A History of Herkimer County: Including the Upper Mohawk Valley, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time ; with a Brief Notice of the Iroquois Indians, the Early German Tribes, the Palatine Immigrations Into the Colony of New York, and Biographical Sketches of the Palatine Families, the Patentees of Burnetsfield in the Year 1725 ; and Also Biographical Notices of the Most Prominent Public Men of the County ; with Important Statistical InformationJ. Munsell, 1856 - 497 halaman |
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... of Ger- many . There is an historical legend connected with German his- tory to this effect , but which is variously related by German historians . Drusus , the Roman general , had made 30 HISTORY OF HERKIMER COUNTY .
... of Ger- many . There is an historical legend connected with German his- tory to this effect , but which is variously related by German historians . Drusus , the Roman general , had made 30 HISTORY OF HERKIMER COUNTY .
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... the inroads of the enemy only by light parties of regulars which could afford but little security against the marauding tories and their savage allies , they were incessantly harrassed by alarms , 74 HISTORY OF HERKIMER COUNTY .
... the inroads of the enemy only by light parties of regulars which could afford but little security against the marauding tories and their savage allies , they were incessantly harrassed by alarms , 74 HISTORY OF HERKIMER COUNTY .
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... tory and coward ; who replied , that their safety was in his hands , and he desired to avoid all difficulties that could not be surmounted by bravery and good conduct . On this occasion the General told some of his subordinates , who ...
... tory and coward ; who replied , that their safety was in his hands , and he desired to avoid all difficulties that could not be surmounted by bravery and good conduct . On this occasion the General told some of his subordinates , who ...
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... tories was to be held at Mr. Shoemaker's , a loyalist residing a mile or two distant , Weston sent a party of men , who surprised and captured Lieut . Walter N. Butler , of St. Leger's army , and twenty- eight soldiers and Indians , who ...
... tories was to be held at Mr. Shoemaker's , a loyalist residing a mile or two distant , Weston sent a party of men , who surprised and captured Lieut . Walter N. Butler , of St. Leger's army , and twenty- eight soldiers and Indians , who ...
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... tory in feeling , but was not known to have committed any open acts of violence against the country . His nearest neighbor sympathized with him ; and when the Americans found these people had been spared by Brant and his party , they ...
... tory in feeling , but was not known to have committed any open acts of violence against the country . His nearest neighbor sympathized with him ; and when the Americans found these people had been spared by Brant and his party , they ...
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