Manual for the Use of the Legislature of the State of New York for the Year ...

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1673, Anthony Colve, gov.; 1830, 1st R. R. in this State com. 1831, Alb. & Schenectady R. R. opened

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AUGUST,

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8th, 8h. 9.1m. M.

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1854.

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Memorable Events in the Annals of New-York.

1 Tuesday. 1727. Oswego summoned by the Fr.; 1732, Wm. Cosby Gov.;
2 Wednesday 1780, Canajoharie laid waste. [1759, Crown Pt. aband. by Fr.
3 Thursday. 1777. St. Leger invests Ft. Stanwix; 1778, Dest've fire at N.Y.;
Friday. 1696, Frontenac inv the Onondaga co. (1821 1st paper at Lyons
5 Saturday. 1658. Great sickness; harvest in some places uncut thro' ina.
A 1777, Battle of Oriskany.
[bility to reap it.
1679, The ship Griffin sails from Niagara riv. to the Up. lakes.
[Wm. Henry; 1841, Sl. b. Erie burnt
1673, (N. S.) N. Y. reduced by the Dutch; 1757. Fall of Ft.
1760, Oswegatchie taken by the Brit.; 1848, Buffalo platform

7 Monday.

8 Tuesday.
Wednesday

14 Monday.

1756, Oswego taken by the Fr.; 1788, 1st newspaper in Goshen,

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15 Tuesday.

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Wednesday

1654, Onondaga salt springs discovered.

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17 Thursday. 1848, Great fire at Albany.

1840. Siate street bridge, Albany, falls; over 20 lives lost.
1761, Cadwallader Colden, Lt. Gov.

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1841, Dreadful explosion at Syracuse; 26 lives destroyed
1843, Destructive fire at Sackett's Harbor.

22 Tuesday.

1776, Br. land on L Island; 1777, siege of Ft. Stanwix raised
23 Wednesday 1756, 1st stone of Columbia coll. laid; 1818, 1st st'r for Detroit.
1756, 80 Acadians arr. from Georgia; 1779. 3d sess. of Legis-
[lature at Poughkeepsie

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1836, Buff. and Niag. R. R. opened.
1683, Th's Dongan, gov; 1776, battle of L. Island; 1847. Silas
1754, Hoosick burnt; 1850. mou't to Silas Wright completed.
1779, Sullivan defeats the Indians at Elmira.

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Wednesday 1692, Benjamin Fletcher, gov.

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31 Thursday.

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1 Friday. 2 Saturday.

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4 Monday.

5 Tuesday.
6 Wednesday
7 Thursday.
8 Friday.

9 Saturday.

Memorable Events in the Annals of New-York.

1731, Ft. at Crown Pt. erected by the Fr; 1818, Auburn State
1701, Court of Chanc est.; 1743, Geo. Clinton, gov [pris. op'd
1755. Sir Ch's Hardy, gov.; Lake George so called af. Geo. III.
1609, Hudson riv. disc'd.; 1800, Cayuga bridge finished.
1655, Stuyvesant sails against the Swedes; 1684, De la Barre's
1839, Destructive fire at N. Y. [treaty at Hungry Bay; 1819,
[st'r Phenix b'nt on L. Cham.

1664, N. Y. surrend. to the Eng; R, Nicolls, gov; 1755, bat
1779, Gen. Sullivan lays waste the Sen. country. [L. George.
1779, Ind. village at Canandaigua bt.; 1816, Jour fr. N Y. to
1814, Bat. Plattsburgh; 1826, Morgan ab'd; [Buff. iu 4 days.
1769, Cad. Colden, It. gov.; 1788, Onondagas sell lands to state.
13 Wednesday 1683, 1st elec'n of representatives ord.; 1763 Cad. Colden, It. g.
1726, Five Nations surren. Beaver hunting grounds to Geo. I.
1655, Ind. make a foray on N. Amsterdam; 1776, Wash'n eva-
1833, Boundary betw'n N. Y. and N. J. settled. [cuates N. Y.
1720, Wm. Burnet, Gov.

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12 Tuesday.

14 Thursday.

15 Friday.

16 Saturday.

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19 Tuesday.

20 Wednesday
21 Thursday.
22 Friday

23 Saturday.

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1838, Solar eclipse.

1777, Battle of Stillwater.

1609, Hudson at Albany; 1659, 1st Esopus war; 1776, Colden d.
1776, Capt. N. Hale ex.; 1788, the Oneidas cede all their lands
1709, Newburgh settled'; 1780, Andre capt'd; [to the state.
1664, Fort Orange surrendered to the English. [paper in Alb'y.
1655, Stuyvesant reduces the Delaware river; 1815, 1st daily
1755, Ft. Edward built; 1832, N. Y. University organized.
27 Wednesday 1848, Michael Hoffman died; 1849, Owego burnt.
1849, Astor Opera House rioters convicted.

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26 Tuesday.

28 Thursday.

29 Friday.

30 Saturday,

1797, First stage from Rome to Geneva.

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Tuesday.

19 Thursday.

1753, Js. de Lancey, lt. gov.; 1784, 1st meet. 8th ses. Leg.at N.Y.
1777, Kingston burnt by the Br. 1778, Legis're meets at Po'k'ie.
1736, Council in its Legisl. capacity meets without the Gov.;
[1842, Croton water works completed.
1725, First newspaper in New York. [1777, Burgoyne sur'rs.
1666, Fr. invade the Mohawk valley; 1683, 1st Leg. As. meets.
18 Wednesday 1764, N. Y. Ass'y appoints a com. to cor. with other N.'A. Col.
1770. Earl Dunmore, Gov. ; 1780, engagement at Palatine

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Friday.

Memorable Events in the Annals of New-York.

1755, Ft. Wm. Henry ordered built; 1807, 1st steamboat to Al-
1780, Andre executed.
[bany; 1849. Hudson R. R. R.
1811, 1st newspaper at Buffalo. [opened to Peekskill; 1850,
[Whitehall & Rut. R.R. op'd.
1733, Zenger's Weekly Journal, (2d paper at N. Y.,) appears.
1777, Forts Clinton and Montgomery taken by the British.
1765, First Congress of Am. Colonies meets at N. Y.; 1777, bat-
1755, Fr. commence a fort at Ticonderoga. [tle Bemis Heights.
1688, Francis Nicholson, Com. in Chief; 1727, earthquake.
1615, Battle between Champlain and the Iroquois in W. N. Y.
11 Wednesday 1776, Naval engagement between Am. and Br. on L. Cham'n.
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7 Saturday.

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20 Friday.

[Bridge, Col. Brown killed.

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1784, Treaty of Ft. Stanwix between the Six Nations and U.S
1819, Erie canal navigated from Utica to Rome.
1686, Po'keepsie patent.

24 Tuesday.
Wednesday 1826, 1st daily paper at Rochester. [Harlem R. R. compl'd.
1825, Erie canal completed; 1st boat leaves Buffalo; 1837,
1722, 3d immigration of Palatines; 1801, State Con. amended.
1776, Battle of White Plains; 1788, 1st court at Plattsburgh.
1727, Earthquake.

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Thursday

Friday.
Saturday.

1 Wednesday 1683, Alb'y, Dutchess, Kings, N. Y. Orange, Queens, Suffolk, 1825, 1st bt. fr. Buff. ar. at Alb. [Rich'd, Ulst. Westch. cos. er. 1771, 1st newspaper, Albany; 1846 New constitution adopted. 1825, 1st bt. fr Buff. at N. Y.

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6 Monday.

7 Tuesday.

9 Thursday. 10 Friday.

1816, Governeur Morris died; 1850, Free schools sustained, 1774, Boundary between N. Y. and N. J. partially settled; 1835, Erie R. R. commenced. [1792, 16th sess leg. mt. at N. Y. 8 Wednesday 1784, A plan for inland navigation on the Mohawk river pro[posed to the Legislature.

11 Saturday.

1674, E. Andross, gov.; 1821, State constitution remodeled. 1778, Massacre at Cherry Valley; 1794, treaty of Canandaigua; 1757, German Flatts burnt by the Fr. [1824, Orleans co. er'd. 1765, Sir Henry Moore, gov.; 1838; Patriots cross from Og1827. Thomas Addis Emmett died.

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16 Thursday. 17 Friday.

1828. Cayuga & Seneca Canal completed. 1745, Saratoga burnt and inhabitants massacred by the Fr.; 1819, Fire at Schenectady.

18 Saturday.

1755, Earthquake; 1776, Fort Lee evac. by the Americans.

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20 Monday.

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21 Tuesday.

1812, Fort Niagara bombarded.

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22 Wednesday 1769, Wm. Smith historian, died.

1819, Champlain canal declared to be in a navigable state. 1783, N. Y. evacuated by the British.

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1817, 1st newspaper in Wayne county established.
1846, Steamer Atlantic wrecked.

28 Tuesday.

1795, Baron Steuben died.

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29 Wednesday 1783, perceptible earthquake at N. Y.

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30 Thursday.

1766, a vessel burnt at Navy Island; 1834, solar eclipse.

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Memorable Events in the Annals of New-York.

DECEMBER, 1854.

New moon, First quarter,

1 Friday.

1745, John Jay born; 1831, Erie canal closed.

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2 Saturday.

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1804, Waterford and Lansingb'gh bridge opened; 1834, S. De 1824, Canal clos. [Witt, d; 1840, canal closed; 1845, river cl'd. 1783, Washington takes leave of the army; 1825, 1849. canal 1782, Van Buren born.

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8 Friday

9 Saturday.

11 Monday.

13 Wednesday

14 Thursday. 15 Friday.

1836, Hudson river closed.

1680, Comet appears at Albany at 2 o'clock, p. m.

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1672, Monthly post established between N. Y. & Boston. 1788, 12th ses. Leg. at Alb'y; 1848, Sar. & Wash. R R. ope'd. 1833, 1834, canal closed; 1849, iron workers' conv'n at Albany. 1825, Hudson river closed.

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18 Monday.

1824, Boat from Albany arrived at Utica; 1834, Hudson riv. c'd 1768, Gov. Moore proposes the removal of obst'ns to naviga'n 1743, N Y. Septennial bill pas'd; 1813, Embargo. [of Mohawk r. 1708, Lord Lovelace, Gov; 1813. Lewiston burnt.

19 Tuesday.

1813, Fort Niagara surprised by the Br.; 1841, Hudson r. clo.

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Wednesday 1828, Canal closed.

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21 Thursday.

1832, Canal and river closed.

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22 Friday.

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Saturday.

1825, Dr. Hosack d.; 1828, river closed; 1850, severe snow st'm.

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1826, Hudson river closed.

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Monday.

CHRISTMAS; 1830, 1847, river closed.

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26 Tuesday.

1849, Hudson river closed.

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27 Wednesday 1820, First newspaper in Queens about this date; 1848, Hud

1775, Montgomery killed; 1849. Hudson R Railroad opened,

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