BOUND VOLUMES Feb. 22, 2019 200 YEARS AGO Otsego County Convictions – At the last term of the County Court held in this Village last week – John Cunningham was convicted of Grand Larceny and sentenced to imprisonment in the State Prison at hard labor, for the term of 3 years and 6 months. Jacob Vanderhoof was also convicted of the like offense and sentenced to the state prison for the term of 3 years and 6 months, at hard…
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BOUND VOLUMES – Feb. 14 – 15 2019 200 YEARS AGO News Items: It appears from the report of the Canal Commissioners that there can be but little doubt that boats will pass in the canal as early as November next from Utica to Seneca River. Forty witnesses have been subpoenaed from the City of New York to attend before the Committee of the Assembly appointed to enquire into the manner the drawing of the lotteries has been conducted. Georgia…
BOUND VOLUMES – Feb. 8, 2019 200 YEARS AGO Proclamation by DeWitt Clinton, Governor of the State of New York – Whereas, by an inquisition taken before one of the coroners of the city and county of Albany, a certain James Gould, is charged with the murder of Sally Hawkins – and whereas the said James Gould has fled from justice – Now therefore, I do offer a reward of two hundred and fifty dollars, for the apprehension and…
Bound Volumes Jan. 30 – Feb. 1, 2019 200 YEARS AGO Information Wanted – In the year 1814, a young man of the name of Carlos L. Mallory, a native of Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, and then resident with David Woodward, of that place, as an apprentice to the tanning and currying and shoemaking business, left his home, and has never been heard of by his friends since that period. He is now, if living, 24 years of age, about…
BOUND VOLUMES Jan 25-2019 200 YEARS AGO To The Public – The subscriber thinks it his duty to inform the public that he has found his absent daughter in Cherry Valley in a comfortable and respectable situation on the 22nd inst. Those kind citizens who have assisted in the discovery, will be pleased to accept my warmest thanks. John Cockett, Hartwick, January 23, 1819. The Electors of the Town of Otsego are requested to meet at the house of Luther…
HOMETOWN History Compiled by Tom Heitz and SHARON STUART, with resources courtesy of The Fenimore Art Museum Research Library 150 Years Ago Oneonta Home & Vicinity: Our town begins to feel the impulse of increased railroad facilities and will soon double its wholesale trade in flour, salt, plaster, lime, coal and general merchandise. Many carloads of lime are taken every week from this station by the farmers of Laurens, Morris, Hartwick, and other towns for agricultural purposes. The more the…
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…
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…