Mar 5
The Madison County town of Brookfield is formed from the Oneida County town of Paris.
Mar 17
The Albany County own of Bern is formed out of Rensselaerville and named for the first settler and mill oner Jacob Weidman's birthplace in Switzerland. ** The Columbia County town of Chatham is formed from Canaan and Kinderhook.
Apr 3
Connecticut native Elihu Phinney begins publishing Otsego County's first newspaper, the Herald and Western Advertiser, at Cooperstown.
Apr 6
Schoharie County is carved out of Albany and Otsego counties.
Apr 9
The New York State Legislature passes "An act for the encouragement of schools". $50,000 annually is appropriated for the next five years, to establish and support common schools.
May 24
Future governor Silas Wright is born to Samuel Silas and Eleanor Goodale Wright, in Amherst, Massachusetts.
August
Utica's Jason Parker begins advertising stage mail and passenger service, starting next month, between Whitestown and Canajoharie. ** Lansingburgh Recorder publishers George Gardner and James Hill move to Troy.
Nov 2
The Holland Land Company purchases a Utica lot near the downtown Square and Whitesboro Street, future site of the York House hotel.
Dec 14
Engineer John Bloomfield Jarvis is born in Huntington, Long Island.
Dec 16
Schoharie County officials first meet at the village of Schoharie, decide to build the county courthouse two mile to the west.
New York State
Area pioneer Israel Stone dies and is believed to be buried in Washington County, N.Y. though the location is unconfirmed. ** Schenectady's Union College is founded. ** A portion of Schoharie County is formed from Albany County. ** The Lansingburgh Recorder's publishers Gardner and Hill leave the state and the paper closes by the end of the year. ** Natutralist Amos Eaton enters Williams College, in Massachusetts. ** Suffolk County lawyer Silas Wood enters the State Legislature. ** Judge William Cooper of Cooperstown is elected to Congress. ** Former Oneida County resident Benjamin Cleveland pioneers Chenango County's village of German. ** $600 is added to the building fund for courthouse and jail near Ballston Spa. ** Samuel Leis' state map is published. ** Herkimer County's German Flats contains 40 homes and a Dutch Reformed Church.
Area pioneer Israel Stone dies and is believed to be buried in Washington County, N.Y. though the location is unconfirmed. ** Schenectady's Union College is founded. ** A portion of Schoharie County is formed from Albany County. ** The Lansingburgh Recorder's publishers Gardner and Hill leave the state and the paper closes by the end of the year. ** Natutralist Amos Eaton enters Williams College, in Massachusetts. ** Suffolk County lawyer Silas Wood enters the State Legislature. ** Judge William Cooper of Cooperstown is elected to Congress. ** Former Oneida County resident Benjamin Cleveland pioneers Chenango County's village of German. ** $600 is added to the building fund for courthouse and jail near Ballston Spa. ** Samuel Leis' state map is published. ** Herkimer County's German Flats contains 40 homes and a Dutch Reformed Church.
Utica, NY
Carpenter and builder Apollos Cooper settles at Utica. He will build a bridge across the Mohawk, just to the north of the future Bagg's Square. ** The Western Sentinel newspaper begins publication in Whitesboro, near Utica. ** Blacksmith Moses Bagg replaces his shop with a two-story wooden building, creating a tavern.
© 2014 David Minor / Eagles Byte
No comments:
Post a Comment