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copyright by Cornell University Library 1993.MANUAL
OF
THE CAYUGA COUNTY
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
AUBURN, NEW YORK
1876-1893MANUAL
OF
THE CAYUGA COUNTY
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
AUBURN, NEW YORK
AUGUST i, 1893Founded March 22, 1876
Reorganized January 20, 1877
Knapp, Peck & Thomson,
Printers,
1893.CONTENTS.
Officers, 1893,....................................5
Standing Committees, 1893,.........................6
Rooms of Society,..................................6
Certificate of Incorporation,	-	7
By-Laws,...........................................9
Honorary Members,.................................14
Corresponding Members,............................15
Resident Members,	-	-	-	-	-	-	17
Deceased Members,.................................18
Former Officers, -	- *	-	-	-	-	-	19
Papers Read Before Society,.......................21
Publications of Society,..........................28OFFICERS, 1893.
President,
WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
Vice-President,
BENJAMIN B. SNOW.
Corresponding Secretary,
FRANK W. RICHARDSON.
Recording Secretary,
PORTER BEARDSLEY.
Historical Secretary,
CHARLES M. BAKER.
Treasurer,
NELSON B. ELDRED.
Librarian,
JAMES SEYMOUR, Jr.
Trustees,
Frederick I. Allen,
Charles M. Baker,
Porter Beardsley,
Willis J. Beecher,
David M. Dunning,
Nelson B. Eldred,
Lewis E. Lyon,
John W. O’Brien,
John H. Osborne,
Thomas M. Osborne,
Frank W. Richardson,
James Seymour, Jr.,
Cyrenus Wheeler, Jr.STANDING COMMITTEES, 1893.
Executive Committee,
John H. Osborne,	Frederick I. Allen,
Willis J. Beecher.
Finance Committee,
David M. Dunning,	Charles M. Baker,
Thomas M. Osborne.
Membership Committee,
James Seymour, Jr.,	John W. O’Brien,
Frank W. Richardson.
Committee on Rooms,
Nelson B. Eldred,	Porter Beardsley,
Lewis E. Lyon.
Committee on Papers,
Lewis E. Lyon,	E. Clarence Aiken,
John W. O’Brien,	Frank W. Richardson,
Benjamin B. Snow.
Committee on Publications,
Frank W. Richardson, Porter Beardsley,
Nelson B. Eldred.
ROOMS OF SOCIETY.
(Since January 20, 1877)
Nos. ii & 12 Seward Block,
Corner Genesee and Exchange Streets,
Auburn, N. Y.CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION.
We the undersigned citizens of the United States, residing
within the County of Cayuga and State of New York, and
being also citizens of the State of New York, of the age of
twenty-one years and upwards, do hereby associate ourselves
and form a corporation pursuant to the provisions of the Stat-
utes of the State of New York, known as Chapter 267 of the
Laws of 1875, as amended by Chapter 53 of the Laws of 1876.
The name by which such corporation shall be known in law,
is “ The Cayuga County Historical Society.”
Said corporation is formed for social, literary and historical
purposes ; and the particular business and objects thereof
shall be the discussion of general and local history, and the
discovery, collection and preservation of the historical records
of Cayuga County aforesaid, comprising books, newspapers,
pamphlets, maps and genealogies, and also of paintings, relics
and any articles or materials, which may or shall illustrate the
growth or progress of society, religion, education, literature,
art, science, agriculture, manufactures, commerce, and the
trades and professions within the United States, and especially
within the County of Cayuga and State of New York.
The principal office and place of business of said Society
shall be in the City of Auburn, Cayuga County, N. Y.
The said corporation shall be managed by seven Trustees.
The names of said Trustees for the first year of the existence
of said corporation, are Benjamin B. Snow, Blanchard Fos-
gate, James D. Button, Lewis E. Carpenter, David M. Dun-
ning, John H. Osborne and J. Lewis Grant, all of Auburn,
N. Y.
It is hereby intended to incorporate an association hereto-
fore existing under the name of “ The Cayuga County His-
torical Society,” but heretofore unincorporated.
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and
seals the 23rd day of January,
CHARLES HAWLEY [l. s.]
WILLIAM H. SEWARD [l. s.]
JAS. D. BUTTON [l. s.]
B. B. SNOW [l. s.]
F. L. GRISWOLD [l. s.]
J. H. OSBORNE [l. s.j
WM. A. BAKER [l. s.]
D. M. DUNNING [l. s.]
1877.
BLANCHARD FOSGATE [l. s.]
JOHN S. CLARK [l. s.]
A. W. LAWTON [l. s.]
W. D. BALDWIN [l. s.]
D. M. OSBORNE [l. s.]
OTIS M. GODDARD [l. s.]
BYRON C. SMITH [l. s.]
GEO. R. PECK [l. s.j8
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION.
L. E. CARPENTER, [l. s.]
DENNIS R. ALWARD [l. s.]
J. W. DUNNING [l. s.]
H. J. KNAPP [l. s.]
A. G. BEARDSLEY Jr. [l. s.]
S. L. BRADLEY [l. s.]
C. J. REED [l. s.]
SAMUEL W. DUFFIELD [l.
NELSON B. ELDRED [l. s.l
JOHN UNDERWOOD |l. s.]
CHAS. A. SMITH [L. s.]
E.	S. NEWTON [l. s.]
J. T. M. DAVIE [l. s.]
JAS. SEYMOUR, Jr. [l, s.]
D. H. ARMSTRONG [l. s.]
GORTON W. ALLEN [l. s.]
S.J W. H. CARPENTER [l. s.]
F.	P. TABER [l. s.]
State of New York, {
Cayuga County, j ’
On this first day of February, 1877, personally appeared before me, a
Notary Public, in and for said county, Charles Hawley, William H. Seward,
James D. Button, Blanchard Fosgate, Benjamin B. Snow, John S. Clark,
Franklin L. Griswold, John H. Osborne, William A. Baker, David M.
Dunning, Lewis E. Carpenter, Dennis R. Alward, Joseph W. Dunning,
Horace J. Knappy Alonzo G. Beardsley, Jr., Silas L. Bradley, Charles J.
Reed, Nelson B. Eldred, David M. Osborne, Otis M. Goddard, Byron C.
Smith, Charles A. Smith, John Underwood, George R. Peck, John T. M.
Davie, James Seymour, Jr., David H. Armstrong, Frank P. Taber, Ed. S.
Newton and A. W. Lawton, to me personally known to be thirty of the
persons described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and sev-
erally acknowledged that they executed the same.
CHARLES M. BAKER,
Notary Public, Cayuga County.
Cayuga County, ss.
On this 2nd day of February, 1877, personally appeared before me
Samuel W. Duffield, Gorton W. Allen and William IT. Carpenter of Auburn,
N. Y., to me known to be three of the persons described in and who exe-
cuted the foregoing instrument, and severally acknowleged the execution
thereof.
CHARLES M. BAKER,
Notary Public.
The undersigned, one of the Justices of the Supreme Court for the Sev-
enth Judicial District of the State of New York, hereby consents to and
approves of the filing of the foregoing certificate.
Dated Auburn, N. Y., February 2, 1877.
CHARLES C. DWIGHT,
Jus. Sup. Ct., 7th Jud. Dist. S. N. Y.BY-LAWS.*
Name.
I.	—The name of the Society shall be, “ The Cayuga County
Historical Society.”
Object.
II.	—The object of the Society shall be to discover, procure
and preserve whatever relates to the natural, civil, military,
industrial, literary and ecclesiastical history, and the history of
science and art, of the State of New York in general, and the
County of Cayuga in particular.
Membership.
III.	—The Society shall consist of resident, honorary, and
corresponding members. Resident members shall be nomina-
ted by a member in open meeting, and the nominations be
referred to the membership committee, which shall report there-
on at the next regular meeting. A ballot shall then be taken,
in which five negative votes shall exclude. Resident members
only shall be entitled to vote. Honorary and corresponding
members shall be nominated only by the Board of Trustees and
shall be elected in the same manner as resident members.f
Annual Dues.
IY.—The annual dues shall be at the rate of five dollars
each year, payable on the first day of February in each year in
advance. The sum of fifty dollars paid at one time shall be
in full for all annual dues during life. A failure or refusal to
pay annual dues within three months after the same become
due, shall work a forfeiture of membership, and the Trustees
shall erase the name of such delinquent from the roll of mem-
bers, unless said dues shall be paid, or remitted by a vote of
the Society.|
Officers.
V.—The officers of the Society shall be a President, Vice-
President, Corresponding Secretary, Recording Secretary,
Historical Secretary, Treasurer, Librarian, and thirteen Trus-
tees, all of whom shall be elected by ballot from the resident
members only, and shall hold their offices for one year, and
until others are chosen to fill their places. ||
* As amended since first publication in 1878.
t As amended April 10,1888.
t As amended February 8, 1881.
]| As amended February 9,1886 and January .il, 1887,10
BY-LAWS.
Annual Meeting.
VI.	—The annual meeting of the Society shall be held on
the second Tuesday in February in each and every year here-
after, at which a general election of officers shall take place.
In such election a majority of the ballots given for any officer
shall constitute a choice ; if no choice is made on the first ballot,
another ballot shall take place, in which a plurality shall deter-
mine the choice.
Vacancy in Office.
VII.	—If a vacancy shall occur in any office the same may
be filled by the Board of Trustees.
Meetings.
VIII.	—The Society shall meet statedly for the transaction of
business on the second Tuesday of each month, at such hour
of the day as may be decided upon, unless otherwise specially
ordered. The President, or in his absence the Vice-President,
may call special meetings for special purposes, the nature thereof
being fully set forth in the call.
Order of Business.
IX.	—At the stated meetings of the Society, the following
shall be the order of business :
1.	Reading the proceedings of the last meeting.
2.	Reports and communications from officers.
3.	Reports of the Board of Trustees, and of standing
committees.
4.	Reports of special committees.
5.	Election of members previously proposed.
6.	Nomination of new members.
7.	Reading of papers, delivery of addresses, and discus-
sion thereon.
8.	Miscellaneous business.
Quorum.
X.	—Seven members shall constitute a quorum for the trans-
action of business.
President.
XI.	—The President, or in his absence the Vice-President,
or in their absence a Chairman pro tempore, shall perform all
the duties pertaining to that office.
Correspo?iding Secretary.
XII.	—The Corresponding Secretary shall have charge of all
the correspondence and perform all the duties pertaining to
the same.BY-LAWS.
11
Recording Secretary.
XIII.	—The Recording Secretary shall have charge of the
seal, charter, by-laws and books of record, and perform all the
duties pertaining to his office.
Historical Secretary.
XIII—-The Historical Secretary shall have charge of the
work of collecting for preservation by the Society all items
of local or general history, including pamphlets, books, articles
in the newspaper and periodical press, and generally everything
which may be valuable as history or biography.*
Treasurer.
XIV.	—The Treasurer shall collect and keep the funds and
securities of the Society, and they shall be deposited in a safe
bank to the credit of the Society, and only drawn therefrom on
his check, for the purposes of the Society, and by the approval
of the Executive Committee. He shall keep a true account
and report the same to the Society and to the Finance Com-
mittee whenever either of them shall require.
Librarian.
XV.	—The Librarian shall have charge of the Library and
be general custodian of all the books, maps, pamphlets, pic-
tures, and all other property contributed to the Society. He
may receive and arrange articles loaned to the Society and
sign a receipt for the same, to be returned when called for by
the owners thereof.
Library.
XVI.	—Library regulations :
1.	No book or other article shall at any time be lent to
any person to be removed from the library, except
by express consent of the Board of Trustees.
2.	No paper or manuscript read before the Society and
deposited therewith shall be published except by
the consent of the Trustees and the author.
3.	All members may have access to the rooms at any
reasonable times, and may consult and examine any
book or manuscript except such as may be designated
by the Trustees. But no person not a member
shall have such privilege, except a donor, or one
introduced by a member, or by special authority of
the Executive Committee,
* Inserted January 11,1887.12
BY-LAWS.
4. Any injury done to books or other articles shall be
reported by the Librarian to the Executive Com-
mittee, and the damage shall be required for such
injury.
Board of Trustees.
XVII.	—The Board of Trustees shall have charge and con-
trol of the business and property of the Society.
The Vice-President shall be ex-officio Chairman, and the
Recording Secretary shall be Secretary of the Board. They
shall have charge and general supervision and management of
the rooms and all the property and funds of the Society.
They shall meet monthly at the rooms the evening before the
regular meeting, and four members shall be a quorum to do
business.
The Chairman shall appoint from their number :
1 st, An Executive Committee.
2d, A Finance Committee.
3d, A Membership Committee.
4th, A Committee on Rooms, consisting of three members
each.*
Executive Committee.
XVIII.	—It shall be the duty of the Executive Committee
to solicit donations and contributions, to propose and digest
business for the Society ; to authorize disbursements and
expenditures of unappropriated money in the Treasury for the
payment of current expenses of the Society, and for Library,
purchase of books, printing and binding ; but no expenditure
or liability shall be made at any time exceeding the amount
of cash in the Treasury and the available assets of the Society.
The committee shall have a general superintendence of the
interests of the Society under the control and direction of the
Board of Trustees, and report to them as often as may be
required.
Finance Committee.
XIX.	—The Finance Committee shall examine the books
and accounts of the Treasurer, and audit all bills and accounts
against the Society, and be able to report at all times the
condition of the Society as to funds, etc.
Membership Co?nmittee.
XX.	—The Committee on Membership shall report on all
nominations for membership before an election shall be had.
* As amended February 9,1886.BY-LAWS.
13
Committee on Rooms.
XXI.	—The Committee on Rooms shall have the immediate
care of the rooms and furniture of the Society, and shall
determine applications for the temporary use thereof for other
than Society purposes.*
Committee on Papers.
XXII.	—The President shall appoint a committee of five
members of the Society, to which shall be referred all papers
and addresses presented to the Society, and said committee
shall examine the same, and give notice of the time of the
reading of any paper before the Society. It shall also be their
duty to solicit and provide some paper on a subject in the
second by-law designated, to be read at each meeting ; and
shall give public notice of the same. The President shall also
appoint a committee of three members of the Society who shall
have charge of the publication of all papers published by the
Society, f
Amendments.
XXIII.	—Amendments or alterations of the By-Laws may
be made by a majority vote at any regular meeting, provided
such amendment or alteration shall have been prepared and
entered upon the minutes at a meeting held at least four weeks
previous, with the name of the member proposing the same.J
* Inserted Febrnary 9, 1886.
t As renumbered February 9, 1886, and amended April 19,1887.
X As renumbered February 9, 1886.HONORARY MEMBERS.
James W. Beekman, Esq.,*	William P. Letchworth, Esq.,
New York, N. Y.	Buffalo, N. Y.
Hon. Samuel Blatchford,*	William H. Lewis, Esq.,
Washington, D. C.	Katonah, N. Y.
Sevellon A. Brown, Esq.,	Hon. Frederick W. Seward,
Washington, D. C.	Montrose, N. Y.
Hon. Roscoe Conkling,*	Hon. Andrew Shuman,*
Utica, N. Y.	Chicago, 111.
Hon. James G. A. Creighton,	Gen. William S. Stryker,
Ottawa, Canada.	Newark, N. J.
Henry B. Dawson, Esq.,	Oliver Swaine Taylor, M. D.,*
Morrisania, N. Y.	Auburn, N. Y.
Hon. Henry Farnam,* New Haven, Ct.	Joseph Thomas, M. D., LL. D.,* Philadelphia, Pa.
Henry Ivison, Esq.,*	Hon. Samuel R. Wells,
New York, N. Y.	Waterloo, N. Y.
Hon. Andrew D. White, Ithaca, N. Y.CORRESPONDING MEMBERS.
Douglas Brymner, LL. D., F. R. S. C., Ottawa, Canada.
Rev. Theodore L. Cuyler, D. D., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Daniel Goodwin, Chicago, 111.
Rev. George Morgan Hills,* Burlington, N. J.
[The following Societies and Institutions, represented by their Corre-
sponding Secretary, Librarian, or similar officer, are Corresponding Mem-
bers of this Society.]
California Historical Society, San Francisco, Cal.
Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, Conn.
Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Ga.
State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, Md.
Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, Minn.
New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, N. H.
New Jersey Historical Society, Newark, N. J.
Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, Columbus, Ohio.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence, R. I.
Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Va.
State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.
American Catholic Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pa.
* Deceased.16
CORRESPONDING MEMBERS.
New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass.
Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio.
Jefferson County Historical Society, Watertown, N. Y.
Livingston County Historical Society, Dansville, N. Y.
Westchester County Historical Society, White Plains, N. Y.
Long Island Historical Society, Brooklyn, N. Y.
New Haven Colony Historical Society, New Haven, Conn.
Wyoming PIistorical and Geological Society, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Buffalo Historical Society, Buffalo, N. Y.
Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, 111.
Newport Historical Society, Newport, R. I.
New York Historical Society, New York, N. Y.
Oneida Historical Society, Utica, N. Y.
Waterloo Library and Historical Society, Waterloo, N. Y.
Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Conn.
Massachusetts State Library, Boston, Mass.
New York State Library, Albany, N. Y.
Astor Library, New York, N. Y.
Cornell University Library, Ithaca, N. Y.
Seymour Library Association, Auburn, N. Y.
Trinity College Library, Hartford, Conn.
Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn.
Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology,
Cambridge, Mass.
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C.RESIDENT MEMBERS.
D.	Warren Adams
E.	Clarence Aiken
Frederick Allen
Frederick I. Allen
Gorton W. Allen
Joseph C. Anderson
Mrs. Mary R. Anthony
Charles M. Baker
Porter Beardsley
Rev. Willis J. Beecher
Miss Mehitabel W. Bemis
Richard H. Bloom
Arthur H. Brown
Willard E. Case
William S. Chessman, M. D.
Thomas N. Choate
Joseph P. Creveling, M. D.
Rev. Timothy G. Darling
Miss Caroline E. Dennis
William S. Downer
David M. Dunning
Nelson B. Eldred
George W. Elliott
Miss Julia C. Ferris
Moses M. Frye, M. D.
James W. Hart
Mrs. Amanda S. Hickey, M. D.
Rev. Ora M. Hilton
Mrs. Hannah L. Howland
Rev. Arthur S. Hoyt
Rev. William H. Hubbard
John J. Hugg
Rev. Ezra A. Huntington
James M. Jenkins, M. D.
Thomas Jones
John N. Knapp
Mrs. Melissa M. Knapp
Oscar F. Knapp
Albert W. Lawton
Charles E. Lawton
Frederick H. Lee
Bowers H. Leonard
Orlando Lewis
George B. Longstreet
James Lyon
Lewis E. Lyon
Ray P. Meaker
William H. Meaker
Edwin D. Metcalf
Henry A. Morgan
Charles W. Nelson
John W. O’Brien
Miss Fidelia B. Olmsted
Mrs. Eliza W. Osborne
John H. Osborne
Thomas M. Osborne
Rev. Frederick W. Palmer
John O. Palmer, M. D.
Frederick T. Peet
Mrs. Jane A. Perry
Rev. Lansing Porter
Charles B. Quick
Silas W. Reed
Frank W. Richardson
George W. Richardson
Miss Naomi Richardson
Rev. James S. Riggs
H. Legare Romig18
RESIDENT MEMBERS.
Mrs. Janet W. Seward
William H. Seward
William H. Seward, Jr.
James Seymour, Jr.
Mrs. Mary L. Seymour
Charles L. Sheldon
Mrs. Altie H. Smith
Byron C. Smith
Benjamin B. Snow
Mrs. Elizabeth R. Snow
Rev. Edward P. Sprague
Frederic E. Storke
Henry L. Storke
Otis Strong
Selah C. Tallman
William P. Thomson
Henry D. Titus
Edward H. Townsend
George B. Turner
William F. Wait
Miss Margaret A. West
Cyrenus Wheeler, Jr.
Mrs. Jane B. Wheeler
George F. Wills
Frank D. Wright
John H. Young
DECEASED MEMBERS.
Dennis R. Alward
David H. Armstrong, M. D.
Silas L. Bradley
Charles G. Briggs
Lansingh Briggs, M. D.
Horatio J. Brown
Charles C. Button
James D. Button, M. D.
Col. William H. Carpenter
Theodore Dimon, M. D.
Abijah Fitch
Blanchard Fosgate, M. D.
J. Lewis Grant
Franklin L. Griswold
Rev. Charles Hawley, D. D.
Col. Terance J. Kennedy
David M. Osborne
Elizabeth Watson Pomeroy
Rufus Sargent
Henry J. Sartwell
Elliot G. Storke
Ransom B. Welch, D. D., LL. D.
Eber O. Wheeler
Sylvester Willard, M. D.
William G. Wise
Col. Henry D. WoodruffFORMER OFFICERS.
Presidents,
Rfcv. Charles Hawley, D. D., 1876-1885.
Gen. William H. Seward, 1886-
Vice-Presidents,
One from Each Ward and Town, 1876-1877.
Gen. William H. Seward, 1877-1886.
Benjamin B. Snow, 1886-
Corresponding Secretaries,
Benjamin B. Snow, 1876-1886.
Frank W. Richardson, 1886-
Recording Secretaries,
Charles M. Baker, 1876-1878. t
Nelson B. Eldred, 1878-1885.
David M. Dunning, 1885-1892.
Porter Beardsley, 1892-
Treasurers,
E. Dwight Jackson, 1876-1877.
David M. Dunning, 1877-1885.
Nelson B. Eldred, 1885-
Librarians,
Dennis R. Alward, 1876-1883.
John H. Osborne, 1883-1892.
David M. Dunning, 1892-1893.
James Seymour, Jr., 1893-
Historical Secretaries,
D. Warren Adams, 1887-1889.
Charles M. Baker, 1889-
Tr us tees,
Benjamin B. Snow, 1877-1886.
Blanchard Fosgate, 1877-1880.
James D. Button, 1877-1886.
Lewis E. Carpenter, 1877-1883.20
former officers.
David M. Dunning, 1877-
John H. Osborne, 1877-
J. Lewis Grant, 1877-1878.
JOSIAH LETCHWORTH, 1879-1884.
Lewis E. Lyon, i88o-
D. Warren Adams, 1883-1892.
William G. Wise, 1884-1886.
James Seymour, Jr., 1886-
Willis J. Beecher, 1886-
Nelson B. Eldred, 1886-
Frederick I. Allen, 1886-
Cyrenus Wheeler, Jr., 1886-
Charles M. Baker, 18 86-
Frank W. Richardson, 1886- •
John W. O’Brien, 1886-
John N. Knapp, 1887-1892.
Thomas M. Osborne, 1892-
Porter Beardsley, 1892-PAPERS READ BEFORE THE SOCIETY.
1876-1877.
April 19.—Historical Sketch of the Settlement of Captain
Edward Wheeler in Cayuga County, by Edward Wheeler.
February 13.—History of the Cayuga County Medical Society,
by Theodore Dimon, M. 1).
March 13.—Champlain's Expedition to the State of New York,
by Gen’l John S. Clark.
May 8.—A Record of Current Events, by B. B. Snow. Con-
tinuations of this Record were read by Mr. Snow on
June 12, July 10, Sept, n, Oct. 9, Nov. 13, Dec. n,
1877, Jan. 8, March 12, April 9, 1878, Feb. 25, 1879.
June 12.—Medicine as a Science, by Lansingh Briggs, M. D.
July 10.—A Trip to the Northern Wilds of Canada, by J.
Lewis Grant.
September n.—Biography of William Bostwick, by Henry H.
Bostwick.
October 9.—Biography of Judge Elijah Miller, Part I, by B.
F Hall. Part II, Nov. 13, 1877.
December n.—History of the Press of Cayuga County from
1798 to 1877, by Elliot G. Storke.
1878.
January 8.—The Early Modes of Travel and Transportation in
Cayuga County, by J. Lewis Grant.
February 12.—First Annual Address of President—Work of
Historical Societies, by Rev. Charles Hawley, D. D.
March 12.—Art and Professional Artists of Cayuga County,
by Col. T. J. Kennedy.
May 14.—Homeopathy and its Introduction into Cayuga
County, by Horatio Robinson, Sr., M. D.
June 12.—Henry Clay’s First Visit to Auburn and Western
New York, by William H. Bogart, of Aurora.
October 8.—The Auburn Declaration of 1837, by Prof. Samuel
M. Hopkins, D. D.
November 19.—Recollection of the Early Days of Auburn, by
Michael S. Myers.
December 17.—Memoir of David Thomas, by J. J. Thomas.22
PAPERS READ BEFORE THE SOCIETY.
1879.
January 14.—A Sketch of Roswell Franklin, the Pioneer
Settler of Cayuga County, by Rev. Charles Hawley,
D. D.
February 25.—Second Annual Address of President—The
Sullivan Campaign, by Rev. Charles Hawley, D. D.
April 15.—Communism, by Blanchard Fosgate, M. D.
May 13.—Early Settlement of the Town of Genoa, by D.
Warren Adams.
October 14.—Life and Times of Millard Fillmore, by Cyrus
Powers, M. D., of Moravia.
November n.—The Bar of Cayuga County from 1843 to
i860, by James R. Cox.
December 16.—Readings, by the President, from the publica-
tion of Hardenbergh’s Journal of Sullivan’s Campaign,
edited by Gen’l John S. Clark.
1880.
January 13.—Readings from Hardenbergh’s Journal, con-
tinued.
February 10.—Third Annual Address of President—Work of
the Society, and Early History of Western New York,
by Rev. Charles Hawley, D. D.
March 9.—Historical Sketch of Friends in Cayuga County,
1795 to 1828, by Miss Emily Howland, of Sherwood.
October 19.—Early Recollections of Auburn, by Mrs. John
Porter.
Early Reminiscences of Auburn, by Mrs. S. P. Bacon.
November 16.—Recollections of the Origin and Growth of the
Temperance Movement, by David Wright.
December 21.—Inventors and Inventions of Cayuga County,
by Cyrenus Wheeler, Jr., supplemented by a Sketch of
Cyrenus Wheeler, Jr., by David M. Osborne.
1881.
January 11.—Reminiscences of my Early Life in Auburn, by
Mrs. S. Benton Hunt, of New York.
February 8.—Fourth Annual Address of President—Impor-
tance of Local Historical Work, by Rev. Charles
Hawley, D. D.
March 8.—Recollections of my Early Life in Auburn, by Mrs.
Deborah Bronson.PAPERS READ BEFORE THE SOCIETY.
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April 12.—Autobiography of Judge Elijah Miller and his
Early Recollections of Cayuga County, read by F. I.
Allen.
October n.—My Early Recollections of Auburn, by Mrs. A.
M. B. Clary.
November 15.—Reminiscences of Port Byron since 1830, by
James D. Button, M. D.
1882.
February 15.—Fifth Annual Address of President—Iroquois
Antiquities, by Rev. Charles Hawley, D. D.
March 14.—Early Reminiscences of Auburn, by Leverett
Ball. •
June 13.—Biographical Sketch of Mrs. A. M. B. Clary, by
James D. Button, M. D.
October 10.—Sketch of the Life of Governor Throop, by Mrs.
E. T. Throop Martin.
November 14.—An Unwritten chapter in the History of
Auburn, by Harold E. Hills.
1883.
January 16.—Early History of the Bank of Auburn, by James
Seymour, Jr.
February 13.—Sixth Annual Address of President—Iroquois
Antiquities, by Rev. Charles Hawley, D. D.
March 13.—Early Settlement of the Town of Owasco, by
John I. Brinkerhoff.
April 25.—Cayuga Joint Stock Company of 1849, by Weston
A. Ogden, of Kings Ferry.
December n.—Sketches of James S. Seymour and Silas L.
Bradley, read by William H. Seward, from “ Contem-
porary Biography of New York.”
1884.
January 15.—The Late C. H. Merriman, by James R. Cox.
February 12.—Seventh Annual Address of President—Iroquois
Antiquities, by Rev. Charles Hawley, D. D.
March n.—History in Geographical Names, by Prof. Willis
J. Beecher, D. D.
May 13.—Memorial on the Life and Character of Silas L.
Bradley, by Rev. William H. Allbright.
November n.—The Burning of the St. James, with Some
Account of the Early Taverns of Auburn and Vicinity,
by B. B. Snow.24
PAPERS READ BEFORE THE SOCIETY.
December 9.—Character, Manners and Customs of the Iroquois
Indians, by Prof. Samuel M. Hopkins, D. D.
1885.
January 13.—Sketch of the Life of Oliver Swaine Taylor, by
Henry T. Keeler.
March 10.—Eighth Annual Address of President, by Rev.
Charles Hawley, D. D.
April 14.—Plistory of the Cayuga County National Bank, by
D. Warren Adams.
May 26.—Sayenqueraghta, King of the Senecas, by George S.
Conover, of Geneva.
November 28.—Short Memorial Addresses on the late Presi-
dent of the Society, Rev. Charles Hawley, D. D., by
W. H. Seward, B. F. Hall, Prof. R. B. Welch, J. H.
Osborne, Prof. W. J. Beecher, James Seymour, Jr.,
Prof. G. R. Cutting, Rev. W. H. Allbright, Rev. C. C.
Hemenway, L. E. Lyon, J. W. O'Brien, B. B. Snow,
F. I. Allen, W. G. Wise.
1886.
February 9.—Ninth Annual Address—History of the Society
and Review of Auburn, by William I-I. Seward.
March 9.—Memorial Address upon the Life and Character of
Rev. Charles Hawley, D. D., by Rev. Willis J. Beecher,
D. D.
April 13 —Record of Current Events, 1879-86, by B. B. Snow.
October 5.—Sullivan's Expedition and the Cayugas, by D.
Warren Adams.
November 9.—Recollections of Auburn in 1814, by George
Casey.
Record of Current Events, 1886, by B. B. Snow.
December 14.—Sewers, Ancient and Modern ; with an Account
of the Sewerage System of Auburn, by Cyrenus
Wheeler, Jr.
1887.
January n.—Reminiscences of Auburn in 1817, by Richard
Steel.
Trip to Washington During the War, by Rev. Charles
Hawley.
Culture and Manufacture of Wool in Cayuga County,
from its First Introduction to the Present Time, by
William Hayden.PAPERS READ BEFORE THE SOCIETY.	25
February 8.—Tenth Annual Address of President—Work of
the Society, by William H. Seward.
Record of Current Events, 1886-87, by B. B. Snow.
“ Hobbies,” and Some Which We Have Ridden in
1886, by William H. Seward.
March 15.—Oliver Goldsmith, by William P. Allen.
April 19.—Sketch of the Life of Mrs. Victoria Lalliet, by Rev.
Edward P. Willard, of Cayuga.
May 10.—Reminiscences of a Recent Trip to Ireland, by
James Lyon.
December 20.—Biographical Sketch of George J. Letchworth,
by H. R. Howland, of Buffalo.
Reminiscences of a Trip to Washington in 1861, by
David Wright.
1888.
January 10.—Early Protestant Mission to the Iroquois, by
Prof. A. Grove Hopkins, of Clinton.
February 14.—Memoir of Blanchard Fosgate, M. D., by
Warren A. Worden.
Record of Current Events, 1887-88, by B. B. Snow.
The Numerator, a poem, by Prof. Willis J. Beecher,
D. D.
March 20.—Autobiography and Memoir of James D. Button,
M. D., by William P. Allen.
Natural Gas—Where Found, How Found, and What
are the Evidences of its Existence in Cayuga County
and Vicinity, by Cyrenus Wheeler, Jr.
April 10.—Two Visits to Southern Battle Fields During the
War, by David Wright.
May 15.—A Short Sketch of Weed’s Basin, by W. I. Cornwell,.
of Weedsport.
Narrative of a Sealing Voyage to the South Pacific
in 1802, by Toel Root, of New Haven, read by H. D.
Woodruff.
June 12.—Biography of General Fleming, by Charles M.
Baker.
1889.
January 15.—Biographical Sketches of Joseph L. and John
Richardson, by Frank W. Richardson.
February 19.—Twelfth Annual Address of President—Work
of the Society, by William H. Seward.
Early Days and College Life of the Late William H.
Seward, by William H. Seward.26
PAPERS READ BEFORE THE SOCIETY.
March 19.—History of St. Peter’s Church, by Rev. John
Brainard, D. D.
April 9.—Development of Water Supply Systems, by Nelson
B. Eldred
May 14.—Record of Current Events, 1888-89, by B. B. Snow.
December 17.—Early Settlers of Cayuga County, by Cyrenus
Wheeler, Jr.
1890.
January 14.—Beginnings of the Republican Party in Cayuga
County, Part I, by John W. O’Brien.
February 18.—Miss Amelia B. Edwards in Auburn, by Prof.
Willis J. Beecher, D. D.
Some Early Settlers on the Old Genesee Road in
Aurelius, by David M. Dunning.
Maud Muller’s Sister, by B. B. Snow.
A Legal Episode of 1804, by William H. Seward.
March n.—A Brief Visit to the Indian Archipelago, by
Arthur E. Slocum.
May 13.—Record of Current Events, 1889-90, by B. B. Snow.
1891.
January 13.—Founding of the Dutch Reformed Churches at
Owasco Lake, with an Historical Sketch of Sand Beach
Church, by Rev. Charles Maar.
February 27.—Fourteenth Annual Address of President—
Work of the Society, by William H. Seward.
The Origin of the Nampa Image, by B. B. Snow.
A Day with Gov. Seward at Auburn in 1870, by
Frank B. Carpenter.
April 7.—Personal Recollections of Some Distinguished
Soldiers, by Rev. A. H. Quint, D. D.
May 19.—Record of Current Events, 1890-91, by E. Clarence
Aiken.
December 8.—Memorial of Henry Dwight Woodruff, by Frank
W. Richardson.
The Beginnings of the Republican Party in Cayuga
County, Part II, by John W. O’Brien.
1892.
January 12.—Biographical Sketch of Cyrus C. Dennis, pre-
pared by his children, read by Rev. John Brainard, D.
D. Supplementary papers by Wm. P. Robinson and
Byron C. Smith.
Early Settlement of the Town of Sennett, by Joel E.
Hayden.PAPERS READ BEFORE THE SOCIETY.
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February 24.—Fifteenth Annual Address—Review of the
Society, by the Vice-President, B. B. Snow.
A Glimpse of Palestine, by Prof. James S. Riggs, D. D.
March 29.—A Sketch of the Life and Character of David M.
Osborne, by Thomas M. Osborne. Supplementary
paper by William H. Seward.
April 12.—The Old White Meeting House, by Mrs. C. W.
Martin.
A Brief Sketch of a Trip to Washington in 1864,
by the late James S. Seymour.
May 10.—Memoir of Elizabeth Watson Pomeroy, by Miss
Caroline E. Dennis.
Record of Current Events, 1891-92, by E. Clarence
Aiken.
December 13.—History of Wells College, including Sketches
of Henry Wells and Edwin B. Morgan, by Rev. Edward
P. Sprague, D. D.
1893.
January 24.—The Growth of Geographical Knowledge in
Ancient and Mediaeval Times, by Prof. W. P. Thomson.
March 14.—The Burning of the Gaspee, and Early Life of
Admiral Hopkins, by Prof. Samuel M. Hopkins, D. D.
April 18.—Record of Current Events, 1892-93, by E. Clarence
Aiken.
May 17.—The Greatest Cases of the Greatest Court, by Prof.
W. R. Terrett, D. D., of Clinton.
June 13.—A Brief Historical Sketch of The Cayuga Asylum
for Destitute Children, by Mary L. Seymour.PUBLICATIONS OF THE SOCIETY.
Collections Number One.	1879.
The Journal of Lieut. John L. Hardenbergh, from May 1 to
October 3, 1779, m General Sullivan’s Campaign against the
Western Indians, with an Introduction, copious Historical Notes
and Maps of Battle Field of Newtown and Groveland Ambus-
cade, by General John S. Clark. And parts of other Journals.
Also a Biographical Sketch of John Leonard Hardenbergh,
by Rev. Charles Hawley, D. D.
Collections Number Two. 1882.
Officers and Committees, 1882, p. 6.
Fourth Annual Address of President, 1881, p. 9.
Fifth Annual Address of President, 1882, p. 29.
Historical Sketch of Friends in Cayuga County, 1795 to 1828,
by Emily Howland, p. 49.
Inventors and Inventions of Cayuga County, by Cyrenus
Wheeler, Jr., with Illustrations by Frank R. Rathbun, p. 93.
Supplement to same, by David M. Osborne, p. 183,
Collections Number Three. 1884.
Early Chapters of Seneca History : Jesuit Missions in Son-
nontouan, 1656-1684, by Charles Hawley, D. D., with Map by
John S. Clark, p. 7.
Sixth Annual Address of President, 1883, p. 93.
Seventh Annual Address of President, 1884, p. hi.
Abstract of Proceedings of the Annual Meetings, 1879-1884,
P- I39*
Publications of the Society, p. 142.
Papers Read Before the Society, 1878-84, p. 142.
By-Laws, p. 145. Officers and Committees, 1884, p. 150.
- List of Members, p. 151.
Collections Number Four. 1887.
Officers and Committees, 1886, p. 2.
Ninth Annual Address, 1886, p. 3.
Proceedings of the Society on the death of the Rev. Charles
Hawley, D. D., p. 27.
Memorial Address on the Rev. Charles Hawley, D. D., by
Rev. Willis J. Beecher, D. D., p. 45.
Appendix, containing other memorials of Dr. Hawley, p. 77.
Certificate of Incorporation, p. 97. By-Laws, p. 99.
List of Members, p. 102.PUBLICATIONS OF THE SOCIETY.
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Collections Number Five.	1887.
Officers and Committees, 1887, p. vi.
Tenth Annual Address of President, 1887, p. ix.
Sewers, Ancient and Modern ; with an Account of the
Sewerage System of the City of Auburn, by Cyrenus Wheeler,
Jr., with Illustrations by Frank R. Rathbun, p. 5.
“ Hobbies," and Some Which We Have Ridden in 1886, by
William H. Seward, p. 109.
Collections Number Six. 1888.
Certificate of Incorporation, p. 5. By-Laws, p. 7.
Officers and Committees, 1888, p. n.
List of Members, p. 12.
Extract from Minutes of Annual Meeting, 1888, p. 15.
Culture and Manufacture of Wool in Cayuga County from
its First Introduction to the Present Time, by William Hayden,
P- 19-
Memoir of David Thomas, by J. J. Thomas, p. 39.
Biography of William Bostwick, by Henry H. Bostwick, p. 57,
Recollections of My Early Life in Auburn, by Mrs. Deborah
Bronson, p. 65.
Reminiscences of My Early Life in Auburn, by Mrs. S.
Benton Hunt, p. 103.
Cayuga Joint Stock Company of 1849, by W. A. Ogden,
p.125.
Biography of General Fleming, by C. M. Baker, p. 155.
The Burning of the St. James, with Some Account of the
Early Taverns of Auburn and Vicinity, by B. B. Snow, p. 173.
Collections Number Seven.	1889.
Certificate of Incorporation, p. 6.
Officers and Committees, 1889, p. 8.
List of Members, p. 9.
Twelfth Annual Address of President, 1889, by William H.
Seward, p. 17.
Early Days and College Life of the Late William H. Seward,
by William H. Seward, p. 23.
History of the Press of Cayuga County, from 1798 to 1877,
by Elliot G. Storke, p. 51.
The Early Modes of Travel and Transportation in Cayuga
County, by J. Lewis Grant, p. 91.
Recollections of the Early Days of Auburn, by Michael S.
Myers, p. 115.30
PUBLICATIONS OF THE SOCIETY.
A Sketch of Roswell Franklin, the Pioneer Settler of Cayuga
County, by Rev. Charles Hawley, D. D., p. 133.
Sketch of the Life of Governor Throop, by Mrs. E. T. Throop
Martin, p. 155.
Sullivan’s Expedition and the Cayugas, by D. Warren Adams,
p. 171.
The Late C. H. Merriman, by James R. Cox, p. 197.
Biographical Sketches of Joseph L. and John Richardson,
by Frank W. Richardson, p. 217.
Collections Number Eight. 1890.
Certificate of Incorporation, p. 6.
Officers and Committees, 1890, p. 8.
List of Members, p. 10.
Extract from Minutes of Annual Meeting, 1890, p. 16.
Record of Current Events, First Series, from April 11,
1877, to February n, 1879, by B. B. Snow, pp. 17-196. Index
to Record, pp. 197-200.
Collections Number Nine. 1891.
Certificate of Incorporation, p. 4.
Officers and Committees, 1891, p. 6.
List of Members, p. 8.
Extract from Minutes of Annual Meeting, 1891, p. 14.
Record of Current Events, Second Series, from February,
1879, to May 13, 1890, by B. B. Snow, pp. 15-214. Index to
Record, pp. 215-226.
Collections Number Ten.	1893.
(In press)
Officers and Committees, 1893.
The Beginnings of the Republican Party in Cayuga County,
two papers, by John W. O’Brifen.
Other Publications.
“ First Annual Meeting of the Cayuga County Historical
Society,” 1878, containing : Officers and Committees, 1877-78,
p. 3. First Annual Address of President, 1878, p. 4. Report
of Librarian, February, 1878, p. 16. Treasurer’s Report,
February, 1878, p. 18. Certificate of Incorporation, p. 19.
By-Laws, p. 21. List of Members, p. 24.
“ In Memoriam. The Rev. Charles Hawley, D. D., 1819-
1885.” Reprinted from Collections Number Four.
A number of papers read before the society, and not printed
in the Collections, have been published in the newspapers and
in pamphlets, either privately or under the auspices of the
society.