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May 7, 1831, Jolen l'enfield, Ballston, capt., 7th Car., 3d Brig., 2dl Div.
April 30, 1861, Daniel I'. Wakeman, Ballston Spa, adjt., 32d Cav., 9th Brig., 15th Div.
May 7, 1831, Elijah W. Weed, Saratoga Springs, Ist lieut., 7th Cav., 3d Brig., 2d Div.
May 7, 1831, Clement Patchin, Milton, 2d lient., 7th Cav., 3d Brig., 2d Div. May 7, 1831, Hiram Loomis, Milton, cornet, 7th Cav., 3d Brig., 2d Div.
June I, 1821, Thomas M. Burtis, Saratoga Springs, paymaster, 7th Cav.
April 23, 1831, Thomas L. Hewitt, Galway, ensign, 24th Regt., 51st Brig., 15th Div.
Sept. 2, 1830, Thomas C. Hale, Greenfield, ensign, 59th Regt., 5Ist Brig., 15th Div.
June 4, 1831, George Ilanford, Galway, major, separate battalion Riflemen.
July 4, 1831, John Shurter, Malta, capt., 41st Regt., 9th Brig., 15th Div.
July 4, 1831, Elisha D. Miller, Ballston, lient., 41st Regt., 9th Brig., 15th Div.
July 4, 1831, Iliram Hutchinson, Malta, ensign, 41st Regt., 9th Brig., 15th Div. July 2, 1831, Henry Van Duzen, Clifton Park, capt., I+4th Regt., 9th Brig., 15th Div.
July 2, 1831, George Peck, Clifton Park, lieut., 144th Regt., 9th Brig., 15th Div. July 2, 1831, Lewis E. Sheldon, Clifton l'ark, ensign, 144th Regt., 9th Brig., 15th Div.
Sept. 30, 1831, Lemuel Spiers, Ballston, surg., 32d Regt., 9th Brig., 15th Div.
Sept. 10, 1831, Jesse Morey, Ballston, capt., 32d Regt., 9th Brig., 15th Div.
Dec. 10, 1830, Henry C. Rice, Stillwater, capt., 4Ist Regt.
Nov. 11, 1830, Gilbert Purdy, Saratoga, capt.
Nov. 11, 1830, Leonard Adams, Wilton, lient.
Nov. 11, 1830, James McCreedy, Saratoga, ensign.
Sept. 3, 1831, Ephraim Hill, Stratoga, ensign.
Sept. 28, 1831, Channcy D. Bull, Saratoga, surgeon's mate,
Nov. 12, 1831, Henry D. Chapman, Saratoga, col.
Sept. 14, 1831, Clark Taber, Providence, capt.
Sept. 14, 1831, l'ardon Sonle, Providence, licut.
Sept. 14, 1831, Huestin McMullin, Providence, ensign.
Sept. 24, 1831, Philip James, Galway, capt.
Sept. 24, 1831, Richard M. Livingston, Jr., Galway, lieut.
Sept. 24, 1831, John H. Dingman, Galway, ensign.
Nov. 12, 1831, Samuel Lewis, Northumberland, lient .- col.
Nov. 12, 1831, Henry Holmes, Saratoga, maj.
Oct. 29, 1831, Rensselaer Thompson, Morean, capt.
Oct. 29, 1831, Charles A. Sill, Morean, lieut.
Oct. 29, 1831, Richard Davenport, Moreau, ensign. Ang. 27, 1831, Benjamin F. Prior, Greenfield, capt.
March 10, 1832, Lodewick P. Shaw, Providence, col.
March 10, 1832, John S. Green, Galway, ensign.
March 10, 1832, Jonathan Bristol, Edinburgh, capt.
March 31, 1832, George W. Downing, Edinburgh, lient.
March 31, 1832, George B. Robinson, Edinburgh, ensign. Oct. 5, 1831, James A. Swartwont, Wilton, en-igu.
April 16, 1832, Henry L. Swartwout, Wilton, q .- ti.
March 10, 1832, Jonathan Edgecomb, Galway, maj. March 31, 1832, Seth Warren, Galway, capt.
March 31, 1832, Thomas L. Ilewitt, Galway, lient, March 31, 1832, Solomon Ellithorp, Edinburgh, lieut .- col.
May 12, 1832, Archibald Spier, Ballston Spa, col. May 12, 1832, W'm. Fuller, Ballston, lient,-col. May 12, 1832, Isaiah Blood, Milton, maj.
May 10, 1832, Josbna T. Blanchard, Saratoga Springs, q .- m. cav.
April 28, 1832, Andrew Taylor, Half-Moon, Ist lieut. cav.
April 28, 1832, Christopher Snyder, Hudf-Moon, 20 lieut. cav.
April 28, 1832, Mina Morse, Half-Moon, cornet, cav.
April 28, 1832, Duncan MeMasters, Charlton, capt.
April 28, 1832, Wmn. Fowler, Charlton, lient. April 28, 1832, Robert Gilchrist, Charlton, ensign.
Aug. 18, 1832, Wright I. Esmond, Half-Moon, capt.
Aug. 18, 1832, W'm. Gates, Jr., Half-Moon, lieut.
Ang. 18, 1832, Abraham James, Half-Moon, ensign. Ang. 20, 1832, Shadrach Burlison, Waterford, capt. Aug. 20, 1832, Harry B. Scott, Waterford, lient. Ang. 20, 1832, Mason K. Eastman, Waterford, ensign. Aug. 27, 1831, Rensselaer Ballon, Greenfield, lieut. Aug. 27, 1831, Alvin Day, Greenfield, ensign. Oct. 7, 1831, Isaac Ambler, Greenfield, q .- m. Sept. 3, 1831, Uriah B. Conch, Milt m, lieut. Sept. 3, 1831, Charles M. L. Andrus, Milton, ensign.
Sept. 3, 1831, John Putter, Milton, capt.
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Sept. 3, 1831, Isaac K. Frink, Milton, lieut. Sept. 3, 1831, l'orter W. Earl, Milton, ensign. Oct. 8, 1831, Daniel D. A. Green, Milton, lieut .- col. Ort. 29, 1831, Uriah DI. Conch, Milton, capt. Oct. 29, 1831, Charles M. L. Andrus, Milton, lient. Oct. 29, 1831, Benjamin N. Loomis, Milton, ensign. Dec. 31, 1831, Gordon Jenkins, Halley, capt. Dec. 31, 1831, Cornelins Dubois, Hadley, lieut. Dec. 31, 1831, Jefferson Jeffers, Hadley, ensign. Nov. 26, 1831, Ephraim Hill, Saratoga, capt. Nov. 26, 1831, Giles B. Slocum, Saratoga, lient. Nov. 26, 1831, James A. Granger, Saratoga, ensign. Dec. 10, 1831, Stephen Welch (2d), Schnylerville, capt. Dec. 10, 1831, Orra Warner, Morean, Ist lieut. Dec. 10, 1831, John W. Vandenburgh, Sindtoga, 2d lieut
Sept. 10, 1831, Isaac E. Garnsey, Clifton Park, capt. Sept. 10, 1831, William Goblen, Ballston, Ist lient. Sept. 10, 1831, John Cole, Stillwater, 2dl lieut. Ang. 27, 1831, David T. Zimmerman, Stillwater, capt. Ang. 27, 1831, John A. J. Countryman, Stillwater, Ist lient. Aug. 27, 1831, Cornelins Crunklite, Stillwater, 2d lieut. Sept. 10, 1831, Wm. MeGregor, .Ir., Wiltou, q .- m. Sept. 10, 1831, Wm. 11. Walton, Greenfield, paymaster. April 13, 1832, John R. MeGregor, Wilton, aid-de-canip. July 7, 1832, Samuel Rice, Ballston, capt. July 7, 1832, A. R. Redfield, Ballston, lient. July 7, 1832, James Wakeman, Ballston, ensign. June 30, 1832, Hiram Barms, Greenfield, ensign. June 30, 1832, Roswell Finch, Saratoga, capt. June 30, 1832, Henry W. Peck, Saratoga, Ist lient. June 30, 1832, Robert Burdee, Saratoga, 2d lieut. June 30, 1832, Henry W. De nis, Saratoga, ensign. June 9, 1832, Alvab Dake, Greenfield, 2d lieut. June 9, 1832, Levi B. Alcott, Greenfield, ensign. March 9, 1832, Wm. Stewart, Edinburgh, capt. March 9, 1832, Orson Wright, Edinburgh, lieul. Ang. 31, 1832, Azariah E. Stimson, Galway, adjt. Ang. 31, 1832, John O. Ellithorp, Edinburgh, q .- m. Sept. 14, 1832, Clark Tabor, Providence, capt. Sept. 14, 1832, l'ardou Soule, Providence, lieut.
CHAPTER XXI.
COUNTY SOCIETIES.
I .- SARATOGA COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
THE act of the Legislature to provide for the formation of county agricultural societies was passed May 15, 1841. The friends of the movement were prompt in Saratoga County to commence action in accordance with its provi- sions. The county clerk, Archibald Smith, issued a call, and the first meeting was held at the court-house June 24, 1841, but little more than a month after the act had re- ceived the executive approval. Howell Gardiner, of Green- field, was appointed chairman, and Archibald Smith, of Ballston Spa, secretary. The following resolution was adopted, after ample consideration had been given to it :
" Resolved, That an agricultural society be formed in this county, pursuant to the provisions of said statute."
A committee of five, consisting of Calvin Wheeler, A. J. Chadsey, Judiah Ellsworth, Increase Hoyt, and J. A. Corey, was appointed to draft the constitution and by-laws. The first officers chosen were-
President .- Howell Gardiner, Greenfield.
First Vice- President .- Calvin Wheeler, Providence.
Second Vice- President .- Jacob Denton, Saratoga Springs. Treasurer .- Iliram E. Howard, Milton.
Corresponding Secretary .- Archibald Smith, Ballston Spa.
Recording Secretary .- John A. Corey, Saratoga Springs.
An executive committee was also constituted, consisting of two members from each town in the county :
Ballston .- Isaac Curtis, Stephen Merchant. Charlton .- John Low, Henry Ostrom. Clifton Park .- Abijah Peck, Jr., Henry Palmer. Corinth .- David Rogers, Edward Edwards. Day .- E. M. Day, Amos Hunt. Edinburgh .- Samuel Batcheller, Ira Beecher.
Galway .- Jesse H. Mead, Jeremiah Whitlock. Greenfield .- Joseph Daniels, Henry Lincoln. Hadley .- Charles Stewart, Harman Rockwell. Half- Moon .- N. G. Philo, Stephen R. Smith. Malta .- John Tallmadge, Seneca Ilall. Milton .- Seth Whalen, George B. Powell. Moreau .- Thomas S. Mott, G. P. Reynolds. Northumberland .- Walter Doty, Coles Golden. Providence .- William V. Clark, Seymour St. John. Saratoga .- Henry D. Chapman, William Wilcox. Saratoga Springs .- P. H. Cowen, John II. Beach. Stillwater .- Lewis Smith, Yates Lansing.
Waterford .- Johu Knickerbocker, John Cramer (2d). Wilton .- John Morris, Duncan McGregor.
The successive presidents of the society have been How- ell Gardiner, 1842; Elisha Curtis, 1843; Joseph Daniels, 1844; David Rogers, 1845; Hlenry D. Chapman, 1846; Samuel Cheever, 1847 : Samuel Young, 1848; Jesse H. Mead, 1849; Seth Whalen, 1850; Lewis E. Smith, 1851 ; William Wilcox, 1854; Seneea Daniels, 1855; Chauncey Boughton, 1856; Nathaniel Mann, 1857 ; Oscar Granger, 1858 ; Isaac Frink, 1859 ; William Wilcox, 1860; Joseph Baucus, 1861 ; Sherman Batcheller, 1862; James Thomp- son (to fill vacancy), 1862 ; Samuel J. Mott, 1863 ; Edward Edwards, 1864; Chauncey Boughton, 1865; Isaiah Ful- Jer, 1866 and 1867; Frank D. Curtis, 1868; De Witt C. Hoyt, 1869; John Titcomb, 1870; John P. Conklin, 1871 and 1872 ; William Lape, 1873 ; Henry C. Holmes, 1874 ; Joseph B. Enos, 1875; A. B. Baucus, 1876; Charles Le- land, 1877 ; B. F. Judson, 1878.
The recording secretaries have been John A. Corey, 1841 to 1854; Edmund J. Huling, 1855 to 1859 ; Frederick S. Root, 1860; John A. Corey, 1861; John H. White, 1862; John A. Corey, 1863 to 1869; Jonathan S. Hlow- land, 1870 to 1871, died in office, and B. S. Robinson appointed to fill vacancy ; B. S. Robinson, 1872 to 1877 ; John W. Shurter, 1878.
The annual fairs were held for two or three years at Ballston Spa, and then for ten years consecutively at Me- chanicsville. At the expiration of this period the society located permanently at Saratoga Springs, purchasing grounds and erecting the necessary fixtures. These were sold about 1870, and in 1871 the society secured a lease for twenty years of the beautiful grounds at Glen Mitchell. No fair was held in 1866, on account of the fact that the State Society held its annual fair at Saratoga Springs.
Among those delivering annual addresses before the society have been Col. Samuel Young, 1842; Daniel Shep- herd, 1844; Win. I. Gilchrist, 1845 ; Gen. E. F. Bullard, 1847 ; John W. Fowler, 1851: John A. Corey, 1853; llon. James H1. Titus, 1855 ; Hon. James B. Mckean, 1857; E. L. Fursman, 1860; Hon. Wmn. A. Sackett,
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1861 ; Hon. Augustus Bockes, 1862 ; Hon. Reverdy John- son and A. B. Conger, 1863; Gen. B. F. Brnce, 1865 ; Hon. Horace Greeley, 1867 ; Hon. Horatio Seymour, 1868; Hon. Charles S. Lester, 1869; X. A. Willard, 1870; Hon. Fernando Wood, 1871; Hon. Martin I. Townsend, 1875 ; Hon. L. Bradford Prince, 1876.
II .- SARATOGA COUNTY BIBLE SOCIETY.
The formation of the American Bible Society will ever be regarded as a most remarkable era in the history of Bible Societies in this country. But before that was formed nearly sixty local societies already existed, thirty-five of which united in forming the American Bible Society, on the 8th of May, 1816.
The Saratoga Bible Society was organized on the 24th of August, 1815, nearly one year before the formation of the American Bible Society, and only seven years later than the formation of the Philadelphia Bible Society, which was the first society formed in the United States.
To give anything like a detailed history of the county society, for these sixty years and upwards of its existence, its steady progress and wide, extended usefulness, however pleasant it might be, would be wholly inconsistent with the desigus and limits prescribed to this volume.
The following is an exact copy of the minutes of the first meeting, at which the society was organized, and of the constitution as presented and adopted at that meeting :
" BALLSTON, August 24, 1815.
" Agreeably to previous notice, a large and respectable number of the inhabitants of the county of Saratoga assembled at the court- house, for the purpose of forming a Bible Society in said county.
" The Rev. Samuel Blatchford, D.D., was chosen chairman, and the Rev. Gilbert McMaster clerk.
" The occasion of the meeting was briefly and appropriately stated by the chairman, who then opened it by prayer.
" It was moved and seconded that a Bible Society be formed in this county ; which motion, after an interesting discussion of the subject, was unanimously agreed to.
"A draft of a constitution was read, and the several articles thereof, after various amendments, were adopted, with the following preamble :
" Impressed with a deep sense of the value of the Holy Seriptures, and their salutary influence upon society, not only in correcting the morals of men, and restraining their vicious propensities, but also in forming their characters for eternity, and convinced that many indi- viduals and families in this county and its vicinity are destitute of those heavenly means of instruction, we, the subscribers, have agreed to form ourselves into a society for the gratuitous distribution of the Holy Bible."
Sixty-eight names were subscribed to the constitution then adopted, in the order below given.
ORIGINAL SIGNERS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE SARATOGA COUNTY BIBLE SOCIETY.
Samuel Blatchford.
Guert Van Schoonhoven. Ezra Nash.
Parker Adams.
Reuben Sears.
William Bangor.
Samuel G. Huntington.
Abijah Blanchard.
Richard Davis.
Isaac B. Payne.
Elisha Powell.
James Thompson.
George Palmer.
John W. Taylor.
John Thompson.
Ezra Buell.
William Gilehrist.
Daniel Montgomery.
Loyd Wakeman.
Moses ITunter.
William Foster.
William Fellows.
Gilbert McMasters.
Alphens Goodrich.
Jeremy Rockwell.
Elisha Andrews.
Ahijah Peck.
Terence P. Donnell.
John McCrea. R. Schuyler.
Amos Hodgman. Alex. Gilchrist.
Onesimus Ilubhle.
John Dunning. S. Hawling.
James Comstock.
James Grassie.
Joseph Taylor.
John Taylor.
Jonathan Wpod.
John Lowe.
Joseph Wood. James Olmsted.
James Mairs.
Thomas Palmer.
J. L. Viele.
Peter Andrews.
Raymond Taylor.
Jesse Seymour.
Lewis Waterbury.
Thomas Fellows.
David Morris.
Jeremiah Rundle.
Daniel Noble.
Dennison Andrews.
William Garrett.
Amos Hawley.
William Cooper.
Direk C. Lansing.
John K. Davis.
James Brisbin, Jr. II. Metenlf.
At that meeting the following officers were chosen :
President .- Rev. Samuel Blatehford, D.D.
Vice-Presidents .- Rev. Dirck C. Lansing; Rev. James Mairs.
Corresponding Secretary .- Rev. Gilbert MeMasters.
Recording Secretary .- Rev. Reuben Sears.
Treasurer .- Elisha Powell, Esq.
Managers .- Samuel Child, Greenfield ; Parker Adams, Waterford ; Isaac B. Payne, Northumberland ; John Taylor, Charlton ; Ezra Nash, Milton ; George Palmer, Stillwater; John W. Taylor, Ballston ; John Dunning, Malta; Amos Hawley, Morean; Jeremy Rockwell, Hadley ; William Foster, Galway ; Rev. Abijah Peck, Half-Moon ; James Brisbin, Jr., Saratoga ; Guert Van Schoonhoven, Waterford.
Elisha Powell, Reuben Sears and James Thompson were appointed a committee to publish the constitution of the society, with an address to the inhabitants of the county.
The foregoing constitution was revised and amended in 1827, and again in 1844, but it is substantially the basis upon which the society has operated through all the event- ful years of its successful career.
The first president of this society, Rev. Samuel Blatch- ford, D.D., was one of the honorable sixty members of the convention which formed the American Bible Society, nearly a year after the Saratoga County Bible Society was or- ganized.
The following were the first presidents of the society in order, and their respective terms of service :
Rev. Samuel Blatchford, D.D., two years in succession.
Rev. James Mairs, nineteen years in succession.
Rev. Francis Wayland, one year.
Rev. Darius O. Griswold, three years in succession.
Rev. John Clancy, four years in succession.
John House, Esq., one year, 1846.
Thomas Lowe, Esq , one year, 1847.
R. R. Kennedy, Esq., one year, 1848.
Jesse II. Mead, Esq., one year, 1849.
Lebbens Booth, Esq., one year, 1850.
Abraham Marshall, Esq., one year, 1851.
John Lowe, Esq., one year, 1852.
Howell Gardiner, Esq , one year, 1853.
Philo Ilurd. Salmon Child. H. Ketcham.
John Kelly.
John House.
William Blain.
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From the above statement it will be seen that for the first thirty years and upwards clergymen were uniformly chosen to preside over this society, since which time, lay- men, with two exceptions, have been the presiding officers.
The following is a list of presidents of the Saratoga County Bible Society since 1853:
Rev. Reuben Smith.
Prof. H. A. Wilson. Thomas Mairs, Esq.
John Wood. Esq.
W'in. T. Hamilton, Esq.
George Harvey, Esq.
Hon. John House.
Ilon, John C. House.
Garnsey Kennedy, Esq.
Samuel B. Howland, Esq.
JIon. R. H. Walworth.
George F. Watson, Esq.
Henry D. Chapman, Esq.
B. S. Robinson, Esq.
Hon. Jas. B. Mckean.
lon. V. S. Lester.
J. II. McOmber, Esq. Win. Shepherd, Esq.
Samuel HI. Cook, Esq.
Rev. Alexander Proudfit.
John Lowe. Esq. Henry Ostrom, Esq.
llon. John C. House. Joseph Kingsley, Esq.
Jesse II. Mead, Esq. Ilon. Abraham Marshall.
Henry Doolittle was secretary from 1844 to 1868, since which time II. A. Wilson has been the continued secretary, and is so at present.
The organization of two of the town auxiliaries is men- tioned in the society's centennial memorial, 1876.
That of Ballston was very early, as shown by the follow- ing notice and record :
BIBLE SOCIETY.
" The members of the Bible Society of Saratoga County, residing in the town of Ballston, are requested to meet at the Presbyterian meeting-house in said town, on Monday, the 2d day of October next, at two o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of organizing a Department Society for said town. Dated September the 25th, 1815.
" JOHN W. TAYLOR, Manager."
At a meeting of the members of the Bible Society of Saratoga County, residing in Ballston, held on the second day of October, in the year 1815, pursuant to public notice, for the purpose of organizing a Department So- ciety for said town, the following members were present : John W. Taylor, Lloyd Wakeman, O. Hubbell, John K. Davis, Joseph Taylor, Samuel Young, James McCrea, Nathaniel Booth, David Bacon, D. L. Palmer, Samuel De Forest, Edmond Lacy, Sarah Garnsey, John Gibson, J. Peter Dibble.
Samuel Young was then chosen chairman, James Mc- Crea, assistant chairman, Joseph Taylor, clerk, and John K. Davis, treasurer, who, together with Onesimus Hubbell, Lloyd Wakeman, and Peter Dibble, compose the committee of charity.
The Northumberland Bible Society was organized De- cember 18, 1821, four years after the formation of the American Bible Society. A constitution and by-laws were presented and adoptedl. to which twenty inhabitants of the town affixed their signatures, not one of whom is now living. With but few exceptions, yearly meetings have been regularly held, and the organization has been, from the first, kept in a healthy working condition.
As far as can be ascertained, this society has raised and paid to the Saratoga County Bible Society, and to the parent society, one thousand five hundred and seventy dol- 13
lars, averaging thirty dollars a year. The town has been thoroughly canvassed several times, the last time in 1869, when twenty-one families were found destitute and supplied.
The society has had eleven different presidents. John Craig, its first president, served fourteen years. It has had only three secretaries. Ilon. Abraham Marshall is the present incumbent, and has held this office almost forty years, being now upwards of seventy years of age. This noble veteran in the Bible cause, with the exception of only two or three times, has been present at all the anni- versary meetings of the county society. In the various capacities of president, secretary, and collector, he has served the Northumberland Bible Society for nearly forty- five years, and has been president of the county society several times.
The American Bible Society during the past few years has received the following liberal legacies from individuals deceased, late of this county, viz. :
Phehe Jones, la'e of Ballston Spa, in November, 1870 ....... $10.00
Hon. Austin Fuller, late of Saratoga Springs, in February. 840.00
Mrs. L. Stratton, late of Jonesville, in Angust, 1872 1000,00
Mr. II. Boggs, late of West Galway, in May, 1873. 500.00 Catharine S. Bailey, late of Waterford, in May. 1873 25.00 Margaret Wilcox, late of Saratoga County, in April, 1875 .. 250,00
Making a total of. $2625.00
The sixty-second anniversary, held in the Presbyterian church, Ballston Spa, Jan. 26, 1876, was a meeting of un- usual interest, occurring as it did in the centennial year of the republic.
The meeting was called to order by the president, Rev. A. Prondfit, of Saratoga. The session was opened with the reading of a part of Psalm CXIX. by the president, and prayer by Rev. J. B. Ford, of Bacon IFill.
Minutes of last meeting read and approved.
The chairman of the executive committee presented the following annual report, which was adopted :
" Upon the return, this day, of another anniversary of our county Bible Society, our friends no doubt are looking for the annual report of the executive committee. In lay- ing this before them, we would be glad if we possessed some specially interesting matter for their gratification and encouragement; but so few of our auxiliary associations have presented their annual reports, that we have but little to lay before you ; and as our plan continues to work as favorably as any other that has been suggested, we have nothing new in this respect, in the way of change, to pro- pose for your consideration.
" We are satisfied that this plan, if we are only seconded by the persistent and active support of the friends of the Bible cause throughout our county, and especially by the faithful supervision of our vice-presidents in their various localities, would prove more and more successful in advance- ing the noble work in which we are engaged.
" We congratulate our friends in meeting them once more on this occasion, and under circumstances so favor- able. While, from the peculiarity of the times, all our benevolent operations have been carried on amidst much difficulty and embarrassment, the Bible cause, we trust, still maintains its strong hold upon the affection and sup- port of its friends, its grand mission recognized by the community at large, and its claims liberally responded to."
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The following is a list of the officers of the Saratoga County Bible Society at the present time :
President .- Hon. Abraham Marshall.
Vice-Presidents .- Henry Clark, Elisha Curtiss, John Skinner, Mathew Owens, Wm. H. Van Vranken, Lucius N. Smith, Jas. II. Clark, Jas. H. Paine, I. J. Flansburg, Winslow E. Snow, G. R. Crouch, Charles D. Gardiner, John J. Best, R. H. Barber, Frederick Dodd, S. B. How- land, Wm. H. Coon, Geo. HI. Thompson, C. S. Skinner, B. F. Edwards, J. H. De Ridder, Alfred W. Gray, John C. House, Henry Kieler, and Geo. HI. Traver.
Treasurer .- E. W. Lee.
We add the following valuable tabular statements :
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Donations to Parent Society, first fifty-five years.
$19,979.85
:
in 1871
803.72
=
1872.
841.20
1×73
1,270.00
=
-
1×74.
990,000)
1875.
990.00
Amount of Donations
$24,874.77
Paid to Parent Society on Book Account, first fifty-five years.
$14,175.42
=
=
1872
909.15
1873
125.63
1874
572.55
1875.
110,66
Amount paid for Books.
$17,364.26
It is estimated that the incidental expenses of the Society since its organization have been in the aggregate abont.
$3,000.00
Paid Donations
24,87 1.77
Paid for Books
17,364.26
Chairman of Executive Committee .- Rev. A. Proudfit.
$45,239.03
REPORT OF DEPOSITARIES AND DEPARTMENTS, 1875.
LOCATION.
I'RESIDENT.
COUNTY VICE- I'RESIDENT.
DEPOSITARY.
AMOUNT APPUR- TIONLD.
AMOUNT RAISED.
Sales.
Dona- tions.
Paid to Members.
Books on hand.
Ballston Spa ..
E. W. Lee ...
T. M. Mitchell
12. 0'rapo
$120.00
$31.00 44.00
$184.50
$78.06
£85.00
$353.65
Ballston Centre.
Elisha Curtiss.
Elisha Unitiss.
None.
70,00
Bacon Hill.
Hemy Ostrom.
John II. Skinner.
104.00
36.75
18,34
4.30
4.20
5 60
Corinth
M. Owens
N. W. Buckmaster
35.00
11.00
28.25
50
1.00
92.30
(litton Park
Francis N. Vischer
W. Il. Van Vranken
None
204.00
39 28
( Park & Newton ...
Crescent
N F. Philo,
N. F. Philo .. .
25.00
21.35
17.×4 18,90
2.40
8.20
Edinburgh. ..
Rev. J. 11. Colemar
G. R. Krouch
Dr. D. Preston
100,00
100,92
6.10
7.905
48,00
36.38
Greenfield.
Rev. E. N. Howe
C. D. Gardiner.
M. Spaulding & Bros.
50.00
40.24
9.15
9.10
13.40
16.10
Gansevoort
Joseph Kingsley
JJoseph Kingsley.
James Edwards
60,00
70,96
7.30
2.16
47.86
60.95
Ketchum's Corners.
R. H. Barber.
34.00
Quaker Springs
S. B. llowland
R. Richards.
107.00
80.74
48,08
59.36
121.50
269.60
Northumberland
Alex. B. Bancus.
Abraham Marshall
Harlow Lawrence
85.00
80,35
Rock City Falls
P. S. Kilmer.
40.00
Saratoga Springs
Gro Harvey
Geo. F. Blackmer.
E. R. Stevens
250.00
250.00
G45.68
68,69
103 15
524.35
Schuylerville
Samuel Wells
J. H. De Ridder ..
Isaac Wintman
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