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BOUND VOLUMES, September 19, 2013 200 YEARS AGO Bank Meeting – At a meeting of a number of Freeholders from the several towns of the county of Otsego, at the Court House, for the purpose of petitioning the Legislature for the incorporation of a bank in said county, Resolved, That David Little be Chairman, and John Russel, Secretary; Resolved that a Petition be presented to the Legislature at their next session for the incorporation of a Bank in the county…

BOUND VOLUMES, September 25, 2013 200 YEARS AGO Alarming!! – Noah Preston, an inhabitant of Camden, in the County of Oneida, being subject to turns of mental derangement, on Saturday, the 11th inst., left his home and family, and after strolling around the fields and woods of his own town, was at last recognized by an old acquaintance, on Oneida Creek, near Oneida Castle, on the same night, and since which time he has not been seen or heard of.…

BOUND VOLUMES, October 3, 2013 200 YEARS AGO Excerpts from the London Pilot of March 20, 1813: We lament, most deeply, to state that another British frigate, the Java, has been taken by the American frigate Constitution. The mourning of our hearts, which commenced on the first capture of a British ship by an American, has been rendered more melancholy, by every successive instance. Not a single American frigate has struck her flag – they insult and laugh at our…

BOUND VOLUMES, October 10, 2013 200 YEARS AGO The employment of Indians in our army seems already to have produced a salutary effect. British officers, dreading recrimination for their cruelties, seem now willing to put a stop to the indiscriminate butchery of prisoners by their savage allies; and a general order has been published from the British headquarters, fixing a premium upon every prisoner, instead of his scalp, which the Indians may bring in. October 9, 1813 175 YEARS AGO…

BOUND VOLUMES, October 31, 2013 200 YEARS AGO Village Ordinance – Whereas the present law for the restraining of Swine within the Village of Cooperstown has proved ineffectual from the difficulty of discovering the owners of the Swine with which the streets are infested, for remedy whereof, Be it ordained by the Trustees of the Village of Cooperstown, That it shall and may be lawful for any of the inhabitants residing within the said village to distrain any hog, shoat…

BOUND VOLUMES, November 7, 2013 200 YEARS AGO Notice – On Sunday, the 14th inst. the Rev. Nathaniel Stacy, will deliver a discourse upon Universal Salvation, at the School House near the Cotton Factory, in Hartwick, at which place he will preach on the second Sunday of each month for the year to come (extraordinary cases excepted) November 6, 1813. November 6, 1813 175 YEARS AGO Ultimate dissolution of the solar system – The idea of the ultimate dissolution of…

BOUND VOLUMES, November 14, 2013 175 YEARS AGO Election in Otsego County – The official canvass of the votes given in this county at the recent general election, shows a majority of 867 for Governor Marcy, 831 for Lt. Governor Tracy, 837 for Senator Clark, 508 for Prentiss for Congress, and an average of 733 for the Democratic Assembly Ticket. In 1836, there were 6,982 votes polled for Governor, — this year 9,025 – making an increase of 2,043. In…

BOUND VOLUMES, November 21, 2013 200 YEARS AGO Domestic Manufactures – It is with singular pleasure we learn that a complete digest of the returns of the U.S. Marshals regarding the manufactures of the United States &c. has been prepared at the Treasury Department, to be laid before Congress at its next season. The grand aggregate value of these manufactures is upwards of one hundred and seventy millions of dollars though the account excludes flour of all kinds, pot and…

BOUND VOLUMES, December 5, 2013 200 YEARS AGO Monday next is the day fixed upon for the meeting of Congress. So soon as that assembly shall have convened, we hope to see prompt and efficient measures adopted, in pursuance of which the War can be vigorously prosecuted, and its objects the sooner attained. Let our rulers but do their duty and they will be seconded in their exertions by the great mass of population which they represent. The question involved…

BOUND VOLUMES, December 12, 2013 200 YEARS AGO Advertisement: Dancing School – Mr. Shepherd, respectfully informs the Gentlemen and Ladies of Cooperstown and Cherry Valley, that, not having met with the success in Johnstown which he expected, he has returned and intends to teach one Quarter more in each of the above places. During this quarter, Mr. S. will introduce several handsome sets of Cotillions, and if any of the Ladies who were taught the last quarter should attend again,…