North Country Notes

Date and location of the next meeting of the CCHA, where Dr. Allen Everest will be giving a talk on Clinton County’s 150-year-old buildings; the October meeting will be discussing “By-Ways in Adirondack History” with Dr. Warner H. Cadbury; On September 22nd, Plattsburgh will be hosting a history conference with the State Historian’s Office in Albany, with sessions conducted by Mr. William G. Tyrell; an excerpt from The Plattsburgh Republican discussing a French Canadian republic; a letter from General John E. Wool to Philip B. Roberts about the 1814 Battle of Beekmantown; an article on Dewey’s Tavern in Champlain; a segment discussing a record of baseball games in the 1910’s; a segment discussing the Union Academy in the Union Quaker community in Peru; and a notice that North Country Notes is free to all association members with the price of membership.

Date and location of the next meeting of CCHA, where talks on the history of Chazy will be presented by Dr. E. J. Czarnetzky, Mr. Michael Andrassy, and Mr. John P. Ross; the June meeting of the CCHA will be the annual member’s exhibit night; a Clinton County Place Names segment; an article on the May 1892 flood; an article on the Saranac River Plank Road; and an excerpt from the newsletter of the Ausable River Masonic Lodge describing the lodge’s connection to the underground railroad.

Date and location of the next meeting of the CCHA, where Mr. LaMar Moss will be giving a talk on “The History of the North Country Customs Service”; the April meeting will feature two talks, “Elizabeth Blackwell, First Woman Doctor” by Dr. Eugene Link, and “A Plattsburgh Doctor of the 1880’s” by Dr. Allen Everest; an account of the 1854 execution of James M. Bickford in Malone; an account of Lozier’s arrival in Plattsburgh; entries from Warren Harkness’ diary from while he was attending the Oswego Normal School; and excerpts from letters from Alfred McGregor to his brother Chandler McGregor asking him to pick up some goods in New York City.

Date and location of the next meeting of the CCHA, where Mr. Edwin Berry will be giving a talk on “The Development of Libraries in Clinton County”; an account of the Plattsburgh Sherrif’s costs from 1839; an excerpt from a paper by Professor Philip White describing the early settlement of Beekmantown; excerpt from an 1832 speech on the importance of education reform given by George A. Simmons; anecdote from Mrs. Susan F. Fillmore describing teaching Lucretia Davidson at age 7 in 1817; an 1843 advertisement for a water pump; and corrections for “Recollections of Clinton County and the Battle of Plattsburgh”.

Date and location of the next meeting of the CCHA, where Mr. Oscar E. Bredenberg will be presenting a paper on The Royal Savage; the January meeting topic will be “The Libraries of the North Country” as presented by Mr. Edwin Berry; excerpts from letters from Benson J. Lossing; bill for services rendered during the Battle of Plattsburgh on Crab Island; a section about Caleb Nichols, spy for the war department during the War of 1812; a section about a proposed asylum in Plattsburgh in 1886; and a Clinton County Place Names section on Plattsburgh streets.

For the Sesquicentennial of the Battle of Plattsburgh, the CCHA and the Battle of Plattsburgh Commission will be having a dinner at the Witherill Hotel on September 11, 1964; the fall program for the CCHA; announcement of a new book published by CCHA, “Recollections of Clinton County and the Battle of Plattsburgh”, edited by Allen Everest; an “In The News” segment; a letter from Captain Charles Hunter to General Joseph Bloomfield; an account of accidental deaths in Plattsburgh in 1892 and 1893; a letter from James Wood to the Secretary of War to vent his displeasure with the failed invasion of Canada.

Date and location of the next meeting of the CCHA where Mr. Frank Cooper will be giving a talk on the history of the college at Plattsburgh and seeking help identifying students in photos from the Normal School; the June meeting will be the annual Member’s Exhibit Night; an excerpt from a Plattsburgh Republican article describing a visit by President Harrison to Plattsburgh; an excerpt from a Plattsburgh Republican describing 25 skeletons found while working near Fort Moreau; an article describing the history of the Fouquet House; an article about a near armistice in 1814; a segment on Clinton County Inventors; an article about the West Plattsburgh church’s Sunbeam band.

Date and location of the next meeting of the CCHA where Mr. John P. Ross will give a talk on “175 Years of the United States Custom Service in the Champlain Valley”; the CCHA officers list for 1964; an “About This Issue” section clarifying that this issue is devoted to W. D. Howells’ 1890 summer in Plattsburgh; an epitaph for James Thompson of Peru; a notice from the editor asking for submissions to North Country Notes; selections from Dr. David S. Kellogg’s journal mentioning the Howells family; an excerpt from Dr. David S. Kellogg’s journal describing the murder of Mr. I. E. Tabor by Joseph Chapleau and Chapleau’s trial and execution.

Date and location of the next meeting of the CCHA where Mr. David Martin will give a talk titled “The Writing of the History of Chazy”; the February meeting’s talk will be given by Miss Minnie Stoughton and the subject will be “Champlain and His Valley”; an announcement of the opening of the Lake Champlain Historical and Research Club’s museum of artifacts from Lake Champlain; a translation of Gustave A. Drolet’s description of the 1865 British raid on Fort Montgomery; an excerpt from a letter from congressman Mr. Isaac Finch to his wife Mrs. Martha Finch complaining about how long her letters are; a notice from the editor asking for submissions to North Country Notes; Dr. Allen Everest’s article, “Alexander Macomb at Plattsburgh, 1814” was published in the October issue of New York History magazine.

Date and location of the next meeting of the CCHA, where Dr. John Harrold; amendments to the CCHA constitution; a segment on the Christmas carol “We Three Kings of the Orient Are”; an article on Redford Glass; a segment on the Women’s Christian Temperance Union of Clinton County; a book review on “Fort Covington and Her Neighbors, a History of Three Towns” by Dr. Herbert Donovan; and excerpts from George Heyworth’s journal, a potato farmer from Peru.

Date and location of the next meeting of the CCHA, where Mr. Robert MacFarlane will be giving a talk discussing the climate of Clinton County; records from a Peru lawyer’s office; a recap of an 1890 women’s baseball game between a Rouses Point and Ohio team; an article discussing the British occupation of Point au Fer; birth notice from 1880 with a poem; a report from the Plattsburgh Republican on platinum being found on Bridge Street in Plattsburgh; an advertisement for “The Adirondack Bibliography”; and a notice from the editor asking for submissions to North Country Notes.

Date and location of the next meeting of the CCHA, where Mr. G. Glyndon Cole will be giving a talk about The North Country Life magazine; the spring program of the CCHA; the CCHA officers list for 1963; an entry in Miss Margaret Green’s autograph book from Harvey Everett; a British report on the Battle of Valcour; a segment on Peru visitors to the 1893 world’s fair; and recollections on the great freshet of 1830.

Date and location of the next meeting of the CCHA, where Mr. Robert Macfarlane will be giving a talk on “The Climate of Clinton County”; an article describing a Morrisonville temperance league; a letter from Salmon Pangman to Bartlett Nye; an article discussing the life of Darius Lobdell, a boy from Peru who moved west to Kansas; an 1843 Plattsburgh Republican article describing a series of general store robberies; the first Plattsburgh city ordinance for speeding tickets; and a notice from the editor asking for submissions for North Country Notes.

Date and Location of the next meeting of the CCHA, where Mr. and Mrs. Charles McLellan will be giving a talk on the Davidson sisters of Plattsburgh; notes from a Plattsburgh town meeting regarding acquiring a poorhouse; a letter from Nathaniel Platt to Morris Miller reflecting on the “unfortunate” marriage of Mr. Miller’s sister; an article discussing the life of Hanry Everett, a boy from Peru who went west to Oregon and opened a furniture store; a poem from Lucretia Davidson; a poem from Margaret Davidson.

Date and location of the next meeting of the CCHA, where Miss Sailly Warren will be giving a talk titled “The Life and Times of Peter Sailly”; the fall and winter program for 1962 into 1963; some entries from Dr. Ira N. Vaughn’s 1875 ledger; an article describing Miron Spaulding of Black Brook’s experience going out west for the gold rush; a description of the inscription on a plaque on the Bridge Street bridge and how it came to be there; excerpts from instructions to Z. C. Platt about opening a branch of Aetna Insurance; and a brief article about Revolutionary War pension claims.

Date and location of the next meeting of the CCHA, where Mr. Lawrence C. Kistner who will be giving a talk on Post Offices of Clinton County. A summer outing to the Lyon Mountain mine is also mentioned, with members receiving a guided tour; The most recent membership drive added 80 members, bringing the total to 321; an article from an 1893 issue of the Plattsburgh Republican discussing changes to Plattsburgh in the last 20 years; a segment on local reactions to the gold rush with quotes from the Plattsburgh Republican; and excerpts from letters from Wallace W. Bordwell to Benjamin Booth describing crossing the Panama isthmus.

Date and location of the next meeting of the CCHA, where Mr. John P. Ross will give a talk on the First International Railroad and there will be a vote on amendments to the original constitution of the CCHA; the spring program for 1962; the association directory for 1962; a letter from General John E. Wool to the Secretary of War regarding reinforcing border points from 1830; Notice of reward for deserter Silas Lovell from 1817; meeting minutes from an 1842 meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Clinton County changing the superintendents of the county poorhouse; an account of President Van Buren’s visit to Plattsburgh from the Plattsburgh Whig newspaper; and an 1891 excerpt from “The Morning Telegram”.

Date and location of the next meeting of the CCHA, which is the Annual Business Meeting with the election of officers. Mr. Edward Grandephe will be giving a talk titled “Game Birds and Animals of the North Country”, and a motion to update the pricing for memberships will be voted on; a recipe for Aunt Betsey’s strengthening plaster; Dr. Micheal Freligh’s 1806 account of a trip to Plattsburgh; a notice that Weatherwise magazine is reprinting an article titled “The Great Windfall of 1845 in New York State” and that copies will be available at the next meeting; an anecdote referencing William Gilliand; an excerpt from the Plattsburgh Republican newspaper alerting subscribers that soldiers had been ordered away from the Plattsburgh barracks in a suspected plot to dilute votes; rules of the Plattsburgh theater at the turn of the century; a Clinton County Place Names segment; and an excerpt from the Town of Plattsburgh records about checking credentials for electors in 1823.

Date and location of the next meeting of the CCHA, where Rev. John F. Boyle will be giving a talk on Clinton County in the Civil War; an eyewitness account of newly recruited union soldiers leaving Clinton County for the front, a letter written at Albany describing companies of soldiers arriving one after the other; a letter from Captain Frank Palmer thanking the ladies of Plattsburgh for their gift of clothes for the soldiers; several letters to Cornelius and Annete Fischer from Forress and Stephen Fischer; a notice reminding members to pick up their copy of “History of Cumberland Head”; and a notice that the college is microfilming local newspapers and would appreciate loans to fill out the collection.

Date and location of the next meeting of the CCHA, with special guest Dr. Frank Barnes of the department of the interior, who will be presenting Mayor John Tyrell with a certificate designating Plattsburgh Bay a National Historic Landmark and giving an address titled “The Importance of the Battle of Plattsburgh and the Significance of the Area as a National Historic Landmark” for the 147th anniversary of the Battle of Plattsburgh; a letter from Job F. Sherman to S. S. Allen about worker efficiency in a lumber mill; an editor’s note welcoming submissions to North Country Notes; Major John Wools personal account of the Battle of Plattsburgh; the CCHA fall and winter program for 1961 into 1962; Plattsburgh town clerk records describing cattle marks; an announcement of the publication of the CCHAs latest book, “History of Cumberland Head” by Mrs. Bess Hagar Langworthy; and an acknowledgement of Mr. Frank Dossert’s donation of an addressograph and the associated plates.

Date and location of the next meeting of the CCHA, which will be a tour of the Sheridan Iron Works in Champlain followed by talks by the manager of the plant, Mr. John Zurlo and by Mr. Oscar Bredenberg on the history of the plant and manufacturing in the North Country; a school composition from a George H. Burroughs in the early 1850s; an 1869 advertisement from the Champlain Journal for Champlain Academy; excerpts from the Trustee’s Book and School records in the Town of Peru; a description of bounties and fines related to capture of various animals in 1808 in Plattsburgh; a letter from Joseph Bradish Nye to Bartlett Nye describing the funeral of Daniel Webster in Marshfield Massachusetts; and a letter from Amasa Corbin Moore to his father Pliny Moore discussing his expenses attending Middlebury College.

Date and location of the next meeting of the CCHA, where a talk will be given by Mr. John Ross, titled, The First International Railroad; a letter from Amasa Corbin Moore to his father Pliny Moore describing a professor giving students in his class an “exhilarating gas”; a letter from Ralph Waldo Emerson to R. Corbin Esq. of Champlain thanking him for sending photos of Clinton County; an article describing the cholera outbreak of 1832, a Clinton County Place Names segment about Altona; the program schedule for spring and summer 1961; a description of prices in Peter Sailly’s General Store; town meeting notes from 1797 creating a committee for overseeing inoculations; and letters between C. A. Bolton and Essex county bank regarding mutilated bills.

Date and location of the next meeting of the CCHA, where a talk will be given by Mrs. Margret Hayes, County Historian, on Highlights of the Towns of Clinton County; a transcription of a bet between Wentworth Phinney and Elisha Pangman over temperance; excerpts from the Town of Plattsburgh records concerning slavery; an article discussing fraudulent wolf bounty certificates; a bill of sale for a slave to Pliny Moore, a 5 year old girl named Phillis; a copy of an inscription from a slave’s grave; a description of the lives of two schoolteachers from 1890, Mrs. Bertha Coats and Mrs. Beatrice Signor; a letter from Matilda Moore Nye to her husband Bartlett Nye asking him not to buy her a new hat; and a request from the Plattsburgh College of Education’s library for donations of items that were lost in the 1929 fire.

Date and location of the next meeting of the CCHA, where a talk will be given by Mrs. Doris Begor Morton on Philip Skene in the Champlain Valley; inscriptions from the Champlain House hotel register betting on the 1864 presidential election; an editorial note that North Country Notes is experimental; a letter from Melancthon Lloyd Woolsey to Pliny Moore dated 1789; Rules of Plattsburgh's first Library from Hurd's History of Clinton and Franklin Counties; a Did You Know? Section; a book review of The Proudest Day by Charles G. Muller; a notice of the Jewish congregation of Plattsburgh's centennial; and an advertisement for memberships to the CCHA.