History of Dutchess County New York

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DUTCHESS COUNTY, NY
New!
ILLUSTRATED BOOK
The early days of Dutchess County and its various towns and townships, are recalled through a mixture of colorful tales and factual data in this
NEW
38
Page Book
, reprinted primarily from two hard-to-find books: the 1841 edition of
Historical Collections of the State of New York
by John Warner Barber and Henry Howe, and
New York, a Guide to the Empire State
, a WPA project.
The spiral-bound book
is printed on quality paper, with the print enlarged for easier reading. A clear plastic sheet has been added to protect the front cover.
The communities mentioned include: Amenia, Arlington, Attlebury, Bangall, Beacon, Beekman, Cackemeyer's Mills, Carthage, Clinton, Dover, East Park, Federal Store, Fishkill, Franklinville, Gayhead, Glenham, Hammertown, Hartsville, Hopewell, Hughsonville, Hull's Mills Hyde Park, Johnsonville, Lafayette Corners, LaGrange, Mechanicsville, Milan, Millbrook, Millerton, New Hackensack, North East, Pawling, Peckville, Pine Plains, Pleasant Plains, Pleasant Valley, Poughquake, Poughkeepsie, Pulver's Corners, Red Hook, Rhinebeck, Rock City, Rocky Glen, Salt Point, Schultz Corners, Separate, Shenandoah, Shookville, Spencer's Corners, Stanford, Stewart's Corners, Stormville, Union Vale, Upper Landing, Wappingers Falls, Washington Hollow, and Wassaic.
Among the many and diverse topics in the booklet are: the Stone Church at Dover, Human Bones found on the Sprout Creek; the Revolutionary Soldiers Barracks and Graveyard; Wharton House, scene of J. Fennimore Cooper novel; Newspaper items; Tombstone Inscriptions; the First Home in Poughkeepsie; Theft of a Silver Spoon; the Rev. Freeborn Garrettson, itinerant preacher; the Nine Partners School; early Dutch homes; a Tom Quick story; Old Drovers Inn; Early Schools and Churches; the Franklin Rossevelt Library, and Vassar College and other Points of Interest in Poughkeepsie.
The booklet has no index, but some of the names mentioned are: Richard Sackett, Ulric or Oliver Winegar, Isaac Van Wyck, Nicholas Van Vrancken, Enoch Crosby, Mr. Depeyster, Col. Derick Brinkerhoff, Mrs. Phebe Thomas, Mary Ferrari, Dr. S. Bard, Dr. Hosack, Lt. Col. Barber, Myndert Van Kleek, Charles Bartlett, Thomas Sanders, Ellexander Griggs, Beekman, Freeborn Garrettson, Miss Livingston, Jacob Willetts (author of "Thirty days hath September"), May Friend Bennett, Sarah Newcomb (house builder), John Newcomb, Col. Zephaniah Platt, Tom Quick, Ralph Modjeski, Daniel Moran, Lewis Mumford, J. E. Spingarn, Gail Borden, Capt. Thomas Baxter, Ann Whitman, Jackson Wing, Admiral John Worden, Lowell Thomas, Albert Akin, Gilbert Livingston, William Thompson, William Traphagen, Hendrick Kip, Abraham Kip, R. Stanley Brown, Vincent Astor, Levi Morton (US vice pres.), Richard Morris Hunt, Gen. Richard Montgomery, Morgan Lewis, Ogden Mills, Stanford White, Dr. Samuel Staats, Dirck Van der Burgh, James Paulding (author of "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers"), Rev. John McVickar, Dr. John Bard, Augustus Cowman, Dr. David Hosack, Andre Parmentier, Walter Langdon, Jacobus Stoutenburgh, Herman Rogers, John F. Winslow, Johannes Fort, Matthew Mesier,  Francis Rombout, Roger and Catharyna Brett, James Kent, Engelbert Huff, Samuel Loudon, William Dudley,  Otto Berge, and Matthew Vassar.
ILLUSTRATIONS
depict the Dover Stone Church; Factory Buildings in Matteawan, Fishkill; the Old Dutch Stone Church, Fishkill; the Van Kleek House, Poughkeepsie Collegiate School; the Methodist Church and Academy at Rhinebeck; and a full page view of Poughkeepsie.
The Howe/Barber history covers the development of this area until about 1841, while excerpts from the WPA book, give a nostalgic glympse from a 1940 vantage point, including interesting historical notes, especially as they relate to sightseeing possibilities. There's also a small map of the area from a 1948 booklet printed by the New York Telephone Company.
Wouldn't this make a unique gift?