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A HISTORY OF ST. LAWRENCE AND FRANKLIN
COUNTIES, NEW YORK From the Earliest Period
to the Present Time by
Franklin B. Hough Illustrated A Facsimile
of the 1853 Edition (Includes a separate
Index to the book)
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Details: "Franklin Hough’s History of St. Lawrence and Franklin Counties, originally published in 1853, is still the standard work on this region of New York State. A massive work featuring detailed maps and numerous line drawings of personalities, edifices, and scenes associated with the counties, Hough’s history covers much of the terrain that we have come to associate with 19th-century historical treatises. There are lengthy opening chapters on contact between the French explorers and settlers and the indigenous Iroquois tribes, with attention drawn to Indian wars and the treaties that followed them; journals and memoirs; and, of course, the French and Indian and Revolutionary Wars. "Subsequent chapters account for the organization of the counties, awarding of land titles, first surveys, schools, and the organization and settlement of more than thirty towns in these adjoining counties–commencing with Lisbon in 1801 and ending with Fine in 1849. The town essays, typically, include details surrounding the town’s founding, memoranda from town records, names and tenures of town supervisors, names of county pioneers with stories about their settlements, and the founding of religious denominations. "Still other chapters treat the history of social and cultural organizations, businesses, and the press; internal improvements along the St. Lawrence River and on land and rail; local geology; and Franklin and St. Lawrence counties in the War of 1812 and the “Patriot War” of 1837-40." Contains 5 attached fold-out maps and numerous illustrations. Includes a separate soft-cover 58 page Index to the volume.
A fine addition for your bookshelf!
Condition: Ex-library copy with the usual markings but no card pocket because it was a reference volume and not placed in circulation, otherwise in very good plus condition with a solid binding and clean pages.
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