THE PRATT FAMILY. For more than a century the Pratt family with which this sketch is concerned...
Year: 2014
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF VOLUME I Abbott, Frank AAdam, Robert BorthwickBabst, Frank LBardol, Frank VBartlett, Eugene MBeals, Edward...
PREFACE History, as the word was once understood, applied almost exclusively to the transactions of nations. Historical...
Washington County received its present name in 1784, having previously been called Charlotte county, when it claimed...
Warren County was taken from the NW. part of Washington county in 1813. It is principally situated...
Ulster County, an original county, was organized in 1683. It is from New York centrally distant N....
Tompkins County, named in honor of the Hon. Daniel D. Tompkins, formerly Vice-president of the United States,...
Tioga County, taken from Montgomery in 1794; bounds since much altered: still further reduced in 1836, bh...
Seneca County was taken from Cayuga in 1804; since which other counties have been formed from it....
This county was formed from Steuben, Chemung, and Tompkins, April 17, 1854. It lies upon both sides...