData excerpted from various early county histories, biographies, atlases, newspapers, etc.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartha Reamy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1995), 2007, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, index, 298 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781585496600\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-R0660\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":775164198928,"sku":"101-R0660","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-r0660-1500px.png?v=1777230168"},{"product_id":"101-s0669","title":"Abstracts from \"History of Cherry Valley [New York] from 1740 to 1898\" by John Sawyer and \"The Story of the Massacre at Cherry Valley\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Paper Read by Mrs. William S. Little, December 12th, 1890, Before the Rochester Historical Society and Published at the Request of the Society\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePortions of these two historical works have been abstracted in this compact booklet in an effort to present the earliest settlers and a brief history of the Cherry Valley region of Otsego County, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe first part contains abstracts from Mrs. Little's paper (read before the Rochester Historical Society in 1890), which describes the location of Cherry Valley, the early settlers there, circumstances leading up to the massacre, and the famous 1778 massacre itself. Tories had persuaded the great Mohawk chief, Joseph Brant, and other members of the Six Nations, to join the British forces to extract revenge for their losses at the Battle of Oriskany. Detailed accounts of captives and other survivors are especially riveting. Additional material is presented in the notes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe second part of the booklet comprises abstracts from Sawyer's book: \"Cherry Valley at the Time of the Massacre,\" \"The Final Destruction of the Settlement,\" and \"Names of other Pre-Massacre Residents.\" A full name index is included.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Sawyer and Mrs. William S. 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Anyone who had ancestors in Otsego County during the late 1800s should be interested in the contents of this book. 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And a part of Delaware in 1797. It lies upon the highlands at the head of Susquehanna River, south-east of the center of the State....The County Seat is located at Cooperstown, in the town of Otsego, at the foot of Otsego Lake.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn addition to the Gazetteer of County, the Gazetteer of Towns, and the Business Directory, this work includes Law Maxims; Census Report; Stamp Duties; The States, their Settlement, etc.; The Territories, their Area, etc.; County Officers; U.S. Officers; Post Offices and Postmasters; Valuable Recipes; and much more. Several facsimile reprints of advertisements, some illustrated; an Index to Publisher’s Notices; an Index to Business Directory; and an Index to Advertisements add value to this work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHamilton Child\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1872), 2024, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, 268 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788426520\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-C2652\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41779692175478,"sku":"101-C2652","price":31.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-c2652-1500px.png?v=1776976546"}],"url":"https:\/\/heritagebooks.com\/collections\/new-york-otsego-county\/newspapers+new-york.oembed","provider":"Heritage Books, Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}