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PLATTSBURGH, t. Clinton co. contains the county buildings, situ- ated in the village of the same name ; it is distant 162 miles from Albany, and contained in 1840, 6,416 inhabitants. The surface on the east is level or gently undula-
mostly clay loam, of a good qual- ity, adjoining the lake ; it is wa- tered by the Saranac river, which flows east, here emptying into Cumberland bay ; it is also drained by Salmon creek on the south. Plattsburgh, North Plattsburgh, Cadysville and Schuyler's Falls are names of post offices.
PLATTSBURGH, V. and p. o. Plattsburgh, Clinton co. is situated on both sides of the Saranac river, on the west shore of Lake Cham- plain, 162 miles north of the city of Albany. It was incorporated in 1815, and now contains about 2,600 inhabitants, 350 dwelling houses, a court house, jail and county clerk's office ; 1 Presbyterian, 1 Episcopal, 1 Methodist and 1 Ro- man Catholic church ; an incorpo- rated lyceum and an incorported academy, 1 banking house, 5 ho- tels and taverns, 30 stores and gro- ceries, 1 flouring mill, 1 grist mill, 2 cotton factories, 3 woollen facto- ries, 2 marble mills, 2 fulling mills, 2 saw mills, 2 tanneries, 1 machine shop, 1 soap manufactory, and 2 printing offices, together with al- most every other kind of mechanic work shops. The water power at this place is very great, the Sara- nac river here having a succession of falls, making a total descent of about 40 feet ; only a part of which is now occupied for manufacturing purposes. The surrounding coun- try is rich in agricultural and min- eral productions, and Plattsburgh is the proposed termination of the Ogdensburgh and Lake Champlain railroad, which, when completed, will greatly tend to develope the resources of the whole northern part of the state of New-York. This is an United States military post, where the government are now erecting extensive stone bar- racks, near the lake shore, south of the village, and a permanent break- water for the protection of the har-
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an important engagement between the British and American armies, in Sept. 1814, which resulted in the defeat of the British, under the command of Sir George Prevost, and the capture of the British fleet under Com. Downie, who was killed in the action. The Ameri- can army was commanded by Maj. Gen. Macomb, and the fleet by Com. McDonough.
PLEASANT LAKE, lies in the town of Lake Pleasant, Hamilton co. This is a beautiful sheet of water, 3 miles long, and from 1 to 1} miles wide ; its waters abound in trout and other fish of fine fla- vor. It is surrounded by a new and interesting region of country, abounding in numerous small lakes, all well stocked with fish ; also the favorite resort of water fowl, and other wild game.
PLEASANT PLAINS, p. o. Clin- ton, Dutchess co.
PLEASANT VALLEY, t. Dutch- ess co. situated 7 miles north-east of the village of Poughkeepsie, and distant 82 miles from Albany ; contained in 1840, 2,219 inhabit- ants. The surface is diversified ; soil, clay, sandy and gravelly loam, generally well cultivated ; drained by Wappinger's creek. Pleasant Valley and Salt Point are names of post offices.
PLEASANT VALLEY, V. and p. o. Pleasant Valley, Dutchess co. is handsomely situated on Wappin- ger's creek. It was incorporated in 1814, and now contains about 650 inhabitants, 100 dwelling hou- ses, 1 Presbyterian and 1 Metho- dist church, and a Friend's meet- ing house ; 2 public houses, 5 stores, 1 cotton factory, containing 3,000 spindles and 72 power looms, and 1 saw mill.
PLEASANT VALLEY, V. Whitestown, Oneida co. is a man- ufacturing settlement, situated on Oriskany creek, about 1 mile south
bor. Plattsburgh was the scene of | of the village of Oriskany. It contains 2 large woollen factories, known as the Dexter Manufactur- ing Company, where are annually manufactured about 100,000 lbs. fleece and 80,000 lbs. foreign wool, which is made into broadcloths, cassimeres and carpeting. This village is small, being altogether dependent on the above factory, which gives constant employment to upwards of 100 men and children.
PLEASANTVILLE, p. o. Mount Pleasant, Westchester county ; here are situated 1 church, 2 stores and about 15 dwelling houses.
PLESIS, p. o. Alexandria, Jef- ferson co. Here are situated 1 church, 1 tavern, 1 store, 1 grist mill, 1 saw mill, 1 tannery and 1 ashery.
PLUMB GUT, is the passage be- tween Oyster Pond Point, on the east end of Long Island, and Plumb Island.
PLUMB ISLAND, lies one mile east of Oyster Pond Point, on Long Island ; it is 3 miles long and 1 mile wide ; on the west end there is situated a light house.'
PLYMOUTH, t. Chenango co. situated 7 miles north-west of the village of Norwich, and distant 118 miles from Albany ; contained in 1840, 1,625 inhabitants. The surface is undulating ; soil, argil- laceous loam of good quality ; drained south-east by the Canasa- wacta creek. Plymouth is the name of a post office.
POESTENKILL, V. and p. o. Sand Lake, Rensselaer co. con- tains about 100 inhabitants, 20 dwelling houses, 1 Lutheran and 1 Dutch Reformed church, 2 taverns, 2 stores, 2 factories, 1 grist mill, and 1 saw mill.
POESTENKILL, rises in Grafton and Sand Lake, Rensselaer co. and flows west into the Hudson river at the city of Troy. This is a good mill stream, on which are situated a number of factories and mills.'
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POINT PENINSULA, p. o. | cultivated ; drained north by Lime- Brownville, Jefferson co.
POLAND, t. Chautauque, co. sit- uated 22 miles south-east of the village of Mayville, and distant 317 miles from Albany ; contained in 1840, 1,087 inhabitants. The surface is hilly ; soil, sandy and gravelly loam ; drained by the Con- newango creek and Chautauque outlet. Poland Centre, Ivesville, Kennedy's Mills and Waterboro' are names of post offices.
POLAND, V. and p. o. Russia, Herkimer co. is situated on West Canada creek. It contains about 250 inhabitants, 30 dwelling hou- ses, 1 tavern, 1 store, 2 cotton fac. tories, 1 flouring mill, and 2 trip- hammer works, where are made edge tools.
POLLOPEL'S ISLAND, is a mass of rock lying in the Hudson river, near its east shore, opposite Breakneck Hill, at the northern en- trance into the Highlands, 6 miles above West Point.
POMFRET, t. Chautauque co. situated 12 miles north-east of the village of Mayville, and distant 315 miles from Albany; contained in 1840, 4,566 inhabitants. The surface is hilly, declining towards Lake Erie, which bounds it on the north ; soil, argillaceous, sandy and gravelly loam, very fertile ; drained north-west by several small streams flowing into Lake Erie, and south by the Cassadaga creek and its tributaries, running into the Allegany river. The New-York and Erie railroad terminates in this town in the village of Dunkirk. Cassadaga, Dunkirk, Fredonia and Van Buren Harbor are names of post offices.
POMPEY, t. Onondaga co. si- tuated 14 miles south-east of the village of Syracuse, and distant 132 miles from Albany ; contained in 1840, 4,371 inhabitants. The surface is hilly; soil, sandy and clay loam, fertile aud mostly well
stone creek, and south by the head branches of the Tioughnioga river. Pompey, Pompey Centre, Delphi, Oran and Watervale are names of post offices.
POMPEY HILL, v. Pompey, Onondaga county, is situated on the highest point of land in this region of country ; it contains about 450 inhabitants, 75 dwelling hou- ses, 2 churches; 1 incorporated academy ; 2 taverns and 5 stores. The view from this point is very extensive, overlooking the sur- rounding country as far as the eye can reach.
PONDSVILLE, p. o. Moriah, Essex co.
POOLVILLE, V. and p. o. Ha- milton, Madison co. contains about 250 inhabitants, 30 dwelling hou- ses, 2 churches, 1 tavern, 3 stores, 1 woollen factory, 1 grist mill, and 1 leather manufactory .
POPLAR RIDGE, p. o. Venice, Cayuga co.
PORTAGE, t. Allegany co. si- tuated 18 miles north of the village of Angelica, and distant 247 miles from Albany ; contained in 1840, 4,721 inhabitants. The surface is high and rolling on the east and west, with a fertile valley between, extending north and south, through which flows the Genesee river and Genesee Valley canal. On the above stream there is situated in the north part of this town the far famed Genesee Falls, where, with- in the space of two miles, the river has a descent of about 300 feet, affording an inexhaustible amount of water power. The soil is very productive and well adapted to wheat and other grain. Hunt's Hollow, Portageville and Oakland are names of post offices.
PORTAGEVILLE, V. and p. o. Portage, Allegany co. is situated on the west side of the Genesee river, and on the line of the Genesee Valley canal ; it contains about
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700 inhabitants, 100 dwelling hou-] ing mill, in which are 12 run of ses ; 1 Presbyterian, 2 Baptist, 1 Methodist and 1 Universalist church; 3 taverns, S or 10 stores and groceries; 1 grist mill, 5 saw mills, 1 sash factory, 1 tannery and 1 clothier's works. This place is situated in a romantic and interest- ing region of country, near where the Genesee enters the rocky gorge and plunges down a succession of highly picturesque falls. The Ge- nesee Valley canal passes diagon- ally through the town, crossing the river in an aqueduct at Portage- ville, and thence running northerly one and a half miles contiguous to and parallel with the high banks of the river, affording to the traveller a full view of the " Genesee Falls," and the majestic scenery in the vi- cinity ; it then enters the open country through a tunnel about a quarter of a mile in length. The " Falls " consist of three perpen- dicular descents, amounting in all to 300 feet, and with the high banks through which the river pas- ses, presents one of the most grand and sublime views which our coun- try can boast ; and are already becoming the fashionable resort of many lovers of natural scenery as exhibited in its most rugged aspect.
PORT BARTON, V. Painted Post, Steuben co. is situated on the north side of the Chemung ri- ver, at the head of the feeder of the Chemung canal, opposite the village of Corning, with which it is connected by a bridge ; it con- tains about 500 inhabitants, 70 dwelling houses, 1 Presbyterian church; 3 taverns and 1 store. This place is sometimes called Knoxville.
PORT BYRON, V. and p. o. Mentz, Cayuga co. is situated on the Erie canal; it was incorpora- ted in 1837, and now contains about 1,000 inhabitants, 150 dwel- ling houses, 3 churches, 4 public houses, 10 stores, 1 extensive flour-
stone, being one of the largest es- tablishments of the kind in the state ; 2 tanneries, 4 saw mills and 1 clothier's works.
PORT CHESTER, V. and p. o. Rye, Westchester, co. situated on the west side of Byram river, which here forms the boundary line between New-York and Con- necticut ; it was incorporated in 1833, and now contains about 800 inhabitants, 100 dwelling houses, 1 Presbyterian and 1 Methodist church ; 2 boarding schools, one for young ladies and one for boys ; 2 taverns, 20 stores of different kinds ; 1 dye wood mill, 1 iron foundery, 1 hat manufactory, and ' 2 carriage manufactories. Here are owned 6 sloops and schooners, and a steamboat plies between this place and the city of New- York.
PORT DOUGLASS, Chesterfield, Essex county. Here is a conve- nient landing on the west side of Lake Champlain, 4 miles east of the village of Keeseville.
PORTER, t. Niagara co. situated 16 miles north-west of the village of Lockport, and distant 300 miles from Albany ; contained in 1840, 2,177 inhabitants. The surface is mostly level; soil, sandy and ar- gillaceous loam ; drained by Tus- carora creek, flowing into Lake Ontario, which bounds it on the. north, while the Niagara separates it from Canada on the west .- On the extreme north-west part of this town at the mouth of the Niagara river, is situa- ted old Fort Niagara ; directly opposite on the Canada side stands Fort George. Ransomville and Youngstown are names of post offices.
PORTER'S CORNERS, p. o. Greenfield, Saratoga co.
PORT GENESEE. See Char- lotte.
PORT GIBSON, V. and p. o.
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Manchester, Ontario co. is situa-, Deerpark, Orange co. is situated ted on the Erie canal ; it contains about 200 inhabitants, 25 dwelling houses, 1 church, 2 taverns, 4 stores, 1 warehouse and 1 distil- lery.
PORT GLASCOW, p. o. Huron, Wayne co.
PORT HENRY, V. and p. o. Moriah, Essex co. is situated on the west side of Lake Champlain, where is a convenient steamboat landing ; it contains about 250 in- habitants, 35 dwelling houses, 1 church, 1 female seminary, 1 ta- vern and 3 stores. The Port Henry Iron Company, incorporated in 1840, with a capital of $70,000, with liberty to increase to $150,- 000 own and occupy at this place a fine water privilege, on which are erected 2 extensive blast furnaces, 1 cupola furnace and a machine shop. There are located in this vicinity two or three iron ore beds, belonging to the above company, which is used in the works, and is of a fine quality.
PORT JACKSON, V. and p. o. Florida, Montgomery co. is situa- ted on the south side of the Mo- hawk river, on the line of the Erie canal; it contains about 250 inha- bitants, 40 dwelling houses, 1 church, 2 taverns, and 5 stores and groceries.
PORT JACKSON, Peru, Clinton county, is situated about 2 miles north of the Peru landing, on the north side of Lake Champlain. Here is a convenient landing and a small settlement.
PORT JEFFERSON, V. and p. o. Brookhaven, Suffolk co. (for- merly called Drowned Meadow, ) is pleasantly situated at the head of the bay ; it contains about 300 inhabitants and 50 dwelling houses. The inhabitants are principally engaged in ship building and na- vigation. Here are several ship yards, rail-ways, hotels and stores.
PORT JERVIS, V. and p. o. (
on the north-east side of the Delaware river, on the line of the Hudson and Delaware canal. It contains about 250 inhabitants, 30 dwelling houses, 2 churches, 3 taverns, 4 stores and 1 grist mill.
PORT KENDALL, p. o. Ken- dall, Orleans co.
PORT KENT, V. and p. o. Ches- terfield, Essex co. is advantage- ously situated on the west side of Lake Champlain, 12 miles south of the village of Plattsburgh; it contains about 250 inhabitants, 30 dwelling houses,. 1 church, 2 ta- verns, 3 stores and 2 warehouses. The site of this place is beautiful, commanding one of the finest views on Champlain, extending to the opposite shore of Vermont. It is contemplated to construct a railroad from Port Kent to the Au Sable Forks, a distance of 16 miles, passing through the villages of Keeseville and Clintonville. Im- mediately south of the landing at this place, lies Trembleu Point.
PORT KIDDER, Ovid, Seneca county. Here is a convenient landing, and some mills, situa- ted on the west side of Cayuga lake.
PORTLAND, t. Chautauque co. situated 7 miles north of the village of Mayville, and distant 331 miles from Albany ; contained in 1840, 2,136 inhabitants. The surface is hilly, declining towards Lake Erie, which bounds it on the north-west; soil, argillaceous and sandy loam ; drained by several small streams flowing into Lake Erie. Portland, Centreville and Salem Cross Roads are names of post offices.
PORTLANDVILLE, V. Milford, Otsego co. is situated on the Sus- quehanna river ; it contains about 175 inhabitants, 30 dwelling hou- ses, 1 Baptist and 1 Unitarian church ; 2 taverns, 3 stores, 1 grist mill, 1 saw mill, 1 tannery and 1 woollen factory.
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PORT OGDEN, Genoa, Cayuga | 2 saw mills, 1 tannery, 1 tavern, county, is situated on the east side 1 store and about 20 dwelling houses. of Cayuga lake ; there is a ferry across the lake from this place to Port Kidder, Seneca co.
PORT ONTARIO, V. and p. o. Kirkland, Oswego co. is situated at the mouth of the Salmon river, on the east end of Lake Ontario. It was incorporated in 1837, and now contains about 300 inhabitants, 40 dwelling houses, 1 church, 2 taverns, 1 store and 3 forwarding houses. This is a port of entry and has a good harbor, which is rendered perfectly safe by means of a pier built by the United States government.
PORT RICHMOND, V. North- field, Richmond county, is situated on the north shore of Staten Island, 9 miles south-west of the city of New-York, with which it is con- nected by a commodious steam ferry ; it contains about 300 inha- bitants, 50 dwelling houses, . bank, 1 Reformed Dutch and 1 Methodist church; 2 taverns, 6 stores and 2 ship yards. Here is situated a valuable granite quarry, owned by an incorporated compa- ny under the title of the " Rich- mond Granite Company."
PORT SCHUYLER. See West Troy.
PORTVILLE, t. Cattaraugus co. situated 24 miles south-east of the village of Ellicottville, and distant 296 miles from Albany ; contained in 1840, 462 inhabitants. The surface is broken ; soil, sandy loam, mostly covered with dense pine forests ; drained by several small streams running into the Al- legany river, which enters this town on the south boundary from Pennsylvania. Mill Grove and Riceville are names of post offices.
POST'S CORNERS, p. o. South- port, Chemung co.
POSTVILLE, p. o. Russia, Her- kimer county. Here are situated
POTSDAM, t. St. Lawrence co. situated 8 miles north-east of the village of Canton ; contained in 1840, 4,473 inhabitants. The sur- face is undulating ; soil, sandy loam and very productive, under- laid by limestone and red sand stone ; watered by Racket and Grass rivers. Potsdam and Bucks- bridge, are names of post offices.
POTSDAM, V. and p. o. Pots- dam, St. Lawrence co. is situated on the Racket river. It was incor- porated in 1831, and now contains about 800 inhabitants, 120 dwelling houses, 4 churches, 2 taverns, 10 stores, 1 satinet factory, 1 grist mill and saw mill, 2 clothier's works, 1 oil mill, 2 machine shops, 1 pocket furnace, 1 trip hammer works and forge. The St. Law- rence academy located in this vil- lage, is a flourishing chartered in- stitution; the buildings consist of two large stone edifices, 4 stories high, accommodating male and female students.
POTTER, t. Yates co. situated 8 miles north of the village of Penn-Yan, and distant 200 miles from Albany; contained in 1840, 2,245 inhabitants. The surface is somewhat hilly ; soil, gravelly loam of excellent quality ; drained north by Flint creek. Potter, Rushville and Yatesville are names of post offices.
POTTER'S HOLLOW, V. and p. o. Rensselaerville, Albany co. is an agricultural settlement ; it con- tains about 125 inhabitants, 20 dwelling houses, 1 Friend's meeting house, 2 taverns and 2 stores.
POTTERSVILLE, p. o. Chester, Warren co.
POUGHKEEPSIE, t. Dutchess county, contains the county build- ings situated in the village of the same name ; it is distant 73 miles
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from Albany, and contained in 1840, 10,006 inhabitants. The sur- face is undulating and in some pla- ces broken; soil, sand, clay and loam, underlaid by lime, which is extensively manufactured in the south part of this town ; it is drain- ed on its eastern boundary by Wap- pinger's creek, and Fall creek emp- ties into the Hudson at the village of Poughkeepsie. Poughkeepsie, New Hamburgh, and Wappinger's creek, are names of post offices .- Barnegat, Channingville, Ednam and Manchester, are names of set- tlements.
POUGHKEEPSIE, V. and p. o. Poughkeepsie, Dutchess co. is handsomely situated on the east side of the Hudson river, about equi-distant between the cities of New-York and Albany. It was incorporated in 1801, and now con- tains about 7,500 inhabitants, most- ly engaged in mercantile and man- ufacturing pursuits ; 1000 dwelling houses, many of them tasty edifi- ces ; a court house and jail and county poor house ; a splendid col- legiate building ; the Dutchess academy ; 2 female seminaries, be- sides several select schools; a ly- ceum and reading room ; 2 public markets ; 1 Presbyterian, I Con- gregational, 2 Episcopal, 1 Baptist, 2 Methodist, 1 Dutch Reformed, 1 Universalist, 1 Roman Catholic, and 1 African church and 2 Friend's meeting houses ; 3 banking houses and a saving's institution ; an in- corporated company for the growth and manufacture of silk, who have erected extensive buildings for the manufacture thereof ; an incorpo- rated company for the manufacture of locomotive engines and railroad machinery, having already erected large buildings, not surpassed by any in the state ; an incorporated company called the "Dutchess Whaling Company," who own 5 ships engaged in the whale trade ; 10 hotels and taverns ; 25 dry good | not fail to excite the admiration of
stores, 50 groceries, 4 drug stores, 2 bookstores, besides a large num- ber of other different kind of stores and shops; 2 breweries, one of which is very extensive, perhaps the largest in the state, being ca- pable of making 30,000 barrels of beer annually ; 2 carpet factories, 3 flouring mills, 3 plaster mills, 2 saw mills, 1 dye-wood mill, 2 turn- ing and sawing establishments, 3 sash and blind factories, 3 brick yards, where are manufactured the finest kind of bricks in large quan- tities, I sperm oil and candle fac- tory, 2 soap and candle factories, 3 pump factories, 2 pin factories, one of which is very extensive, 2 brass founderies, 2 gun factories, 3 iron founderies, 2 stone and earth- en ware factories, 3 machine shops, 2 tanneries, 3 plough factories, 1 paper hanging establishment, 3 to- bacco and segar factories, 9 car- riage and wagon manufactories, 1 rope walk, 1 hay press, 6 lumber yards, 2 ship yards, 5 coal yards, and 2 marble yards ; 3 printing of- fices and 1 bindery, besides most every other kind of mechanic work shops. In addition to the above whale ships, here are owned 3 steamboats, 3 freight baiges, and 8 sloops, engaged in transporting pro- duce and merchandise to and from the New-York market, and other places on the river. No place on the Hudson, exceeds this village for beauty of location and pre-emi- nence in refinement and wealth of its inhabitants ; surrounded as it is, by one of the richest agricultu- ral districts in the Union, it may justly be ranked as the queen of villages in the empire state. The Poughkeepsie collegiate school, situated on College Hill, about half a mile northeast of the com- pact part of the village, is unrival- led in its location commanding an extensive prospect of the river and surrounding country, which can-
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every lover of picturesque scenery; in addition to the collegiate build- ing, which is a splendid edifice, here has recently been erected an extensive gymnasium. This is a well established and flourishing in- stitution, conducted on philosophi- cal principles. Poughkeepsie, is a corruption of the Indian word Apokeepsing, signifying safe har- bor. It was early settled, and in 1788 the state convention met here to ratify the federal constitution of the United States ; previous to that date the state legislature frequently convened in this village, which has long been considered a favorite place of residence.
POUGHQUAG, p. o. Beekman, Dutchess co.
POULTNEY RIVER, rises in Vermont, and flows in a westerly direction into the head of Lake Champlain ; this stream for a con- siderable distance forms the divid- ing line between the states of New- York and Vermont.
POUNDRIDGE, t. Westchester co. situated 15 miles north-east of the village of White Plains, and distant 139 miles from Albany ; contained in 1840, 1,407 inhabi- tants. The surface is hilly and stony ; soil gravelly loam ; drain- ed south-east by two or three streams flowing into Connecticut. Poundridge, is the name of a post office, where is situated a small settlement, containing 3 churches, 2 stores and 15 or 20 dwellings.
PRATTSBURGH, t. Steuben co. situated 12 miles north of the vil- lage of Bath, and distant 202 miles from Albany ; contained in 1840, 2,455 inhabitants. The surface is somewhat hilly ; soil, good for wheat but better for grass ; drain- ed south by several small tributa- ries of the Conhocton river.
PRATTSBURGH, v. and p. o. ยท Prattsburgh, Steuben co. contains about 400 inhabitants, 50 dwelling houses, 1 Presbyterian church, an | churches, 2 taverns and 3 stores.
incorporated academy, 2 taverns, 4 stores, 1 grist mill, 2 saw mills, and 1 tannery.
PRATT'S HOLLOW, p. o. Ea- ton, Madison co.
PRATTSVILLE. t. Greene co. situated 38 miles west of the vil- lage of Catskill, and distant 50 miles from Albany ; contained in 1840, 1,613 inhabitants. The sur- face is generally broken and moun- tainous, but the soil on the flats of the Schoharie creek, which passes through the centre of the town, is very fertile, and the uplands are good for grazing.
PRATTSVILLE, v. and p. o. Prattsville, Greene co. is hand- somely situated on the north-east side of the Schoharie creek, 36 miles west of Catskill; it contains 1,000 inhabitants, 150 dwelling hou- ses, 1 Reformed Dutch and I Me- thodist church; 1 academy, 1 printing office and stereotype foun- dery,3 tanneries, manufacturing an- nually I10,000 sides sole leather, a larger amount than is manufactu- red in any other town in the Uni- ted States ; 2 furnaces, 2 machine shops, 1 woolen factory, 2 match factories, 6 stores, 3 groceries, 3 grist mills, 3 hotels, and almost all kinds of mechanic's shops. The turnpike of the Schoharie Kill Bridge Company, passes through the village, on which a daily mail passes each way, to and from Cats- kill to Ithaca.
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