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VOL. I.
NEW SERIES
No. 1
PUBLICATIONS
. . OF THE .
ONONDAGA HISTORICAL
ASSOCIATION
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE VILLAGE OF SYRACUSE,
PASSED APRIL 13, 1825-ALSO PAPERS READ AND HIS-
TORICAL DATA RECEIVED AT THE MEETING
TO COMMEMORATE THE SEVENTY-FIFTH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORGANIZA-
TION OF THE VILLAGE OF
^ SYRACUSE, FRIDAY EVEN-
ING, DECEMBER 14, 1900
PUBLISHED AT SYRACUSE, N. Y., JANUARY, 1910
K. M. anovKn, printer and binokr
Publications of Onondaga Ristorical dissociation
COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION :
FRANKLIN H. CHASE
REV. WILLIAM M. BEAUCHAMP, S. T. D.
SALEM HYDE
VOL. I No. 1
CONTENTS:
Introductory Note ........ i
Act to Incorporate Village of Syracuse - - - 2
•'Some Incidents of the Village of Syracuse," by
George J. Gardner 12
"Judge Forman, Founder of the Village and Village
Attorneys," by Hon. A. J. Northrup - - - 13
"Physicians of the Village," by Dr. H. D. Didama - 15
"Press of the Village," by Hon. Carroll E. Smith, D. D. 20
"Business Men of the Village," by John T. Roberts - 30
"TheClergy of the Village," by Rev. George B. Spald-
ing, D. D. 38
"The Explosion of 1841," by Nelson Gilbert - - 41
Reminiscences by Delia Colvin Hatch ... 45
Reminiscences by Margaret Tredwell Smith - - 51
Reminiscences of the late Charles A. Wheaton, by
Charlotte Birdseye Miller 53
Reminiscences by M. W. Hanchett - - - - 55
Reminiscences by Dr. A. R. Morgan - - - • 60
Memoir of the Syracuse Cadets, by M. H. Jacobs - 66
JOSHUA FORMAN
PUBLICATIONS OF THE ONONDAGA
HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.
Vol. 1. JANUARY, 1910. No. 1.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE VILLAGE OF SYRA-
CUSE, PASSED APRIL 13, 1825. ALSO PAPERS
X READ AND HISTORIC DATA RECEIVED AT THE
^ MEETING TO COMMEMORATE THE SEVENTY-
A FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORGANIZATION
I OF THE VILLAGE OF SYRACUSE, FRIDAY EVEN-
yy ING, DECEMBER 14, 1900.
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^ INTRODUCTORY NOTE.
The act creating the Village of Syracuse passed the Legisla-
ture of the State of New York on April 13, 1825, and upon May
3, 1825, the first village election was held, the following officers
being elected : President, Joshua Forman ; Trustees, Amos P.
Granger, Moses D. Burnet, Herman Walbridge, John Rogers ;
^^ Assessors, James Webb. Alfred Northam, Thomas Spencer;
Treasurer, James Durnford : Clerk, John Wilkinson ; Poundmas-
ter, Henry Young; Constables, Jesse D. Rose, Henry W. Durn-
ford; Justice of the Peace, Daniel Gilbert.
^ Upon the evening of December 14, 1900, in the rooms of the
^ Onondaga Historical Association, then located upon the fifth floor
sY- of the Syracuse Savings Bank Building, the seventy-fifth anni-
■^^ ^ versary of the incorporation of the village was commemorated by
papers read by their authors and letters in a reminiscent vein from
former residents of Syracuse. In the absence of President Car-
roll E. Smith, Judge Charles Andrews presided at the anniver-
sary meeting.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE VILLAGE OF
SYRACUSE.
(Chap. CXXIV, Laws of New York, 1825.)
I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of New York,
represented in Senate and Assembly, That the district of country
contained within the following bounds, that is to say, beginning
on the northeast bank of the lateral canal, in the center of Divis-
ion street, between the villages of Salina and Syracuse, thence
running northeasterly through the center of said street, till it in-
tersects a street running southeasterly from the village of Salina
to the village of Lodi, thence southeasterly along the center of
said street, until it intersects the west line of farm lot number two
hundred and forty-two, and thence due south, crossing Foot
street, and passing on the east line of blocks number thirty-four,
thirty-eight, and forty-thre€, in the village plot of Syracuse, and
passing the Erie canal, and through farm lot number two hun-
dred and eleven, and the Walton tract to the northeast corner of
farm lot number two hundred and five, and thence on the east
line of said lot, and of farm lots number two hundred and four,
two hundred and three, two himdred and two, and one himdrcd
and eighty-five, to the south line of the town of Salina, and thence
westerly along the south line of said town, to the west line of the
highway, between farm lots number one hundred and eighty-two
and one hundred and eighty-three, thence northerly in a direct
line to the southwest corner of the lands of the Onondaga salt com-
pany ; thence along the west and north lines of said company's
land, to the northeast corner thereof, and from thence in a direct
line to the place of beginning, shall hereafter be known and dis-
tinguished by the name of the village of Syracuse ; and the free-
holders and inhabitants residing within said limits, shall be, and
VILLAGE INCORPORATING ACT, 3
hereby are, ordained, constituted and declared to be from time to
timie,and forever hereafter, a body pohtic and corporate, in fact and
in name, by the name of the trustees of the village of Syracuse, and
by that name they and their successors shall and may haveperpetual
succession, and be persons in law capable of suing and being sued,
pleading and being impleaded, defending and being defended, in
all courts and places whatsoever, and in all actions, complaint?
and causes whatsoever ; and they and their successors may have
a common seal, and may alter the same at their pleasure ; and
shall be in law capable of purchasing, holding, receiving and con-
veying any real or personal estate for the use of said village, pro-
vided such real estate be situate within the same ; and shall have
power to erect any public buildings for the use of said village ; to
lay out, open and improve the streets and sidewalks in the same ;
to purchase and keep in repair one or more fire engines and other
apparatus for extinguishing fires : to construct wharves and basins
for boats, under the direction and with the consent of the canal
commissioners ; to construct and maintain proper aqueducts and
reservoirs for supplying the inhabitants of said village with
water ; to make any necessary repairs or improvements in said vil-
lage ; and to raise money by tax to carry into efiFect the above
mentioned powers ; to make reasonable compensation to the. ofii-
cers of the corporation, and to defray the incidental expenses of
supporting the several by-laws and regulations of the corpora-
tion ; which money shall be assessed upon the inhabitants and
property in said village, according to law, by three judicious
assessors, who shall be freeholders in said village, and collected
by the collector of the corporation, who shall be appointed annu-
ally by the trustees of said village, in like manner as the taxes of
counties and towns are collected, by virtue of a warrant, to him
directed by a majority of said trustees : Provided, That no tax
shall be levied, or monies raised or assessed for any purpose, and
no purchase or sale of any real estate made, and no public build-
ing erected or disposed of by the said corporation, without the
consent of the freeholders and taxable inhabitants of said village,
in open meeting, duly warned, first had and expressed by a ma-
4 VILLAGE INCORPORATING ACT.
jority of votes then and there given ; and in case they shall vote
to raise any money for the the purposes aforesaid, it shall be speci-
fied for what purpose such sum. or any part thereof, shall be
appropriated, as far as may be convenient ; and the assessors in
assessing the same on the inhabitants and property of said village,
shall apportion the same in a just and equitable manner, in pro-
portion as near as may be. to the advantages which each shall be
deemed to have received by the improvements or purchase to be
made with such money when collected: And provided also, That
the lands comprehended by the bounds of the village, and which
are kept as wood lands, meadow lands, pastures, orchards, and in
general all such lands as are kept and improved as farming lands,
or salt manufacturing grounds, with their appurtenances, (dwell-
ing houses excepted) shall not as long as they are so kept and
used, be taxed for the benefit of the village, except in relation to
the streets and highways leading through or adjoining the same;
and the said assessors when they shall have completed any such
assessment, shall give the like notice of the same which assessors
of towns are required to do, and any person considering him or
herself agrieved thereby, may appeal from the said assessors to
the trustees of the village, who shall hear such appeal, and do
justice in the premises; and in case either party shall conceive
themselves agrieved by such decision, it shall be lawful for him
or them to appeal to the next court of common pleas in and for
the county of Onondaga, giving three days notice of such appeal,
whose decision shall be final in the premises.
IT. And be it further enacted. That it shall and mav be law-
ful for the inhabitants of said village, authorised to vote at town
meetings, to meet on the first Tuesday of May next, at such time
and place in said village as shall be appointed by some justice of
the peace of the county of Onondaga, and notified to the inhabi-
tants of said village at least one week previous thereto, by a notice
in the newspaper printed in said village, or posted in three public
places in the same, and then and there elect five discreet free-
holders of said village to be trustees thereof ; three assessors, one
clerk, one treasurer, one pound keeper, one overseer of highways
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for each road district witliin said village, and two constables for
said village, resident within the same; and such justice shall j)re-
side at such meeting, and declare the persons having the greatest
number of votes duly elected to the several offices aforesaid, and
in like manner on the first Tuesday of May in each year there-
after, there shall be an annual election of the officers of said vil-
lage above specified, and the trustees for the time being shall
notify the time and place of holding such meetings, and preside
at such election, and the several officers aforesaid shall hold their
offices vmtil the first Tuesday of May next after their election, and
until others are elected in their stead, and have taken their oaths
of office required by this act ; and in case by any cau&e whatso-
ever, such officers, or any of them shall not be chosen on the day
herein appointed for the same, the corporation of said village shall
not be dissolved, but it shall be lawful for the inhabitants of said
village on some other day, to be notified by the trustees for the
time being as aforesaid, to elect any or all the officers aforesaid,
not before chosen in manner aforesaid.
III. And be if further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the
trustees of said village, or a majority of them and their successors,
to make, ordain, constitute and publish such by-laws, rules and
regulations, as they from time to time shall deem meet and proper,
and such in particular as are relative to the streets, alleys, high-
ways, and sidewalks of said village, and the wharves and basins
in the same ; relative to slaughter houses and nuisances generally ;
relative to firing guns and fireworks in said village ; relative to
running horses in the same ; relative to a village watch, and light-
ing the streets of said village ; relative to restraining geese, swine
and cattle of any kind from running at large in the streets, rela-
tive to the inspection of weights and measures ; relative to the
keeping and regulating of hay scales ; relative to public markets ;
relative to taverns, groceries, oysters and victualing houses; rela-
tive to a common pound ; relative to the aqueducts and reservoirs
for supplying the village with water ; relative to keeping fire buck-
ets, and assisting to extinguish fires ; and generally, relative to
every thing whatever, which may concern the public good govern-
6 VII.LIAGE INCORPORATING ACT.
nient of said villag-e: Provided. That tlie same shall not be con-
trary to, or inconsistent with, the constitution or laws of this state
or the United States.
IV. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees, or a
majority of them, shall have power so often as they shall make,
ordain, and publish any by-laws for the purposes aforesaid, to
make, ordain, limit and provide such reasonable fines, penalties
and forfeitures, against the offenders of such by-laws, as they
may think proper, not exceeding twenty-five dollars for any one
offence, to be prosecuted and recovered before any justice of the
peace by the trustees of said village, to and for the use of said
corporation ; and in all cases it shall be deemed sufficient for such
trustees, in any action to be brought for any such fines, penalties
or forfeitures, to declare generally that the defendant is indebted
to the trustees of the village of Syracuse in the amount of such
fine, penalty or forfeiture, to be paid to the trustees for the time
being when thereunto required, and under such declaration to
give the special matter in evidence; and the freeholders and in-
habitants of the said village are hereby declared compatent to give
testimony in any cause, and the justices of the peace of the county
of Onondaga, resident in said village to try any cause, and the
freeholders of said village to serve as jurors in any cause wherein
said trustees are a party, notwithstanding any remote interest they
may have as members of said corporation.
V. And be if further enacted, That the said trustees, asses-
sors, treasurer, clerk, overseers of highways, pound keepers, con-
stables and collector, shall, within ten days after each and every
election and appointment, and before they proceed to execute the
duties of their respective offices, take and subscribe an oath or
affirmation, before any justice of the peace in said county, for the
faithful execution of the trust or office to which they may be sev-
erally chosen or appointed; and that the treasurer and collector
shall, before they enter on the duties of their offices, respectively
give such security for the faithful performance of the trust
reposed in them, as the majority of the said trustees shall deem
sufficient.
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VI. And he it further enacted, That the trustees, within ten
days after their election every year, or a major part of them, shall,
and it is made their duty, to choose and appoint some one suitable
person of their body to be president of said board of trustees,
whose duty it shall be when present, to preside at the meetings
of the trustees ; to order extraordinary meetings of the trustees
whenever he shall think proper ; to see that all the by-laws, rules
and ordinances of the board of trustees are duly executed and
observed ; to receive complaints of the breach of any of the by-
laws, and to prosecute in the name of the trustees, all offenders
against such by-laws ; and whose duty it shall be more particu-
larly, to see that the public property belonging to said village be
suitably taken care of and kept in order, and do such other acts
and things as may be proper for him as president of the board of
trustees to do; and in case of the death or disability or refusal to
serve of said president, the said trustees shall proceed to choose out
of their body a successor, in manner above mentioned; and it is
hereby made the duty of said trustees, to keep a record of their
doings, especially of the passing of by-laws, rules and regulations,
and a just and accurate account of their necessary expenses and
disbursements, at all reasonable times open to the examination of
the inhabitants of said village, and the treasurer shall pay no
monies belonging to said village, without the order of the trus-
tees, signed by a majority of the board; and such trustees and
president shall receive such compensation for their services, as
shall be granted and allowed by the inhabitants of said village,
at their annual meetings, and the said treasurer, clerk, assessor
and collector shall be paid such compensation as a majority of
the said trustees shall provide by a by-law for that purpose.
VII. And be it further enacted, That the said village of Syra-
cuse be and the same is hereby constituted a road district, subject
to be divided by the said trustees, and that the same be exempt
from the superintendence of the commissioners of highways of
the town of Salina ; and the said trustees of the village of Syra-
cuse shall have the same powers over the said road district, and
discharge all the duties which by law are given to and enjoined
» VILLAGE INCORPORATING ACT.
upon the commissioners of higlivvays. and subject to the Hke re-
strictions and appeals ; and the overseers of highways elected under
this act, shall have all the powers and discharge all the duties in
their several districts, which by law are given to or enjoined upon
other overseers of highways, giving in their lists and being ac-
countable to said trustees in the same manner as other overseers
of highways are bound by law to do, to the town clerk and to the
commissioners of highways.
VIII. And be it further enacted, That the collector shall,
within the time specified in the by-laws of said corporation, next
after the receipt of the warrant for the collection of any tax that
may have been ordered to be raised, collect and pay over the same
to the treasurer ; and the person in possession of any real property
in the village of Syracuse at the time any tax is assessed, shall be
liable to pay such tax ; and in case such person is not bound bv
contract or otherwise, to pay such tax or any part thereof, he or
she shall and may recover the same from the owner of such real
estate or person, whose duty it was to have paid the same; and
all taxes on any real estate within said village, shall be a lein
thereon, and if the same cannot be collected by the collector
within the time provided by the by-laws of the corporation, he
shall make return thereof to the trustees of said village ; and it
shall be lawful for the said trustees to advertise such lands for
six months in some newspaper printed in said village, requiring
the owner or owners to pay the sums assessed thereon to the treas-
urer of the corporation ; and that in case default shall be made in
such payment at a day and place therein to be subscribed, that all
such lands will be sold at public auction to the person who will ad-
vance the amount of such assessment, with ten per cent, interest
thereon, and the cost of such advertisement, for the shortest term of
years: and if, at the expiration of such notice, such owner shall
neglect or refuse to pay such tax, expense and interest, it shall be
lawful for said trustees, or a majority of them, to cause such land
to be sold at public auction, for a term of years, for the purposes
and in the manner expressed in such advertisement, and to give
a certificate of such sale under their corporate seal to the pur-
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chaser thereof ; and such purchaser, his executors, ad-
ministrators and assigns, shall by virtue thereof, and of
this act, lawfully hold and enjoy the same, for his and
their own use, against the owner thereof, and all
claiming under him, until the expiration of the term for which
such sale was made, and shall be entitled to remove from such
land any buildings or materials erected or put on by them after
such purchase: Provided, He shall have paid the taxes assessed
on such lands during the time he shall have held the same under
such purchase.
IX. And be it further enaeted, That it shall be the duty of
such clerk to keep a faithful record of all the doings and votes
of the inhabitants, at their annual and other legal meetings, in a
book to be provided by him for that purpose ; and in case of a
vacancy by death, removal, or refusal to serve, of any trustee,
assessor, clerk, treasurer, constable, overseer of highways, or
pound keeper, it shall be the duty of the board of trustees, by a
warrant under the hands of a majority of them, to appoint some
suitable person to fill such vacancy ; and the person so appointed
shall have like powers, and be subject to the same restrictions, as
if elected in the manner aforesaid.
X. And he it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the
trustees of said village to regulate the number and determine the
qualifications of persons to be licensed to keep taverns within the
same; and the commissioners of excise of the town of Salina are
hereby inhibited from granting any license to any person to keep a
tavern within said village, without such person first having had
and obtained a certificate from said trustees of his fitness to
receive such license ; and it shall and may be lawful for said trus-
tees, by writing under the seal of the corporation, to grant license
to so many persons as they shall think proper, to keep groceries,
victualing houses, oyster houses, or other shops or houses where
spirituous liquors are intended to be sold, to be drank in such
groceries, victualing houses, oyster houses, or other houses or
shops as aforesaid, and to retail spirituous liquors to be drank
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therein, and to receive for each Hcense such sum as they j-hall
think proper, from five to fifty dollars for each license ; and on
granting such license, to require such person to enter into a bond
to the trustees of said village in the sum of one hundred dollars,
conditioned that such person will not, during the time he shall
sell spirituous liquors as aforesaid, keep a disorderly house or
shop, or suffer any gaming or raffling or playing with cards or
dice, or keep a gaming table within such grocery or shop ; and in
case such person shall, during the time for which such license
was granted, be convicted of any offence contrary to the condition
of such bond, it shall be lawful for said trustees to revoke such
license ; and on notice thereof, it shall not be lawful for such per-
son any longer to sell any spirituous liquors in manner aforesaid
by virtue of such license.
XI. And be it further enacted. That all the rights, property
and powers of the trustees of the Syracuse water works, be and
are hereby vested in said corporation, subject to the obliga-
tions of the said trustees; and the several duties enjoined on said
trustees in and by the act, entitled " an act to supply the village
of Syracuse with wholesome water," passed 27th March, 1821,
shall hereafter be exercised by the trustees of said village.
XII. And be it further ejtacted, That the constables hereafter
to be chosen under this act, shall have the same powers, and be
subjected to the same duties in all cases, civil and criminal, within
the county of Onondaga, as constables elected by the town of Sa-
lina, at the annual town meeting ; and it shall be their special duty
to give notice to the trustees of said village of such breaches of
any of the by-laws and ordinances of said village, as shall come to
their knowledge; and the pound keeper hereafter to be chosen in
and for said village, shall have the same power and authority, and
be subjected to the same duties within said village, as by law
appertain to and belong to pound keepers chosen for the said
town of Salina.
XIII. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be
lawful for said trustees, or a majority of them, to appoint under
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their corporate seal any number of firemen not exceeding twenty
to each fire engine kept in repair for the use of said village, and
the whole, or any part of them, to remove at their pleasure, whose
duty it shall be to have the management, working and use of
the engines belonging to said village, and the other implements
for extinguishing fires, under the orders of the trustees acting as
fire-wardens.
XIV. A)id be it further enacted, That this act is hereby de-
clared a public act, and that the same be construed favorably and
benignly for every beneficial purpose therein contained, and that
all the rights and privileges hereby granted, be taken and granted,
subject to a right in the legislature to amend, alter or repeal the
same at their pleasure.
"SOME INCIDENTS OF THE VILLAGE OF SYRACUSE."
(Notes from the Address of George J. Gardner.)
In the course of his address George J. Gardner referred to the
epidemic of Asiatic cholera in 1832, " which killed hundreds of
people, prominent among whom were Elder N. J. Gilbert, first
pastor of the First Baptist Society ; Dr. Jonathan Day and Dr.
William Kirkpatrick. The latter was for twenty years superin-
tendent of the Onondaga Salt Springs, which was at that time a
prominent position. There was almost a famine as a result of the
cholera, and messengers had to be sent out for the necessities of
life. There were many burials at the time in the cemetery oppo-
site the Greenway Malt House. The consternation brought on
by that epidemic was almost unimaginable. After cold weather
set in the prominent citizens returned from their various exiles
and business was resumed."
" Scarcely eighteen months had elapsed," the speaker said,
" when a fire threatened the village and destroyed all property on
both sides of the Erie canal between Warren and Salina streets.
It was in the burning of the village's first museum that I saw
many shams exposed by the throwing out of the objects of inter-
est which had been gathered there. The animals supposed to
have been brought from the four corners of the earth, turned out
to be home made from wool and painted cloth and leather."
Mr. Gardner recalled the time when Armory Park was known
as Franklin Square, with a spring in the center, which was used
as a skating rink in winter. Another event of importance was the
convention of 1840, seven years before the village was incorpor-
ated as a city.
JUDGE FORM AN, FOUNDER OF THE VILLAGE AND
THE VILLAGE ATTORNEYS.
(By Hon. A. J. Northrup.)
" Joshua Forman was born in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess
County. N. Y., September 6th, 1777. He was educated at Union
College and studied law in Poughkeepsie and New York. He
came to Onondaga Valley in the spring of 1800 and opened a law
office. He formed a partnership with his brother-in-law, William
H. Sabine, in 1803. He was elected to the Legislature in 1807;
made judge of Onondaga County in 1813, and held the office ten
years. He was the first president of the village of Syracuse.
" Joshua Forman was active in the organization of the first
church of Onondaga Hill (1806), and that at the valley (1809),
and had a conspicuous part in the founding of Onondaga Acad-
emy (1813). He became a large land owner, possessing a large
share of the territory between the Valley and Salina, much of
which, however, he lost. He was one of the most earnest pro-
motors of the Erie canal.
" In 18 19, when the ultimate success of the canal (begun in
1817) was assured, he removed to Syracuse, and he may be said
to be its founder. He was active in organizing the First Presby-
terian Church in 1824. The village was incorporated in 1825,
Judge Forman being its first president. The city was incorpo-
rated in 1848.
" Upon November ist, 1825, upon the occasion of the grand
celebration of the canal completion, be spoke the address to Gov-
ernor Clinton and his suite. In 1826 he removed to New Jersey,
lived there until 1829, and then removed to North Carolina,
dying there in 1848. While in New Jersey Judge Forman drew
the safety fund law for New York. He was a man of great but
quiet force and wisdom ; engaged in large enterprises, and his
life was fruitful in great and good works."
Of the village attorneys Judge Northrup had compiled an inter-
esting historical table. The only one living at present (1900) is
James L. Bagg. The list, with the dates of their coming to Syra-
cuse, is as follows : —
John Wilkinson, from Skaneateles 1819
14 JUDGE I'ORMAN AND VILLAGE ATTORNEYS.
Joshua Forman, from Onondaga Valley 1819
Alfred Northam 1824
Harvey Baldwin 1826
Charles A. Baker, about 1826
Schuyler Strong- 1826
Henry Wheaton (& Davis) , Pompey
Elias W. Leavenworth 1827
B. Davis Noxon, from Onondaga Hill 1829
Thomas T. Davis, from Clinton, N. Y.. about 1831
Henry Davis, brother of T. T. Davis, about 1831
Tames S. Leach, (long partner T. T. Davis) 183T
George F. Comstock 1835
David Duncan Hillis. from Camillus 1837
James L. Bagg, from Berkshire County, Mass 1838
Nehemiah H. Earll, from Onondaga Hill 1838
Joseph F. Sabine, from Camillus 1839
James R. Lawrence, from Camillus 1840
Grove Lawrence (?) 1840
Charles B. Sedgwick, from Pompey 1842
Peter Outwater (?) 1842
Richard M. Woolworth (?)
Daniel Pratt, from Camillus, about 1843
Hamilton Burdick, from Otsego County 1843
Rowland H. Gardner, from Otsego Countv 1843
James Noxon, son of B. Davis Noxon, about 1843
B. Davis Noxon, Jr., about 1843
Israel S. Spencer, from Canastota 1845
Daniel P. Wood, from Pompey 1846
George W. Noxon, practicing in 1846
John Wilkinson was the first lawyer and first postmaster.
Joshua Forman's offices have been referred to above. Harvey
Baldwin was the first Mavor. Elias Leavenworth was Mayor,
Member of Congress and Secretary of State, besides holding
many other offices. Thomas T. Davis was member of Congress.
George F. Comstock was Judge of the Court of Appeals. Nehe-
miah H. Earll was Countv Judge. Joseph F. Sabine was ITnited
States Commissioner, and before him came the famous Terry
Rescue case. James R. T^awrence was the United States attorney
who presented the case, and was also Countv Judge. Grove Law-
rence was Countv Tudge. Richard Woolworth was Countv Judge.
Daniel Pratt was Jtistice of the Supreme Court. James Noxon
held a ■similar position. Israel S. Spencer was County Judge, and
Daniel P. Wood. State Senator.
PHYSICIANS OF THE VILLAGE OF SYRACUSE.
(By Dr. H. D. Didama.)
The official decrees of the Onondaga Historical Society, like
the statutes of the Medes and Persians, seem to be irrevocable
and unalterable.
The President, following the example of the centurion in the
Scripture, says to his servant, " do this and he doeth it," what-
ever may be his conflicting engagements or sense of incompetence.
So, whatever imperfections and failures — and they are multi-
tudinous — are specially prominent in my brief notices of certain
medical practitioners, they should be charged to the amiable but
inexorable czar of this Association.
* * *
During the evolution of the Village of Syracuse, as you all
know, it passed through a variety of appellations : Bogardus Cor-
ners in 1808; Milan, 1809; South Salina, 1812; Cossitts Corners,
1815; Corinth, 1818; till it reached its final nominal resting place
in 1820 — this last name suggested by John Wilkinson, the first
postmaster, because, as tradition informs us, it was located, like
its Sicilian ancestor, near a place called Salina where salt
abounded.
The village — as you also know — was not incorporated till
1825. It remained in this condition for twenty-three years, be-
coming a city with a Mayor and four wards in 1848.
Dr. Swan was the first physician who located in this region.
* * *
During the digging of the Erie canal from 1817 to 1820 the
amount of sickness, suffering and distress in the swampy region
about Syracuse is declared by the historian to have been " almost
beyond conception."
* * *
Dr. Bassett, a prominent and faithful physician at this time,
was succeeded by Drs. Colvin and Jonathan Day.
* * *
The Onondaga Medical Society was organized in 1806.
l6 PHYSICIANS OF VILLAGE.
I have a list of all the members who at some period resided
in the Village of Syracuse. For all. or nearly all, the names and
dates in the list. I am indebted to the volumes of Onondaga's
Centennial prepared by General D.H. Bruce. It will be impossible
for me to give even a passing notice of the forty physicians who
joined the Society while residing in the village. Want of time
and lack of material facts restrain me. I shall refer briefly to a
few whom I knew personally or from reliable information.
In 1823 a prize was offered by the Society for the best disser-
tation on " some chronic disease." Dr. Jonathan Day was the
successful competitor. At the time of the prevailing alarm in
1832 concerning Asiatic cholera Dr. Day was one of a committee
appointed by the Society' to prepare resolutions and advice calcu-
lated to allay the fears of the public and to guard against attacks
of the dreadful disease. But the doctor himself, prudent, courage-
ous and fearless, was one of its first victims. His associate on the
committee, Dr. L}'man Clary, escaped.
* *
Dr. J. C. Hanchett and Dr. Clar\' united with the Society in
1830. In the same year resolutions were adopted condemning
the use of ardent spirits as a beverage, and declaring that for
medical purposes alcohol in any form should not be prescribed to
an extent to endanger the temperate habits of patients. Some
of us can remember that at this very time the habitual use of
intoxicating drinks was almost universal. Travelers fortified
themselves against the cold of winter by drinking hot toddy when
leaving home or hotel. Farmers could not secure harvesters un-
less a liberal supply of whisky was provided in advance. No barn
could be erected without a pailful of milk punch.
Some of the most distinguished members of Congress never
attempted to orate unless a large glass of brandy rested within
easy reach on the desk — and the glass was always empty when the
harangue ended. Eminent and even pious poets drew their inspir-
ation from the cup which cheers inebriates. And now and then.
PHYSICIANS OF VILLAGE. 1 7
a minister of the Gospel prepared his sermon and preached it
under the influence of that mocker which biteth hke a serpent and
stingeth like an adder.
* *
The times and practices of seventy years ago have changed
somewhat and are still changing — slowly but surely. The people
are learning that intoxicating beverages are useless, expensive,
harmful and dangerous. And the number of physicians is increas-
ing every day who not only endorse the resolutions of their
worthy brothers of 1830, but who go still farther and do not pre-
scribe alcohol in any circumstances whatever.
* * *
Dr. John \^^ Hanchett joined the Society in 1824 although
he did not settle in Syracuse till two years later. He was the son
of Captain Oliver Hanchett of the Revolutionary Army. For a
short time Dr. Hanchett was associated with Dr. Mather Wil-
liams. These were the days when malarial diseases prevailed, for
which quinine was. as it is now. the chief remedy. And nearly
every well-regulated family had — as it has not now — on hand for
almost every emergency, blue pills and a bottle of picra. But Dr.
Hanchett had the axiom. " Little medicine but much good nurs-
ing." From a brief biography we learn that he was habitually
quiet and unobtrusive but clear in thought and ready in repartee.
Once when a loud-mouthed neighbor stalked into his office and
bellowed, " Doctor, what is good to give my little girl ? " The
instantaneous answer was, "hasty pudding and milk." " Hasty
pudden and milk? Yes, but she's sick." " Oh," said the Doctor,
" that makes a difiference ; you didn't say she was sick."
The Doctor was one of the charter members of the First Pres-
byterian Church of Syracuse village and discharged his duties
modestly and faithfully. He left two sons — one, John C. Han-
chett. who united with the Societ}' in 1830 and was the father of
the accomplished Dr. Juliet Hanchett of our city.
* * *
The eminent Dr. Clary was specially active and efficient in
t8 physicians of village.
all matters pertaining to the preservation of public health. He
was the president of the Society in 1846 and was the first presi-
dent of the Homaepathic County Society which was organized in
1863. He lived respected and esteemed by all who knew him in-
timately. Ripe in years and experience he died in May, 1876.
■1* T* T*
Dr. Azariah B. Shipman, well known as an eminent surgeon
and employed even in distant parts of the State, left in his will,
subject to the use by his wife during her lifetime, a bequest of
$500 for a medical library. The money has been received, but for
want of a suitable and safe library-room it has not yet been in-
vested in books.
* * *
Dr. Proctor Caleb Samson, born in 1804, was the grandson
of Caleb Samson a direct descendant of Henry Samson, who came
to America in the Mayflower in 1620. Many citizens of Syra-
cuse remember this genial, versatile, sympathetic and handsome
doctor, who was president of the Society in 1847 ^"^1 who added to
his medical acquirements the gifts of an able musician. " He was
an exquisite player on the flute and a singer of rare sweetness."
It was said of him that his visits to the sick-room were like "bursts
of sunshine to the weary suflFerers." His patients might and prob-
ably did say to him, your visits do us a world of good if you don't
leave any medicine. This remark if emphasized differently might
not have seemed so complimentary, viz: yovir visits do a world
of good — if you don't leave any medicine. Dr. Samson passed on
in 1865, dearly beloved and lamented.
* * *
Dr. James Foran was known throughout the village and city
— 'especially in the First Ward — as an instrumental accoucher.
He was observing and active during the cholera epidemic of 1832.
* * *
The scholarly and brilliant Dr. James C. Stuart and Dr.
Thomas Spencer, formerly professor in Geneva Medical College,
PHYSICIANS OF VILLAGE. I9
joined the Society in 1839. Dr. Spencer removed to Philadelphia.
Dr. Stuart passed away in 1870.
* * *
In 1844 Dr. Amos Westcott, one of the most eminent dentists
in the country, was admitted. He was a professor in, if not the
founder of, a Southern dental college. He held the offices of
Alderman and Mayor, and died in 1873.
Drs. John F. Trowbridge and Joseph P. Dunlap were ad-
mitted the year Syracuse was about to doff its village garments
and don its city regalia, 1848. Dr. Trowbridge who was a promi-
nent citizen and a physician specially admired by his numerous
patients, died in 1872.
Dr. Dunlap was a faithful, gentle, sympathetic physician,
greatly beloved. His consistent, exemplary conduct and conver-
sation and his scrupulous attention to religious duties commanded
the respect of all who knew him and were a constant benediction
and benefaction to the whole community. He was bom in 1809
and had passed his four score years when he was called to the
loved ones gone before.
PRESS OF THE VILLAGE.
(By Hon. Carroll E. Smith. LL. D.)
An active, alert and public spirited place like the Syracuse
from 1820 to 1848, naturally produces marked characters and de-
velops striking characteristics. The village was an excellent field
for individual ambition and the time for the gaining of promi-
nence. It v\^as so with the clergymen, the lawyers, the physicians,
the business men and also the journalists. The conductor of the
weekly newspaper was a man of mark, and when a man of brains
and character, he was an influential personage. It was my for-
tune to know, and with some degree of intimacy, all the leading
Syracuse journalists of the village period, and I may be permitted
briefly to trace some of their characteristics.
First, I may note that there were in the larger towns of Onon-
daga County, in the early years of the century, weekly news-
papers of ability and character, which made their mark upon the
times. Not less than a dozen of these papers existed before any
press was established in the settlement or village which later be-
came Syracuse. Manlius had the first newspapers in the county,
and from 1806 to 1830 they were conducted by strong men, the
ablest being the late Thurlow Weed, who later made a great
reputation as journalist and politician. Onondaga Hollow had its
first newspaper in 181 1, published by Thomas C. Fay, with Thur-
low Weed as its practical printer. In 1814 Lewis H. Redfield
established his Register at the Hollow, commanding the literary
service of Lewis Gaylord and Willis Gaylord Clark, and he con-
tinued it until 1829 when it was merged with the Syracuse
Gazette, the first paper here. Onondaga Hill had its first paper
in t8i6, Evander Morse, publisher, and the poet-author, William
Ray, its editor. This paper became the Onondaga Journal, under
\'ivus W. Smith, in 1827, and in 1829, when the county seat was
located at Syracuse, The Journal was merged with the Syracuse
Advertiser in the Onondaga Standard.
The first newspaper issued in Syracuse was The Gazette,
started by John Durnford in April, 1823, and continued in union
PRE^vSS OF VILLAGE. 21
with the Syracuse Advertiser for six years. The first paper pub-
Hshed in the village of Salina was The Sentinel, started by Reu-
ben St. John, in 1826, and afterwards as the Salina Herald con-
tinued about two years. The first daily paper in Syracuse was
The Evening Mail, published by Vivus W. Smith for three
months in 1833, and the next was The Morning Sentinel, by N.
M. D. Lathrop, in 1843, which was continued about a year, when
it became a weekly and as such was published for seven years.
During the village estate of Syracuse many newspai>ers were
started, most of them running brief careers and going out. The
Onondaga Standard, established September loth, 1829, and The
Daily Standard, started in June, 1846, have been continued ever
since, with a brief stoppage of the daily, and the papers being
finally merged in The Post-Standard. Connected with The
Standard in its earlier days were Vivus W. Smith, Silas F.,
Thomas A. and Asahel L. Smith, a family of newspaper men who
spent their lives in that pursuit. Other conductors were John F.
Wyman, William L. Crandall, Marcellus Farmer, P. H. Agan,
Moses and William Summers. The Western State Journal, start-
ed March 20th, 1839, by V. W. and S. F. Smith, who for politi-
cal reasons had separated from The Standard, and it later became
The Weekly Journal and The Daily Journal, the latter established
July 4th, 1844, the first successful daily here. Later conductors
of these papers were Henry Barnes, Augustus S. Smith, Seth
Haight, T. S. and J. G. K. Truair, with V. W. Smith, Edward
Cooper, George Terwilliger, Andrew Shuman, Anson G. Chester,
Rodney L. Adams and others as its editors.
The Syracuse Star was an independent daily from 1846 until
1853, and passed through many vicissitudes and sensations.
James Kinney, Francis A. Marsh, George F. Comstock, Winslow
M. Watson, S. Corning Judd and Edward Hoagland were its
conductors. Out of The Star came The Syracuse Courier, Daily
and Weekly, which flourished in the city period. Its successor is
The Evening Telegram. In the city period also came The Syra-
cuse Evening Herald, founded January 15th, 1877, by Arthur
Jenkins, and it has continued under his management at the head
22 PRESS OF VIIJ.AGK.
of tin' Herald Company ever since and has won a phenomenal
success. It is an indciK^ndent journal, which by the aid of pic-
torial illustrations, which it introduced in its field, and by numer-
ous expedients of sensational enterprise has become a leading
newspaper in Central New York. The starting of The Morning
Post and the consolidation with it of The Standard have fur-
nished an able and enterprising newspaper in the morning field.
In national campaigns of former years special political publi-
cations of high merit were issued. The Bugle Blast, 1844, and
The Clay Banner, 1848, were Whig campaign papers, issued by
S. F. Smith ; and Young Hickory by Smith and Farmer, 1844,
The Free Soil Campaigner by Agan and Smith in 1848, were the
principal of these.
These were the principal newspapers issued in Syracuse dur-
ing its history as a village, and some of them continued into its
cityhood, but in the course of half a century there were numerous
weekly and daily newspapers started, the memory of which has
mainly faded out from the public mind. There were many ex-
}>eriments in political, literary, educational, religious and miscel-
laneous publications, which had temporary purposes and having
done their work or failed in it, they were discontinued.
There were unique publications in the early journalism in this
place. Gerrit Smith was the actual editorial writer for The Lib-
erty Party Paper, which he supported and circulated in the anti-
slavery crusade in 1848-50. The distinguished lawyer, George F.
Comstock, was the real editor of the Syracuse Star in the same
period, when that paper espoused the pro-slaver}^ cause and de-
fended the fugitive slave law. Judge Daniel Pratt and Judge
William C. Ruger were interested in The Courier and contributed
to its columns.
One of the earliest of the local newspaper men was Joseph B.
Clark, best known as "Veto" Clark, from his habit of carrying in
his pocket copies of President Jackson's veto messages, on which
he based heated political discussions at the street corners. He was
peculiar in appearance and manner, and he alternated his news-
paper work with that of the volunteer and silent mourner who fol-
PRESS OF VILLAGE. 23
lowed cholera victims to their burial in the midnight hour during
the terrible seasons of that epidemic, 1832-34.
John Durnford, the first Syracuse publisher, was a stalwart
personage, a native of the West Indies. His newspaper antedated
the village corporation. Its first issue contained one mercantile
advertisement and half a dozen patent medicine advertisements.
He was a practical philanthropist and served as Overseer of the
Poor as much for the love of doing good as for the compensation
of the office. He was the first Village Treasurer and filled other
offices of trust. He lived to a good old age and saw the early
predictions of a large city fulfilled.
Hiram Cummings was an eccentric personage, who delighted
in lofty titles and exalted personal airs. He called his paper The
Empire State Democrat and Onondaga County Review, a stag-
gering name for a commonplace weekly. When John Tyler as
President lost all his former-time friends, Cummings in his paper
spoke for him here, and in return he was made distributor of offi-
cial patronage, which he dispensed with a lofty hand. This was
a ludicrous side of politics.
Quite dififerent but on similar lines S. Corning Judd, as con-
ductor of the Star, became the Fillmore agent and dispenser of
federal offices in this county. He it was who went into local his-
tory by issuing daily bulletins as clerk of the Health Board in a
cholera season, in these words : " No more cholera by order
of the Board. S. Coming Judd. clerk." In his time the post-
office was in the east wing of the old Syracuse House, and it was
Judd's every morning habit to appear at the delivery window and
shout: "Anything from Washington this morning?" If an-
swered in the negative he would add : " Wonder what in Hades
the administration is doing." Judd removed to Illinois and be-
came a high churchman of influence.
Washington Van Zandt, a retired clergy^man of great brilli-
ancy, edited the Star and the Transcript in late village days. He
was a polished writer and indited poetical editorials. His career
as journalist, like that of clergyman, was brief and unsatisfactory
because of the lack of moral stamina.
24 PRESS OF VILLAGE.
John Newland Moffit, also a brilliant but erratic preacher,
essayed journalism with meteoric and startling effects. He later
went to Mobile, and in the war of the Rebellion commanded a
famous rebel privateer.
Robert R. Raymond was another brilliant preacher and writer.
He had an attractive ]>ersonality and was successful both in the
pulpit and on the tripod. He was an advanced abolitionist, and
when " Jerry " was in the custody of the United States Marshals
he openly advocated the rescue of the fugitive and denounced
the fugitive slave law as an iniquitous enactment which should be
disregarded. He became the foremost Shaksperean scholar and
interpreter in the country. While editor of the Evening Chronicle
he exhibited a peculiarity in writing editorials continued from day
to day like a serial story. But he always wrote well.
William L. Crandall had been an old Hunker, Pro-Slavery
editor, but when " Jerry " was in captivity as a fugitive from slav-
ery he could no longer restrain his liberty-loving feeling, and gave
evidence of it by breaking into the First Presbyterian Church,
climbing into the steeple, and standing upon the trap door so as
to prevent interference, he caused the bell to ring out liberty
peals which called the people together to assert the right of indi-
vidual liberty. He also was a foremost advocate of the free
school system and published educational books.
Thomas L. Carson was the conductor of the State League,
a temperance publication, and the originator of the Carson league,
whose purfx)se was the suppression by moral suasion of the bar
and the saloon. He spent a moderate fortune in furthering the
reform of evils which he himself had experienced.
Levi W. Hall was the editor for several years of the District
School Journal, the organ of the State School Department ; he
published several literary papers and conducted a successful fam-
ily journal. He gave to the world Fremont's expedition in the
Rocky Mountains in book form. He it was who got the word
" Skedaddle" recognized in Webster's dictionary.
Winslow M. Watson, a former Washington correspondent,
distinguished himself in the Star by elaborate biographies of pub-
PRESS OF village;. 25
lie men. He had a faculty of knowing everybody and of telling
a great deal about them.
General William H. Moseley conducted the Syracusean and
Onondaga County Review, which was published early in the vil-
lage's existence and occasionally in later times. His little weekly
was as eccentric as its publisher. He had been a general of mili-
tia down East, and that and the fact that he was the first store-
keeper on the site of the Wieting Opera House formed the capital
stock on which he subsisted. He might have been the model of
Dickens' " Turveydrop " or " Micawber." In his genial, hopeful
good nature the courtly old General always was looking for
something to turn up to his advantage.
John F. Wyman was a sterling citizen and successful pub-
lisher, who had an active part in launching newspapers with per-
manent careers. In his heyday there was a local social division
on the lines of aristocracy and the common people. The issue
came to a climax at a ball held in the Mansion House Hall. The
company divided, each faction taking a side of the house. Wy-
man was left standing in the middle, alone. Being asked why he
did not go to one side or the other, he declared that he belonged
to neither ; that he was neither patrician nor plebeian ; that in fact
he was an artisan. This was his notion of the journalist's rank
in society.
In a like division John K. Barlow, a kindly man and a good
newspaper worker, went to the aristocratic side, and one day,
dressed in the height of fashion, as he was passing along Genesee
street, in front of the Franklin Building he encountered a house
painter on a ladder, whom he ordered out of his way, whereupon
the painter, possibly by accident, upset his paint pot over Barlow,
smearing his tall hat and broadcloth clothes with the paint. The
incident created an amusing sensation.
Patrick H. Agan, for twenty years the Standard's editor, was
conservative and moderate. He was prominent in affairs and held
offices of trust. In late years he wrote elaborately on the early
history of county and city.
Judge William C. Ruger had a fondness for newspaper con-
26 PRESS OF VIIJ<AGE.
troversy and was the author of an exhaustive series of articles
with the object of provin^r that the Cardiff giant was a petrified
man. He made a clear and positive lawyer-like argument.
Joshua Forman, the founder of Syracuse, was a frequent con-
tributor to the local press. He wrote the ablest series of news-
paper articles published, in advocacy of the Erie canal project,
its feasibility and prospective value. He also clearly foreshad-
owed the future of Syracuse, in which he had an abounding faith.
John Wilkinson, who was Forman's associate in laying out
Syracuse as a village, and suggested its name, also was a frequent
newspaper contributor, and he published a series of strong arti-
cles favoring the sale by the State of its canal properties. He also
wrote forcibly on railroad topics.
A family of Smiths produced journalists in three generations.
Five brothers, Vivus W., Thomas A., Asahel L., Silas F. and Au-
gustus S. Smith, came here from Berkshire County, Mass., and
were conspicuous in the journalism of both village and city for
more than half a century. Vivus W., it is agreed, was the strong-
est political writer this locality ever had. Thomas A. was a stu-
dent of literature and a poet of merit. The others were practical
newspaper managers, and to Silas F. is due the credit of first
introducing the distinct local news department into daily news-
papers. Of this family the second and third generations have fol-
lowed in journalistic footsteps.
George J. Gardner came here in 1829, when L. H. Redfield
bought his Register, and was with him for several years in that
paper. He then graduated into the book trade, became a fireman
and militiaman in the early village, a banker, an Alderman of the
city, an Odd Fellow and Mason of national renown and a local
historian.
Marcellus Farmer, was from the South, and in a brief career
here made his mark. He managed the Standard and then the
Journal. He was a shrewd business man, a good journalist. Go-
ing to California with the argonauts, he accumulated wealth, and
on a sea voyage went down with the Central America steamship
oflf Hatteras.
PReSS OF V1I.I.AGE;. 2/
William II. Burleigh, author, orator, poet and reforrn'cr, one of
the brilliant iJurleigh brothers, who so ably advanced anti-slavery
discussion, conducted the Temperance Protector, and was an in-
tellectual influence in the community.
Other names of prominence occurring to me are those of Luth-
er Lee, Joseph Barber, Seth Haw ley, J. M. Patterson, Gen. John
A. Green and Gen. John J. Peck, each of whom at some time
years ago had journalistic relations. On this side of the date of
city organization is a long list of able men who have been actively
or tentatively concerned in journalism in Syracuse and have done
strong and useful work in the local press.
Scores of other persons, many of them of marked characteris-
tic, took a part in local journalism, and although their careers were
brief in this relation, many bright though transitory records were
made. One of the best of the purely literary publications was
The Literary Union, issued for a year and a half about the time
of the change from village to city, by James M. Winchell, later
United States Senator from Kansas, James Johonnot and W. W.
Newman, all well known school teachers, the last named sur-
viving.
The German political press was able and influential. Its
pioneer was George Saul, with the Onondaga Democrat, and
later the Syracuse Democrat ; which became the Syracuse Union ;
and the Syracuse Central Demokrat, started by Joseph A. Hoff-
man.
The religious press has at times had strong representatives
here. The Religious Recorder, The Wesleyan, The Evangelical
Pulpit, The Northern Christian Advocate, The Gospel Messenger
and The Catholic Sun have been the principal of these in the vil-
lage and city periods.
In these brief references to the newspapers and newspaper
makers in Syracuse, necessarily the line between village and city
has been crossed ; but I do not attempt to treat, even cursorily,
the press since the city's organization.
There was an occasional feature in the early village newspaper
field, viz., the "switch" that happily passed out of existence on
28 PRESS or VILLAGE.
journalism taking on higher character. Tlie afterwards distin-
guished critic of writers and their works, Rufus W. Griswold, is-
sued the spicy Httle weekly,The Porcupine, when he was just com-
ing into manhood. It dealt mainly in personal scandals and vitri-
olic attacks upon prominent people. Later on, A. B. F. Ormsby
issued The Spy, which was a sensation monger that performed
no good object. " Long John " Abbott for a year or two edited
The Archimedian, a paper of the same class. Abbott, tall, lank
and cadaverous, was an original and unique personage, of genial
and happy disposition, whose sensation mongering had no trace
of bitterness.
The Impartial Citizen was issued during the period of intensest
Abolition agitation, by Samuel R. Ward, a genuine negro of
marked ability and attic wit. He had been a slave and was a fugi-
tive. He was a magnetic preacher and a forceful newspaper
writer. His paper was able and serviceable.
There were in that epoch of journalism very bitter political
rivalries, and intense personal feeling was often manifested by
editors of opposing faiths and interests. It was an era of personal
controversy and not infrequently abuse and billingsgate usurped
the place of legitimate argument. This feature gradually wore
away, and gave place to the amenities and courtesies which far bet-
ter grace a lofty and influential profession, whose functions bear
close relationship with the great public and should be conducted
upon the highest plane of dignity, integrity and honor.
The weekly issue answered for those times. Its production
was in few hands. I have seen the distinguished editor who had
put powerful effort into the columns of his paper, operate labori-
ously the hand press that printed the weekly edition. And the
publisher and business man engaged in mailing the copies. It was
only two years before Syracuse was made a city that the first
steam power press was set up here, and that press was a marvel
in that it printed 1,200 copies in an hour.
Now the steam press produces 20,000 copies or more per hour,
and electricity does the mailing. In the '30s there was no tele-
graph, the railroads were just coming in, and the slow mail and
PRESS OF VILLAGE. 29
faster postrider carried news from town to town and the printed
sheets were likewise circulated. It was at just the time that the
steam press came into use that telegraph bulletins began to be
transmitted. Before that the news heading in the paper was " By
Post," with a postman on horseback pictured. Then came the
heading " By Telegraph," and poles and wires and forked light-
ning constituted the picture. President's and Governor's mes-
sages were transmitted by horseback riders, with relays along the
route, and in an early Syracuse instance, vividly recalled, the
rider, who had outdistanced competition, brought hither the mes-
sage in triumph, he astride a cannon, which had announced his
coming. In those days the first newspaper page was filled with
foreign intelligence a fortnight old, Congressional proceedings a
week old, and on other pages were the " Poet's Comer," a story
column, and a few news paragraphs, while the editorial leader
discussed a single prominent topic in from one to three columns,
and perhaps there followed two or three paragraphs of general or
local news. The advertisements of those times are even now
especially interesting; they were original, unique and often fan-
tastic. Nevertheless, in the slower times, before railroads and
telegraphs and telephones, the people were newspaper readers
and they were intelligent and well informed. Public questions
were well considered and wisely acted upon. In these more rapid
times of steam and electricity, there is more elaborateness and
more speed, and the news of the world is in detail spread out in
the printed sheet at breakfast and at tea time. The printed sheet
has superceded the platform and the orator, and it fills the place
of the pulpit and preacher. What was a luxury in the earlier
times is now a necessitv of dailv life.
BUSINESS MEN OF THE VILLAGE.
(By John T. Roberts.)
The beginnings of history, like the edges of that dear old coat,
or the outskirts of even our very tidy towns, are apt to be ragged.
Histor}' overtakes us unawares. We are in it without warning
and without intention of our own ; and we are out of it when we
most desire to be counted as factors. If people could only know,
when they enter into relations or enter upon undertakings, if they
could comprehend that they are beginning to be pioneers and are
making of themselves somebody's ancestors, surely then they would
dress up their conduct and prepare for shapely fortunes. As it
is we find that the beginnings of great things are often of the
meanest type, and much of the story has to be suppressed or told
in w^hispers on anniversary days.
Our Onondaga Herodotus tells us that the first Syracuse mer-
chant was one Dole, — a name that probably described his case and
his surroundings. We know him only in name. The location of
his store was undoubtedly on the North Side, but the evidence on
which I base this conclusion I must not here examine. Let the
North Side have Dole without another word.
Of General Granger's store, on the site of the present Gridley
Block, there is little recorded information, though the perma-
nence of proprietorship in his case gave the store unwritten fame
down to quite recent times. General Granger either spurned the
advantages of advertising or else his political bias kept him from
relations with the village printer, Mr. John Durnford.
It would be impossible in this brief exercise to even call the
roll of the men who at the outset constituted the business frater-
nity and made the town what it was by their faith and their works,
and I shall limit my attempts to the mentioning of a few of those
who, while wisely seeking trade, embalmed their memories in
printer's ink.
A complete and well preserved set of Mr. Dumford's Syra-
cuse Gazette is on file in these rooms, and these old sheets tell us
about all that is easily discoverable alx>ut most of the business
men of the earliest Svracuse. To be sure the news columns of
BUSINESS MEN OP" VILLAGE. 3 1
the paper are absolutely silent on local affairs. Even so moment-
ous an event as that which we commemorate to-night was men-
tioned at the time only in three lines of print, (April 13, 1825),
and was never afterwards referred to. But the business adver-
tising of that time was most instructive. Every merchant or
mechanic or professional man, who paid the editor for announcing
to the public where he was to be found and what he had to sell,
was contributing important material for the construction of Onon-
daga County's ancient history. They took the greatest pains,
sometimes extending the effort through a half dozen lines, to ex-
actly locate their places of business. This is partly explainable
from the fact that the place was new, and each new comer feared
to be overlooked. Two or three leading stores and the two hotels
were used as starting points. Kasson & Heermans' general store
and Mr. Williston's Mansion House on the North Side and Dr.
Day's drug store and Mr. Mann's Syracuse House got the benefit
of gratuitous mention in fully one half the local business adver-
tisements for at least the first five years of the publication of the
Gazette.
Judged by space occupied in the ad. columns the Syracuse
Book Store was the most important concern in the village. One
needs to know that these ads. were inserted free, the editor being
the book merchant. Both under Mr. Durnford's and afterwards
under Mr. Redfield's management this was a really great business
and the store was the headquarters for the better class of village
loungers, the intellectual folks in their idleness. Its location, as
I figure it out, was a little east from General Granger's. The
remnant of it remained down to war times in the well remem-
bered store of Mr. Edwards, the predecessor of T. W. Durston.
But Mr. Durnford's was more than a book store. Along with
the most astounding array of book titles, solemn and stately, he
announced the latest liver pills, the great Dr. Pomeroy's razor
strop, glassware, an occasional piece of real estate and always
his ad. ended with a strong appeal for linen and cotton rags.
Kasson & Heermans have been especially celebrated by men-
tion in Clark's memoirs. They were a bold, steady-going firm,
^2 BUSINESS MEN OF VILLAGE.
carrying an immense stock of every sort of goods and doing a big
business in forwarding. Every new man apparently regarded this
old firm with respectful envy.
Another member of the family, Archie Kasson, did a large
business in hardware as early as 1823, and hi§ account books, on
file in these rooms, contain a vast amount of business history,
much of it painful to unfold. His store was on the South Side
and so well known that he seldom attempted to fix location.
Herman Walbridge was a good advertiser in 1824. He kept
a general store about where the Court House stands. His brother
Chester did an apparently vacillating business for a number of
years and in 1828 announced the establishment of the Globe Fac-
tory on the margin of the Erie canal at the first lock east from the
village. He boasted of his great waterpower and described an
assortment of things made that rivaled the creation described in
Genesis.
V. Cook & Co. did a dry goods business for at least two years
between the Mansion House (Empire) and the Court House.
Their adroit announcement of no trusting takes this form : "Those
who wish to pay cash for goods are invited to call."
Davison & Blackman started a new store in that row, next
to the hotel, in 1826. They sold dry goods and wet goods, and
tavern keepers were particularly invited to call.
Somewhere in that block, Theodore Ashley in 1826 opened a
cabinet shop and store and called for large amounts of basswood
lumber. Probably on the north side of Church street, where the
Farmers' Exchange is located, a Mr. Beebee opened a store in
1826 for " fancy and staple dr}^ goods." and he made a specialty
of " medicated oiled silk for infallible cure of gout, rheumatism,
colds, etc., approved by all the most eminent physicians in the
United States."
Mat. W. & G. Davis restricted their efforts to selling stoves
and to writing fire insurance. They were probably on the site of
the County Clerk's Oflfice, and on the Court House corner or pos-
sibly on the Clinton Block site, was the store of George B. Mor-
gan, a rival to Mr. Durnford in the book trade. Probably on
BUSINESS MEN OF VILLAGE. 33
Church street, between Salina and CHnton, was Russell Hibbard's
harness shop. He was willing to take in trade any quantity of
farm produce or salt. Eleazar Hibbard, presumably his brother,
had a dyeing establishment almost cross Salina street from the
Mansion House, either on the site of this building or a little
farther north. He announced his ability to color farmers' fleeces
or merchants' damaged calicoes and make them saleable.
Somewhere on this side, and near the corners, was in 1826,
the merchant tailor shop of R. Holmes, and in his ad. is found
the first mention of ready-made garments. If I am correctly in-
formed that shop was continued under various names until it be-
came the original Yates clothing house.
R. & S. Stewart, somewhere west from the Mansion House,
and probably beyond Clinton street, for a number of years con-
ducted a large store for the sale of dry goods, crockery, groceries
and wall paper. They advertised freely and frankly. A post-
script was frequently added to their general announcement such
as this : " The subscribers would barely mention to those in-
debted to them that their patience is nearly exhausted."
There was a barber shop in 1825 probably on the site of this
building, (Syracuse Savings Bank), for early in 1826 we read
the announcement that "Wm. Reynolds, Barber and Hair Dress-
er, continues business at his old stand =f= * * where with the
aid of keen razors, sharp scissors and a knowledge of the fash-
ions as they vary, he has no doubt but that he will be able to
render perfect satisfaction to all who apply for his professional
services. He has on hand a general assortment of perfumes at
wholesale and retail and the best Spanish segars that the village
of Syracuse affords.
" He will attend to his profession on Sunday mornings until
10 o'clock, after which his shop will be closed. No hair cutting
on Sundays. A liberal price paid for human hair."
In 1826 a new chair factory was announced by Hoi comb &
Sackett on the west side of Salina street in the Empire House
Block, where large quantities of bass wood lumber would be paid
for in cash.
34 BUSINESS MEN OF VILLAGE.
Over on the South Side Dr. Jona Day's drug- store was called
in 1826 an "old establishment." It was just south from the Syra-
cuse House, and everybody knew about it. The most wonderful
medicines were sold there through a long term of years. Over it
was Mr. Seaman's school, vouched for by its trustees, A. Kasson,
J. W. Hanchett and G. Hooker. In the same ad. the same trus-
tees announced Mr. Ostrander's school at the school house in
Church street.
On the north side of Hanover Square N. & A. Tupper sold
agricultural machinery. They expended several inches in a col-
umn describing a macine for cutting up hay and straw and ex-
patiating upon the added nutritive value from cutting. Some-
where in that row Stillson & Grover had their painting and paper-
ing shop, and there also was the grain store of Mann & Millen,
a business that was continued to the war time and that caused
Hanover Square to become the regular grain market.
I can only mention the first advertised blacksmith shop, that
of Van Heusen & Moshell on the corner of Warren and Genesee
streets, and the first livery stable, Bacon & Woodruff, on Warren
street.
The first announcement of seeds and nursery stock appears in
1828: "Garden seeds, flower seeds and English strawberry
plants for sale at the. Syracuse Village Gardens by John Boyd."
The first marble yard was announced in 1827. Isaac Stanton
had moved from Salina village to the corner of Salina and Church
streets, and would cheerfully take orders for all styles of grave
stones.
A very early milliner was Miss Perkins, who had every sort of
fashionable headwear and would receive in payment for hats
many kinds of country produce.
A. Daumas & Co.. profuse advertisers, had a drug store where
the Bank of Syracuse is now. Among their innumerable special-
ties were " loadstone files for the perfect eradication of corns."
Perhaps the most perfect representation of the miscellaneous store
was that of iNIann & Dickinson, who sold dry goods, groceries,
crockery, glassware, nails, steel axes, hardware, codfish, women's
BUSINESS MEN OP VILLAGE. 35
leather and prunell shoes, mackerel, salt, shingles and pine lumber,
and were anxious to buy good house ashes ; while Samuel Mead
announced fall and winter dry goods, crockery and glassware,
codfish, plug tobacco, spices and fanning mills.
I must not entirely omit that most rushing business of all, the
lottery. Many of our stores were agencies for the great lottery
schemes, but two merchants in particular looked after that line.
S. C. Brewster, who kept the " Mint & Mine Office," filled column
after column with his enticing offers of wealth for a trifle in-
vested ; but he was more than matched by Norton, who always
employed rhyme in his glowing ads. Here are a couple of his
stanzas :
" There are moments in life which may sadden us,
Which a man of true merit despises ;
The goddess Dame Fortune will gladden us.
And Norton sells lots of rich prizes."
And the closing one:
" Then no longer your sorrows be telling.
Nor blubber and whine like a dunce.
Go to Norton's, where prizes are selling.
And end all your troubles at once."
Postmaster John Wilkinson's first list of advertised letters
gives us these names: Wm. L. Burk, Joseph Doty and Wife, Jona-
than Johnson, Samuel Milks, Henry Newton, John G. Sterns,
Seth Spencer, Thomas Spencer.
The early auctioneer should claim a moment's attention.
Jewelry, notions and even dry goods were regularly offered dur-
ing a certain part of the day at auction in the various stores, a
custom which lingered until after the Civil War and is still occa-
sionally resorted to. The auctioneer was always an amusing man.
Sometimes an accomplished singer. Most of his exhortation was
given forth in sing song. An old friend once taught me a well
remembered lingo from the village days :
" Here's your nice India rubber suspenders ! Long enough
for any man, short enough for any boy ; give and stretch like a
36 rusine:ss men of village.
lawyer's conscience ; pull a man out of debt, jerk a man out of
jail; jerk a lazy man's breeches right over his head: All for a
quarter of a dollar ! "
Many of the special ads. throw a side light on persons and
events. For instance, it is shown that a theater was in existence
in 1826, long before the West Genesee street theater was started.
The notices of " Elopement " and warning to the public that the
departing wife must not be trusted tell their pitiful tale, and gen-
erally, no doubt, a one side telling of it. But here is the most
curious notice of all, entitled :
" Hold Up ! "
Those persons having demands against the subscriber are re-
spectfully requested to hold up until the first of July, when they
shall have their pay. I am now doing a good business after a long
calm, and as my debts are neither numerous nor large, I am confi-
dent that I shall be able to cancel them unless disturbed before T
get through my jobs. If pressed now I shall be obliged to return
to the " long farm."
THOMAS P. PIPER.
April 10, 1827.
Whether or not this candid appeal of poor Peter Piper touched
his heartless creditors and averted collapse we know not, but the
docket of Justice Kasson shows a good many judgments entered
against him, and we have grave fears that he is still sojourning
on the " long farm," with many another luckless business man of
his day.
BUSINESS MEN OF VII^LAGE.
37
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THE ORIGINAL SYRACUSE HOUSE IN 1820.
OLD SYRACUSE HOUSE.
"' Rufus Stanton had continued on the land east of Salina
street, and in 1815 had a field of twenty acres of grain, at the
northeast corner of which was erected the Syracuse House. The
tract was afterwards sowed with grass seed, enclosed with a rail
fence, and in 1820 was bought by Luther Buell (brother of the
grandfather of H. B. Buell, of McCarthy's wholesale house) and
Shubael Safford, (grandfather of John D. Safford of Syracuse),
who began the erection of a brick hotel fifty feet square, two
stories high with basement. * * * The building was finished
by Henry Eckford in 1822, after his purchase of the tract. It
was called the Syracuse Hotel, but in 1827, after the accession of
the Syracuse Company, was rebuilt in an enlarged and improved
style, and remained the Syracuse House." — Onondaga Centennial,
p. 411.
THE CLKRGY OF THE VILLAGE.
(By Rev. George B. Spalding, D. D.)
It is a most significant fact that the rehgious enterprise kept
step with the material at the very beginning of our village life.
The church headed the onward movement with a spirit as coura-
geous and hopeful as that which filled its business, and her leaders
were as strong in intellect and as large in wisdom as the very
ablest in any other sphere of professional and public life. The
moulding hand of the early ministers of the half century of this
village was most powerful upon those institutions and influences
and individuals, the most essential, the most beneficent, the most
lasting in any community. In the very brief space alloted me I
can mention but a very few, those who by length of service and
preeminent character impressed themselves deepest and most in-
efTacably upon the Syracuse of the past and of the future.
In this noble list I name first. Rev. John Watson Adams,
D. D. His ministry over the First Presbyterian Church covered
almost the entire period of the existence of the village of Syracuse.
He was pastor here soon after the village was born and pastor still
when the city came to life. He began his ministry here, and he
ended his only ministry here, rounding it out to a quarter of a
century with a character, an example, a work of imperishable
strength and beauty. He was a man of great dignity and of
equal modesty, who first won men's respect and then their love ;
a preacher of unusual intellectual clearness and force, strong in
logic, persuasive in appeal and a rich and yet chastened imagina-
tion, and a command of words felicitous and virile. With all his
love of books and relish for solitary meditation, he was intensely
practical, and mingled freely in the every day affairs of the town
life, impressing every one and everything with his large, pure,
upright views of what the church and the home, and the schools
and the whole civic life might become. None worthier, none
grander has lived among us.
The Baptist Church was first in our village. It really ante-
dated its existence.
As early as 1819 students at the Theological Seminary at
CINERGY OF VILLAGE. 39
Hamilton preached here in the Httle school house in Church street
where so many of our churches drew their first breath. Among
these youthful preachers was Jonathan Wade, who before the
church was organized consecrated himself as a foreign mission-
ary, and sailed away to do his splendid work in Burma.
Perhaps the most prominent among the early Baptist minis-
ters in our village was Rev. N. J. Gilbert, who came here from
North Norwich, Chenango County, in the spring of 1823. He
was a man, I would judge, of unfeigned faith, ardent zeal, count-
less labors. It was by his tireless efforts that the first Baptist
Church was built. It was upon the site now occupied by the Uni-
versalist Church. I love to think that the Episcopalians and Pres-
byterians largely joined in building this Baptist Church, and
largely worshipped there under Pastor Gilbert, and each occupy-
ing the sacred room for each one's services when unused by an-
other. When these early christians of various church names had
hoisted with united hands the beams of the building, we are told
that the Baptist minister prayed with an unwonted earnestness
that God, the Father of them all, would bless them altogether in
every labor of love. May the fragrance of that early prayer
linger with its unspent sweetness in all our churches.
In the great scourge of cholera which swept this village in
1832, this good man was its third victim. He was seized while
attending the funeral of the second, when the physician came to
him, the dying man said : " Doctor, see a man who has nothing
to do but die." And so he went home.
The first resident missionary of the Episcopal Church in the
village was Rev. William Barlow. He came in 1828. Under his
ministry which was of two years the church edifice erected on
the present site of the Granger Block was finished. The church
was consecrated by Bishop Hobart, and for the first time the
Holy Communion was administered according to the ritual of the
church. The clergyman of longest service in the Episcopal
Church during this village life was the Rev. Henry Gregory,
D. D., for nearly eight years Rector of St. Paul's Church and for
some years after Rector of St. James. His name has been entered
40 CLERGY OP VILLAGE.
into the history of the Episcopal Church h<:r€ as the " Father of
the Church in Syracuse," "a presbyter for twenty and five years,
fiilfilhng the pattern of all that 'is pure, peaceable, gentle and easy
to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality,
and without hypocrisy.' "
The Roman Catholics were very few in number in our village,
and yet as early as 1842 they bought the wooden church building
of the St. Paul's Episcopal Society and removed it to the corner of
Madison and Montgomery streets. No longer a church but used for
church purposes the old building is in symmetry and proportions
among the most beautiful of our public structures. Its first pastor
was Rev. Michael Haes, who labored with great fidelity for seven-
teen years, being succeeded by Rev. James A. O'Hara, whose
pastorate of thirty years was so full of tender solicitude for his
own great flock, and of exceeding love to all men that he was
called by all, Protestants and Catholics, with an unusual esteem
''Father O'Hara."
It was in 1845 that Rev. Samuel Joseph May began his minis-
try to the Unitarian Church. But while this noble man served
his own congregation with every grace of a good pastor, he served
the people at large and the whole kingdom of humanity with a
ministry of righteousness and love which no generation can for-
get.
His personality must have been his mightiest power. His
sense of justice was supreme. His love and hope were as broad
as mankind. He was a woman in gentleness. He was a hero in
courage. He was a saint in purity. His name is immortal among
us. Let his goodness also be.
And so they stand before us to-night representatives of differ-
ent denominations, and varying forms of belief and worship, but
all saying forth the one Christly love, and all calling to us as
with trumpet tones out of their devotion and self sacrifice to hu-
manitv for a like service.
OLD ST. PAUL'S CHURCH
"In 1825 THE Syracuse Company donated to the society the triangular lot
ON WHICH stands THE GRANGER BLOCK, (S., A. & K. BUILDING,) AND IN 1828 A WOODEN
EDIFICE WAS FINISHED FACING THE EAST, THE REAR STANDING CLOSE TO WaRREN STREET.
'- * * On THE 12Tri OK July, 184-1, the corner stone of a stone edifice was laid
ON A NEW LOT ON WaRREN STREET, ON THE SITE OF THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT BUILD-
ING. * * * In 184-i THE OLD WOODEN CHURCH WAS SOLD AND REMOVED TO THE CORNER
OK Madison and Montgomery streets, where it now stands unoccupied."
[Onondaga's Centennial, p. 527.
THE EXPLOSION OF 1841.
(By Nelson Gilbert.)
Many notable events, now historic, occurred during the time
when Syracuse was a village. Scenes of rejoicing and of mourn-
ing. Among the latter, the dread Asiatic cholera, which in 1832
— and for some years after, cut down humanity as grass before
the scythe. Many of the best known citizens of our village fell
before it. But in dreadful horror and instant destruction of life,
" The Powder Explosion" on the evening of August 20th, 1841,
surpassed anything before or since.
As the alarm of fire rang out between eight and nine, on that
fated evening, men rushed out to join the crowd as the three
hand engines went hurrying along the street, drawn by their am-
bitious companies. "And with more demonstration than do our
effective steamers of to-day," to their places on towing path of the
Oswego canal.
The fire was in a carpenter shop, occupied by Charles Goings,
a plain low building, some thirty feet north of the Old Circus
Building, then standing on ground fronting West Willow street,
with side to the Oswego canal, and cornering the bridge. The
site is now occupied by Mr. Bell as a yard attached to his barn.
A short time previous to this Messrs. Malcom and Hudson,
hardware merchants, had obtained permission for temporary
storage of kegs of powder, which were placed upon an overhead
floor of the shop. Outside and around the building were piles of
lumber, which on this occasion were largely occupied by on
lookers.
Soon after breaking out of the fire, word was passed through
the crowd, that " Powder was there." This was denied by others,
and some, who had started to retire, were reassured, and turned
back to their death.
In front of the fire, was noise and earnest emulation on part
of the firemen, in their legitimate work. When, — the awful
" Taps" was sounded, and the " Lights put out of twenty-five
lives."
42 EXPLOSION OF 184I.
All was done in an instant of time. There were two distinct
reports — thoug"h one in effect.
The instantaneous transition from light to darkness ; for the
powder put out the fire, — and the turmoil going on, — to deathlike
stillness that followed, can scarce be appreciated by those not
there. The first audible sound was from the man perched upon
a displaced stick of timber on inside the Circus Building; — the
north end of which had been blown in ; — as he exclaimed, "Where
am I ! " And repeating the interrogation. For the moment, he
knew not his status, whether it was earth, or eternity.
Cries of the wounded for help, and others for light, now filled
the air. The sickening duty of gathering the dead ; some in the
canal with headless bodies, and some across, whither the explosion
had carried them. The agonizing cries of relatives and friends,
who with lanterns sought the dead and wounded, were experi-
ences without a parallel, except that on a battlefield at night.
Desolation and death now filled many a home. The following
Sabbath was one great funeral day. Most of the churches held
services for their dead, and in general sympathy, appropriate to
the occasion, beside the many at private homes.
In this great calamity, there was mingled mercy. Had the
powder been upon the ground floor, it is probable hundreds would
have been swept away ; beside, the exceeding hot weather pre-
ceding ; cooled, thus favoring to recovery the wounded. Of these,
three survive.
Mr. Samuel Hurst still keeps his feet under the weight of 87
years. His experiences on that occasion are interestingly told in
the Herald columns of August 26th. As are also those of Paul
Shaw, now in his 90th year. The powder marks then received
on his face have been in evidence during the years since.
The third, myself, stood at the north end of the Circus Build-
ing with others, facing the fire some thirty feet distant. The time
from standing there until lying upon the ground with an arm
nearly broken, and badly bruised head, was too short for thought,
but the days of thanksgiving to Almighty God for his saving
EXPI^OSION OF 1 84 1. 43
hand have been many. Verily, " There was but a step between
us and death."
The results of this calamity weighed heavily upon Mr. Mal-
com, senior partner of the hardware firm. He sought to do all in
his power in assisting the injured and afflicted ones, but the blow
was too heavy for his years, and his bead was, — not long after,
" brought down with sorrow to the grave."
Standing upon the memorable site to-day, I find it difficult to
realize the dreadful scene of fifty-nine years ago, but knowing
this : That soon the sad fact and those yet surviving, will scarce
exist even in the memory of any.
While in possession of the floor there is a strong inclination
to save for both the present and future another day which brought
both sorrow and death to some.
It is quite possible there may not be another person present
who remembers or even has knowledge of the event.
The writer well remembers standing a little west of the old
Mansion House early one Fourth of July morning as John
Courtney, at that time a well known townsman, with two assist-
ants bringing over the Clinton street bridge the brass six-pound-
er cannon for firing the sunrise salute. Near as memory serves
this was about 1836. The gun was located near the towpath in
front of the Empire House wing and on ground of the small new
park.
This was in the days of old time Fourth of July celebrations.
An imposing parade, oration, reading the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, public dinner, etc.
On this occasion the procession was on its route to the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, where the services were to be held, and
with discharges from the cannon as accompaniment.
During this and while loading the gun, Mr. Courtney failed
to properly thumb the piece, premature discharge followed. One
of the gunners received so much of the load in chest, face and
eyes, that after some two days of excruciating agony he died,
leaving his family destitute. The other escaped with loss of
44 EXPLOSION OF 1 84 1.
an arm. With remaining arm, he for many years carried a
basket of apples, etc., about the streets as merchandise.
In connection with the brass gun it is in Hne to speak of the
Old Artillery Company. The first military organization here. It
flourished along the '30s. General E. W. Leavenworth was at
one time commandant. The roster of the company was for years
in my possession, but turned the same over to Mr. Leavenworth
a year or more prior to his death.
The compan}', in its neat uniform, with John Cook, its fifer
at the head and the bright six-pounder drawn in its ranks made
quite an imposing appearance, both for those of mature years,
and especially the younger who followed, but with less care as
to the " order of their going."
REMINISCENCES BY DELIA COLVIN HATCH.
It is well for you that I can only comply by pen ; were I where
I would love dearly to be to-night — one among you — the well in-
formed Syracuse historians would have a small chance were I
first upon the platform ; " Out of the fulness of the heart the
mouth would speak," and memory would take me back to mv
first impressions of Syracuse when neither village or myself had
reached our teens, tracing through many years of great changes,
leading on to my identity with this old city, which has been to me
a source of such interest, making a grand closing of a life, which
has from childhood, been loyal to all that worked for the good of
my Syracuse home.
If I grow prosy or too diffuse and tiresome, lay the document
aside; I will be the first to say, "On with the dance, let joy be
unconfined."
My first visit in 1835 was short ; in 1836 it became my home
for many happy years, with my uncle. Dr. D. T. Colvin. His
house, just finished, was on the lot where St. James Church now
stands, on James street, then called Foot street. On a rise of
ground just opposite, was a square frame house built by Major
Burnet ; he was then living just west of the creek on West Gene-
see street. The little hill has been mostly leveled and the house
let down ; many a summer eve have I sat upon the piazza of our
home and enjoyed the bugle played upon the packet boats as they
passed through the village ; far more agreeable than steam whistle
and shriek of the engine of the railroad now crossing the street.
On the corner of Foot and Townsend streets was the home of
J. G. Forbes (now of Allen Butler) ; on the west comer, that of
P. D. Mickles ; on the corner of James and Catherine, the home
of B. F. Colvin ; just opposite, a small house and two small one-
story houses on Foot street, were all the buildings at that time
from Lock street, to the top of the hill ; one on the farm of J. H.
Colvin, west of the Holcomb place, then the farm of B. F. Colvin.
All the land from Lock street, taking which is now Rosehill
Cemetery, was owned by my uncle, Jasper H. Colvin, over the hill
to the east, and joining B. F. Colvin's farm of 200 acres (on both
46 DELIA COLVIN HATCH REMINISCENCES.
sides of the street). In Danforth a Dr. D. T. Colvin had a farm,
so it is true, the Colvins had a foothold beside that which all early
settlers had, of mud and mire on the streets.
The State Fair of 1849, was on the land of J. H. Colvin back
of the grove which is now Highland street.
My first school was on Church street, to my cousin Wealthy
Ann Lathrop, who drilled us well in syntax, in accent, spelling
and definition, and Oh ! the real estate I have carried on rainy
days from Robbers Row next to the Syracuse Academy (from the
corner of Mulberry and Fayette streets), to the school (now
Orphan Asylum), then a brick house owned and occupied by Mr.
Tousley (his wife, a daughter of Asa Danforth) ; on the comer
of Fayette and Grape, the home of Charles Leonard, and two
small red houses near Orange street.
The principal of the school was Oren Root, father of Elihu,
who has his Root firmly imbedded in the hearts of his country-
men — our present efficient Secretary of War ; his aunt. Miss
Charlotte Butrick (mother of Mrs. Charles L. Stone), was assist-
ant in the female department ; not as old as some of her pupils,
and but little beyond the years of any of us, but Oh ! how we did
love and cling to her — our wise counsellor, teacher, companion
and friend.
Then to the Syracuse Seminary ; Mr. Thomas Williams and
Miss Parrott (afterward Mrs. Williams) were principals (while
she was Miss Parrott) ; in writing to my sister I put in some lines
written backward, and could only be read before a looking-glass ;
" The world has come to such a pass, that fools can't read without
a glass." She replied: "For my ])art T think there be more
fools, when Parrott come to teaching school."
The school was opened on Salina street, about the center of
the block between Water and Washington streets, later the Old
Line House, where is now the Mowrw From one of the recita-
tion rooms we could look upon the old Mill Pond and see sun-
shine stars sparkling upon the water. Among the pupils was
Lora C. Smith : her daily report from her home was of the bright
sayings and hai-)py ways of her nephew, Carroll E., who has
DELIA COLVIN HATCH REMINISCENCES. 47
known Syracuse in all ber changes, and held many positions to
give him more than a local habitation and a name. Time is leav-
ing its imprints upon him ; the active playful boy must grow old,
and he will be in the coming 3'ears to the future representatives of
progressive Syracuse, known as " The venerable sire before us ;"
may they give to him the thanks and homage due to his devotion
to home interests, and to this old Society. Don't shrink from the
forecast my friend and honored President ; I am there before you,
and know age has its well earned joys and rest.
No one can recall early Syracuse without in mind seeing the
Syracuse House, corner Salina and Genesee ; J. I. Bradley's black-
smith shop on Genesee and Warren, and to the first St. Paul's
Church on the triangle opposite, where, in after years, my-
self and many a well loved one took upon themselves their bap-
tismal vow in Confirmation, by Bishop DeLancey.
The first party I attended was at the home of L. H. Redfield,
corner of Genesee and Montgomery streets, not a person or face
known to me then, who have since become so closely identified
with the strong friendship formed, but have proved true through
all the after years.
My first little gathering at the home of m}- uncle, where was
always the open door and welcome for old and young, had among
the first to come, Mary and Margaret Redfield, and Lucy B. Put-
nam. As I opened the door Mary says in an anxious and childish
way, "Delia has the party begun f" In the evening G. J. Gard-
ner and G. O. Bridges came.
In referring to the old home it may not be amiss to say, it
was the best house in the city, where was found the open fireplace
and logwood fire ; I am not the only one left who can recall its
warmth and glow, and the genial welcome given with it.
An oyster supper at the home of Mortimer Jerome, in Camillus,
which was the first (but far from the last) of many a gathering
enjoyed by that double quartette; Elizabeth Filkins, Sophia Ed-
wards, Mary Johnson and myself ; Mortimer Jerome. Holly
Hovey, G. O. Bridges and Edward Elliot ; all have passed the
great divide before me. The latter I last met in these rooms at a
48 DELIA COLVIN HATCH REMINISCENCES.
presentation of my work ; of course our theme was of older times,
as we had not met in years ; the weeks were few ere he was
called.
With many others we had sleighrides in winter to Brewerton
and other points, carriage rides in summer, boating on lakes and
rivers, dancing in the evening ; the fiddle played by Harvey Ben-
nett, sometimes a band 'til long after the midnight hour. No
wonder to me that the jingle of those bells over the plankroad
have to memory a happy sound of those homeward rides, for, on
one occasion, someone did Hatch a scheme which culminated in
my renouncing forever the right to be called Miss Colvin.
Mr. Held made an earnest but unsuccessful efifort to bring me
to the high standard in music, which many of his pupils had at-
tained ; I am happy to say, notwithstanding my failure to be what
he tried to have me, has not diminished his cordial greetings and
his goodwill has been shown by his unasked for, but highly prized
pen sketch which has a place in the valuable collection in your
possession. As to my music; I did conquer many a piece so I
kept good time, and it has served to give enjoyment to many a
gathering as they joined hands all around, and with happy hearts
and lively steps they moved, to "Campbell's are Coming;" "Irish
Washerwoman;" "Come Haste. to the Wedding," etc., in the qua-
drille and contra dances of those days ere the twostep had monopo-
lized the floor. A great addition was made to piano, when my broth-
er-in-law, Austin E. Munger's fine execution on the flute was
heard, when he was accompanied by Charles Leonard's daughter
(Mrs. Ezra Howlett) ; we had strains of melody that were heav-
enly to the guests of our large and many family gatherings.
Those were days before clubs, receptions and teas for after-
noons came in vogue; then when we went visiting the ladies
went in the afternoon and the gentlemen came to tea, and spent
the evening. In those days of evening parties, husbands and
wives went and enjoyed the evening, and then went home to-
gether ; T don't want to criticise the present progressive ways, but,
in some respects. I somewhat agree with " The former days tvere
best."
DELIA COLVIN HATCH REMINISCENCES. 49
My entrance into society was at the home of Harry Raynor,
on Water street, the occasion of the marriage of his sister JuHa,
to Alfred H. Hovey. My dress, a lovely pink silk, low corsage
and short sleeves ; my brown hair curled, my cheeks red with the
glow of youth — a different face from the one now known to you
— but my heart is as young and I could take my part in gay life
with more zest, than did the timid blushing girl of that evening.
Julia Raynor was one of the loveliest of Syracuse brides for
which the village had more than a local fame, and also for the
young matrons of that date ; I trust I may not l>e considered as
invading the privacy of anyone, when I mention those whom I
remember as here when I came, and who are now with you ; Mrs.
William Jackson, nee Emma Jerome ; Mrs. Peter Outwater
(Lucia Phillips), and Mrs. T. B. Fitch (Ursula Elliot.)
It was a sad day in our city in April, 1850, when three resi-
dents were followed by friends, to be laid in Rosehill Cemetery :
Dr. J. W. Adams from Park Church in the morning; Mrs.
Hovey from her residence on West Onondaga street in the after-
noon, and Mrs. R. A. Yoe, near the time of the setting sun.
My identity with this society was in 1894 ; my long absence
in a Western home had given me no knowledge of this Associa-
tion. As old families were to be represented at that time, I was
invited by my friend Mary E. Bagg, to take part in the quilting
scene, conceived and drawn up by herself ; all participants to have
been residents of the county before 1820, the date of the original
party.
My grandparents with their nine children came here as early
as 1802, and all remained except my father, Zina H., who made
his home in Niagara County and married into a well known
pioneer family of the frontier.
The history of the Sprague family of twenty-one children,
who lived to marry, proved a success, and was a help in bringing
that scene into favor ; the quantity of family, is, without doubt,
of the quality you can judge by their descendants; my grand-
mother and the great grandmother of Carroll Earle Smith were
the sisters, Mary (Mrs. Benjamin Colvin) and Experience (Mrs.
50 DELIA COLVIN HATCH REMINISCENCES.
Jonas Earle, Sr.) ; of the David Spragvie family of whom were
enumerated at the time of his death in 1820 — four hundred and
twenty decendants.
Those centennial days were happy days oft recalled ; they were
the beginning with me of an interest which has grown to an in-
tense desire to have this organization one which shall be perpetual ;
one, their former president (blessed be his memory and his gift)
has left a substantial memorial, which, I trust, may be added to
by others now among us, and who shall join him in the future.
Happy memories of the blessed past among the friends of my
youth and of later life, and of this Society ; soon for me time shall
be no longer, but there will come a reunion with those gone, and
with those to whom I now speak, filled with a love — a love that
has no bounds but eternity.
REMINISCENCES BY MARGARET TREDWELL SMITH.
This occasion is one of exceeding interest to both my hus-
band and myself. The vista of retrospection is far reaching. In
my husband's life of sixty-one years in the valley and on the hills
of Onondaga, his recollections embrace several years of village
life, which was entered into at a time, when the railroad era for
Central New York, and notably, Syracuse, was opening.
Destiny and the " Goddess Fortuna," were abiding and over-
ruling in the little village which in 1839 numbered 6,000 inhabi-
tants.
In the opening week of the new year 1825, I was, as it were,
to the manor born — a child of Onondaga, born at the Hollow, in
the natal year of the village of Syracuse — of its organization.
Among the earliest recollections of my childhood was the re-
moval made by my father, with his family, from Onondaga Hol-
low to Syracuse, which took place in 1829, at which time my
mother in the family chaise, driving " Old Jack," brought from
the deserted home the last of the Lares and Penates — which treas-
ures were myself and the household cat.
Childish recollection of the prevailing Jacksonian fervor in
1829-30, is emphasized by an incident which occurred at old St.
Paul's Church, at that time located upon the " Granger Block"
triangle. The organ and the choir in the curtained gallery began
the chant, the congregation arose and turned to face the gallery,
as was the custom. My younger sister Jane, so small that she
stood upon the cushioned seat of the pew, turned towards the
sound also and joined in singing, with "Hurrah for Jackson!"
The shallow waters bordering Onondaga Lake were visited by
my mother and her four little girls, and once " Old Jack" came
near being swallowed by quicksand. Water worn shells were
picked up and from the salt mashes samphire was gathered — it
was of repute in household menage, as rushes, also.
Is there an annalist living who can tell us of the early times,
when the Congers, Major and Mrs. Burnet, General and Mrs.
Granger, etc., were the leading families socially, as later? When
12 years of age I was present at Mrs. Granger's when a crowded
52 MARGARET TREDWELL SMITH REMINISCENCES
comi:)any were entertained. I remember the massive mahogany
sideboard spread with wine glasses filled with Maderia, into each
of which had been dropped two butternut meats. I remember the
wedding party given for Dean Richmond and bride, Miss Eliza-
beth Mead, sister of Mrs. General Hopping — by Lewis H. and
Mrs. Redfield in the house located on the present Yates Hotel
site. The illumination was obtained by sperm candles — white,
green and red coloring.
I think that I must have been as a child "handy," for I recol-
lect assisting Miss Mary Elizabeth Putnam, who was the fiancee
of Thomas T. Davis — to dress, when she was bridesmaid for
Ursula Elliott (Mrs. T. B. Fitch.) Miss Bradbury made her
entree into Syracuse social life at the wedding of Miss Eliza
Lawrence (Mrs. Jones), and in line with this pleasant experience
of trust, in the preparation made by Miss Bradbury, was a simi-
lar one l?ter, when Mrs. Emma Willard. guest of my mother,
dor.iied fine satin and lace in preparation for the address to be
delivered by her to the delegates attending the notable educa-
tional convention held here.
The reminiscent move tempts to further trespassing, beyond
the limits set to a letter. I linger for a moment to mention the
dinner given by Thomas T. and Mrs. Davis to Mr. Peabody at
which Captain Putnam was an honored guest — a townsman of
]\Ir. Peabody's town. Comrades and friends have passed to the
"Higher Life." Their names the Onondaga County Historical
Association fittingly commemorates, in commemorating the or-
ganization of the village of Syracuse and kindred matters.
REMINISCENCES OF THE LATE CHARLES A.
WHEATON.
(By Charlotte Birdseye Miller.)
This early resident of Syracuse was born in Dutchess County,
N. Y., in i8ri, the son of Augustus Wheaton and came at a very
early age with his parents to Pompey. In his early manhood
he was clerk for Jacob Ten Eyck of Cazenovia, and later for his
brother-in-law, Moses Seymour Marsh at Pompey. Mr. Marsh
about this time, probably 1830, built the Stone Store, still standing
at Pompey, on the site previously occupied by Henry Seymour,
the father of Horatio Seymour. In June, 1834, he was married
to Ellen D. Birdseye, eldest daughter of the late Hon. Victory
Birdseye, a pioneer of Pompey. In October, 1835, he removed
to Syracuse, to become a partner with the late William Jackson
in the hardware business in a store located where now stands the
Wieting Block. While in this business one of his employees was
Peter Burns, later a prominent and prosperous citizen.
Mr. Wheaton's first housekeeping in Syracuse was in what
was called the Day House on the southeast corner of Railroad
and Clinton streets. A little later he was on Fayette street, just
west of the present site of the Milk Association. The next re-
move was to West Water street, next to the old recruiting station,
and from there he removed to South Salina street to the residence
built by himself and later occupied by Hon. Joseph J. Glass.
It was while living in this residence that he was suspected of
harboring a runaway slave and an ofificer came and searched the
house. No runaway slave was found and Mrs. Wheaton said
later that there was one place where a person might have been
concealed, but that place was overlooked in the search.
The property on South Salina street was later exchanged for
that of Aaron Burt, on Asylum Hill, now known as the Jacob
Crouse residence. After some years residence on the Hill, Mr.
Wheaton removed to the place on the south side of the Fayette
Park, afterwards owned by James Ellis, later by his daughter,
Mrs. Beach, on the site of the present residence of Dr. Eisner.
Mr. Wheaton in the early "fifties" built the Wheaton Block
54 REMINISCENCES OF C. A. WHEATON.
on the corner of South Salina and West Water streets, at that
time the handsomest and most imposing structure in the city. Be-
sides stores and offices it contained a hall for public meetings of
a capacity of 2,000 sittings. This building was afterward sold to
Dr. Wieting for $112,000, a transaction at that time the largest
on record in the county. It was burned down in January, 1856,
and replaced by the Wieting Block.
In 1861 Mr. Wheaton moved to Northfield, Minn., and later
became the editor of the Northfield Journal, which he edited until
his death in 1880. He was a man of strict integrity, of careful
business habits and of deep and earnest convictions and moral
courage to live up to them. He was a prominent and efficient
member of the old Congregational Church (which stood on East
Genesee street on the Convention Hall site) and was for many
years the leader of its choir. Old residents will well remember
his fine tenor. Associated with him in this choir were William
E. Abbott, Waldo Hanchett and Mrs. Hanchett. Later, and
while still a member of this church, Mr. Wheaton became inter-
ested in the writings of Swedenborg and sometimes advocated
his views in the prayer meetings, to the distress of some of the
more orthodox. On one occasion a brother in his zeal for the
true faith prayed that the Lord would remove Brother Wheaton
from earth, before he should corrupt and unsettle the belief of
his fellow church members. An aged woman, who had had an
experience of Mr. Wheaton's liberality, in a time of financial dis-
tress, entered just in time to hear the petition and cried out: "Not
so, Lord, not so, Lord." Apparently her petition was the one an-
swered, for Mr. Wheaton lived many years thereafter.
He was a member of the Board of Education in '51 and '52
and it is believed this was the only city office he ever held. He
was a prominent Anti-Slavery man and endured some persecution
from the defenders of the " peculiar institution." He was not
one of the rescuers of " Jerry," but was engaged with Rev. S. J.
May and Charles B. Sedgwick at that hour in planning for Jerry's
legal defence and rescue from his captors.
Desperate efforts were made by those charged with the en-
REIMINISCENCeS OF C. A. WHEATON. 55
forcement of the " Fugitive Slave Law" to prove him impHcated
in the forcible rescue of Jerry, but in vain.
Mrs. Ellen Birdseye Wheaton received her early education in
Pompey Academy and acquired a finish with musical instruction
at a private school in Albany. Hers was the first piano brought
to Pompey and when first set up in the parlor of the Birdseye
homestead attracted a crowd of villagers to the open windows and
doors to hear the young lady perform. She was a sweet singer
and often joined her husband's tenor in public.
She died in 1858 leaving eleven children surviving her, viz. :
Cornelia, wife of Frederick Ayer of Lowell Mass. ; Edward of
Oakland, Cal. ; Ellen L., wife of Dr. A. R. Morgan, now of
Waterbury, Conn. ; Emma C, wife of N. P. Langford of St.
Paul, Minnesota ; Clara, second wife of same ; Lucia, wife of T
T. Smith of St. Paul; Mary H., wife of Hon. Francis Kittredge
of Boston, Mass. ; Henry of California ; Florence of Boston ; Dr.
C. A. Wheaton of St. Paul, and Mabel F., wife of Edwin Barney
of New Bedford, Mass. Of these eleven seven still survive and
occupy prominent positions in business and society.
Mr. Wheaton was married a second time in Minnesota to Mrs.
Sarah Waggoner, by whom he had five children, and of these
three are now living.
REMINISCENCES BY M. W. HANCHETT.
I greatly regret that I am unable to accept your kind invita-
tion to be ])resent on the occasion of the commemoration of the
seventy-fifth anniversary of the organization of the village of
Syracuse.
This period of time is covered b}' the years of my own life —
nearly all of which have been spent within the territory included
in the old village lines.
My father — Dr. John W. Hanchett — came, with his family
to the village in 1826. I was then but four years old and the vil-
lage born in 1825 was but one year old and had but just begun
to walk alone. As my memory began to take in things about me
at that early date I have in store much of the steps of growth and
development of Syracuse from its beginning. I feel therefore
deeply interested in the things that may be brought out on the
occasion of this anniversary gathering. I probably could not add
much, if anything, of general interest to that already known, or
will be brought forth in papers or by the speakers announced.
My memory as a boy, takes in many things of the village in
the thirties that would not be as well laid up by persons of larger
growth.
The first night of my father's family in the village I believe
was spent by invitation at the house of General Amos P. Granger
— a building occupied by him in part as a store, standing on the
site of the Syracuse Savings Bank. Our family home was for
some years in the " Marvin Block," a three-story brick building,
designed for stores and dwellings, standing partly on the site of
the Onondaga County Court House. This building at the time
of its erection was perhaps the largest in the county — its location,
fronting Clinton Square and the Erie canal, made it very promi-
nent and was the very center of business for the time. The north
side of the square was by day the market place for products of the
country — here was the place for the sale of hay. grain, wood —
body maple and hickory at two dollars, or less, per cord, and all
things farmers had to offer. The square was also used by ener-
getic youths as the common play ground where ball games were
indulged in without let or hindrance. " Throw-up and catch,"
M. VV. HANCHETT REMINISCENCES. 57
skyward strikes and "two-old-cat" were most common. Neither
university backing — prospective championships — nor widely
spread press laudations, even if graced with choicest slang —
seemed needful in those early days to stimulate interest in the
games, nor necessary for best results from healthy exercise.
The canal bridges at either end of the square furnished excel-
lent " toboggan slides," which were freely used in the winter by
all dimentions of boys and sleds, — greatly to the discomfort of
pedestrians who might have occasion to travel up or down the
slopes.
In the evenings on the square lighted from the shop windows,
the boys delighted to play " tag," " hide and seek," " pom-pom-
pull-away," and the like until Sexton Gould rang the bell of the
Presbyterian Church for nine o'clock, when the boys — brought up
by good old fashioned mothers — would quit their games and were
off for their homes, and early to bed ! It is quite different in these
later days !
The old school house on Church street, where the first election
of village trustees was held, and was used as the first " Council
Chamber " of Syracuse — I distinctly remember, and I have also
clearly in mind the personal appearance of several of the village
officials of the time. Here was the first school in Syracuse, — quite
early, as the village grew, came in addition private and select
schools. Of the early teachers I remember Hiram Dem-
ing, W. K. Blair, Miss Wealthy Ann Lathrop, Miss Denslow,
Miss Chapman, Mr. E. F. Wallace, George F. Comstock, Mr. and
Mrs. A. G. Salisbury, Prof. Mayo and Orrin Root. Mr. Root, at
the Syracuse Academy in 1839, was my last school teacher in
Syracuse.
Mrs. Nelson Gilbert is now the only person known to be living,
who was a teacher in the first old school house — her name was
then Orvilla Parker.
This school house was the place for the consideration, and was
the starting point for many things affecting the best interests of
the early village. Nearly all of our prominent churches had their
early beginning in this old building. Of the practical builders of
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the village I well remember, as among the first, David and Amos
Stafford. Henry Gifford, Luther Gifford, Daniel Elliott, Bradley
Gary and Elijah T. Haydcn — of these, the last is still living. All
building materials needful were at hand. Onondaga lime stone,
quarried near b\-, lumber to be obtained or sawed to order at the
mill of "Uncle" Fred Horner, between "the flume" and Onondaga
creek, near the old " Red Mill," which stood in West Genesee
street, and brick from the yard of Zopher Adams on the west
bank of Onondaga creek, next the old " Cinder road," — now West
Onondaga street.
The greater number of the village buildings erected in the
thirties, or before, have now disappeared. I have endeavored by
memory sketches to preserve, for our aftercomers, the appearance
of some of the more promient of the early village structures.
Of the principal professional and business men of this early
day I have a clear remembrance — for in the days of the small
village everybody knew everybody — and it would seem then, less
from motives for personal advantage than appears the rule now-
a-days in towns of larger growth.
The cholera scourge, which visited our country in 1832-3, ap-
peared with much severity in our village. Among the many in-
habitants who were suddenly taken away were some of the more
prominent citizens. A deep gloom was cast over the community.
The lines of travel, usually full, were much reduced in patronage
— and people of the country kept at a distance from the place, so
was the business of the village greatly depressed.
This calamity was followed by the great fire of 1834. I saw
the first bursting forth of the flames that destroyed the buildings
between Salina and Warren streets on both banks of the Erie
canal. These were business buildings occupying the very heart
of the village, and the loss was very disastrous to the place, and
greatly discouraging to the mercantile interests, but reaction soon
came, the buildings were early replaced by more substantial struc-
tures — some of which are still standing — and the village took on
a new life.
A " thousand and one" things of the early days might be
spoken of as they come to mind, but my string should not run on.
I will stop now before I venture more — only adding my best
wishes for the Onondaga Historical Association and trusting this
occasion may tend to awaken an increased interest and open the
way for its fuller prosperity and greater usefulness.
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THE OI.D RED MIU..
THE OLD RED MIEL.
" In 1805 Mr. Walton built the first mills in Syracuse, thus
improving the disputed mill site. He constructed a dam of logs
across the creek about where it is crossed by West Genesee street,
and the roadway passed along the top of the dam. The mill stood
on the east bank of the stream, partly on the High School site
(former High School) and partly in what is now the street. It
was two stories high with an attic, contained two runs of stones,
and was painted red, giving it the well known title of 'the red
mill.' The first dam stood only about a year when a spring
freshet carried the dam away. The second was built about where
West Water street crosses the creek, and a wooden bridge was
erected over the creek at Genesee street. The second dam was
replaced in 1824 by one built of stone. These dams created a
large mill pond, the size and situation of which are shown on
maps of 1819 and 1834." — Onondaga Centennial, p. 401.
REMINISCENCES BY DR. A. R. MORGAN.
My father moved to the village of Syracuse in 1836, and kept
a tavern at the corner of Church and Salina streets, this business
he sold to Smith (father of Lewis, Schuyler and Andrew J.
Smith), who in turn disposed of it to William A. Robinson, who
established the Onondaga Temperance House.
My father afterwards engaged in the bakery business in "Rob-
bers Row" and went to smash in the financial crash of 1837, from
which he never recovered — he was succeeded by I. A. and
Paschal Thurber, long favorably known as successful business
men.
Syracuse then contained a population of probably 5,000 people,
every one being fully persuaded that the salt industry, and the
transportation facilities — passenger and frieght — afforded by the
unsalted C's ("Clinton's ditch" and the Oswego canal), meant
a great future for it. At that time the village was surrounded in
all directions, except towards the hills in the northeast by an al-
most bottomless cedar swamp, rendered passable in early time,
only by means of corduroy, made by placing logs close together
across the road.
At that time Syracuse had the unenviable reputation of being
about the roughest and most unhealthy place in the State of New
York, due to the salt boilers from " Salt Point," mosquitos from
the everlasting swamp and the prevailing miasmatic fever.
Then as now, Salina street at the crossing of the Erie canal,
was the busiest "vortex." Standing upon the high arching bridge
at this point and looking northward the view in that direction
was blocked by the old Court House, then standing apparently
at the farthest end of the street, at about the present corner of
Ash street in the Second Ward.
Back of the Court House, upon the edge of a pine grove
thicket, stood the jail, which I have good reason to remember,
for one day a negro was hung there, and among a number of
other boys who were attending Dr. Mayo's school — at intersection
of Church with West Genesee street, — and who being unable to
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get "excused," ran away in order to "assist" on that memorable
occasion.
The jail yard containing the gallows, was temporarily sur-
rounded by a high board fence and some of us in order to secure
a better view, climbed the adjacent pine trees, thus getting our
hands well daubed with tell tale pitch, not easily removed, and
which exposed our truancy at home and culminated in punish-
ment not soon forgotten.
At that time looking north from the Salina street bridge, over
and beyond the Oswego canal bridge, but very few and scatter-
ing homes were to be seen. Near the bridge at the entrance to
Robbers Row were substantial brick buildings.
The south side of Robbers Row was pretty solidly built up,
and here was done the principal grocery business of the town,
which consisted largely in supplying passing boatmen with what
they needed.
The principal merchants were Waggoner, (corner of Salina) ;
Leslie's, (father of David and John) ; the Cadwells, William K.
Blair and B. C. Lathrop, (at the Warren street end of the block.)
At the east end of Robbers Row, north side, was the unimposing
but somewhat notorious Greyhound Tavern.
Crossing Salina street about where Willow street now is, was
quite a stream, conveying the waste water from the weigh lock,
situated at the crossing of the Oswego canal by Foot street (now
James street.)
Upon a slight elevation, just beyond where this creek crossed
Salina street, fronted by a considerable grass plot, stood the
noticeable residence of the father of our highly esteemed Judge
William J. Wallace of the United States Circuit Court.
This stream after crossing Salina street ran parallel to said
street to McKinstry's soap and candle factory of odoriferous
memory, and then turned westward and emptied into the Onon-
daga creek near the old elm tree swimming hole, a famous resort
for the youngsters of that day.
Just west of this creek, near Salina street and about where
Noxon street now is, was at that time quite a grove of pine trees
62 DR. A. R. MORGAN REMINISCENCES.
and beyond this grove, extending clear to the Onondaga creek,
the ground was entirely occupied by solar salt vats, built on stilts,
affording excellent hiding places for the boys in their play.
Clinton Square at this time was the wood market and in the
winter, during good sleighing was often crowded with teams
loaded with maple and beach. This was before the railroads
brought coal to Syracuse.
On the north side of Clinton Square was a long two story tav-
ern called the Mansion House, afterwards replaced by the Voor-
hees and the Empire. At the west end of the square stood an
unimposing three-story brick building, painted yellow, dear to
the hearts of many a youngster of the time, for here was Phin-
ney's Theater and Museum of Natural Curiosities.
Here I witnessed my first theatrical exhibition — the play, I
remember was " The Golden Farmer," which probably to-day
would be insufferably stupid — but I enjoyed it amazingly. Here
also was given the first of the negro minstrel performances, these
being just brought out, " Zip Coon, Jim Crow," etc. I shall
never forget the uproarious applause which greeted " Turn about
and whirl about and do just so," "turn about and whirl about
and jump Jim Crow," ending in a break-down dance.
Looking from the bridge along West Genesee street the view
ended at the old Red Mill, where the High School building now
stands.
Across the street, south of the Red Mill was the saw mill of
Fred Horner and the mill pond full of floating logs, which tempted
vcntursome boys to jeopardize their lives by following the leader
with nimble feet across the dancing timber.
" Ah ! those days, those days ! " West Genesee street be-
yond the rickety bridge across the creek afforded no attraction.
A monotonous field of salt vat covers was spread out on both sides
of the unattractive highways almost to the Geddes line.
Looking from the bridge, facing the south, we had Hanover
Square at our left, Salina street to the south and Water street on
our right hand.
On the south side of Hanover Square, next to the Syracuse
DR. A. R. MORGAN REMINISCENCES. 63
House, was the Postoffice and farther towards the east were about
all the dry goods stores in town.
The Episcopal Church occupied the ground where the " Flat-
iron" block was afterwards built and at the far east end of the
square stood an insignificant two-story structure, since replaced
by the more imposing Bastable Block. Salina street virtually
ended at the Lamed House, where the old " Cinder road" now
West Onondaga street branches to the south and west ; beyond the
Lamed House, fields and pastures began.
At the right hand corner of Salina and Water streets and op-
posite (west) of the Syracuse House stood a four-story brick
building occupied by Horace and Charles A. Wheaton as a hard-
ware store, this building was destroyed by fire in 1849, rebuilt by
Dr. Wieting and destroyed again by fire in 1856, and again re-
built by Dr. Wieting.
The next building on Water street was also occupied as a
hardware store by Malcolm & Hudson, (who were held responsi-
ble for) I remember the terrible explosion of gun powder at the
carpenter shop of Charley Goings, (corner of Willow street and
Oswego canal), on the night of August 20th, 1841 ; resulting in
the loss of twenty-seven lives and the serious injuring of more
than fifty yeople.
The horror of that night is vividly impressed upon my mem-
ory. We were living on Salina street, near Fayette ; my father
was absent from home and my mother woke us from a sound
sleep, saying that something dreadful had happened, people were
hurrying past the house, all going north, and she asked me to go
and see what was the matter. I followed as far as Church street,
when the way became blocked by the crowd.
They were carrying injured people into the Onondaga House.
I followed and found the floors covered with the dead, the dying
and the injured.
One of the first persons, attracting my attention was Dr.
Hiram Hoyt, the distinguished surgeon, bending over the bruised
form of D. C. LeRoy, whose head and face seemed to me almost
an indistinguishable mass of bleeding flesh. I distinctly remem-
64 DR. A. R. MORGAN REMINISCENCES.
ber hearing IvcRoy, in a perfectly calm and self-possessed manner,
ask the Doctor, if tliere was any chance for recovery and his
pluck probably did much toward saving his life. Nearby lay a
boy whom I knew well, William Lilly, who recovered and after-
wards did creditable service as color bearer in the 12th Regiment,
N. Y. S. V.
Another whom I knew,Zebina Dwight, a noble young man, lay
dead upon the floor, while his heart broken wife stood wringing
her hands and distractedly exclaiming " he never, never uttered
an unkind word to me in my life."
There was blood ever}where. Nearly every house in the
vicinity was turned into an emergency hospital.
Next day (Saturday) all business houses were closed — on
Sunday funerals were marching in many directions. Country peo-
ple flocked in from all directions.
Trains from neighboring cities brought crowds and among
them were many sympathizing firemen, for among the victims
were several well known members of the Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment, active, energetic business men from among the best fami-
lies.
Looking south from the bridge, but few buildings were con-
spicuous. Two-story buildings extended down each side of Sa-
lina street to what is now Washington or Railroad street.
On the southwest corner of Salina and Railroad streets was the
business office of John Wilkinson who lived in a plain and unpre-
tentious dwelling with a spacious lawn in front, in same enclos-
ure with his office.
Two or three frame houses with grass plots in front stood next
to the Wilkinson place and on tlie northwest corner of Fayette
street stood the tavern of William R. Kirk ; across the street
from Kirk's' stood the Keeler tavern.
The Presbyterian church stood at the northeast corner of Fay-
ette and Salina street and north of the church was a large garden
in the center of which stood the residence of Dr. Phillips, a popu-
lar physician.
The packet boats landed all their passengers on the south side
DR. A. R. MORGAN REMINISCENCES. 65
of the canal basin and just west of Salina street, and lively times
always prevailed upon the arrival of boats bringing passengers
from Albany, Buffalo and Oswego.
The Syracuse House was nearby and its landlord, " Phile"
Rust was renowned for keeping the best hotel west of Albany.
In the absence of the social facilities of the modern club, the
ample porches and reception rooms of the Syracuse House be-
came the popular assembling place for citizens and strangers.
An old timer once remarked to me, that he remembered when-
ever a stranger came to town, they managed to " pan him out "
and if they learned that he had $3,000, or $4,000, they concluded
it best to cultivate his acquaintance.
I am stringing this out too long, but I could go on and fill a
ream of paper with reminiscences of the dear old town, which
no one ever left without the desire to return.
MEMOIR OF SYRACUSE CADETS.
(By M. H. Jacobs.)
The Syracuse Cadets, a military company organized in the
summer of 1842. I thought that it would be interesting to some
to read something of the history of that enterprising company,
composed, as it was, mostly of young men just entering the years
of their manhood, full of life and young vigor, and hungering for
something to satisfy their aspirations for excitement and laudable
pleasure.
I do not expect to give all the details of the incidents which
occurred, and have forgotten many names who were members, but
shall endeavor to state some of their history according to the best
of my recollection.
In the year 1842, many of the leading citizens of our village
expressed the desire to form an independent military company;
the villages of Auburn and Utica had their military companies
and would often come as an escort to our village with some dis-
tinguished personage and we became ashamed that we had no
military organization to receive them in due form and to escort
them to the next village on their way, — accordingly a meeting of
citizens interested in forming a company and who were willing to
join was called. Those who attended the meeting were mostly
men of middle age and many of them were prominent in business.
Several of us young men met with them and expressed our wil-
lingness to join, but the older portion of those present did not like
the idea of boys joining and. in order to get rid of us, adjourned
without organizing, wath a secret purpose to meet soon without
the boys being present, but we soon found out the trick and de-
cided to flank those older heads. Before organizing the company,
Captain Teall gave five of us young men — enough to ofiicer a
company — instructions in the position of the soldier, facing,
marching and wheeling for five weeks, two hours ever}^ week day
evening. He would stand on a chair behind us and put his knee
between our shoulders and pull our arms back, with our little
fingers on the outside seam of our pants to make us erect and
cure our round shoulders : he would put us in position and say,
" now don't you stir a hand if forty spiders are crawling up vour
nose," hr would keep us there until our bones ached.
Syracuse; cadets memoir. 67
I drew up a form of enrollment in proper shape and in forty-
eight hours had forty names, which was the statute number to
organize a company ; these men then were notified to meet for
organization and the election of officers.
Timothy H. Teall, formerly of West Point, was elected Cap-
tain.
William B. Olmsted, First Lieutenant.
Joseph Hayden, Second Lieutenant.
M. H. Jacobs, Orderly and Drill Sergeant.
Other non-commissioned officers were elected as the regula-
tions required. At 12 o'clock that night Captain Teall boarded
the train for Albany to obtain our commissions and accoutrements,
thus by prompt action we secured our commissions, etc., ahead of
the old men and outranked them. We organized as light infan-
try, became flanking company on the right of the regiment and
the old men organized as artillery, which made them the flanking
company on the left of the regiment. For this shrewdness the old
corps never forgave us. We bought a fatigue uniform of gray,
but no full dress uniform, as several members were in their ap-
prenticeship and could not afford it, but gave strict attention to
our drill tactics ; sometimes when they would turn out for a pa-
rade through the village we would turn out also and while we
would form hollow square around them, and retreat before them
in street firing back at them with blank cartridges, we could keep
out of their way, while citizens clapped their hands in applause.
We had a rule to turn out in time of fire to protect property,
we desired to make ourselves useful as well as ornamental and
we were considered by most military men one of the best dis-
ciplined companies in the State. Captain Teall taught us to keep
in proper position and handle our guns with our hands and arms
without moving our bodies and to do our maching with our legs
and not sway the body.
On the night of January ist, 1844, we met for drill in our
armory in the Granger Block. After drill was over and company
dismissed I stepped into the office of Lieutenant William B. Olm-
sted, architect in the east end of the block, as I was a pupil of his.
68 SYRACUSE CADETS MEMOIR.
About half past nine I heard guns firing, I stepped to the window
on Railroad street and raised it and heard a woman's voice giving
orders, fire, fire, and they did fire. I said, " Olmsted, there is
a riot, we may be called out, shall I go into the armory, throw up
the window and give a drum call ? " "Yes," said he. I did so and
about twenty-five responded. A company of rough men who ha-1
drank heavily entered the bar room of the German Hotel on the
corner where the Vanderbilt Hotel now stands and insulted the
landlady and broke down the beer pump. Her husband was look-
ing after the preparations for the evening supper. His wife ran
into the dining room crying and said she " had been insulted,"
which proved to be quite true. The landlord went into the
bar and asked who had insulted his wife. Bill Blake an-
swered " I did," and the landlord shot him through the neck ; he
fell to the floor bleeding, all the crowd chased from the room
cursing and saying, " kill the dutchman ;" the dutchman caught
Blake by the collar and dragged him out on to the sidewalk and
fastened the door and retreated to the chamber. The mob began
stoning the house and the German and his friends fired out of the
windows; we just put on our accoutrements and awaited orders.
Sheriff Heber Wetherby was at the Syracuse House and had just
been sworn into office that day ; soon Russell Hibbard, the deputy
sheriff came and ordered us to load with ball and buckshot and
hasten down and form in front of the hotel on the railroad, with
orders if there was any more firing after we arrived, then
fire into the house ; when we formed there the woman called out,
"o de soger man, the soger man," and they ceased firing. Sheriff
Hibbard and Lieutenant Olmsted came and detailed five of us
from the right of the company to accompany them into the house,
and arrest the inmates ; we found the front door locked. Lieuten-
ant Olmsted put his heel opposite the lock and the door opened.
He then bounded upstairs, opened the door into the front chamber
and saw the big landlord standing on the opposite side of the
room with pistol in hand pointing straight at him. Olmsted sprang
forward and seized the pistol to wrench it out of his hand and, as
he did so, the hammer of the lock came down on the skin between
Syracuse; cadetts memoir. 69
his thumb and forefinger and in another instant our bayonets
were under his nose, which made him stretch up taller. We cap-
tured eleven persons and brought all into the front chamber ; we
then started to go down stairs. As we were passing out of the
room into the hall, All Davis, a friend of Drake, who was shot,
raised a large club with both hands to strike the German. Lieu-
tenant Olmsted seized Davis by the wrist and in a twinkling
jerked him to the head of the stairs and put the point of his sword
into his back, so it cooled him down. He ordered him down stairs
and put Nicholas Nickels over him as guard ; we then passed to
the street and formed to march to the jail which was located on
Townsend street opposite Turn Hall in the now Second Ward of
the city ; as we were forming a hollow square around the prisoners
there was a move by the mob to assault the prisoners and we were
obliged to fix bayonets outward and come to a position of charge
on the mob. As we did so a large stone passed by my head and
struck the landlord between the shoulders ; it nearly felled him to
the ground ; the mob seeing that we meant business desisted and
we marched up North Salina street arriving at the jail. The
prisoners were received by Mr. Cook, the jailor, and I was left
in charge with a guard of eight men, as the mob had threatened
to tear the jail down. It was a bitter cold night with about one
foot of snow. I mounted guard with four men with instructions
not to allow a cat to pass without the countersign (which was
January first.) It was so cold that I relieved guard every hour;
the jailor gave us lots of mine pie, sweet cider and doughnuts.
When the company returned from the jail they found the mob
were destroying the hotel ; they had the chairs and window blinds
piled in the street and burning; the table was all set and the
turkey and other edibles were on it, and it was said, that Caleb
Davis mounted the table and with a double shuffle the whole
length of it knocked everything off of it and then took the turkey
by the legs and smashed it through the windows. Then some-
body turned the faucets, destroyed all provisions and stole several
hundred five franc pieces from a chest. When all had been quieted
down and put under guard, Captain Teall then came to the jail ;
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he found four cadets on guard, one on each side. He said he was
pleased to find a guard in good order ; but thought he would play
a trick on me and the boys ; there was a grove of large pine trees
where the Townsend School House now stands which was on the
back side of the jail with a common board fence, and there was
also a high board fence around the back side of the jail. The
Captain thought he could creep along behind the board fence in
the grove till he came opposite the yard fence of the jail, then
when the guard turned to go eastward he would jump the board
fence, run across the street, which was not wide, scale the yard
fence at the jail and get a good rig on us boys. George Risinger
the cigarmaker, was guard on that side and when the Captain
came across the road George hailed him, "Sl^nd, who goes there,"
he said this three times, running towards the Captain as fast as
he could ; when he had hailed him three times, he called out three
times and cocked his gun to fire. The Captain was then up on
top of the jail yard fence, a fine mark with the sky as a back-
ground. The Captain heard the lock of the gun click and threw
up his arms and screamed Captain. He was so frightened that it
was some time before he got over it, for George Risinger was as
true a man as ever handled a musket and he would have shot
him in another second. The next day our cadets escorted the
prisoners down to the office of Major Cook, who was then Justice
of the Peace, for examination. The man was justified by Major
Cook and acquitted, but he dare not be found in the streets, as
there was so many who threatened his life ; so he took rooms with
Mr. Filkins, who kept boarding house in the Larned Block, and I
was detailed with six men to guard the house ; there was a broad
stairway on the Warren street side; we were given the parlor
for quarters with one man on picket duty at the head of the stairs,
but we were not molested. The German and his family left town
and went West. Blake recovered after much suffering ; the ball
grazed his jugular vein, tearing his neck badly. It was a potent
warning to him and his associates to keep sober.
In the spring of 1844, I moved to the village of Salina and
resigned my position as orderly of the Syracuse Cadets and be-
SYRACUSE CAD15TS MEMOIR. 7I
came a member of Colonel Hales staff and J. W. Jones was ap-
pointed acting Orderly Sergeant in my stead, as appears on the
old warrant.
At the time of the general review in the fall of 1844, all
independent companies in the village and militia of the county
were called out. When Colonel Hale formed the regiment in line
he placed the Citizens Corps at the head of the column and the
Cadets on the left, without consulting the cadets ; this act de-
priving them of their legal position, according to their rank, put
the Cadets in a rage. They bore up under it all the forenoon ;
most of the regiment dined at the Syracuse House kept by Philo
Rust. They stacked their arms on the lower piazza on the Salina
street side ; they were boiling over with rage at the insult which
had been given them ; they made some threats, and when the line
formed at Salina street after dinner to march to the field for re-
view the Cadets did not form with the regiment ; they formed on
the piazza, unstacked their guns and came to the position of rest
until the column began to move around the corner of East Gene-
see street. The Cadets were in charge of First Lieutenant Wil-
Ham B. Olmsted, Captain T. H. Teall having died ; when the Citi-
zens Corps came opposite the right flank of the Cadets on East
Genesee street, Lieutenant Olmsted gave the command right
flank, double quick march. The band struck up a lively tune and
the boys skipped off the piazza and across East Genesee street,
walking completely over the Citizens Corps ; some were pushed
down and one man, Reuben Blossom, had a nervous fit and was
carried to the Syracuse House piazza, there was some confusion
just about then.
Two German companies, who took sides with the Cadets, left
the line and with the Cadets formed on Water street, while the
other companies came to order and marched down East Genesee
street and to the parade field, located where Adams street now is,
near Warren street. The Cadets, with the two German companies,
one of which Jacob Pfbol was captain, also marched to the field
and formed a separate batallion. For this rash act Lieutenant
Olmsted was Court Marshalled, tried and fined and broke off his
72 SYRACUSE CADETS MEMOIR.
office, which caused the Cadets to become disheartened and they
disbanded. Some of those dear boys proved to be brave vahiable
men to their country in after years. Moses Brower, brother of
Hiram Brower, the locksmith, I think was captain in the old 12th
N. Y. Volunteers in the Southern Rebellion and was killed fight-
ing for the Union. I think that he was one of the five who was
so thoroughly drilled by Captain Teall. Rufus Pettit, an appren-
tice with Elijah T. Hay den, learning the carpenter trade, joined
the company after it had been organized some little time, — it fell
to my lot to break him in ; he was perfectly willing to do every-
thing that was required, but he tried so hard to learn that when
put in the position of a soldier he seemed as stifT as a stake, he
was round shouldered, — I mounted a chair, put my knee to his
back and drew his shoulders back, put his hands down with little
fingers on the seams of his pants and let him stand awhile, then
put him through his facings, but when I came to teach him march
time, and march to count I learned there was no time in him and
I actually took hold of his feet with my hands so as to aid him
to keep step in time, but he was so willing that he soon mas-
tered it all and became one of the most thorough disciplined men
in the company. He enlisted in the United States Army for the
Mexican War. I was told of a very interesting incident concern-
ing him in the seige of the capital. A battery was engaged trying
to shoot down a flag on the Mexican Capitol building. Mr. Pet-
tit's captain, who also commanded a battery said, " I know a man
who will bring that flag down." " Well," said the Captain,
whose battery was firing, " trot him out and he shall have a
chance." Pettit was called and asked if he could do it; he re-
plied, " I can try," and he did try. He took his time to calculate
the distance with his eye, then to elevate the gun so as to hit the
object at that distance ; all ready (bang) and down came the flag.
There was some cheering and praise and he was given charge of
a battery. He came home when the time of enlistment expired
and located at Baldwinsville and when the war of the late Rebel-
lion broke out raised a rifle company and went through the war.
I think he is still living.
SYRACUSE CADETS MEMOIR. 73
George Risinger, Charles Phelps and Thomas Sessions and
the writer are also yet living ; I do not know whether there are
any others. Spencer P. Rvist and the writer learned the art of
small sword fencing of Captain Simmons of the Regular Army,
who was in Syracuse as a recruiting officer at that time; we re-
sorted for outdoor practice to a pine grove on Townsend street,
which was in the rear of the old James R. Lawrence residence ;
the grove is gone and Spencer also and fifty-three years never to
return.
Life is short and time is fleeting.
Though our hearts are strong and brave,
Still like muffled drums, their beating
Funeral marches to the grave.
Grief murmers.
Anger roars.
Impatience frets,
But happiness (or holiness) flows on in a quiet sunlight without
a ripple or a frill to mark the rushing on of time towards eternity.
The accompanying orders for notifying the members to attend
a meeting for the election of officers dated August 2nd, 1844, on
the evening of August 7th at headquarters, Syracuse Cadets
Military Hall, which was in the old Amos P. Granger Block, I
found among some old papers ; this to me is a choice old relic and
reminder of earlier days of happy association :
Headquarters, Syracuse Cadets Mieitary Hall.
Orders, No 8.
To Corporal B. L. Higgins:
You are hereby ordered to notify the persons whose names
are hereunder written, to be and appear for Election of Officers,
at The Armory of The Syracuse Cadets, Granger Block, the sev-
enth day of August at 8 o'clock in the evening of that day ; and
for so doing, this shall be your sufficient warrant. Hereof fail
74 SYRACUSE CADETS MEMOIR.
not ; and make due return to nve of what you shall do in the
premises.
Dated at Syracuse, this second day of August, A. D., 1844.
J. W. Jones, Act. Orderly.
Piatt Adams, Amos B. Baldwin, Elish M. Higgins, W. W.
Fairfield, P. W. Fisher, C. M. St. John, Rufus Rose, David Ells-
worth, Allen Butler. Thos. W. Roberts, Chas. Phelps, Richard
Bomfry, Moses Brower, Joseph Hayden, Spencer P. Rust, Chas.
Kellogg, John Green, George Davis, Squire J. Green, Rufus
Petitt, George Risinger, Capt. Timothy H. Teall, Wm. B. Olm-
sted, Lieut. ; Thomas Sessions, Nicholas Nickels, M. H. Jacobs,
Peter Lockey, Samuel Oliver.
I, the within named, B. L. Higgins, do hereby certify that the
persons named in the within w'arrant, were duly warned by me,
as within directed, in manner following, viz : Those marked R,
by reading the said warrant ; those marked P, by stating the sub-
stance thereof ; those marked N, by leaving a notice thereof,
signed by me, at their usual places of abode ; and those marked
A, by affixing such notice on the outer door of their respective
hous'cs.
B. L. Higgins, Corporal.
INDEX
A
TAOIJ
Abbott, "Lonff John" 28
Abbott, William E 54
Adams, Rev. John Watson.. 38, 49
Adams, Piatt 74
Adams, Rodney L 21
Adams, Zopher 58
Advertiser, Syracuse 20, 21
Agan, P. H 21, 22, 25
Andrews, Hon. Charles 1
Archimedian, The 32
Armory Park is FrankHn
Square 12
Ashley, Theodore 32
Ayer, Mrs. Frederick 55
B
Bacon & Woodruff 34
Bagg, James L 14
Bagg, Mary E 49
Baker, Charles A 14
Baldw^in, Amos B 74
Baldwin, Harvey 14
Baptist Church 38, 39
Barber, Joseph 27
Barlow, John K 25
Barlow, Rev. WiUiam 39
Barnes, Henry 21
Barney, Mrs. Edwin 55
Bassett, Dr 15
Beebee, storekeeper 32
Bennett, Harvey 48
Birdseye, Ellen D 53
Birdseye, Victory 53
Blair, W. K 57, 61
Blake, Bill 68, 70
Blossom, Reuben 71
Bogardus Corners 15
Bomfry, Richard 74
Boundaries of Village 2
Boyd, John 34
Bradley, J. 1 47
Brewster, S. C 35
Bridges, G. 47
Brower, Hiram 72
Brower, Moses 72, 74
Buell, H. B 37
Buell, Luther 37
Bugle Blast 22
Burdick, Hamilton 14
Burk, William L 35
Burleigh, William H 27
Burnet, Major 45, 51
Burnet, Moses D. 1
Burns, Peter 53
Burt, Aaron 53
J PAGE
Butler, Allen 45, 74
Butrick, Mi,ss Charlotte 46
Business Men of Village 30
Cadwells 61
Canal bridges 57, 60
Carson, Thomas L 24
Cary, Bradley 58
Catholic Sun 27
Cemetery, Village 12
Central Demokrat 27
Chapman, Miss 27
Chester, Anson G 21
Cholera of 1832 12, 16, 23, 58
Cinder road 58, 63
Citizens' Corps .' 71
Clark, Joseph B 22
Clark, Lewis Gaylord 20
Clark, Willis Gaylord 20
Clary, Dr. Lyman 16, 17
Clay Banner 22
Clergy of Village 38
Clinton Square 56, 57, 60, 62
Colvin, B. F 45
Colvin, Mrs. Benjamin 49
Colvin, Dr. D. T 45, 46
Colvin, Dr ' 15
Colvin, J. H 45, 46
Colvin, Jasper H 45
Comstock, Geo. F. ...14, 21, 22, 57
Congregational church 54
Cook, Jailor 69
Cook, John 44
Cook, Major 70
Cook, V. & Co 32
Cooper, Edward 21
Corinth, Syracuse called 15
Council chamber, first 57
Courier, Syracuse 21, 22
Courtney, John 43
Crandali, William L 21, 24
Crouse, Jacob 53
Cummings, Hiram 23
D
Danforth, Asa 46
Daumas, A. & Co 34
Davis, All 69
Davis, Caleb 69
Davis, George 74
Davis, Henry 14
Davis, Mat. W. & G 32
Davis, Thomas T 14, 52
Davison & Blackman 32
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PAGE
Day. Jonathan. ...12, 15, 16, 31, 34
Deming, Hiram 57
Democrat, Onondaga 27
Democrat, Syracuse 27
Denslow, Miss 57
Dickinson & Mann 34
Didama, Dr. H. D., address... 15
District School Journal 34
Dole, first merchant 30
Doty, Joseph 35
Dunlap, Dr. Joseph P 19
Durnford, James 1
Durnford, John 20, 23, 30, 32
Durnford, Henry W 1
Durston, T. W 31
Dwight, Zebina 64
E
Earll, Mrs. Jonas, Sr 50
Earll, Nehemiah H 14
Edwards' book store 31
Edwards, Sophia 47
Elliott, Daniel 58
Elliott, Edward 47
Elliott, Ursula 49
Ellis, James 53
Ellsworth, David 74
Elm tree swimming hole 61
Empire State Democrat 23
Episcopal church 39
Evangelical pulpit 27
Evening Herald 21
Evening Mail 21
Evening Telegram 21
Explosion of 1841 41, 63
F
Fairfield, W. W 74
Farmer, Marcellus 21, 22, 26
Fay, Thomas C 20
Firemen to be appointed 11
Fire, first big in village in 1834
12, 58
First Presbyterian Church 38
Fisher, P. W 74
Fitch, Mrs. T. B 49
Foran, Dr. James 18
Forbes, J. G 45
Forman, Joshua 1, 13, 14, 26
Fourth of July accident 43
Franklin Square 12
Free Soil Campaigner 22
G
Gardner, George J., address
notes 12
Gardner, George J 26, 47
PAGE
Gardner, Rowland H 14
Gazette, Syracuse 20, 30
German Press 27
Gilford, Henry 58
Gifford, Luther 58
Gilbert, Daniel 1
Gilbert, Nelson, address 41
Gilbert, N. J 12, 39
Glass, Joseph J 53
Globe factory 32
Goings, Charles 41, 63
Gospel Messenger 27
Gould, sexton 57
Granger, Amos P. ...1, 30, 31, 51, 56
Granger block 51, 73
Gregory, Rev. Henry 39
Green, Gen. John A 27
Green, John 74
Green, Squire J 74
Greyhound tavern 61
Griswold, Rufus W 28
Grover & Stillson 34
H
Haes, Rev. Michael 40
Haight, Seth 21
Hanchett, Dr. J. C 16, 17
Hanchett, Dr. John W... 17, 34, 56
Hanchett, Dr. Juliet 17
Hanchett, M. W., reminiscen-
ces ... 56
Hanchett, Waldo 54
Hanchett, Mrs. Waldo 54
Hanchett, Capt. Oliver 17
Hanging of Megro 60
Hanover Square 62
Hale, Col 71
Hall, Levi W 24
Hatch, Delia Colvin, reminis-
cences 45
Hawley, Seth 27
Hayden, Elijah 58, 72
Hayden, Joseph 67
Heermans & Kasson 31
Held, Prof. Ernst 48
Herald, Evening 21, 22
Herald, SaHna 21
Hibbard, Eleazar 33
Hibbard, Russell 33, 68
Higgins, B. L 73, 74
Higgins, ElishM 74
Hoagland. Edward 21
Hoffman, Joseph A 27
Hopping, Mrs. General 52
Holcomb & Sackett 33
Holmes, R 33
Homeopathic County society... 18
INDEX.
PAGE
Hooker, G 34
Horner, Fred 58, 62
Hovey, Alfred H 49
Hovey, Holly 47
Hewlett, Mrs. Ezra 48
Hoyt, Dr. Hiram 63
Hudson & Malcom 41, 63
Hurst, Samuel 42
Impartial Citizen 28
Incorporation of Syracuse 2
Jackson, William 53
Jacobs, M. H., Memoir of Syra-
cuse Cadets 66
James street in 1835 45
Jenkins, Arthur 21
Jerome, Emma 49
Jerome, Mortimer 47
Jerry Rescue 24, 54
Johnson, Jonathan 35
Johnson, Mary 47
Johonnot 27
Jones, J. W 71, 74
Journal, Daily 21
Journal, Onondaga 20
Journal, Weekly 21
Journal, Western State 21
Judd, S. Corning 21, 23
K
Kasson, Archie 32, 34
Kasson, Justice 36
Kasson & Heermans 31
Keeler tavern 64
Kellogg, Charles 74
Kinney, James 21
Kirk, William B 64
Kirkpatrick, Dr. William 12
Kittredge, Mrs. Francis 55
Langford, Mrs. N. P 55
Lamed house 63
Lathrop, B. C 61
Lathrop, N. M. D 21
Lathrop, Wealthy Ann 46, 57
Lawrence, Grove 14
Lawrence, James R 14, 73
Leach, James S 14
Leavenworth, E. W 14, 44
Lee, Luther 27
Leonard, Charles 46, 48
LeRoy, D. C 63
Leslie, David 61
PAGE
Leslie, John 61
Liberty Party Paper 22
Lilly, William 64
Literary Union 27
Lockey, Peter 74
Lotteries 35
M
Mail, Evening 21
Malcom & Hudson 41, 43, 63
Marlius, first newspapers 20
Mann & Dickinson 34
Mann & Millen 34
Mann's Syracuse House 31
Marsh, Francis A 21
Marsh, Moses Seymour 53
Marvin block 56
May, Rev. Samuel J 40, 54
Mayo. Prof 57, 60
McKinstry soap factory 61
Mead, Elizabeth 52
Mead, Samuel 35
Milan, Syracuse called 15
Military review of 1844 71
Milks, Samuel 35
Miller, Charlotte Birdseye,
Reminiscences of Charles
A. Wheaton 53
Mill pond 46
Mofiit, JohnNewland 24
Morgan, Dr. A. R. , Reminis-
cences 60
Morgan, Mrs. Dr. A. R 55
Morgan, George B 32
Morning Post 22
Morning Sentinel 21
Morse, Evander 20
Moshell & Van Heusen 34
Mosley, William H 25
Munger, Austin E 48
Museum burned in 1834 12
N
Newman, W. W 27
Newton, Henry 35
Nickels, Nicholas 69
Northam, Alfred 1, 14
Northern Christian Advocate... 27
Northrup, A. J., address 13
Norton's advertising rhymes... 35
Noxon, B. Davis 14
Noxon, B. Davis, Jr 14
Noxon, George W 14
Noxon, James 14
o
O'Hara, Rev. James A 40
Old circus building 41
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PAGE
Old Line House 46
Old Red Mill 59
Oliver, Samuel 74
Olmsted, Wm. B...67, 68, 69, 71, 74
Onondaga Democrat 27
Onondaga Hill, first newspaper. 20
Onondaga Hollow, first news-
paper 20
Onondaga Medical Society 15
Onondaga Temperance House.. 60
Ormsby, A. B. F 28
Ostrander's school 34
Outwater, Peter 14
Outwater, Mrs. Peter 49
Parrott, Miss 46
Patterson, J. M 27
Pastures not taxed 4
Pfhol, Jacob 71
Peck, Gen. John J 27
Perkins, Miss, milliner 34
Pettit, Rufus 72, 74
Phelps, Charles 72
Phillips, Dr 64
Phillips, Lucia 49
Phinney's theatre 62
Piper, Thomas P 36
Post, Morning 22
Post-Standard 21
Pratt, Daniel 14, 22
Presbyterian church 64
Press of village 20
Putnam. Capt 52
Putnam, Ehzabeth 52
R
Ray, William 20
Raymond, Robert R 24
Raynor, Harry 49
Raynor, Julia 49
Redfield, Lewis H
20, 26, 31, 47, 52
Redfield, Margaret 47
Redfield, Mary 47
Red Mill 59, 62
Religious Recorder 27
Restraining roaming geese and
swine 5
Reynolds, William 33
Richmond, Dean 52
Riot of 1844 -. 68
Risinger, George 70, 73, 74
Robber's Row 61
Roberts, JohnT., address 30
Roberts, Thomas W 74
Robinson, William A 60
PAGE
Rogers, John 1
Roman Catholic church, early. 40
Root, Elihu 46
Root, Oren 46, 57
Rose, Jesse D 1
Rose, Rufus 74
Rose Hill cemetery 45
Ruger, William C 22, 25
Rust, "Phile" 65, 71
Rust, Spencer P 72, 74
S
Sabine, William H 13
Sabine, Joseph F 14
Sackett & Holcomb 33
Safford, John D 37
Safford, Shubael 37
Salina, first newspaper 21
Salisbury, A. G 57
Salisbury. Mrs. A. G 57
Samson, Caleb 18
Samson, Henry 18
Samson, Dr. Proctor Caleb 18
Saul, George 27
School, first 57
Seaman's School 34
Sedgwick, Charles B 14, 54
Sentinel, Morning 21
Sentinel, Salina 21
Sessions, Thomas 73, 74
Seymour, Henry 53
Seymour, Horatio 53
Shaw, Paul 42
Shipman, Dr. Azariah B 18
Shuman, Andrew 21
Spalding, Rev. George B., ad-
dress 38
Smith, Andrew J 60
Smith, Asahel L 21, 26
Smith, Augustus S 21, 22
Smith, Carroll E., address 20
Smith, Carroll E 1, 46, 49
Smith, Gerrit 22
Smith, Lewis 60
Smith, Lora C 46
Smith, Margaret Tredwell,
reminiscences 51
Smith, Schuyler 60
Smith, Silas F 21, 22, 26
Smith, Thomas A 21, 26
Smith, Mrs. T. T 55
Smith, Vivus W 20, 21, 26
South Salina, Syracuse called.. 15
Spencer, Israels 14
Spencer, Seth 35
Spencer, Thomas 1, 35
Spencer, Dr. Thomas 18
INDEX.
PAGE
Sprapue, David 50
Spy, The 28
Stafford, Amos 58
Stafford, David 58
Standard, Daily 21, 22
Standard, Onondaga 20, 21
Stanton, Isaac 34
Stanton, Rufus 37
Star, Syracuse 21, 22, 23
State League 24
Sterns, John G 35
Stewart, R. & G 33
Stillson & Grover 34
St. John, Reuben 21
St. Paul's church 39, 47, 51, 63
Strong, Schuyler 14
Stuart, Dr. James C 18
Summers, Moses 21
Summers, William 21
Swan, Dr 15
Syracusean, The 25
Syracuse Academy 46, 57
Syracuse Book Store 31
Syracuse Cadets 66
Syracuse, first newspaper 20
Syracuse, first daily paper 21
Syracuse House in 1820 37
Syracuse House 47, 65, 71
T
Taverns to be licensed 9
Teall, Timothy H 67, 69, 71
Telegram, Evening 21
Temperance advocated 16
Ten Eyck, Jacob 53
Terwilliger, George 21
Theatre in 1826 36
Thurber, I. A 60
Thurber, Paschel 60
Transcript 23
Trowbridge, Dr. John F 16
Truair, J. G. K 21
Truair, T. S 21
Tupper, N. &A 34
u
Union, Syracuse 27
Unitarian church 40
PAGE
Van Heusen & Moshell 34
Van Zandt, Washington 23
w
Wade, Jonathan 39
Waggoner, Mrs. Sarah 55
Walbridge, Chester 32
Walbridge, Herman 1, 32
Wallace, Judge William J 61
Walton, Abraham 59
Ward, Samuel R 28.
Watson, Winslow M 21, 24
Webb, James 1
Weed, Thurlow 20
Wesleyan 27
Westcott, Dr. Amos 19
Western State Journal 21
Wetherby, Heber 68
Wheaton, Augustus 52
Wheaton, Charles A., remin-
iscences of 53
Wheaton, Charles A 63
Wheaton, Dr. C. A 55
Wheaton, Edward 55
Wheaton, Ellen Birdseye 55
Wheaton, Florence 55
Wheaton, Henry 14, 55
Wheaton, Horace 63
Wieting, Dr 54, 63
Wilkinson, John...
1, 13, 14, 15, 26, 35, 64
Williams, Dr. Mather 17
Williams, Thomas 46
Williston's Mansion House 31
Winchell, James M 27
Wood. Daniel P 14
Woodruff & Bacon 34
Woolworth, Richard M 14
Wyman, John F 21, 25
Yellow theatre 62
Yoe, Mrs. R. A 49
Young, Henry 1
Young Hickory 49
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First Vice-President - - - . Mr. Salem Hyde
Second Vice-President - Rev. Wm. M. Beauchamp,S. T.D.
Recording Secretary - - - Mr. Tranklin fi. Chase
Corresponding Secretary - - - Mr. William James
Treasurer - - - - - Mr. Charles W. Snow
Librarian and Custodian - Mrs. L. Leonora Goodrich
l&ouvh of Sirwtora
Hon. Charles Andrews
Rev. William M. Beauchamp
Mr. Henry R. Cooper
Mr. Franklin H. Chase
Mr. George G. Fryer
Mrs, L. Leonora Goodrich
Miss Frances P. Gifford
Gen. J. Dean Hawley
Hon. Theodore E,. Hancock
Mr. Salem Hyde
Mr. William fames
Miss Florence M. Keene
Mr. T. Jefferson Leach
Mr. Ceylon H. Lewis
Mrs. Ina Bagg Merrell
Mrs. Frances W. Marlette
Hon, A. Judd Northrup
Mr. Ldward A. Powell
Mrs. Frances Cheney Palmer
Hon. Charles L. Stone
Mr. Charles W, Snow
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HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION,
[.^v.Voi.. I. APRIIv, 1911. No. 2.
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CATALOGUE OF PORTRAITS, REI.ICS, HISTORICAL
OBJECTS, MAPS, ETC., IN HISTORICAL BUIEDING,
SYRACUSE, N. Y. CATALOGUED WITH NOTES BY
^ " MRS. L. LEONORA GOODRICH.
^N
"" FIRST FLOOR
^ I. Clarke, Rev. Joseph M., D.D., Episcopal clergyman in Syra-
cuse twenty-eight years. Formerly a Director of the
Onondaga Historical Association. Died November, 1889,
aged seventy-two years. Presented by his wife, Emily
Bailis Clarke.
2. Coat-of-arms and historical chart of Piatt family of Platts-
burg, N. Y. Given by Mrs. W. H. H. Smith.
3. Coat-of-arms and historical chart of Treadwell family,
given by Mrs. W. H. H. Smith.
4. Cossett, Rufus. (Portrait painted by George Knapp.)
Died August 27, 1878, aged 88 years. Given by Mrs. Liz-
zie Strong Kipp.
5. Danmas, Alfred. Brother of Madam Raouel, French teacher
in Syracuse village. Painted by Charles L. Elliott in 1833.
Given by Mrs. W. H. H. Smith.
6. Davis, Dr. Henry. President of Hamilton College. Por-
trait copied by Newton A. Wells in 1877. Given by Mrs.
W. H. Smith.
7. Davis, Mrs. Henry. Portrait copied by Newton A. Wells
in 1877. Given by Mrs. W. H. H. Smith.
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8. Henry Davis, son of Dr. Henry Davis. Portrait painted by
Chas. L. Eelliott in 1832.
9. Declaration of Independence printed on satin. Given by
Mrs. W. H. H. Smith.
TO. Diploma awarded Mrs. Anna T. Redfield for historical
chart exhibited in London, Ontario, September, 1854.
Given by Mrs. H. H. Smith.
11. Diploma awarded Mrs. A. T. Rerfield for historical chart
exhibited at Mechanics, Intstitute, Syracuse, February,
1857, Signed, Daniel McDougal, Pres., and Seymour H.
Stone, Sec. Given by Mrs. W. H. Smith.
12. Diploma awarded Mrs. A. T. Redfield for botanical chart
by Mechanics' Institute, Syracuse, February, 1857.
Given by Mrs. W. H. H. Smith.
13. Haskins, James P. Marble Bust. Died January, 1873, aged
61. Given by Miss Eliza Lawrence.
14. Indian Hill, Indian Reservation. Painted by John D. Bar-
row, Skaneateles, a Director of the Onondaga Historical
Association. Given by his brother, George Barrow and
sisters, of Skaneateles, December, 1907.
15. Kellogg, Daniel, of Skaneateles. Portrait painted by F. R.
Spencer, 1836. Given by D. Kellogg Leitch, through La-
vinia Leitch, 1908.
16. Longstreet, C. T. Full-length portrait (in hall)., Manufac-
turer of men's clothing. Amassed a fortune, retired, and
built Renwick Castle, (now part of university property).
Born April, 1814, died July, 1881, aged 67 years. Portrait
painted by George K. Knapp. Given by Mrs. C. T. Long-
street.
17. Rev. Dr. Dirck C. Lansing. Pastor of First Presbyterian
Church, corner Fayette and Salina Streets. Preached the
dedicatory sermon in 1826. Given by his grand niece,
Helen Lansing Alvord Cheney. (Daughter of the late
Thomas G. Alvord). January, 1911.
18. Mayflower. Steel plate engraving (certified.) Given by
Sidney B. GiflFord, 1907.
19. McCarthy, Robert. Hardware merchant. Portrait. Died
Mav 27. igo2, aged 75 years. Given by his wife in 1907.
CATALOGUE OF HISTORIC OBJECTS 3
20. Norton, John D. Hardware merchant. Died i860, aged 57.
years. Given by Mrs. James Eager, 1906.
21. Osceola. Seminole chief. Died at Fort Moultrie, S. C,
Janury 30, 1838, aged 34 years. Painted from the original
Catlin's portrait, by Margaret (Mrs. W. H. H. Smith)
Redfield, 1884. Given by her,
22. Pew (in hall), occupied by the Kirkpatrick family in the
First Presbyterian Church, Syracuse.
23. Redfield, Mrs. Anna Treadwell. Portrait copied by Wells
Y. Thomas from a photograph taken in 1852. Died 1888,
Age 88. Given by Mrs. W. H. H. Smith.
24. Redfield, Mrs. Lewis H. (Anna Treadwell Redfield.) Died
1888, age 88. Painted by Newton A. Wells in 1877. Given
by Mrs. W. H. H. Smith.
25. Redfield, Lewis H. Early journalist of Onondaga Valley.
Portrait painted by Charles L. Elliott, 185 1. Given by
Mrs. W. H. H. Smith.
26. Redfield, L. H., jr. Given by Mrs. W. H. H. Smith.
27. Redfield, Peleg. Given by Mrs. W. H. H. Smith.
28. Shannon, G. W. November, 1870. Given by Mrs. W. H. H.
Smith.
29. Signing of Compact in the Mayflower. Given by Mrs. John
White.
30. Slosson, S. Harvey. Treasurer of Onondaga County Sav-
ings Bank. Died 1880, Aged 56 years. Given by Mrs.
Slosson.
31. Smith, Margaret Treadwell, Mrs. Died January, 1907, aged
84. Portrait painted by Sanford Thayer, 1852.
32. Smith, William Henry Harrison. Painted from life by San-
ford Thayer, 1852. Died August, 1901, aged 87. Given
by Mrs. W. H. H. Smith.
33. Smith, William H. H. Painted by Newton A. Wells, 1873.
Given by Mrs. W. H. H. Smith.
34. Spencer, Thomas. Pioneer salt manufacturer in the Village
of Syracuse. State Salt Superintendent. Died 1872, aged
76. Given by his daughter. Miss Frank Spencer, 1909.
35. Syracuse Village, taken from Lodi. Given by Mrs. W. H.
H. Smith.
4 ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
36. Syracuse Village. . Given by Mrs. W. H. H. Smith.
37. Taylor, Dr. William, of Manlius. Born in Suffield, October
12, 1791, died in Manlius, N. Y., September, 1865, aged
74 years. Presented by his niece, Mrs. Clara Post Hopkins,
of Palmyra, N. Y., November 4, 1907.
38. Taylor, Laura W. Daughter of Dr. William Taylor, of
ManHus. Born December, 1819, died in Palmyra, March
14, 1899, aged 80 years. Presented by Mrs. Clara Post
Hopkins, of Palmyra, N. Y.
39. Davis, Thomas T. Given by Mrs. W. H. H. Smith.
40. Treadwell, Judge Thomas, of Plattsburg, N. Y. Given bv
Mrs. W. H. H. Smith.
41. Webster, Daniel. Famous American statesman, orator,
lawyer, etc. Died in Massachusetts October, 1852, aged
80 years. Given by Mrs. Mary E. Cook, of Pompey, N. Y.
42. Webster, Daniel, Last Days of.
43. Willard, Dr. John. Given by Mrs. W. H. H. Smith.
44. Willard, Mrs. Emma. Given by Mrs. W. H. H. Smith.
45. Wood, Reuben. The noted angler of Syracuse. Portrait
painted by James Cantwell. Born 1823, died 1884, aged
61 years. Given by the Anglers' Association of Syracuse.
46. Washington Monument.
47. Wreath made of feathers by Sarah E. .Stansil. Given by
Sarah E. Stancil, 1909.
48. Wreath made of seeds by Sarah E. Stansil. Given by Sarah
E. Stancil, 1909.
49. Photograph of John Adams. Born March 3, 1761. Married
Priscella Beebe, March 16, 1780. Died at Dorwin Springs,
July 17, 1825, age 64 years. One of the first residents of
Onondaga Valley. Presented by his great granddaughter,
J. Isabella Dorwin, April 3, 1910.
50. Photograph of Priscilla Beebe Adams, wife of John Adams.
Born October 3, 1759. Died at Dorwin Springs, February
14, 1837, age 78 years. Presented by her granddaughter,
J. sabella Dorwin, Syracuse, April 23, 1910.
51. Waty Adams Dorwin, daughter of John and Priscilla Adams
and wife of Thomas Milton Dorwin. Born November 8,
1795. Died at Dorwin Springs December 7, i860, age 65
CATAI,OGUE OF HISTORIC OBJECTS 5
years. Presented by her graunddaughter, J. Isabella Dor-
win, April, 1910.
52. Rebekah Adams, daughter of John and Priscilla Adams.
Born January, 1792. Died at Dorwin Springs, October
16, 1869, age 78 years. Presented by her grand niece, J.
Isabella Dorwin, April 23, 1910.
53. Thomas Milton Dorwin (son of Thomas Dorwin and Urania
Hill Dorwin of Lanesboro, Mass.) Born September 19,
1788. Married Waty Adams February 4, 1816. Died at
Dorwin Springs October 7, i860, age, 72 years. Presented
by his granddaughter, J. Isabella Dorwin, April, 1910.
54. Maj. Gen. Wm. Cullen Brown, N. Y. S. militia, son of John
C. and Betsy Baldwin Brown of Onondaga East Hill, (and
nephew of the late Harvey Baldwin, first mayor of Syra-
cuse.) Born July 8, 1817. Died at Gravesend, L. I., June,
1882, age 65 years. Presented by his niece, J. Isabella
Dorwin, April, 1910.
55. Sword owned and used by Maj. W. C. Brown.
56. Col. Henry Perry Adams, an early settler in Syracuse. A
mechanical and civil engineer. Took an active part in the
Civil War. Born in Sullivan, February i, 1814. Died in
Syracuse February 3, 1875, age 61 years. Portrait painted
by Peter Baumgras.
57. Mrs. Eliza Young Adams, wife of Perry Adams. Born No-
vember, 1816. Died October 4, 1870, age 54 years. Por-
trait painted by Peter Baumgras,
58. Mrs. Elizabeth Adams Hill, only daughter of Perry and
Eliza Adams, spent several years in China, where she pro-
cured a fine collection of curios, which later in life she pre-
sented to Syracuse University. Born 1839. Died October
22, 1902, age 63.
59. Chas. F. Williston, mayor of Syracuse 1856, 1857. Cabinet-
maker several years, under the firm name of Ashley & Wil-
liston. Born September, 1816. Died September, 1896,
age 80 years. Portrait painted by Sanford Thayer, 1858.
Given by John H. Horton, 1910,
60. Small portrait of Chas. F. Williston when 30 years old.
Given by John H, Horton, 1910.
6 ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
6i. Picture of residence of Ashley & Williston on W. Fayette
street, being the first brick house erected in Syracuse, south
of canal on the west of Salina street. Given by John H.
Horton, 1910.
62. Photo, pall-bearers, who escorted the remains of Col. C. B.
Randall, (killed in battle "Peach Tree Creek"), to Fall
River, R. I., for burial during Civil War.
R. M. Beecher, J. W. Schevnaman,
J. H. Williams, John H. Horton,
Edward McDougal, J. H. Bradt,
Reuben Wood, Sam J. Abbott.
63. Mrs. M. C. Hand. Born April 13, 1881. Died July 29,
1881. Given by Mrs. Juha Hand, December, 1910. Por-
trait painted by Sanford Thayer.
SECOND FLOOR
ASSEMBLY HALL
1. Alexander, William H. Pioneer in iron foundry, associated
with C. C. Bradley during 1839. ^3.s Syracuse Village
trustee and one of the first Syracuse city aldermen. Died
August 20, 1863, aged 68. Given by his daughter, Mrs.
Fannie Alexander.
2. Alexander, William H., 2. Son of and successor to William
H. in foundry. Died 1881, aged 61. Portrait given by
Mrs. Fannie Alexander.
3. Alexander, Mrs. William H. Mother of William H., Jr.
Died April 3, 1868, aged 73 years. Given by Mrs. Fannie
Alexander.
4. Alvord, Thomas G., and Judge Charles Andrews. Andrews,
Charles, was mayor of Syracuse in 186 1, 1862, and 1868.
He was elected Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals
in 1870. Was appointed Chief Judge to fill Judge Folger's
vacancy in 1881. Re-elected Associate Jude in 1884.
Elected Chief Judge in 1892, and retired on age limit in
1897.
5. Alvord, Hon. Thomas G., began as a lawyer in the village of
Salina, 1833. Later engaged largely in salt business and
held ofifice of state salt superintendent, was Lieutenant-
Governor in 1865, 1866, member of Assembly fifteen terms,
three of which he served as speaker, 1858,1864, and 1879.
Commanded highest respect in his home city and known
throughout the state as an " Honest Politician," familiarly
known as " Old Salt." Born December 29, 1810. Died
October 1897, age 87 years. Painted portrait presented by
his daughter Mrs. Cheney, February 22, 1899.
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ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
6- Bagg, James L., lawyer ; trustee of Onondaga County Sav-
ings Bank, and charter member of Onondaga Historical
Association. Died February, 1901, aged 85. Presented by
his daughter, Mrs. E. H. Merrill.
7. Bagg, Mrs. Mary E., (Redfield), wife of J. L. Died Janu-
ary, 1898, age 73.
8. Beauchamp, Rev. William, M., D.D., Episcopal clergyman.
Rector of church in Baldwinsville for thirty-five years.
Also scientist and archaeologist for New York State Mu-
seum. Portrait painted by George K. Knapp,
9. Burdick, Perry, Tobacco merchant in Syracuse and Director
of Onondaga County Savings Bank. Died April, 1864,
aged 57 years. Given by his daughter, Louise Burdick.
10. Photo, Joseph Liedy. Noted American naturalist. Presi-
dent of Philadelphia Academy of Sciences from 1882.
Died 1891, aged 68 years. Given S. B. C. by Chas. E.
Smith, Philadelphia.
11. Portrsiit unknown, information requested f
12. Canfield, Rev. S. B., pastor of First Presbyterian Church,
1854 to 1870. Died March, 1871, aged 61.
13. Carroll, Hon. Frank E., plumber. Mayor of Syracuse 1871-
1872.
14. Clark, Elizur. Lumber merchant and salt manufacturer
from 1846 until his death, 1897. Aged 86.
15. Clark, EHzur.
16. Danforth, Patty. Wife of Thaddeus M. Wood, Onondaga
Valley, and daughter of Asa Danforth. The first white
child that settled in Onondaga County. Died in 1854,
aged 74.
17. Dennison, Dr. Henry D. Practising physician in Pompey.
Moved to Syracuse, where he became a successful con-
tractor. Died December, 1882, aged 60.
18. Didima, Dr. Henry D. A distinguished physician and au-
thor of medical essays of a high order. Dean of Syracuse
Medical College. Died October, 1905, aged 82.
19. Dwight. Col. Augustus W. One of the first to volunteer
for his country in the 149th regiment. N. Y. S. Volunteers.
Gave life for his country in 1862, age 35.
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20. Elliott, Charles L. Noted portrait painter. Former resident
of Syracuse. Died in Albany in 1868, aged 56 years.
21. Fargo, William G. American expressman. Organized ex-
press company 1843, re-organized in 1851 under the name
of Wells, Fargo & Company, to carry on express business
between New York and San Francisco. He was mayor of
Buffalo in 1862 and 1866. Died in Buffalo in 1881, aged
63 years. Given by George H. Perrior, June, 1894.
22. Judge James Geddes. Born in Carlisle, Penn., July 22, 1763,
settled in borough of Geddes 1793 and commenced manu-
facture of salt and surveying land. In 1876, purchased
land from the state about three miles from Geddes, settled
thereon during remainder of his life. Married Lucy
Jerome May 5, 1799. In 1800 elected justice of the peace,
1804, elected to legislature of New York; 1809, judge of
Onondaga Court of Common Pleas; 181 3, elected to thir-
teenth congress; 1821, again elected to the legislature.
Assisted in survey and construction of Erie canal. Died
at his home (now Fairmount), August 19, 1838, aged 75
years.
23. Geddes, Hon. George. Son of Judge James Geddes.
Farmer, surveyor and salt manufacturer. Seven years
superintendent of salt springs. In 1878 elected to state
senate. Held office two terms. Authority on good farm-
ing, on which subject contributed valuable article to " New
York Tribune," "Country Gentleman," and other leading
journals. Died 1883, aged 74.
24. Gere, Robert N. Salt manufacturer and railroad contractor.
Died 1891, aged 68.
26. Group, consisting of Thomas G. Alvord, William Brown
Smith, Alfred A. Howlett, Elizur Clark, N. M. Childs and
William Barnes. Taken in 1893.
26. Group —
T. G. Alvord. born December 10, 1810. Died October
26, 1897.
Wm. Brown Smith. Born February 17, 1821. Died
March 10, 1896.
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Alfred A. Howett. Born February 17, 1821. Died Janu-
ary 31, 1905.
Elizur Clark. Born October 5, 1807. Died December 2^,
1895-
N. M. Childs. Born December 20, 1806. Died Novem-
ber 19, 1896.
William Barnes. Born October 11, 1807. Died April 13,
1898.
27. Guitteau, Calvin.
28. Hanchett, M. Waldo. Insurance agent. Highly respected
citzen of Syracuse. Died in 1904, aged 89.
29. Hanchett, Mrs. M. W. Died September, 1890, age 65.
30. Hachett, M. W. Bust made by himself.
31. Hatch, Henry. Storage and foraging business.
32. Huntington, Rev. F. D. First Episcopal Bishop of Diocese
of Central New York, from 1869 to 1904. Died 1904,
aged 85. Presented by Philip S. Ryder.
33. Jackson, Andrew, North Carolinian by birth. After filling
many high offices, he was elected seventh president of the
United States 1829-1837. Died in Tennessee June 8, 1845,
aged 78,
34. Johnson, Col. John Holland. Portrait painted by Sanford
Thayer. Sheriff of Onondaga County. Died February
10, 1865, aged 69 years. Portrait given by Col. Dean
Hawley.
35. Keene, Charles. Merchant, junior partner of D. McCarthy
& Co. Died i860, aged 42.
36. Leach, Thomas Jefferson. Bookkeeper and teller in Bank
of SaHna from 1850 to 1859. Cashier of Salt Springs
Bank thirty-nine years. Elected president of Salt Springs
Bank in 1898, and in two years retired. Also president of
Associate Banks of Syracuse. Born April 14, 1830.
37. Leavenworth, Elias W. Lawyer, trustee of the Village of
Syracuse in 1837 ; elected mayor of the city of Syracuse
in 1849. Died November, 1897, aged 84.
38. Longstreet, Cornelius T. Jobber of clothing. Amassed a
fortune, retired and built Renwick castle. Died July 4,
188 1, aged 67. Full length portrait painted by George K.
Knapp. Given by Mrs. C. T. Longstreet.
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39. May, Rev. Samuel Joseph. Unitarian minister in Syracuse
from 1845 to 1872. A sterling promotor in education and
charity, served as school commissioner three terms, and
president of the board of education two terms. Brave
worker in the anti-slavery conflict, frequently endanger-
ing his own life through his advocacy of emancipation.
In 1861 was burned in effigy in Hanover Square for
instigating an abolition convention. Wrote several religi-
ous and educational works, among which was " Recollec-
tions of the Anti-Slavery Conflict." Born in Boston Sep-
tember 12, 1797. Died in Syracuse July, 1871, age 72.
Portrait painted by Sanford Thayer. Given by Mrs. L.
Leonora Goodrich, December, 1909.
40. Martin, Andrew. Emigrated to Syracuse in 1849, salt
manufacturer. Alderman ist ward in 1879, president Peo-
ple's Ice Co, 1908. Died 1909, aged 70 years.
41. McCarthy, Dennis. Son of the first dry goods merchant in
the village of Salina, (now First ward of city of Syra-
cuse., corner of Free and Salina streets), with whom he
was a partner until his father's death in 1838, and whom
he succeeded. Moved to the village of Syracuse in 1846,
locating on North Salina street. In 1856 he moved to the
corner of Fayette and Salina streets. Elected member of
assembly 1845. Mayor of the city of Syracuse 1853.
Elected to Congress 1866, State senator 1895. Died Feb-
ruary, 1886, aged 72 years. Portrait painted by Geo. K.
Knapp.
42. Munroe, Allen. Miller and Capitalist. Mayor of Syracuse
1854. Died November, 1884, aged 65 years.
43. New York Volunteers, 122nd Regiment.
44. Peck, General John J. West Point graduate. Volunteer in
the Civil War. Appointed Brigadier .General in 1861
Served until close of war. Died 1878, aged 57. Presented
by his son, Duncan W. Peck.
45. Poole, Major Theodore L. Enlisted in Civil War as pri-
vate, and passed through a series of promotions to major.
In 1864 he was severely wounded, losing his right arm.
Held several public offices in the city. Director of Onon-
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daga Historical Association. Member of Congress. Died
December, 1900, aged 60 years. Given by his sister, Mrs.
Kate P. B. Baldwin, 1910.
46. Putnam, Captain Hiram. Sea Captain. Druggist of the firm
of Fitch & Putman in the Village of Syracuse. Was presi-
dent of the Board of Education. Died November 8, 1874,
aged 88.
47. Redfield, Lewis H. One of the early printers and publish-
ers of Onondaga County. Died July 14, 1882.
48. Redfield, Charles H. Son of L. H. Redfield.
49. Richmond, Dean. Early settler in the Village of Salina.
Merchant on Exchange street. Later moved to Batavia
and became interested in railroads, serving as president.
50. Salsbury, A. G. Head principal of the city schools from
the beginning to 1864. Born 1821. Died 1874, aged 53.
51. Salsbury, Mrs. Sarah Tallman. Wife of A. G. Salsbury,
and his assistant teacher in School No. 7. Born 1818.
Died 1894, aged yS years.
52. Seward, Hon. William H. A noted American Statesman.
United States Senator. As United States Secretary of
State negotiated with Russia for cession of Alaska. Gov-
ernor of New York 1838-1843. Died in Auburn, 1872,
aged 71 years.
53. Slocum, General Henry W. Civil War Volunteer. Ap-
pointed 1861 Brigadier-General. Promoted to Major-
General 1862. Died in Brooklyn April, 1894, aged 67
years.
54. Slocum, Joseph and family. Mrs. Margaret Germain Slo-
cum, Olivia Slocum Sage, Joseph Germain Slocum. Pre-
sented by Mrs. Russell Sage, nee Olivia Slocum.
55. Smith, Hon. Carroll E. (photo.) Presented by Philip S.
Ryder.
55. Smith, Hon. Carroll E. Son of Vivus W. Smith, and for-
mer president of the Onondaga Historical Association.
For many years editor and proprietor of the Syracuse
Journal. The oldest newspaper in Onondaga County. Held
many positions of trust. Died August, 1903, aged 72
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years. Portrait painted by Sanford Thayer, and presented
by his wife, Mrs. Harriet (Horton) Smith.
56. Smith, Charles E., of Philadelphia. Scientist, and a rail-
road magnate. Died 1894, aged 81. S. B. C.
57. Smith, Vivus W. Journalist and influential politician. Died
1881, aged "jj years. Portrait painted by Sanford Thayer,
and given by Mrs. Carroll E. Smith.
58. Stanton, Rufus. Before 1810, he cultivated wheat near Os-
wego canal bridge, North Salina street. Kept tavern
south of the bridge in 181 1. Died September, 1874, aged
86. Given by his daughter, Mrs. Helen Keene.
59. Syracuse Citizens Corps. A local military company.
59. Annex to the Syracuse Citizens Corps.
60. Syracuse Judges and Lawyers, 1898.
61. Townsend, Captain Robert. Volunteer in Mexican War,
also in Civil War. Assigned to China as naval officer,
where he died after a brief illness, August 15, 1866, aged
47. He was a director of the Onondaga Historical Asso-
ciation.
62. Tracy, Mrs. James Grant. Nee Sarah Osgood. A resident
of Syracuse seventy years. Died December 24, 1896, aged
97. Given by her son, Osgood V. Tracy.
63. Tyler, Comfort. Came from Connecticut in 1798 with Asa
Danforth. Settled with the Indians. First settlers in
Onondaga County. Born 1764. Died in Montezuma Au-
gust 5, 1827, aged 63.
64. Tzar of Russia, Alexander H. Fine portrait given by Hon,
Andrew D. White.
65. Waldo, Rev. Daniel. Known as " Father Waldo," A much
loved minister and Revolutionary soldier. Died 1895,
aged 102 years.
66. Wallace, Judge William J. Lawyer. Mayor of Syracuse in
1873. Appointed Judge for the Northern District of New
York by President Grant in 1874, and United States Cir-
cuit Judge in 1882, resigned in 1897.
67. Weed, Thurlow. A noted American journalist and politi-
cian. Served in war of 1812. Died November 22, 1882,
aged 85. Given by James TerwilHger in 1900.
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68. Westcott, Dr. Amos. Dentist. (Marble profile.) Died
July, 1873, age 58. Given by his son, E. Westcott.
69. Wilkinson, John. Lawyer and first postmaster in the Vil-
lage of Syracuse. President of the Syracuse & Utica rail-
road and of the Michigan Southern. Died September,
1862, aged 75 years.
70. Wood, Julius.
71. Wright, Silas. American statesman. Held many prominent
positions, one of which was Governor of the State of New
York 1 845- 1 847. Died in 1847, aged 52. Presented by
William and Frank Stewart.
MISCELLANEOUS
1. Seventeenth century clock. Given by Dr. S. B. Palmer, 1895.
2. Skeltonized leaves. Work of Mrs. Ann Eliza Noxon Ives.
Presented by Mrs. W. H. H. Smith in 1908.
3. Oak and glass case containing silver service, consisting of a
tray bearing the following inscription : " Presented to
Hon. Carroll E. Smith, editor of the Syracuse Journal, by
his colleagues of the associated press of the State of New
York, in token of their appreciation of six years' faithful
and valuable service as their president. Annual meeting,
1885."
One silver coffee pot, one silver tea pot, one sugar bowl,
one cream pitcher and one slop bowl.
All of which were purchased from the Estate of the late
Hon. Carroll E. Smith by Mrs. Margaret Treadwell
Smith, and presented by her to the Onondaga Historical
Association in 1907. Also a silver loving cup owned by
her late husband, W. H. H. Smith.
Included in this case are the presentation papers in Mrs.
Smith's handwriting.
4. Oak and glass case containing our nation's flags. One pre-
sented by the ladies of Syracuse to the 122nd Regiment
when that regiment started for the Civil War. One, Citi-
zens Corps flag. Presented by " Butler Zouaves," Febru-
ary 22, 1899.
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One battle flag of the 149th Regiment and a Rebel flag,
seized by one of the Federal soldiers.
This case also contains a gold-headed cane, once belong-
ing to the late Dr. Swift, presented by his son, Hamilton
Swift, in 1897.
5. One iron frame clock, gift of William Kirkpatrick.
6. Bust of William H. Seward.
7. Bust of
8. Also belongs in Assembly Hall the following :
A part of silver service given to Judge Joshua Foreman
by Syracuse in token of appreciation of valuable services,
consisting of one silver pitcher and four goblets. (The
original gift to Judge Foreman had six goblets.) Pre-
sented by Mrs. Mary T. Leavenworth, October, 1906.
The silver pitcher bears the following inscription :
" A tribute of respect.
" Presented by the citizens of Syracuse
" To the Hon. Joshua Foreman
" Founder of that village."
THIRD FLOOR
KIRKPATRICK ROOM
1. Mirror. Hand painted with peacock decorations by Miss
Nellie Plumb.
2. Kirkpatrick, William. President of Onondaga Historical
Association and superintendent of salt springs. Died May
i8, 1900, age 70, leaving a handsome bequest to the Onon-
daga Historical Association. Portrait painted by Sanford
Thayer of Syracuse.
3. Kirkpatrick, Donald. Twin brother of William. Died Sep-
tember 19, 1889, aged 59. Portrait painted by Sanford
Thayer.
4. Kirkpatrick, Mrs. Nancy. Wife of Dr. William Kirkpat-
rick and her twin sons, William and Donald, about two
years old, and the miniature portrait of their father Wil-
Ha.m Died 1871, age 78. Portrait painted by Sanford
Thayer.
5. Kirkpatrick, Dr. William. Father of William and Donald.
Was State Superintendent of salt springs from 1805 to
1827. Died 1832, aged 63. Portrait painted by Charles L.
Elliott.
6. Kirkpatrick, Mrs. Nancy. Mrs. Nancy Kirkpatrick Hol-
lister, mother of William and Donald Kirkpatrick. Died
1 87 1, aged 78. Portrait painted by Charles L. Elliott.
7. Portrait (engraving) of Robert Burns (Scotch poet.)
8. Photograph of Rev. J. Kirkpatrick, father of Dr. William
Kirkpatrick.
9. Silhouette of William Kirkpatrick.
10. Silhouette of Donald Kirkpatrick.
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15. Herbst's Spring.
11. Sketch of statuary from the London Art Journal.
12. Sketch of statuary from London Art Journal.
Furniture Used in Kirkpatrick Family and Given by Wil-
liam Kirkpatrick
13. Black walnut card table.
14. Black walnut writing or reading desk.
15. Bookcase. Large.
16. Bust of Martin Burt, formerly of this city.
17. Dresser and mirror.
18. Mahongany bureau, carvel claw feet.
19. Two carved mahogany chairs.
20. Mahogany sideboard, inlaid doors and drawers.
21. Mahogany stand with carved dragon feet and legs.
22. Mahogany table, carved feet and standard.
23. Mahogany table, marble top.
24. Revolving book rack. (Round.)
25. Revolving book rack. (Square.)
26. Upholstered chair and writing table combined.
27. Table. Cherry. With leaves.
LIBRARY
Pictures and articles given by William Kirkpatrick
(Except as noted.)
1. Arch of Constantine.
2. Biblical painting.
3. Barometer.
4. Two bronze figures framed.
5. Bust of
6. Bust of
7. Christ leaving the praetorium.
8. Clock.
9. Cocker and rabbit.
10. Cocker and woodchuck.
11. Ehrenbraitstein in Prussian fortress. By Shumway.
12. Forester's family.
13. Harp stand of the seventeenth century. Given by Mrs. W.
H. H. Smith.
14. Hehbst's Autumnal.
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i6. Herbst's Summer.
17. Herbst's Winter.
18. Historical muse writing the life of Washington.
19. Kirkpatrick family pet dog.
20. Louise.
21. Madam Raouel rocking chair. Given by Mrs. W. H. H.
Smith.
22. Mahogany and marble pier mantel. Given bv Mrs. W. H.
H. Smith.
23. Manifest Destiny, or Fortune Telling.
24. Mirror Lake, Yosmite.
25. Otto Linguer. (Left to the Wide World.)
26. Painting. Bridge, etc. By S. B. C. Boevey.
27. Patrick Agan's certificate of life membership in the Onon-
daga Historical Association. Signed, J. V. H. Clark,
President and James Leach, Secretary, 1863. Given by
Mrs. Anna Agan, 1907.
28. Piper and Nut Cracker.
29. Portrait of Sir Walter Scott.
30. Retriever and pheasant.
31. Road to Yosemite Falls.
32. Forum.
33. Sentinel Rock, Yosemite. 3.270 feet high.
34. Setter and grouse.
35. Shakesperian Cimbeline, Act I, scene 2.
36. Shakesperian. First part of King Henry VL
37. Shakesperian. First part of King Henry VL
38. Shakesperian. Winter's Tale, Act IV, scene 3.
39. Shakesperian. Winter's Tale, Act H, scene 3.
40. Shakesperian. King Henry VHL
41. St. Mark's Place, Venice.
42. Sketch from Art Interchange.
43. Sketch from Art Interchange.
44. Vases, China. Design of 1840. Belonged to Mrs. Kirkpat-
rick.
45. Verge of Mont Blanc.
46. Washington chair. Given by Mrs. W. H. H. Smith.
47. Yosemite Falls, from the foot.
48. Yosemite Valley, fro mCoulterville road.
\g. Yosemite Valley, from Fairy Bend.
FOURTH FLOOR
MUSEUM- WALL HANGINGS, ETC.
1. Painting of burning of Onondaga Indian chief in 1696, Au-
gust 8th, at Frontenac's invasion in "Onondaga village,"
South from Jamesville.
2. Marriage of Pocohontas to John Rolfe in 1613. Given by
Mrs. J. E. White, 1908.
3. Signing of Ccmpact in Cabin of Mayflower in 1620. Given
by Mrs. J. E. White.
4. Fine specimen of pure whalebone.
5. Portrait of Onondaga squaw, familiarly known as "Aunt
Dinah." Died 1896, aged 102 years. This portrait, with
the rustic frame, donated by Philip S. Ryder in 1896.
6. Totem poles.
7. Colonial money.
8. Colonial money and "shin plasters." Given by Samuel J.
Abbott, 1895.
9. Signing of the Declaration of Independence.
10. Painting by Harriett Minor.
IT. Portrait of General Lafayette. The celebrated French-
American Revolutionary soldier. Died May 20, 1834,
aged JJ years.
12. Chart of presidents to 1880. Given by Mrs. Horace Can-
dee.
13. State Commission of Comfort Tyler, signed and sealed
1799 by Governor George Clinton.
14. Program of exhibition in Pompey Academy in 1816.
15. Certificate of American citizenship to Samuel Higgins, a
seaman, signed O. B. Lincoln, 1803. Given by his son,
Alfred Higgins, 1906,
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i6. Letter to Stanley G. Smith from Andrew D. White,
acknowledging invitation to Republican meeting with
good advice, . Given by Stanley G. Smith.
17. Commission of Phineas Castle as captain, signed John
Trumbull, Lebanon, 1776.
18. Articles of Agreement for sale of State land between Wil-
liam Kirkpatrick, sr., Supt. of Onondaga Salt Springs,
and Joshua Forman, in 1807. Witnessed by Thomas
Wheeler.
19. Reports on death of Col. E. L. Walrath. A brave soldier
during Civil War. Died July, 1894, aged 65.
20. Map of the County of Onondaga in 1829.
21. Tombs of George and Martha Washington, Mount Vernon.
22. Inaugural address of Thomas Jefferson, March, 1801. Pre-
sented by Capt. Samuel Larned in 1863.
23. Home of Washington, Mount Vernon.
24. Key to and picture of Declaration of Independence, July 4,
1776.
25. Contract of Land Conveyance made in 1796 between Com-
fort Tyler and State of New York, November.
26. Sermon by Rev. A. B. Palmer of Collingwood, N. Y., given
by his brother, Dr. A. . Palmer of Syracuse, 1895.
27. Printed program of Ford's Theater, Washington, the night
Pres. Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by Wilkes
Booth, April 14, 1865.
28. Petition with 112 signatures for building a bridge at
Cayuga Outlet, January, 1794. Given by Carroll E.
Smith.
29. Board covered with lichens found in bottom of partially
sunken old boat on shores of Skaneateles Lake bv Mr.
John Barrow, who sent it to Mrs. L. L. Goodrich, of
Syracuse, N. Y. Given by Mrs. L. Leonora Goodrich.
30. Wreath made from hairs collected from the heads of mem-
bers of different families of the Syracuse Citizens'
Corps, 1862 (?), hung in their hall until they disorgan-
ized. Given b H. C. Brower in 1906.
31. Lock used on first County Clerk's Office in Onondaga Val-
lev, 1794. Presented by Z. Lawrence Beebee in 1884.
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32. Cones from a cedar of Lebanon. Given by Mrs. Caroline
Longstreet.
33. Banjo Clock. Given by Mrs. Caroline Longstreet, 1895.
34. French fashion plates, with changing styles from about
twenty years prior to 1850.
35. Napoleon crossing the Alps.
36. Map of Onondaga County with Indian sites and names.
Made and given by Rev. Dr. W. M. Beauchamp.
37. Photograph of Linnaeus, certified. (S. B. C.)
38. Morning Extra (notice.) The Great Whig convention
1840.
39. Letter from Charles B. Sedgwick to his wife announcing
the vote for the abolishment of slavery.
40. Cabinet.
41. Commission as Captain of Phineas Castle, March, 1760.
Signed Thomas Fitch, Reign of King George, IL
42. Sampler.
43. Flowers collected in ancient Syracuse, Sicily. Given by
Prof. Ernst Held.
44. Appointment of Isaac R. Quereau as fireman in the Village
of Salina. Attached to the Salina Blues No. i, January,
1847. Elizur Clark, president of the village.
45. Wheelbarrow used to deliver express matter by Carroll E.
Smith, in the Village of Syracuse, 1847. Presented by
Alfred Higgins in 1896.
46. Articles from newspapers on the death of George Wash-
ington Given by Judge Henry Riegel.
47. Certificates of Mayflower Descendants' Society. Given by
Sidney B. Gififord.
48. Commission to Joshua Bottom as captain, 1778. Signed by
John Hancock and Jonathan Trumbull.
49. "A mappe of Colonel Romer's voyage to 5 Indian nations,
going from New York to Albany. Thence west to Ma-
quas Castle. From last castle called Daganahoge W. S.
W. towards Onyades, a second nation. There I was
stopped and could not proceed any farther for some
important reasons and obliged to go from Onondaga to
Lake of Cananda,down Cananda River till we metOnon-
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dages River and Osweges River. From whence we were
to return towards Onondages, having no provisions.
Thence to Onondages and to Corning place, Wood Kill
and Beaver Kill, and to Oneida. On again and thence
to Albany and it is set forth with red prickled lines."
(1700.)
50. Pocohontas pleading with Powhatan, her father, for the
life of Capt. John Smith.
51. Debois and Bacon piano, about 1825. Given by Mrs. W.
H. H. Smith.
52. Cabinet.
53. Napoleon. Emperor of France. Died at St. Helena May 5,
1 82 1, age 52.
54. A series of photographs, consisting of the old Arsenal,
Ephriam Webster's home, Dorwin homestead, Lake
Kayohkoo, Pratt's Falls, Indian Home, Joshua Forman's
House 1797, Pompey Academy 18 10. Given by Henry
Stanton.
55. Commission appointing Nathaniel Gilbert chaplain, signed
by Dewitt Clinton, Governor, and William L. Marcy,
Secretary.
56. Appointment of Asa Danforth as captain, fourth regiment,
1777, signed John Avery, Secretary.
57. Portrait of Rev. Dr. John W. Adams, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church. Died April 4, 1850, aged 54.
Given by Fannie Mills, Chicago.
58. Prodigal Son.
59. Burning of Collins (an aged Indian) and his dog.
60. Washington and Lafayette badges.
61. Site on Montgomery street before court house was built,
1906.
62. Acknowledgement of receipt of Onondaga Historical Asso-
ciation medal by Britsh Museum, November, 1894.
63. Acknowledgement from DeLima Institute, France, of re-
ceipt of Onondaga Historical Association, medal, 1894.
64. First Presbyterian Church of Syracuse, built in 1825. Rev.
D. C. Lansing preached the dedicatory sermon 1826.
There was a donation visit at his residence December,
1830. Given by M. W. Hanchett.
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65. Sideboard, mahogany. Given by Mrs. W. H. H. Smith.
66. Appointment of judges and five others with Jasepr Hopper,
Clerk of Onondaga County, with authority to adminis-
ter oath, etc., to officers, civil and military, November 2,
1804. " Morgan Lew^is, Gov."
67. Syracuse Citizens' Corps program, of concert ball, 1861.
Given by M. W. Hanchett.
68. Appointment of two masters and two wardens in masonry
in year 1803.
69. Cartificate of membership of Agricultural Society to Thad-
deus M. Wood, 1802.
70. Appointment of Comfort Tyler as Clerk of Court of Com-
mon Pleas, 1799.
71. Commission of Peleg Green as captain, signed John Han-
cock, Mass., 1784. Presented by Dr. Benjamin T.
Green, 1865.
72. Commission of Sheldon Logan as Superintendent of Salt
Works in Onondaga in 1801, signed by George Clinton.
'j}^ Commission of Moses Smith and others, State Commis-
sioners, signed Morgan Lewis, 1807.
74. Map of Onondaga Indian Reservation in 1875.
75. Notice of Public Meeting for the supremacy of law in
1841, signed Hiram Putnam, President of the Village
of Syracuse.
76. Jerry Rescue in 1851. Sheriff's orders for public peace.
yj. Appointment of Silas F. Smith, collector of Internal Reve-
nue, 1867, t)y Pres. Andrew Johnson. Given by Stanley
G. Smith.
78. New England Weekly Journal, 1728.
79. Hungarian bill, one dollar. Guaranteed.
80. Diploma from St. Louis Exposition, 1894, for Onondaga
potatoes, accompanied with medal. Name of every
state borders the diplom.a.
81. Commission of Robert Wilson as auctioneer in 1805, signed
Morgan Lewis.
82. Commission of John Rapalye as auctioneer in 1803, signed
George Clinton.
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83. John Haskins appointed Coroner of Onondaga County by
George Clinton, 1804.
84. Memoriam to S. Hervey Slosson, a director of Onondaga
County Savings Bank. Died 1880, aged 46.
85. Presentation of flag to Onondaga Historical Association by
Butler Zouaves, February 22, 1899. Given by Carroll
E. Smith.
86. Pressed flowers. (Origin unknown.)
87. Champions of Freedom :
Horace Greeley, J. G. Whittier,
Charles Sumner, J. P. Hale,
W. H. Seward, S. P. Chase,
Henry Ward Beecher.
88. Fourteen Syracuse representatives :
89. Survivors of Revolution in 1895:
William, Hutchings, 100 years old.
Daniel Waldo, 102 years old.
Adam Link, 102 years old.
Samuel Downing, 102 years old.
Alexander Milliner, 104 years old.
Samuel Cook, 105 years old.
90. Painting of knit socks. Given by Mrs. A. M. T. Redfield.
91. View of inside of a church.
92. Old State Arsenal, Onondaga Valley, painted by Miss Hat-
tie Dingman. Given by Mrs. Longstreet.
93. Indian arrow heads. Collected and donated by Maj. Theo-
dore L. Poole.
OVER MANTEL
94. Portrait of Captain George, Onondaga Indian Chief.
95. One pair of elk antlers.
96. Two snow shoes.
97. Papoose carved rack used by the squaws to carry the pa-
poose on their backs.
98. Deer antlers.
99. Ram's horns.
100. Onondaga Indian burden rack.
TOT. Arrows with wooden heads.
CATALOGUE O^ HISTORIC OBJECTS 2$
102. Zulu war club,
103. Five rude spears or javelins.
104. Western arrows with iron points.
105. Bowie knife in case. Given by J. M. Gould, 1866.
106. Sabre. Given by Capt. Robert Townsend.
107. Two pistols.
108. Two muskets with bayonets.
109. John Washington's delivery of a run-away slave to Wil-
liam Young in 1761.
no, George Washington's discharge of a faithful servant.
111. Onondaga Indian snow snakes.
112. Spinnet. Presented by Frank Raymond in memory of
Lucy M. Coleman and Aurelia Raymond, 1908.
113. Pipe for setting pole.
114. Two guns.
115. Enfield rifle used by Davis Cossett during Civil War on
road to Gettysburg. " It belonged to Sam Brown, who
cut his name on stock. Since the close of the war it has
been changed to a shot gun."
116. Clock. Given by Mr. Sisco.
117. Painting of Manlius when only a borough.
118. Gettysburg battlefield. Given by Maj. Theodore L. Poole.
119. Caricature. " Behind the political curtain of the meridia of
Onondaga County." By Asher Tyler.
120. The Times. Sixty-first anniversary of our independence,
July 4, 1837.
121. A commission paper for Comfort Tyler, 1798.
122. Photograph of Miles W. Bennett, Salt manufacturer.
Died October 18, 1856. Given by Mrs. Lucy Hopkins.
123. Portrait of George Washington, First President of the
United States. Born February 22, 1732, died Decem-
ber 14, 1799, aged 67 years.
124. Photograph of John Clymer.
125. Photograph of Capt. Oliver Teall. He furnished the first
water supply for Syracuse. The small reservoir was
near Fountain street. Died August, 1857, age 69 years.
126. Washington entering Philadelphia.
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127. Lafayette. Full length portrait of the French- American
General in the Revolutionary War. Died in Paris May,
1834, aged 'jy years.
128. Mr. Burr Burton. Salt manufacturer of Salina. Died
May 4, 1865, aged 61 years.
129. Abraham Lincoln and sons. President Lincoln was assas-
inated February ii, 1865. Died in Washington Febru-
ary 12, 1865, aged 56 years.
130. Camp Onondaga.
131. Oil Painting. Representing the wounding of Sir Wilham
Johnson in the stockaded camp at Lake George, September
8, 1755-
132. Photograph of Governor Briggs, Mass.
133. General Longstreet. French general. Given by Mrs.
Longstreet.
134. First Presbyterian church in Syracuse and house on Fay-
ette street. House still standing, 1909, in rear of Miss
Lyons' home on Adams street. This church stood where
the McCarthy drygoods store was afterwards built, cor-
ner of Fayette and Salin astreets.
135. General Longstreet. Raised portrait. French general.
Given by Mrs. Longstreet.
136. General Longstreet. French general. Given by Mrs. C. T.
Longstreet.
137. A portion of shark's jaw and teeth.
MISCELLANEOUS
138. Basket used for screening grain before the invention of the
fanning mill.
139. Dulcimer owned by John P. Hicks, of Liverpool. Given
by Mrs. Fred Sheman.
140. An old knife, fork and spoon sideboard. Given by Mrs. C.
T. Longstreet.
T41. Saddle-bag containing turnkey and forceps used by Dr.
John Collins from 1830 to 1882. Presented by his wife,
Mary Ann Collins, in 1890.
T42. Ancient bellows musical instrument. Given by Mrs. Au-
chumpaugh.
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143. Spinning wheel. Given by Charles V. Webber of Joshua,
N. Y., 1903.
144. Hetchel used for separating fibres of flax in early eigh-
teen century. Given by Charles V. Webber, 1903.
145. Ancient reel.
146. Flax wheel. (Not complete.) Given by Henry Hamilton,
1909.
147. Spinning wheel. Given by Mrs. F. C. Sherman, 1895.
148. Very crude swifts for skeining yarn. Given by Henry
Hamilton, 1909.
149. Sears sewing machine. One of the first make. Given by
Mrs. Adams.
150. Sword.
151. Sword.
152. Sword.
153. Sword.
154. Sword.
155. Sword.
156. Sword,
157. Ghost robe worn by Sitting Bull, promotor of the Ghost
Dance. Given by Miss Johanna Campbell, 1902.
158. Photograph of Sitting Bull. Given by Miss Johanna
Campbell.
159. Candle molds in wooden frame. Given by Henry Hamil-
ton, 1908.
160. Brick from a house near Eagle Village. Given by Dr,
Taylor of Fayetteville, N. Y.
161. Brick from the old Syracuse House.
162. Small bust of Pres, William McKinley, Assasinated Sep-
tember 6, 1901, in Bu^alo. Died September 14, 1901,
aged 57 years.
163. Portion of tree girldled by beavers. Given by Dr. A. B.
Palmer, 1898.
164. Indian Lacrosse game.
165. Harpoon. Given by Captain Townsend.
166. Brass kettle, sixty years old. Given by Mrs, Frank Ray-
mond, 1908.
167. Tin candle moulds for one dozen. Given by A. W. Horton.
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i68. Candle moulds for a dozen candles.
169. Candle moulds for one-half dozen candles.
170. Candle moulds for four candles.
171. Tin lantern used by Davis Cossett when a boy when milk-
ing his cows before daylight in middle of eighteenth cen-
tury.
172. Long sickle used by the Westfall family, of Baldwinsville,
N. Y., for cutting flax and hemp.
173. Camp kettle used in General Burgoyne's army. "Certified."
174. Set of crude tools.
175. Old English hoe.
176. Square glass lantern which succeeded the tin ones.
177. Drafting wheel used in Syracuse during Civil War on Au-
gust 19, 1863, for drafting men for the battle field.
Citizens' names still in wheel.
178. A fireman's hat worn during fire service from 1831 to 1841
by Benjamin Lathrop of Syracuse. Given by his son,
Edward Lathrop.
179. Iron marker. Dexter Moseley.
180. Implements brought from Holland, 1730, and used by the
fomily of the donor, Avery P. Shue, 1895.
181. Brass handled tongs.
182. Iron shovel and tongs for the first stoves.
183. Iron oven shovel, long handle. Given by Charles V. Web-
ber, 1908.
184. Fire-place or back-log tongs. Given by Charles V. Web-
ber, 1908.
185. Two sticks, freaks in growth.
186. Revolving churn used about 1850. Given by Charles V.
Webber, 1908.
187. Fire bucket, such as every family was forced to keep in
the house in Village of Syracuse before fire engines were
introduced in the late forties.
188. Fire bucket, J. V. H. Clark.
189. Fire bucket, B. D. Noxon.
190. One leather brass-nailed trunk, used in 1831.
191. Chair used by Dr. Needham, Onondaga Valley. Given by
Mrs. Sarah Tallman.
CATALOGUE OF HISTORIC OBJECTS 29
192. One of the first upright pianos in this country ; the action
is a curiosity, trip being at the bottom of the long rods.
Given by Thomas and Lillian Gilpin, February, 1889.
193. Inlaid stand, hand made by Elizur Clark when eighty years
of age and given in 1900 by him.
194. Eight large shells.
195. Knife and fork sideboard. Given by Mrs. W. H. H.
Smith.
196. Shaving mirror. Given by Mrs. W. H. H. Smith.
197. Annual reports of St. Paul's Church, 1832 to 1863, includ-
ing the names of ministers during that time.
198. Onondaga Historical Association certificate of honorary
membership to Thomas La Forte of the Onondagas,
March 7, 1868.
199. Supplement to Albany register March 30, 1807, on corrupt
influence.
200. Account of terrible powder explosion in Village of Syra-
cuse, 1841, with names of the killed and injured.
201. Quaint advertisement of sale at auction of ninty-three
farms in Albany in 1814.
202. Two sets of hand painted birds, one hundred years old.
Given in 1895.
203. Large wooden chair of Judge Daniel Moseley. Given by
Lucy M. Donohue.
204. Thanksgiving proclamation in 1765, signed "Sam Ward,
Governor."
205. Women's Central Association of Relief to the Soldiers' Aid
Society of Syracuse, January i, 1865.
206. Large arm chair. Given by William Kirkpatrick.
207. Meteorite. Fell in Pompey. Given by Dr. George Stevens,
Lysander.
208. Collection of Indian relics, mostly local. Made and pre-
sented by Rev. W. M. Beauchamp, (in boxes), 191 1.
209. Indian Pottery from Skaneateles. Collected and presented
by Dr. William Hinsdale, Syracuse, 1911.
210. A miscellaneous collection of shells, including a full set of
Onondaga County shells. In trays and drawers. Col-
lection made and presented by Rev. Wm. M, Beau-
champ, 191 1.
CASE A-INDIAN RELICS, ETC.
1. Agate pebbles from Lake Superior.
2. Agate, large and polished.
3. Alabastar vase.
4. Ambrotype.
5. Ancient pottery taken twenty feet below the surface and
upon the fossil salt bed at Petit Aure, La., by William C.
Brown, Esq. " Such fragments have been considered
proof of man's antiquity." Given by Dr. A. D. Ship-
man.
6. Antique Roman hand lamp.
7. Block of travestine.
8. Bone cut into quadrangle,
9. Bone dagger. Esquimo. Large.
10. Buckskin gun case.
11. Bunches of Egyptian beads and ornaments.
12. Cast of Egyptian design with figures and hiroglyphics.
13. Powder horn, with this inscription: "Charles Burritt, his
powder horn, made on borde of the sloop Adventeurer,
March 10, 1774."
14. Daguerreotype of Capt. George, (Sowenonah), first war
chief of Onondaga warriors, 1850. Given by J. V. H.
Clark.
15. Daguerreotvpe of Tahtoho, grandson of Ephriam Webster,
1850. Given by J. V. H. Clark.
16. Double nut. Lodoicea Scheellarums. A native southern
part of India.
17. An exploded iron shell.
18. Fish bones, two.
19. Fossil fish.
20. Fossil spirifier. (Valve of shell.)
21. Fossil wood and lignite.
22. Fragments of Egytian tablet.
23. Henry Clay cross and star. Given by Richard A. Yoe, in
February, 1900.
24. Human head of clay. (Unfinished.)
25. Human skull and tibia. Onondaga.
CATALOGUE OF HISTORIC OBJECTS 3I
26. Indian war club. (West coast.) Given by Capt. Moses
Summers.
27. Iron boat hook.
28. Iron perforated crane hook.
29. Ivory scraper.
30. Mexican jar.
31. Large quartzite spear head and Indian arrow heads from
bank of Shenandoah River, eighteen inches below the
surface of Elizabeth City, the site of Pozvhatan, Va.,
June 23, 1862.
32. Medicine man's pocket. Rare and valuable. Given by Mrs.
W. H. H. Smith.
33. Two nuts.
34. Bark tray or bowl.
35. Onondaga beaded bag from Onondaga Reservation.
36. Beaded bag from Onondaga Reservation. Given by Mrs.
Smith.
37. Beaded leggings and border from Onondaga Reservation.
38. Onondaga beads and buttons of bone for games.
39. Onondaga bone spool. Given by Ida Webster, great-great
granddaughter of Ephriam Webster, in 1895.
40. Onondaga bone toothpick.
41. Onondaga "celts," called deer skinners.
42. Onondaga copper kettle, probably from Pompey.
43. Onondaga corn husk mush basket, used in 1864 by John
Griffin, (Indian), interpreter at Onondaga, who died in
1905.
44. Onondaga forehead strap of elm bark twine.
45. Onondaga flat stone pestle, marked 1700.
46. Onondaga Indian potsherd.
47. Onondaga paddle or corn stirrer, made from the wood of
the old Council House. Given by Mrs. Longstreet.
48. Onondaga squaw's silver and glass earrings. Given by
Mary Ireland, (Indian), January, 1900.
49. Onondaga stone axe, grooved. Rare here.
50. Onondaga stone axe, slightly worked.
51. Onondaga stone gouge. Not common.
52. Onondaga stone pestles, two.
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53. Onondaga stone spears, arrows and knives.
54. Onondaga turtle shell rattle used in their healing ceremony
and corn dances, by the " Medicine man."
55. Onondaga wooden mask. Used by Indian doctor when
treating patients. Given by Rev. Dr. W. M. Beauchamp.
56. Onondaga wooden mask, labeled 1700, probably 1800, used
by medicine man in healing ceremonies and burning of
white dog.
57. Onondaga wooden salt cellar. Given by Mrs. James Puree.
58. Onondaga wooden sieve or basket.
59. Petrified wood from Petrified forest, Arizona.
60. Piece of bark from California. (The Sequoy.)
61. Pair of mocassins. Given by Mrs. Edward Wright, Decem-
ber, 1910.
62. Pipe tomahawk, carved handle, Onondaga Indian.
63. Pipe used by Capt. Samuel George about 1849. (Common
Clay.)
64. Pitcher, dark and grooved.
65. Pitch pipe or whistle taken out of St. John's Church organ
at Hampton, near Fortress Monroe, by Lieut. E. B.
Jerome. This was the oldest church in America. Brick
for the building was imported from England. It was
burned by the rebels May 6, 1861.
66. Plout.
67
68
69
70
71
72
7Z
74
75
76
77
78
Powder horn (carved) of ancestors of Alfred Higgins, at
fall of Quebec, 1579. Rare.
Powder horn of French War about 1758.
Pueblo mug. Given by Mrs. E. R. Plum.
A Pueblo pitcher.
Small top pitcher, Eg\tian cypress.
Stag-horn scale.
Stones, probably Mexican.
Sun dial found in an old log cabin near Brewerton. Given
by Mrs. Hinsdale,
Syracuse semi-centenial pin.
Tinder box with candle stick.
Western arrow, iron point.
Western Indian beads. Two strings.
CATALOGUE OF HISTORIC OBJECTS 33
79. Western Indian tobacco pouch.
80. Wooden fish hook, bone point, Alaska. Given by Mrs.
Longstreet.
81. Native hahbut hook. Given by Mrs. Longstreet.
82. Zuni vase.
CASE B
1. Bellows used in days of open fire-places and back logs.
Given by Mrs. L. L. Goodrich.
2. Bottle. Washington and Jackson bottle. Made in 1820.
Given by Mrs. M. L. Peck, Fayetteville, N. Y.
3. Bowl made from knot of a tree brought from the East
Indies in 1750 by Captain Demming of East Hartford.
Given by his granddaughter, Mrs. William E. Abbott, in
i8q6.
4. Brick, sample from St. Paul's Cathedral, London, England,
built in 1500.
5. Broom from Havana, Cuba, for brushing insects. Given by
Mrs. C. T. Longstreet in 1895.
6. Buckles. Worn by Austin W. Reed in the early part of the
seventeenth century, handed down through four genera-
tions to Perry Latham, who presented it through George
Ostrander October 21, 1898.
7. Cable. Two sections of the first Atlantic cable, laid August,
1858. Presented by D. S. Gere, February 27, 1862.
8. Caster. Made of wood used in the seventeenth century by
Mrs. Mary Cheesebro Lord. Presented by Mrs. George
C. Halliday, 1896.
9. Cofifee and spice mill used in early eighteenth century, when
every family ground their coffee, spices, etc.
10. Comb. Tortoise shell. Worn in early part of eighteenth
century. Given by Mrs. Cornelia P. Brooks.
11. Cone from cedar of Lebanon.
12. Cookie stamp used for marking New Year's cookies.
13. Copper plate taken from the corner-stone of first Episcopal
Church in Onondaga County, " Zion's Episcopal Church,"
Onondaga Hill, when said church was torn down in 1848.
This plate has engraved on its face the following inscrip-
tion : " Zion's Church. Onondaga West Hill, commenced
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building under the direction of Reuben West, July 23,
A.D., 1817, Rev. Ezekiel Gear, officiating missionary, John
G. Terry and William Ray, wardens. Reuben West,
Simeon West, Nehemiah H. Earll, M. Butler, I. Mann, T.
Pachan, S. P. Hawley, P. King, vestrymen." Given by
Homer D. L. Sweet.
14. Drawing knife brought from Germany in 1840 by William
Kendall, who used it to make staves for salt barrels in
Salina fifty years. Given by his daughter, Theresa Ken-
dall, May, 1900.
15. Elm tree. Specimen taken from the treaty tree, Kensing-
ton. Given by George G. Fryer.
1*6. Fiddle made and used by the Porto Rico children, procured
of them and presented by Dr. John Van Duyn, 1900.
17. Fire scoop used to borrow and carry coals of fire before
matches were invented. Given by Mrs. Carr, daughter of
Col. Mars Nearing.
18. Flat-iron or "sad-iron."
19. Flax distaff from Italy. Given by Mrs. C. T. Longstreet.
20. Flax Hetchel, used by Jerib Green, Otisco, about 181 5.
Given by Richard L. Smith, Lysander, N. Y.
21. Foot-rest found in old chapel in Newburyport, Mass., 1772.
Given by Mrs. C. T. Longstreet.
22. Foot-stove used in family of Gen. Orrin Hutchinson during
eighteen-thirties. Presented by his daughter, Mrs. L.
Leonora Goodrich.
23. Guiro. A Porto Rican musical instrument formerly used by
native Indians. Given by Dr. J. Van Duyn, 1900.
24. Guitar, used by native Porto Ricans. Given by Dr. J. Van
Duyn in 1900.
25. Hammer head found in the walls of the old Syracuse
House, when taken down to give place to Onondaga
County Savings P>ank, year 1896. Given by Frederick E.
Meeker.
26. Implement used in manufacture of the first salt barrels in
the town of Salina. Given by D. R. Billows, who guaran-
tees its genuineness.
27. Jutting stones. An Italian pine fruit given by Pasquales
Stotarie, 1904.
CATALOGUE OF HISTORIC OBJECTS 35
28. Keys used to lock the first two dry goods stores in the Vil-
lage of Syracuse. E. T. Tefft and Joseph Leslie, mer-
chants. On Water street in eighteen-thirties.
29. Knot and small sample of wood from United States frigate
" Congress," March 8, 1862.
30. Maraca. Porto Rican instrument, brought down from
native Indians. Presented by Dr. J. Van Duyn.
31. Medal. Very ancient, found in Baldwinsville several feet
below the surface of the ground. Given by S. C. Suydam
of Baldwinsville.
32. Medal. Centennial celebration in Cazenovia June, 1893.
Given by Charles Stellar, Cazenovia.
33. Medal cast from a broken French cannon in memory of Bat-
tle of Kulm, Germany, August 29 and 30, 181 3. Given,
with an account of the battle, by Ernst Held, March 20,
1895.
34. Medal of Syracuse Mechanics' Association, 1854.
35. Medal of Onondaga Historical Association, commemoration
of the Hundreth Anniversary of Onondaga County,
March 5, 1794-1894.
36. Medal, wax, stamped. Seal of the State of New York.
37. Model of Pompey Academy, built at Pompey Hill, 1810.
Model made by William H. Stevens (from memory) in
1873. Contains all the seats and desks of pupils, also plat-
form, desk and chair of teacher. Presented by his son,
Richard H. Stevens, June 14, 1894.
38. Mortar and pestle. (Knot.) Given by Mrs. C. T. Long-
street.
39. Mortar and pestle of iron used in the seventeenth century
by Jerib Green of Otisco, Given by Richard L. Smith,
Lysander, N. Y.
40. Mortar and pestle of copper.
41. Padlock used on old Court House at Onondaga Hill,
42. Palm shreds. Egyptian insect brush.
43. Pebbles taken from sarcophagus of George and Martha
Washington, Mount Vernon, June 18, 1841. Given by W.
H. Moseley.
44. Peg taken from post in old Syracuse House, built in 1818,
3^ ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
torn down to make place for Onondaga County Savings
Bank 1896.
45. Pitch pine specimen from Cypress Hill, January 8, 1862.
46. Piece of plank taken from the bottom of vessel after two
years navigating in Chesapeake Bay.
47. Reed from loom used in family of Avery T. Palmer for
home manufacture of wearing apparel and household sup-
plies from 1820 to 1850. Given by Mrs. Caroline Brooks,
1895.
48. Saw used by Thaddeus M. Wood, Onondaga Valley, with
his marker or stamp. Given, with a sketch of Thaddeus
M. Wood, by Richard R. Slocum, Onondaga Valley, 1895.
49. Screens. Two Chinese face screens.
50. Shackles taken from slave Jerry when rescued from officers
in Syracuse, 1851, also two links from chain with which
he was bound, and a ring from his shackles worn by Wil-
liam E. Abbott on his key as a triumphal souvenir charm
until his death in 1896. Presented by Mrs. William E
Abbott.
51. Shoes made of canvas with one toe.
52. Shuttle made by and used in loom of Avery T. Palmer.
(See No. 47.)
53. Spool stand made in 1840. Used by Mrs. C\nthia Deville.
Given by her granddaughter, Mrs. T. E. Eddy, Syracuse,
March, 1895.
54. Stirrups.
55. Scotch Tam. Used in schools of Scotland for punishing
instead of ferrule. Given by Mrs. A. T. Redfield.
56. Trowel. Used in building the first brick house in the Village
of Syracuse. Given by A. W. Horton.
57. " Try-Me" Boot-jack.
58. Wood. A piece of black walnut from the First Presbyterian
Church in Syracuse, completed in 1868.
59. Wooden bowl made from knot of a rose tree in 1839, by
William Trifflick, of Syracuse. Given bv his daughter,
Mrs. C. W. Annable.
60. Wood. Fragments from a plank of the United States fri-
gate " Lawrence, the flag-ship in the noted battle on Lake
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Erie of 1812. Sent to Mrs. Aiken April 14, 1864, and
given by her to the Onondaga Historical Association.
CASE C
I, 2. Candle sticks. Two silver plated candle sticks donated by
will of William Kirkpatrick
3. Caster. Silver plated, with cut glass Dottles complete.
Style of 1840. Given by Henry T. Roberts, Syracuse,
1898.
4, 5, 6, 7. Communion service. First communion service used
by Unitarian Church of Syracuse, consisting of one
pitcher, two goblets and one baptismal bowl. This service
was stolen from the church by burglars entering through
the windows in 1862, found in bottom of canal when water
was drawn off the following winter and restored to the
church. Procured from the trustees for the Onondaga
Historical Association by Mrs. L. Leonora Goodrich in
1904.
8. Creamer. Pewter. Given by Mrs. Fannie Wynkoop Red-
field in 1895.
9. Cup. Pewter. From Stratford-on-Avon. Given by Mrs.
C. T. Longstreet.
10, II. Two cutglass decanters given by the will of William
Kirkpatrick.
12, 13. Two decanter trays. Silver. Given by the will of Wil-
liam Kirkpatrick.
14. Mug. Pewter quart mug. Brought from Stonington,
Conn., 1799, by Roland Palmer. Given by Dr. A. R.
Palmer, 1896,
15. Pewter Platter. Given by Mrs. Edwin R. Plum, 1907.
16. Pewter Plate. Given by Mrs. Edwin R. Plum, 1907.
17. Pewter Porringer, with cover. Given by Mrs. C. T. Long-
street, 1907.
18. Pewter Porringer. Given by Mrs. Edwin R. Plum, 1907.
19. Pewter tankard or beer mug. Given by Mrs. C. T. Long-
street, 1905.
20. Pitcher. Given by Mrs. Benjamin Franklin Ray, 1901.
21. Pitcher. Canal or Dewitt Clinton pitcher. Given by Mrs.
C. T. Longstreet, 1905.
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22. Pitcher. Very old Wedgewood pitcher. Given by Mrs. C.
T. Longstreet.
23. Pitcher. Given by Mrs. Harriet Scott.
24. Snuflfers and tray used in the days of tallow candles. Given
by Mrs. Mrs. William E. Abbott.
25. Sugar bowl. Given by Mrs. Charles T. Redfield, 1905.
26. Silver sugar tongs and cream spoon. Belonged to Mrs.
William A. Cook. Presented by Mrs. Frances W. Mar-
lette.
ly. Tea pot. Britannia. Given by Mrs. E. R. Plum.
28. Teapot. Pewter. Used in colonial tea party of this Asso-
ciation in 1894. Given by Mrs. Fannie W. Redfield.
29, 30. Vases. Two large Italian vases, over fifty years old.
Given by Mrs. L. Leonora Goodrich, October, 1907.
31, 32. Vases. Two Chinese vases. Given by Mrs. E. R. Plum
in 1907.
33, Washington pitcher. Given by Alfred Higgins, March 10,
1907.
CASE D-SOLDIERS' CASE
1. Bullets and wood with bullets embedded. Found on battle
field of Cold Harbor. Presented by Major Davis Cossett,
Onondaga Hill, November, 1908.
2. Cannon ball found May 19, 1879, when excavating for gate
house at reservoir in Town of Onondaga.
3. Cannon balls. 3^-inch.
4. Cannon balls. 25^-inch.
5. Cannon balls. 2-inch.
6. Canteen of 1814. Given by Mrs. Allen Butler, 1894.
7. Canteen. Wooden. Found on Confederate soldier killed at
Fort Fisher, N. C, February 15, 1865. Given by Robert
Robotham, late sargeant 107th New York Volunteers.
8. Cartouch box. Used for carrying cartridges in 1863.
9. Cap ornament worn by Lieutenant-colonel A. W. Dwight,
122nd Reg., N. Y. Volunteers. (Killed on battle field in
1862.) Presented by his mother in 1894.
10. Case-shot. Twelve specimens. Four sizes.
11. Chestnut-oak stick. Found at Upton Hill, on which is a
singular development in the form of a child's face, No-
CATALOGUE OF HISTORIC OBJECTS 39
vember 20, 1861. Presented by Dr. A. B. Shipman, sur-
geon 124th Reg. N. Y. Volunteers.
12. Cheverons. Taken from the sleeve of Orderly-sergeant
George P. Simmons, Company I, 52 South Carolina, who
was wounded in the Battle of the Wilderness and taken to
Washington June 5, 1864. The cheverons were sent by J.
S. Tanney to James Noxon, Syracuse, June 8, 1864, and
by him given to the Association in 1895,
13. Cloth. Piece of damask cut from the chair of Jefferson
Davis, president of the Confederate States. (Guaran-
teed.) Given by Gen. William C. Brown.
14. Colt's Revolver. Captured from the pirate La Fitte.
15. Confederate bills of following denominations: One one-
hundred-dollar, one fifty-dollar, one twenty-dollar, one
shin-plaster seven-and-a-half cents, one five-cents, and one
fifty-cents.
16. Piece of copper plate from which the rebels made percus-
sion caps during the Civil War.
17. Flag Belt and portion of flag staff of Union color bearer.
18. Grape-shot.
19. Knife, fork and spoon combined, carried during the war in
the pockets of Union soldiers for use when eating their
rations. Given by Albert E. Post, 1898.
20. Knapsack of English make, taken from the dead body of a
" Louisana Tiger " (Confederate) on East Cemetery Hill,
Gettysburg, July 4, 1863. Presented by Nelson Gilbert,
Syracuse, a member of Company I, 149th Reg. N. Y. Vol-
unteers, June 8, 1905.
21. Minnie balls. (Sixteen.)
22. Moore's house at Yorktown where Cornwallis signed capit-
ulation.
23. Quarters of Provost Guard, Hilton Head, S. C. Given by
Col. E. L. Walrath, Syracuse.
24. Revolver, belt and cartridge box, used by First Sargeant,
also buckle marked " R. P." Given by Mrs. Edwin Beebe.
25. Shells. Two. Round. Five and a half inch. Used in Civil
War.
26. Shell. Round. Three and a half inch. Ancient.
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27. Shell. Conical with angle projections. Given by M. L.
Norton, Syracuse, 1898.
28. Shell. Conical with rounded base and oblong projections.
29. Shell. Plain and conical. Filled.
30. Shell. Conical. Empty.
31. Shell. Long. Plain surface and semi-conical.
31. Shell. Long, plain and nearly conical.
33. Shell. Long and varied.
34. Shell. One piece of mortar shell saved from the War of
1812, March 8.
35. 36. Shells. Parts of shells from Civil War.
37. Shell fragment picked up from field of Gettysburg and given
to Major Davis Cossett, Onondaga Hill, who presented it
to this Association October, 1898.
38. Shoulder straps worn by Lieutenant-colonel A. W. Dwight,
122nd Reg. N. Y. Volunteers, who was slain on battle-
field, 1862. Presented by his mother in 1895.
39. Snare-drum. Relic of the Civil War. Used by Dr. Timothy
Lincoln. Given by Charles W. Annable, October 7, 1906.
40. Sword used in Civil War by Lieut.-Col. A. W. Dwight,
122nd Reg. N. Y. Volunteers. Presented by his mother.
41. Sword with broken blade and no scabbard.
42. Sword. Shows service, has its scabbard and bears name of
Colonel Park.
43. Shirt, cap, coat and pants of blue navy cloth and red stripes.
A uniform presented by Charles Hanchett from souvenirs
of his father in 1902.
44. Tassel and cord taken from flag of the 115th Reg. N. Y.
Vols. The flag was torn to atoms by explosion at Forf
Fisher.
45. Tooth pick taken from the sunken remains of the battleship
"Maine" in Havana Harbor.
46. Wire taken from the Rebels at the capture of the "Teaser'
in James River in 1862. This wire was designed to com-
municate with two tanks containing 2,500 pounds of pow-
der. The tanks were sunk in James River for the purpose
of blowing up the l"'^nion fleet.
47. Wood with iron hook cut from the rigging of the Cumber-
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land after the battle with the Merrimac July 29, 1862.
Given by Arthur Burt.
48. War implements used during the Civil War by Major Davis
Cossett. At the close of the war they were grouped
together and labeled by him for home preservation as you
see them. Given by him November, 1908. This group
consists of the Urst sword worn by Captain Cossett of
Company 2, 122nd Reg. N. Y. Vols. The last service of
this sword was at Spottsylvania battle.
48-2. Sword. Last sword used by Major Cossett after Spot-
sylvania battle until mustered out. It was picked up on
the battlefield by a soldier and given to Majir Cosset, who,
with it, drove a skulking soldier into the fight at Cold Har-
bor, by striking him with this sword in the scabbard,
which was so indented that the sword could not be drawn.
48-3, 4. Cartridge belt and box used in the Battle of Gettysburg.
Owned by Sam Brown, 122nd Reg., and given by Davis
Cossett,
48-5. Canteen carried through Civil War by Major Davis Cos-
sett.
48-6,7. Knapsack and belt owned and carried through the Civil
War by Davis Cossett. Presented by him in 1908.
49. Piece of plank from Commodore Perry's flagship, the "Law-
rence." The imbedded grape-shot was fired during the
celebrated battle at Lake Erie during the war of 1812-1813-
1814.
CASE E
1. Bark. Relic. Origin unknown,
2, 3. Baskets. Covered and containing variety of pebbles.
4. Bell with cross handle, cast from the original bell of St.
James' Church, Mulberry Street, used for services until
1891, then demolished.
5. Blue sugar bowl. Broken. Given by Mrs. C. T. Longstreet.
6. Brazier, obtained through French Consul from the Tuil-
lieres, Paris, by Mrs, C, T. Longstreet,
7. Brazillian teacup with tubes for drinking,
8. Bread tray, formerly belonging to Governor Otis, Barnsta-
ble, Mass, Given by Mrs. C. T. Longstreet.
42 ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
9. Bread Tray. Given by Mrs. Brinkerhoff, Chittenango, N.Y.
10. Bronze candle stick.
11. Calabash, made from a tree in the yard of the poet, Thomas
More, Bermuda.
12. Canteen. (Ornamental.) From Florence, Italy. Given by
Mrs. C. T. L.
13. Carved Gourd water bottle from Nice, Italy.
14. Chinese bronze card receiver. Given by Mrs. C. T. L.
15. Chinese ink stand.
16. Chinese tea pot.
17. Cremation casket or sarcophagus. Contains the remains of
Spanish officer of Rio del Norte, Mexico. Given bv Mrs.
C. T. L.
18. Cuba pine. Specimen cut by N. C. Goodwin from a rail spHt
and made into a fence in the year 1580, (during the reign
of Gov. Casper de Toires.) Rails were still in a perfect
state of preservation and the name of " Governor's fence "
is still retained. This specimen was procured in 1850
when the rails were two hundred and seventy years old.
19. Cup, saucer and plate, imported in 1840, used in the family
and given by Mrs. Charlotte Bacon Scott, 1900.
20. Cup. Blue. Belonging to Mrs. B. Davis Noxon.
21. Cup used and given by Mrs. Anna T. Redfield in 1895.
22. Custard cup from first set of dishes owned by Mrs. C. T.
I/Ongstreet.
23. Custard cup with cover from Canton, China.
24. Dairymaid cup. Given by Mrs. C. T. L.
25. Dresden plate. Old onion pattern. Given by Mrs. C. T. L.
26. Erie canal plate ; decorations represent Erie canal at junc-
tion of Hudson River in 1825. Given by Mrs. C. T. L.
27. Fruit dish and platter. (Broken.) Blue. Used during
eighteenth century. Given by Mrs. C. T. L.
28. Fruit dish. Green. Used in seventeenth century.
29. Gourd carved in Cuba.
30. Gourd painted in Mentone, France.
31. Gravy boat. Blue.
32. Gravy tureen brought from Guilford, Conn., in 1805. Pre-
sented by Mrs. William E. Abbott in 1895.
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33. Horn cup from Coventry, England.
34. Horn cup from Stratford-on-Avon.
35. Idols. Four.
36. Italian cup.
37. Joss bowl. Crude. From California. C. T. L.
38. Joss bowl. Decorated. From California. C. T. L.
39. Kenilworth cup. C, T. L.
40. Lafayette medallion plate. Old and valuable. C. T. L.
41. Livingstone cup. C. T. L.
42. Lowestaft cup. From Lowestaft, England. C. T. L.
43. Olive wood box. From Lake Como, Italy. C. T. L.
44. Olive wood. Carved. From Lake Como, Italy. C. T. L.
45. Olive wood cup. From Lake Como, Italy. C. T. L.
46. Olive wood cup. From Marseilles, France. C. T. L.
47. Pail with cushion, made from the bark of the sequoy
gigantia.
48. Pepper box. Brought from Holland by a Dutch dame, in
1836. Given by Mrs. A. M. Redfield.
49. Earthern pepper box with metal base.
50. Pitcher. Small.
51. Plate. Old Longstreet plate.
52. Platter. Large. Blue. Used by Mrs. Job Tyler. Given by
Mrs. C. T. L.
53. Platter used by Mrs. A. M. Redfield.
54. Platter. Small. Blue. Iron stone
55. Pottery pitcher. Modern.
56. Pottery. Vase.
57. Pottery. Cup.
58.Roman ox horn from Italy. Mrs. C. T. L.
59. Rose jar.
60. Small blue plates.
61. Surrey plate from Surrey, England.
62. Sugar bowl brought from Newbury. The decorations illus-
trate the triumph of steam over sails. About 1800.
63. Sugar bowl with cover, seventeenth century.
64. Tea pot brought from Middletown, Conn., 1785. Given by
Mrs. W. E. Abbott.
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65. Tea pot. Blue. Used in family of John Andre. Given by
Miss Frances P. Giflford.
66. Tea pot. Small and very old. Seventeenth century.
67. Testament found on the battlefield in 1864.
68. Tureen belonging to John Humphrey, Hampton, Mass.
Broken.
69. Vegetable dish, Staffordshire. Blue transfer represents
landing of Lafayette at Castle Garden, New York, August
16, 1824. Given by Mrs. Lucy Bennett Hopkins.
70. Water vessel from Sybil's cave, Rome, Italy.
71. Watt's hymns. Given by Mrs. A. T. Redfield.
y2. Wedgewood plate.
73. Carmel. Mission Model. Given by Mrs. C. Tallman, Octo-
ber, 1910.
CASE F
CASE F.
Collection of corals.
CASE G
Collection of corals and shells.
Large Cabinet and Contents Given by Mrs. W.
H. H. Smith
1. Amelia Bradbury mug, bearing the inscription of one of the
first and most capable private school teachers in the Village
of Syracuse, about 1839. Location, the old Line House,
corner of South Salina and Onondaga streets.
2. Blue plate. Small.
3. Bisque ornaments.
4. Blue cream pitcher.
5. Bottle of rock sands arranged by a mute.
6. Bronze card receiver with mice standards.
7. Brass receptacle. Small.
8. Blue soap dish.
9. Carved cocoanut basket from Philadelphia Centennial, 1876.
10. Cup and saucer used by Mrs. A. M. T. Redfield.
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11. China coffee cup and saucer. Large.
12. Coffee cup and saucer with dotted gilt edge.
13. Carlsbad cup.
14. Candlestick. Brass.
15. Case containing ten silver spoons, marked:
One teaspoon marked " S.C.C."
Two gold bowls, fancy colored handles.
One mustard spoon marked, " M. T. R."
One teaspoon marked "A.M.R."
Two salt spoons, marked " M.T.R."
One teaspoon marked " M.P."
Two teaspoons marked " H.M.T."
16. Combination flower vase.
17. Cosy, enclosing tea pot. Belonged to Madam Raouel, a
French Syracuse Village teacher.
18. Case enclosing medals and seals.
19. Case representing charter oak, Hartford, with leaves from
the original tree.
20. Double dirk case, shell, containing but one dirk.
21. Egg cup. Large.
22. Ethnological turtle shell, bearing names of many citizens and
otherwise of historical value.
23. George and Martha Washington cup, Philadelphia Centen-
nial, 1 776- 1 876.
24. 24. Green standard fruit dish.
25. 25. Individual platters.
26. Knife and fork with horn handle.
2y. Lacquer pin tray.
28. Model flax wheel.
29. Moustache cup and saucer, " W. H. H. Smith from his wife,
i860."
30. Mexican alcohol lamp and tea pot.
31. Miniature of Miss Amelia Bradbury.
32. Olive wood cup.
33. Old English cup and saucer.
34. Parian marble vase. Forget-me-not raised figures.
35. Pitcher, Wedgewood. (Broken.)
36. Piatt pitcher. (Small.)
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37. Paper weight.
38. Rose candle stick and candle.
39. Sugar bowl and creamer with glass handles and feet.
40. Sugar bowl and creamer, Mexican.
41. Truesdell pitcher,
42. Treadwell cup.
43. Vase. China.
Small Cabinet and Contents Given by Mrs. W.
H. H. Smith
1. Britainia mug, glass bottom.
2. Britainia mug, one-half gill.
3. Britainia mug, one gill.
4. Britainia mug, one-half pint.
5. Chinese slippers.
6. 6. Decanters. Two, square, quart.
7. Five decanters. Square, pints.
8. Earthern water bottles.
9. Initial glass decanter. Small. 1775.
10. 10. Initial glass water bottles or carafes. 1775.
11. II, II. Initial wine glasses. Three. Large. 1775.
12. Initial wine glass. One. Small. 1775.
13. Lava creamer.
14. Lava sugar bowl.
15. Lava tea pot.
16. Miniature of Zachary Taylor. Twelfth President of United
States. Died July, 1850, age 66.
17. Miniature of Winfield Scott. American General. Died
May, 1866, age 80.
18. Pail containing zinc coil used in making the first phonograph.
19. 20. Pewter plates, i860. W. H. H, S., 1756.
21. Pewter porringer. Treadwell. 1776.
22. Piece of wood from Montezuma ruins known as cassias,
supposed to be seven hundred years old.
23. Plate. Bird's nest decoration, 1879.
24. Plate. Blue. English.
25. Plate. Blue and white. 1815.
26, 26. Plates. Brown. Common.
27. Plate. Chillon.
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28. Plate. Cormorant.
29. Plate. Curly-maple, black walnut center.
30. Plate decorated with residence of Isaac Piatt, Plattsburg,
built 1805, and used as hospital for British soldiers in 812.
31. Plates. English.
32. Plate with maxim :
" For age and want, save while you may.
"No morning sun shines all the day."
33. Plate. Moral maxims printed on the rim.
34. Plate. Red decorations.
35. Plate. Stork. Common.
36. Plate. Wedgewood.
Z7^ 37. Pagoda shaped bottles. Two.
38. Silhouette.
39. Samples of hand sewing and embroidery done by Mrs. W.
H. Smith.
40. Tin bread tray,
41. Vase.
FIFTH FLOOR
One large case of minerals.
One large case of shells.
One bicycle of 1857, five and one-half feet high.
One bicycle, of about 1880.
One mileage stone.
Two ballot boxes used in Town of Salina in 1800. Guaran-
teed and given by George J. Gardner.
Two historical silk portieres. Given by Mrs. Delia Hatch,
1896.
One silk "crazy quilt." Made by Mrs. H. P. Shove. Given
by members of First Presbyterian Church, 1880.
Two Rebel flags, seized during the Civil War.
Old Syracuse House sign.
One map. Given by Mrs, W. H. H. Smith.
One map. Given by Mrs. W. H. H. Smith.
STAIRS AND HALLS
1. Declaration of Independence and its signers.
2. Constitution of the United States and its framers.
3. Declaration of Independence and Constitution combined.
4. American statesmen from 1761 to 1789.
5. American statesmen from 1789 to 1824.
6. American statesmen from 1824 to 1861.
7. American statesmen from 1861 to 1891.
8. Grant and family.
9. Sheridan's ride.
10. Camp Onondaga.
11. Six botanical charts.
12. Six animal charts.
13. Birdseye view of Syracuse 1874. Drawn by R. H. Bailey.
14. Specimens of fruit from California Pepper-tree; and four
species of Eucalyptus in bud. Blossom and fruit from
Australia, California and Oregon. Given by Belle Doug-
lass, Mrs. F. W. Everett and L. L. Goodrich, March,
1911.
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