BOUND VOLUMES Compiled by Tom Heitz and SHARON STUART, with resources courtesy of The Fenimore Art Museum Research Library 200 YEARS AGO Amidst the numerous and interesting objects which have experienced the benevolence of individuals, and the countenance of the government, it is pleasing to observe that the interests of the Dumb and the Insane have not been overlooked – two unfortunate descriptions of our fellow creatures, shut out from the blessings of social communion, and entitled to our deepest…
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BOUND VOLUMES Compiled by Tom Heitz and SHARON STUART, with resources courtesy of The Fenimore Art Museum Research Library 200 YEARS AGO Lost at the last annual cattle show and fair at Cooperstown, a Pocket Book, containing eight dollars in bills; one note of hand against Sylvanus Campbell for eight dollars and fifty cents, dated about two years ago; three notes against E. Cumpston, at Schoharie, of different dates; and two receipts against William Scott, of Oxford. Whoever will return…
BOUND VOLUMES Tom Garretson Named Newspaper’s First ‘Citizen Of The Year’ In 2006 Compiled by TOM HEITZ • Special to AllOTSEGO.com Editor’s Note: Bound Volumes, which usually appears in The Freeman’s Journal, is being run online this week. Check the newspaper for a special report on Citizen of the Year Margaret L. Drugovich and the 2016 Otsego County Yearbook. 200 YEARS AGO Excerpts from an address by U.S. President James Madison to the Congress – Amidst the advantages which have…
BOUND VOLUMES Compiled by Tom Heitz from The Freeman’s Journal Editor’s Note: Due to limited space configurations due to this week’s 2015 Otsego County Yearbook in The Freeman’s Journal, the Bound Volumes feature is being published online. It returns next week to our print edition. Enjoy! 200 YEARS AGO The Albany Argus contains a list of newspapers published in the State of New York, from which it appears there are published in the State 77 papers – 42 of which…
BOUND VOLUMES Compiled by TOM HEITZ with resources courtesy of the New York State Historical Association Library 200 YEARS AGO 175 YEARS AGO Latter Day Saints – The Liverpool Chronicle contains the following: “The New York packet ship North America, Captain Lowbar, sailed on Tuesday with 19 cabin passengers and 200 in the steerage. The whole of the…