1794
January
New York governor George Clinton
addresses the
state legislature, urges strengthening defenses
against
the British. They vote £30,000 for fortifying
New York City and £12,000 for the
frontiers to the
west and north.
Jan 5
Erie Canal engineer and surveyor
Holmes
Hutchinson is born in Port Dickinson to
highways
commissioner and former army
paymaster Amaziah/Amassa Hutchinson
and
Elizabeth A. Mack Hutchinson.
February
New York Indian agent General
Israel Chapin,
noticing desertions from local reservations and
fearing
trouble from his charges, meets with
them at Buffalo Creek and stay close to
them
on through this year and into the next.
Mar 5
Onondaga County is carved out of
Herkimer
County. The town of Manlius is formed, with
Comfort Tyler as
Justice of the Peace.
Mar 22
The state legislature votes to
extend the
Mohawk Valley Road west from Fort Schuyler
(Utica) to the
Genesee River. The extension
will be named the Main Genesee River Road.
Apr 16
The 28,245-acre second Chenango
Township
is granted to William Smith, who is also
granted the third (24,624
acres), fourth
(24,400) and fifth (26,200) townships. **
The 25,780-acre eighth Chenango Township
is granted to William S. Smith. The
24,200-acre ninth Chenango Township is
also granted to William S. Smith. The
24,186-acre twelfth Chenango Township,
is granted to William Matlack, Sr.
Albany
Simeon DeWitt publishes a map of
the
Albany area.
** The Bayard Land
Company is formed.
State
County boundaries are surveyed in
the
Military Tract.
** Judge
William Cooper
is elected to Congress.
** Connewango
pioneer
Sarah Ash (Metcalf) is born in
Rennsselaer County. ** A group of settlers
on the banks of Esopus
Creek petition the
governor for pasture and firewood land in
the Catskill
region. Traders Jacob Rutsen
and Johannis Hardenbergh take notice. **
The legislature authorizes
the surveying of a
road between Utica and the Genesee River.
** Joseph Lothrop and A.
Mead are the first
to settle at the future site of Chenango County's
North
Norwich. ** The first church services
in the Oneida County town of Augusta are held
in the Fairbanks home. ** The population of
Herkimer
County is 1500; Otsego County 12000.
** The Fabius area is settled. ** Jason Parker
of Utica and
several partners establish a stage
line to Albany. ** After a subscription of 200
shares is taken up
by the state, work on the stalled
Western Inland Navigation Company canal at
Little Falls is resumed.
** Medina horse
trader
Richard Gordineer is born to Jacob Gordineer,
a Dutch settler in the
Mohawk Valley, and a
slave woman. He and his mother will be sold
to Joseph
Grant when he is two months old.
** The approximate date Utica merchant
Peter Smith
acquires proprietary rights for close
to 50,000 acres from the Oneida Indians,
the
land stretching from Syracuse to the Oneida
County town of Augusta.
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2013 David
Minor Eagles
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Tuesday, September 10th (that's tomorrow!) at 1:30pm, meet outside Key Food at 55 Fulton Street, from there we’ll move on to The Blue School on Water Street, for an hour or two of leaflets, talking with our neighbors, and bringing people on board for the fight to Save Our Seaport!
At our last meeting, we resolved to increase our activity in the District, plan regular SOS meetings, announce a “Seaport Watch” to take part in (see above), and a rally at the end of the month.