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A tavern was opened by Amos Spencer in 1802, about four miles west of Maryland village. Jerahamed Houghton started a distillery and a store at Chaseville about 179S. He also started a potash factory about the same time.
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Philip Crippen, one of the oldest settlers of Maryland, is still living. He was the first white male child born in the town of Worcester, which included in its limits the present towns of Worcester, Westford, Maryland and Decatur. He is eighty- five years old, and retains to a remarkable degree his mental and physical powers. He never eats any fish or meat of any kind, and never uses tobacco or spirituous liquors. He is sel- dom sick and is as sprightly as a man of forty.
The First Baptist Church of Maryland, located at Chaseville, was organized Sept. 22d, 1808. Rev. Nathan D. Wright was for many years the pastor. Their house of worship was erected in 1834 at a cost of $1,500 and with a seating capacity of 450. The present value of the church is $3,000, and that of the parsonage, $1,000. The membership is 85 and the pastor is Rev. Hiram H. Fisher.
The First Baptist Church of Schenevus was organized in June 1871, by Rev. II. Martin, with 25 members. A church edifice, with a seating capacity of 250, was erected in 1868 at a cost of $4,000. The present membership is 40, and the pastor is Rev. H. W. Fisher.
The Methodist Church of Schenevus was organized more than fifty years ago, but the precise time is not known. Rev. Nathan Bangs was the first pastor, and the number of members was about a dozen. Their house of worship was erected in 1843 at a cost of about $2,500 and with a seating capacity of 400. The present membership is 140; the value of Church property is 84,500 and the pastor is Rev. J. V. Newell.
The Methodist Church of Elk Creek was organized about 1830, Rev. Lyman J. Martin being the first pastor. Their Church edifice was erected in 1857 at a cost of $800 and with a seating capacity of 300. The number of members is about 40; the value of the Church property is $2,000 and the pastor is Rev. John Filkinton.
The Methodist Church of Crumhorn Valley was organized about 1840 with about a dozen members. Their house of worship was erected in 1841 with a seating capacity of 300. It was repaired in 1867 and its present value is estimated at $2,000. The present membership is about half a dozen and the pastor is Rev. Wells Thompson.
Zion's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Maryland was organized in 1866 by Rev. Geo. W. Enders, the first pastor, with thirteen members. Their house of worship was erected in 1867 at a cost of $3,400 and with a seating capacity of 300. The present 4 membership is 59. G
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The Methodist Church, located at Maryland Hill, was organized at an early day and has now a membership of 25. Their house of worship will seat 200 and is valued at $2,500. Rev. W. S. Winans is the present pastor.
The population of the town in 1870 was 2,402, and its ares 30,164 acres, with an assessed value of $438,445.
The are 17 school districts, employing 16 teachers. The num- ber of children of school age is 749; the number attending school, 599; the average attendance, 285; the value of school houses and sites, $7,405.
MIDDLEFIELD was formed from Cherry Valley, March 3, 1797. It is an interior town, lying north-east of the center of the County. The surface is a hilly upland, abruptly descending to Otsego Lake and Outlet, which form its west boundary. The summits of the hills are 400 to 600 feet above the valleys. Cherry Valley Creek flows south-west through the east part, and Red Creek through the west part. The soil is a sandy and gravelly loam.
Middlefield Center, (p. v.) situated in the north part of the town, contains a Presbyterian church, a store, a hotel, two boot and shoe shops, two blacksmith shops, a carriage and wagon shop, a last factory, a school house and about 600 inhab- itants.
The Last Factory, at Middlefield Center, was erected in 1824, by Samuel and Mason C. Huntington. It was the first of the kind in the State, and the machine used is said to be the third one ever built. It turns out about 25,000 lasts annually and gives employment to three hands. It has been in the hands of the Huntington family since it was first started, and is now owned by S. G. Huntington.
The Cheese Factory of S. W. Barnum, about a mile south-west of Middlefield Center, was built in 1866, with a capacity for using the milk of 400 cows, making 10,000 pounds of cheese annually.
Lynchville is a hamlet about a mile and a half south-west of Middlefield Center, and contains a grist mill, a cider mill, a cheese-box factory, a carriage and wagon shop, a blacksmith shop and ten dwellings.
Middlefield, (p. v.) known also as "Clarksville,",is situated on Cherry Valley Creek and contains two churches, viz., M. E. and Baptist ; two hotels, three stores, three blacksmith shops, two wagon shops, a tailor shop, a milliner shop, a grist mill, a saw mill, a cheese-box factory, a graded school and about 300 inhabitants.
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Bowers Town is situated on Red Creek, about a mile south- east of' Cooperstown, and contains a Presbyterian church, a school house, a tannery, a saw mill, 22 dwellings and about 100 inhabitants.
Westville, (p. v.) in the south-east border of the town, partly in Westford, contains two churches, viz., Methodist and Baptist; two stores, two hotels, a blacksmith shop, a pump factory, a wagon shop and about 150 inhabitants.
Whey Corners is a hamlet about two miles north-east of Cooperstown, and contains a carriage and sleigh factory, a saw mill, a blacksmith shop, a school house and about a dozen dwellings.
Phoenix Mills (p. v.) is a hamlet in the south-west part of the town, on Susquehanna River, and contains a hotel, a store, a woolen factory, a saw mill, a grist mill, 15 dwellings and about 80 inhabitants.
The Phoenix Saw Mill was built in 1867 by W. H. Wood, and has one circular saw, capable of cutting 8,000 feet per day. A planing mill is connected with it.
The Phenix Woolen Mill runs three sets of machinery, employs about 40 hands and works up about 100,000 pounds of wool annually.
The County Poor House is located in this town, on a farm of 160 acres, about three miles south of Cooperstown. The fol- lowing statistics, which should properly have been given in connection with the general history of the County, but was received too late for insertion in that portion of the Gazetteer, we gather from the annual report of the Superintendent of the Poor, for the fiscal year, ending October 31, 1871 :
The whole number of paupers received and supported at the Otsego County Poor House during the last fiscal year, was 228; of which 82 were county poor and 146 were town poor; 136 were males and 92 females. There were 5 births, 1 of county and 4 of town: 18 deaths; of county 6, of towns 12. Discharged 85, absconded 22, now at the Poor House 103. Insane 21-of county 5, of town 16. Idiocy 16-of county 3, of town 13. Mutes 1, of county.
The whole number of weeks board furnished at the County Poor House the past year for town paupers was 4,619
For county paupers. 2,178
Total 6,797 The whole amount of money drawn from the Co. Treasurer the past year. $11,330 05
To be assessed on towns. 7,699 00
To be assessed on county 2,631 05
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The average weekly expenses of each pauper to be assessed upon the towns and county is 166 cents and 7 mills, amounting for 6,797 weeks and 5 days board to $11,330 05.
The whole number of weeks board furnished to the paupers at the County House, with the cost to be assessed upon the several towns and county, is as follows :
TOWNS.
Weeks. Days
Cost of Support.
Burlington
28
5
$ 47 88
Butternuts.
201
2
335 54
Cherry Valley
171
285 06
Decatur
9
3
15 72
Edmeston.
52
1
86 92
Exeter.
107
6
179 81
Hartwick.
428
2
713 95
Laurens
5
5
9 54
Maryland.
330
5
551 31
Middlefield.
692
1
1153 80
Milford
260
5
434 62
Morris.
130
4
217 67
New Lisbon
32
2
52 83
Onconta.
107
1
178 61
Otego
324
5
541 31
Otsego.
555
925 18
Pittsfield
153
6
256 50
Plainfield.
56
3
94 70
Richfield
52
1
86 92
Roseboom
128
4
214 34
Springfield
302
1
503 67
U'nadilla
163
271 72
Westford
168
3
280 77
Worcester.
156
5
261 26
Otsego County
2178
5
3631 05
6797
5
811330 05
I would further report that there is a surplus of about five thousand pounds of pork. There is also two hundred cords of wood cut and sea- soned for the coming winter. The farm is in a good state of cultivation, and there are eight acres of rye sown which looks well.
STOCK ON FARM.
11 Cows, $40.
$440 00
1 Yoke Oxen
200 00
2 Horses
250 00
8 Shotes.
80 00
1
$970 00
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4619
7699 00
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PRODUCE ON FARM.
15 tons of Hay, at $15.
· $225 00
250 bushels of Oats.
125 00
130
Rye.
150 00
900
Potatoes
360 00
40
Apples
20 00
15
Onions.
30 00
15
Turnips.
6 00
10
Carrots.
4 00
10
Beets
4 00
10 loads of Straw
40 00
25 of Corn Stalks.
100 00
2200 pounds of Pork
132 00
1100 of Butter
330 00
$1,826 00
About two miles north of Clarksville is a rock, called Nis- kayuna, where various Indian tribes from the south were accustomed to meet the Mohawks in council. The rock was covered with hieroglyphics, but, from its scaly nature, they are now obliterated. The Indians encamped at this place on their retreat from Cherry Valley in November 1778.
The first settlement of the town was made about 1755, by immigrants originally from Ireland and Scotland. Among those who settled prior to the Revolutionary War, were Wn. Cook, Daniel, Benjamin and Reuben McCollum, Samuel and Andrew Wilson, Andrew Cochran, Andrew Cameron and a man named Hall, all of whom"settled in the north part of the town. Among those who settled at a later date were Benjamin Gilbert in 1780; Reuben Beals, in the south part in 1786; William Campton, Bernard Temple, Stephen and Thomas Pratt, Whit- ney Juvil, Moses Rich and Rice, all of whom were from Massachusetts, and settled in 1787. William Temple, Daniel Moore and - Dunham, from New England, settled in the south part of the town soon after. Hannah Hubbell taught the first school, about 1790. Alexander McCollum and Andrew Cameron kept the first inns, and Benjamin Johnson the first store, in 1790. Mr. McCollum built the first saw mill, before the war, and Moses Rich the first grist mill, in 1795.
John M. Bowers came from New York City in 1802, and set- in Cooperstown, where he remained until 1805, when he removed across the river into Middlefield. He was one of the largest landholders in the County, owning 18,000 acres of the ' Bowers Tract" and 5,000 acres of the " Kettletas Tract." He died in 1846 at the age of 74 years. Mrs. M. M. S. Bowers, his widow, still resides at Lake Lands, a beautiful rural residence near Cooperstown. She is 93 years of age but retains her men-
300
Corn.
300 00
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tal faculties to a remarkable degree. She was the daughter of Mrs. Martha Wilson, of Revolutionary memory, and the grand- daughter of Col. Charles Stewart, Commissary General of the army during the Revolution.
Mr. Orren Sibley came into this town in 1832 and settled at what was known as " Bear's Swamp," about four miles from Cooperstown. The place was a wilderness, and he built two miles of road to open communication with the public highway. Here he started a tannery and a saw mill. The latter has a capacity for cutting 10,000 feet per day.
The First Baptist Church of Middlefield was organized in 1810 by Rev. Benjamin Sawin, the first pastor. Their house of worship was erected in 1825 with a seating capacity of 500. The present membership is 96; the pastor is Rev. D. F. Leach, and the value of the Church property is $5,000.
The First Presbyterian Church of Middlefield Center was organized Nov. 18, 1821, by Rev. Andrew Oliver, the first pastor, with 14 members. The first house of worship was erected in 1810; the present house in 1844. It will seat 225 and cost $1,500. The present membership is 60; the value of the Church property is 82,500; the pastor is Rev. Philander Griffin.
The Methodist Church of Middlefield erected a house of worship in 1832. It will seat 300 and cost $2,000. The present membership is 90; the value of the Church property is $4,500 ; the pastor is Rev. Walter B. Thomas.
The population of the town in 1870 was 2,876, and its area is 37,434 acres, with an assessed value of 8567,547.
There are 19 school districts, employing the same number of teachers. The number of children of school age is 886; the number attending school, 654; the average attendance, 361; the value of school houses and sites is $10,105.
MILFORD was formed from Unadilla, February 5, 1796, as Suffrage. Its name was changed April 8, 1800. It is an interior town, lying south of the center of the County. The surface is a hilly upland, divided into two distinct ridges by the Susquehanna River which flows south-west through the town. The valley is deep and bordered by steep hillsides. Crumhorn Mountain, on the east border, is about 600 feet above the valleys, and the west hills are from 300 to 400 feet high. Crumhorn Lake is a body of water about three miles in circumference, on the summit of Crumhorn Mountain. The soil is a sandy and gravelly loam.
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Milford, (p. v.) in the north-east part, on the Cooperstown & Susquehanna Valley Railroad, contains 3 dry goods stores, 1 hardware store, 1 drug store, 2 tanneries, 1 hotel, 3 carriage shops, 2 blacksmith shops, 2 shoe shops, 2 banking institutions, 2 churches and about 375 inhabitants.
Portlandville, (p. v.) south of the center, on the C. & S. V. R. R. and the Susquehanna River, contains 3 churches, 2 stores, 1 grocery, 1 hotel, 3 carriage shops, 2 blacksmith shops, 1 grist mill, 2 saw mills, 1 planing mill, 1 shingle mill and about 250 inhabitants.
Colliersville, (p. v.) in the south, on the Susquehanna River, and A. & S. R. R., contains a store, shoe shop, hotel, sash and blind factory, blacksmith shop and several dwellings.
Milford Center is a hamlet.
Edson's Corners is a hamlet in the north part.
Junction is a station on the A. & S. R. R. and the southern terminus of the C. & S. V. R. R.
The first settlement was made on the Susquehanna River by a squatter named Carr, about 1770. The settlements made previous to the Revolution were broken up by the war, and little progress was made until peace was restored. Matthew Cully, from Cherry Valley, and George Mumford, settled near Milford Center in 1783. Abraham and Jacob Beals, and a family named Ford. all from Massachusetts, settled at and near Milford village in 1784. Henry Scott, from Ireland, settled a little north of the village in 1786. The first child born was Daniel Beals, in September 1786; the first marriage was that of James Brown and Rhoda Marvin, in 1788, and the first death was that of Mrs. Beals, about the same time. The first school was taught by Increase Niles, in 1790. Matthew Cully and Isaac Collier kept the first inn, below Milford village, and Isaac Edson the first store, at the village, in 1794. The first grist mill was erected by David Cully, in 1788, and the first saw mill by Matthew Cully, in 1792-3.
The first religious services were held by the Congregational- ists, near Milford village, in 1793, by Rev. Mr. Reed.
The First Presbyterian Church of Milford was organized July 28, 1807, by Rev. Andrew Oliver, with eleven members. The first pastor was Rev. Alexander Conkey; the first house of worship was erected in 1805; it was repaired in 1843 and will seat 300. The present membership is 80; the value of the Church property is 810,000. Rev. William N. Schall, D. D., supplies the pulpit.
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The Baptist Church of Milford Center was organized about 1805 with eight members. Rev. Josiah Morris was the first pastor. Their present house of worship was erected about 1820; it will seat 300 and cost about $2,000. The present membership is 181; the pastor is Rev. B. F. Williams. The present value of the Church. property is about $5,000.
St. John's Episcopal Church, Portlandville, was organized in 1866 by Rev. Edward Pidsley, the first pastor, with ten mem- bers. Their house of worship was erected in 1866; it will seat 200 and cost $3,000. The present membership is 18; the pas- tor is Rev. Edward N. Goddard.
The Portlandville Christian Church was organized with six members, Dec. 29, 1838, by S. Soule, John Cook, Roberson Ellsworth, Hannah Smith, Harriet White and Minerva Windsor. Rev. Stephen Soule was the first pastor. The house of worship, which will seat 300, was erected in 1840, at a cost of $1,200. The Church property is at present valued at from $2,500 to $3,- 000. The present number of members is 70, and the pastor Rev. D. M. Fuller.
The Methodist Church of Milford was organized in 1817 by Rev. Abner Chase, its first pastor. The first house of worship was erected in 1836. The present house, which will seat 350, in 1869, at a cost of 82,500. The present number of members is 122, and the pastor Rev. Wm. G. Queal. Rev. S. A. Eddy, of Cazenovia, was born in this town and had his first Church membership with this Church, of which he has also been the pastor. Hon. Levi Stewart, a former Judge of this County, was for a long time a leading member of this Church, and died in 18CS. The present value of Church property is $10,000.
The Portlandville M. E. Church erected their first house of worship in 1848. The present house, which will seat 300, was erected in 1866 at a cost of $1,800. The present value of Church property is 85,000. The present number of members is 70, and the present pastor, Rev. W. G. Queal.
The population of the town in 1870 was 2.301, and its area, 28,402 acres, with an assessed value of $469,520.
The number of school districts is 14, employing the same number of teachers. The number of children of school age is 633 ; the number attending school, 528; the average attend- ance, 221; the value of school houses and sites is $8,318.
MORRIS, named after Gen. Jacob Morris, was formed from Butternuts, April 6, 1849. It lies upon the west border of the County, south of the center. The surface is a hilly upland, divided into two principal ridges by Butternut Creek,
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which flows south-west through the town, near the center. The west ridge terminates in a series of steep bluffs bordering on Unadilla River, which forms the west boundary of the town. The soil upon the uplands is composed of clay, gravel and disintegrated slate, and in the valleys it is a gravelly loam.
Morris, (p. v.) known also as "Louisville," on Butternut Creek, a little east of the center of the town, contains four churches, viz., Episcopal, Baptist, Methodist and Universalist ; 3 hotels, 4 dry goods stores, 2 drug stores, a hardware store, jewelry store, 3 tailor shops, several mechanic shops and about 700 inhabitants. A short distance from the village are several manufactories, the most important of which are the Cotton Mills of W. F. & R. Leonard.
Maple Grove, (p. v.) near the south-east corner, is a hamlet, containing a blacksmith shop and about a dozen houses.
Elm Grove, about a mile and a half north-east of Morris, is a hamlet, containing a chair factory and about a dozen houses.
The citizens of this town have formed a Soldier's Monument Association, and are about to erect a monument in the Cemetery at Morris, in honor of those who went from this town and died in the service of their country during the late Rebellion. The following names are to be inscribed upon the monument: 121st Regiment, N. Y. V., Henry Tracy, killed at Salem Church, May 3d, 1863 ; Samuel Fenton, killed at Fredericksburg, May 3d, 1863; Edwin W. Loomis, killed at Sailor Creek, April 1865 ; Chancey Colton, killed at the Wilderness, 1864; Zepheniah Foot, died at White Creek Church, 1863 ; Chas. Camp, killed. 152d Regiment, N. Y. V., Lieut. Geo. Kidder, killed at the Wilderness, 1863 ; Chancey Kelsey, killed at Boynton Plank Road, Oct. 27, 1864; David F. Lewis, killed at Cold Harbor ; Samuel G. Parcell, wounded and died, June 28, 1864; Alvin Kinney, wounded at Cold Harbor, and died, 1864; Daniel Miller, wounded and died at Washington, 1864; Levi McIntyre, killed ; Abel Card, died in Andersonville, Jan. 22, 1864; Stanley G. Sergeant, died in Andersonville; Adelbred Eldred, died in An- dersonville, 1864, Geo. Reeves, died in Andersonville; John Radley, missing at Deep Bottom; Millard Kirkland, died at Brandy Station, Jan. 12, 1864 ; James Kelsey, missing. U. S. N., C. L. Kenyon, died April 2d, 1865. Sth Regiment Cavalry, Wm. D. Adams, killed at Beverly Ford, June 9, 1863. 114th Regiment, N. Y. V., Ira A. Davis, died at New Orleans, July 8, 1863; Wal- lace W. Jackson, killed at Winchester, Sept. 19, 1864. 176th Regiment, N. Y. V., Alexis Goodrich, killed July 27, 1863 ;
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Aaron A. Parcell. 2d Regiment, N. Y. V., Wm. E. Greene, died in Salisbury Prison, 1864; John S. Scudder ; Geo. Davis, killed : Henry Rogers, died in Andersonville. Regiment not known, Henry Stockwell, killed, 1864. .
The settlement of this town was commenced a short time previous to the Revolution. In 1772 Ebenezer Knapp and Increase Thurstin came from Dutchess County to the valley of Butternut Creek, 14 miles from its mouth, remained a few months making preliminary arrangements for a settlement, and returned home for the winter. In June 1773, they returned with their families. Mr. Knapp settled in the north- east part of the town, on the farm now owned by G. A. Yates, and built a cabin, about two and a half miles above Morris village. Mr. Thurstin settled a short distance from him, in the town of New Lisbon. Benjamin Lull, with his five sons, Ben- jamin, Jr., Joseph, Caleb, Nathan and William, and Jonathan Moore, from Dutchess County, came at the same time. Andre Renouard settled at Elm Grove, and Louis and Paschal Fran- chot, originally from France, settled near the village of Morris, in 1790. Quite a large family of Lulls settled near the north- east border of the town and in New Lisbon. Andrew Cathcart and Jacob Morris were among the early settlers. Ichabod Palmer and Elnathan Noble settled in 1778. The settlement was broken up during the war, some of the inhabitants being taken prisoners and others returning to their former homes. Previous to the massacre at Cherry Valley, some of the women and children of the Butternut settlement, passed through that place and were in hearing of the guns when the attack was made. In 1783 and the following years many of the settlers returned. Mr. Joseph Lull settled where D. Whitcomb now lives, near the school house in District No. 2. The first marriage was that of Joseph Lull and Martha Knapp in 1776, by a justice. The first inn was kept by Sturgess Bradley, and the first store by Louis and Paschal Franchot, at Morris village. The firm was known, after the death of Louis, as Franchot & Van Rensselaer, until 1814. Louis De Villier erected the first grist mill on Aldrich Creek, at a place called Elm Grove. The first cotton and woolen factory was carried on by a company, viz., A. G. Washburn, agent, Paschal Franchot, Volkert P. Van Rensselaer, John C. Morris, Benajah Davis, Captain Dan Smith,. Luther Skidmore and others. The first deed granted in town was given to Benjamin Lull, Sen., in 1769, by Richard Wells. The first death was that of Mrs. Elizabeth Lull, wife of Benjamin Lull, Jr., and daughter of Ebenezer Knapp.
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Joseph Lull was nineteen years of age when he married, and his wife, Martha Knapp, a little short of fourteen. She became the mother of sixteen children, eight sons and eight daughters. Soon after her marriage, and during the autumn months, accompanied with her sister and three children, one two years, one sixteen and one six months old, she went to Cherry Valley, a distance of thirty miles, on horseback. They followed a path leading through an unbroken forest guided only by marked trees. They rode alternately, thus relieving each other of their burden, and finally reached their place of destination. Added to the many hardships in this way suffered, was the want often of pro- visions. The cruelty and treachery of the Indian savage caused them to make this journey. It was with painful eye they beheld, as they departed, their rude dwellings enveloped in flames, and the spoiling of the fruits of their own self-denying toil; and when in after years they to their homes returned, it was with no cheering emotions they discerned the remaining marks of the red man's ruthless hand. In 1778, by reason of the war, Mr. and Mrs. Lull were driven to Dutchess Co. and there re- mained about six years. Mrs. Lull carried two children in her lap, on horseback, a distance of one hundred and sixty miles. She died in 1851, and had at her death ninety-nine grand- children.
The following anecdote is related by Mr. Ezra Lull, son of Caleb Lull, and grandson of Benj. Lull, Sen., now a resident of the town. The year Cherry Valley was burned, a party of men had gathered together one evening for a husking. Seven of them, and several of them Mr. Benj. Lull's sons, were taken pris- oners by fourteen Oneida Indians, who had been friendly to the Colonists, and they were taken to Fort Stanwix, (now Rome.) and reported there as Tories, ready to join the enemy. This was done merely to obtain liquor from the Continental commander of the Fort. While on their way to the jail, at Albany, they met a Continental Captain by the name of Winn, who knew them to be among the neutrals, as some were styled who had taken an oath to be neutral, and he obtained their release.
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