A Directory for the Village of RochesterElisha Ely, 1827 - Rochester (N.Y.) |
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Aaron Allcott Allen attorney Benjamin blacksmith boatman boats bridge Brown Buffalo-st Buffalo-street building butcher C. B. Bristol cabinet-maker Caledonia Caledonia & Cornhill Canal-st Canandaigua carpenter Carroll-st Carroll-street Charles Chesnut-st Church Clark clerk Clinton-st clothier cooper Court-st Daniel David Eldridge Elisha Ensworth erected Erie Canal Exchange-st Ezra feet Fitzhugh-st Ford-st Frank-st Genesee river George Gould grocer gunsmith Hart-st Harvey hatter Henry Hiram Hughes-st Isaac J. G. Christopher Jacob Pound James John Johnson Joseph L. K. Madison labourer lake Lake Ontario land Leonard Main-st manufacturer Market-st mason Mechanick-st merchant miles mill Mill-st miller millwright Monroe MONROE COUNTY Morris Mortimer-st Moses New-York Oliver Phelps Patrick Peter Lynch Phelps Pittsford printer publick Reuben River-st Robert run of stones Sackett's Harbour saddler Samuel sawyer Seth shoemaker Silas Smith society Sophia-st Spring-st State-st tailor tanner tavern-keeper teamster Thomas tract Troup-st village of Rochester Vincent Mathews Ward Washington-st wheelwright William William Haywood
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Page 2 - IDE, of the said District, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " Inductive Grammar, designed for beginners. By an Instructer." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States...
Page 140 - ... covered with the merchandise of every nation. From a few adventurous settlers, braving the hardships and dangers of an untried wilderness, we now see a multitude of people enjoying all the necessaries and luxuries of life. The past is instructive, the future deeply interesting. Industry and enterprise, crowned by the blessing of a bountiful providence, have effected what we see. What future achievements may not be accomplished by the same means? But a new element here enters into our calculations....
Page 2 - An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time* therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.
Page 76 - Indians who first gave this name to the valley beheld the flocks and herds that now enliven its landscape, and the busy towns with spires overlooking it from the neighbouring hills, the boats transporting its superabundant wealth down its winding stream, and the scenes of intellectual and moral felicity to which it contributes in the homes of its present enlightened occupants — and had they been able to appreciate all this, they would have contrived the longest superlative which their...
Page 141 - ... share of agency in the event; but let it be remembered, that a new instrumentality must be at work. The means that have transformed the forest, will not act upon the mind. Education must be cherished; religion must be revered; luxury and vice must be abjured; our magistracy must feel the true interests of the citizens, and must be supported in their efforts to promote every virtuous, and to suppress every corrupting influence. So doing, we are permitted to anticipate prosperity. The Providence...
Page 79 - ... whereby the Indian title to more than two millions of acres was extinguished. The following account of facts connected with the operations of Phelps and Gorham, are from the Rochester Directory, published in 1827. "After the treaty, Mr. Phelps surveyed the land into tracts, denominated Ranges, running north and south, and. subdivided the ranges into tracts of six miles square, denominated Townships, and designated each by numbers, beginning to number both ranges and townships at the 82d mile-stone,...
Page 140 - We have seen our village, from a log hut or two, in the deep and lonely forest, rise like the work of magick, in a few years, to the form of a busy and populous city. We have seen the forest yielding to the fruitful field, and the fruitful field to streets crowded with commerce, and wharves covered with the merchandise of every nation. From a few adventurous settlers, braving the hardships and dangers of an untried wilderness, we now see a multitude of people enjoying all the necessaries and luxuries...
Page 80 - Article was a new device, of American origin, unknown in the English system of conveyancing ; granting the possession, but not the fee of the land ; facilitating the frequent changes among new settlers, enabling them to sell out their improvements and transfer their possession by assignment, and securing the reversion of the possession to the proprietor where they abandoned the premises. His landsales were allodial ; and the other land-offices following his example, have rendered the Genesee farmers...
Page 133 - It consisted of an entire arch, the chord of which was 352 feet, and the versed sine 54 feet. The summit of the arch was 196 feet above the surface of tlie water.
Page 141 - We look forward to this place at some distant day, as a flourishing city; flourishing not merely in wealth and power, but in knowledge and virtue, an honour and a blessing to sister cities around, and the home of a great people, enlightened and happy.