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postmaster. The post-office is kept in the drug-store of A. Powers.
John Moore, father of James Moore, now living at Sa- vona, settled here about 1808. David Whitaker, father of Joseph, Jonathan, and David Whitaker, became a resident of the place in 1810. Uriah Hughes, father of the late Dr. Hiram Hughes, came to the place about 1812. Ches- ter Whitaker, who resided in this part of the town, was several terms supervisor and many years a justice of the peace. Ile died in 1867.
Savona has now two physicians,-Dr. J. D. Mitchell and Dr. Warren Stewart.
Two teachers are employed in the district school.
There are several steam-mills and other manufacturing establishments; some half' a dozen stores, including dry goods, hardware, drugs, and groceries; about 150 dwel- lings, and a population of 550. There is one hotel, the Railroad House, kept by Marvin W. Clapp.
The Methodist church of Savona was built in 1843. Previous to this services had been held in the school-house, by Rev. Mr. Story and other early preachers. Among the oldest members of the church were Elisha McCoy and Issachar Hughes. The Hughes family generally were members and supporters of this church. Rev. J. V. Lowell is the present pastor, and his charge includes also the church at Sonora.
The Baptists held services with the Methodists at first, and built their own church in 1856. Elder Eliphas Fisk was one of the first preachers of this faith in the place, as early as ISIS. The present pastor, Rev. Mr. Mallory, has had charge of the church for twenty-nine years.
These churches both have prosperous Sunday-schools.
KANON.A.
The first settlers in this part of the town of Bath were Henry Kennedy, about 1800; Brigham, Elisha, Elijah, and John Hanks, from Westboro, Vt., 1804; Jeremiah Wheeler, grandfather of Carlton and Andrew Wheeler, 1805.
Henry Kennedy owned the land where the village now stands, and kept the first hotel, giving to the place the name of " Kennedyville," by which it was for many years known.
Erastus Glass came in 1806, and afterwards built the old Glass saw-mill, where Baker's mill now stands.
Clinton Nixon afterwards kept the Kennedyville Hotel. He built a saw-mill and tannery about half a mile below the village, and was also a merchant and speculator about 1830. Ile subsequently removed to Wisconsin.
John Ostrander, father of Edward E. Ostrander, came to the town in IS11 or 1812, when nine years of age. Hc was a lawyer, merchant, hotel-keeper, and speculator, and died in 1865.
The Neallys were one of the prominent early families in this part of the town.
Caleb Farnham was an early settler on the farm where Zera Bradley now lives. This farm was first owned by Elisha Ifanks. William J. Neally settled on the place where William Willis now resides ..
We find the following among some of the old papers :
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HISTORY OF STEUBEN COUNTY, NEW YORK.
"At a school-meeting, Nov. 23, 1813, Reuben Mont- gomery, moderator, and Brigham Hanks, clerk, voted that where the school-house now stands be the site for the school," showing that a school-house was built before 1813, but the site was not owned by the district.
" May 5, 1815, Dauphin Murray entered into a contract with Elisha Ilanks, Jared Spalding, and Erastus Glass, trustees of School District No. 3, in the town of Bath, to keep and teach a common English school-to wit, reading, writing, and common arithmetic-for the term of one year, in the school-house next adjoining the blacksmith-shop owned and occupied by Brigham Hanks, Esq." It appears from another paper that the said Dauphin Murray taught this school also in 1814. Hle was one of the early hotel-keepers in the place.
In 1833 the Christians and Universalists of Kanona bought a lot of land, and built a church on the site of Sillenbach's present mill. The conveyance was made by Iliero, Ann, and Maria Kennedy, heirs of the Kennedy estate, " to John K. Towner, Daniel Towner, Franklin Glass, Shepard Spalding, and Vestus Chapin, trustees of the First Christian Society, in the town of Bath, and Henry Smith, Elijah Hanks, Joseph D. Shuart, Royal Knight, Simpson Ellas, and Christopher Rowe, trustees of the First Universalist Society of the town of Bath." Dated Oct. 24, 1833. The building and lot were sold at sheriff's sale, and finally passed into the hands of the Methodists, who used it till the present Methodist church was built in 1874, when the lot and building were sold to Mr. Sillenbach.
The Presbyterian church was built in 1831. The Pres- byterian Society continued to exist till about 1874, when its remaining trustees gave the church to the Methodist Episcopal Society, by whom it was rebuilt and dedicated in 1874, and is now occupied as a regular charge.
A post-office was established here at an early date. Among the postmasters have been the following: Brigham Hanks, John Ostrander, George A. Farnham, Jason H. Stone, Dwight II. Ostrander, A. L. Barney, W. Graham, Seymour Huston, and James Neil.
Kanona contains two steam saw-mills, Sylvenus Sillen- bach and Henry Brother; one tannery, M. Wayland ; two grain-warehouses, John J. Ostrander and F. W. Bradley. The population is 275. It is four miles from Bath, on the Rochester division of the Erie Railway, and connected with Prattsburgh by a daily mail-stage.
ORGANIZATION.
Bath is one of the original six towns of the county, erected March 18, 1796. It then embraced what are now the towns of Pulteney and Urbana, and parts of Wheeler, Howard, Cohoeton, and Avoca. Pulteney was taken off in 1808, a part of Howard and Cohoeton in 1812, a part of Wheeler in 1820, Urbana in 1822, a part of Avoca in 1843, and part of Cohocton in 1852. A part of Urbana was annexed April 26, 1839.
The first town-meeting for the election of officers was held at the house of John Metcalfe, in the town of Bath, on the 4th day of April, 1797. After the votes were taken by ballot, it appeared that the following gentlemen were duły elected, viz., Charles Cameron, Supervisor; James
Eddie, Town Clerk ; William Aulls, Patrick McKell, and Hector Mckenzie, Commissioners of Highways ; Gustavus Gillespie, Collector ; Amos Stone, George Dixon, and Abijah Peters, Constables ; Daniel 'Cruger, Patrick Me- Kell, Overseers of the Poor; Amos Eggleston, Joseph Inslie, William Read, John Woodard, Henry Bush, Henry McElwee, and Jacob Phillips, Overseers of Highways; Eli Read, Andrew Smith, James McKell, Thomas Streeter, Fenec-Viewers; Robert Biggar, Samuel Miller, Samuel Baker, Assessors; Samuel Baker and Silas Beers, Pound- Masters ; George D. Cooper, John Sheather, Charles Wil- liamson, and Benjamin F. Young, Commissioners of Schools.
" The above were duly qualified by William Kersey, Es- quire, Justice of the Peace.
" N.B .- It was moved and carried to have the next annual town-meeting at the house of John Metcalfe, inn- keeper, in Bath.'
" At a town-meeting of the inhabitants and frecholders of the town of Bath, dne and legal notice thereof being first given by advertisement, convened at the house of John Metcalfe, inn-keeper in said town, the Ilon. William Kersey being presiding officer, the following ordinances, rules, and regulations were entered into. Giving their as- sent by dividing to the right and the left :
"1. Ordained, That fenees within the said Town that are made roand any inclosure shall not be considered lawful unless built five feet in height, and the vacancies between the rails or logs in the first three feet not to exceed five inches and an half.
"2. Ordained, That swine be permitted to run at large withont any obstruction ; provided they are not less than six months old, and do not ran within two miles of the square of the town of Bath.
"3. Ordained, That every inhabitant of the town of Bath who keeps a creature or creatures of any kind shall enter their mark with the town clerk.
"4. Ordained, That cutting off both cars of any creature shall be an unlawful mark.
"5. Ordained, That George MeClure be appointed poundmaster in room of Filas Beers, who declines serving on account of bis moving out of town.
"6. Ordained, That George MeClure is empowered to build a suffi- cient pound for the reception of creatures tresspassing, and to be allowed for the same any sum not exceeding twelve dollars by the town.
" 7. Ordained, That evory fence-viewer shall be allowed for his ser- vices, when called to officiate in his office, one dollar for every view, and six cents for every mile he may have to go from the place of his abode.
"S. Ordained, That a fine of ten dollars be inflicted on every in- habitant refusing to comply with the rules and regulations entered into this day.
"9. Ordained, That for killing a wolf or panther there shall be al- lowed to any person (he making it to appear upon oath that the same was killed within the limits of this town) twenty shillings for every scalp, exclusive of what the law of the State allows."
It appears from the records that the number of persons in the town eligible by law to do work on the roads was 222. The assessments were from two to four and six days, some higher. John Metcalfe was assessed eight days, and Charles Williamson thirty days.
The Commissioners of Highways made the following re- port :
"We the Commissioners of Highways have met, considered, and laid out the several Read Districts within the town of Bath in manner following, to wit :
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PHOTOS BY EVANS CORNING. N Y
GEO. S. HAVERLING.
MRS.GEO. S. HAVERLING.
GEORGE HAVERLING.
The subject of this sketch is the son of Adam Haverling, and was born at Painted Post, March 18, 1810. His father was a native of Pennsylvania, and was reared on a farm with one John Wormley ; settled in Steuben County, at Painted Post, about 1804; was there engaged in the distillery business until he removed to Bath, and continned the same business a few years longer in connection with farming. He finally gave up the distillery business, and devoted his attention to agri- culture until his death, which occurred March 12, 1860. George had very limited advantages for an education, as he never attended school until he was sixteen years of age. He attended school one year after he was twenty-one years of age. By close application to study he obtained sufficient information to enable him to transact successfully the business required in the various relations of life. His early life was spent upon his father's farm. On the 24th of September, 1836, he married Miss Ruby, daughter of Samnel Besley, of Campbell. Soon after marriage he rented a farm for five years. He then purchased a farm near Bath, a portion of which he still
owns and resides upon, and the balance was sold, in 1853, for one hundred dollars per acre, a very unusual price for those days. Mr. Haverling has passed a very active life, directing his attentiou mostly to farming, except five years spent in superintending the building of the Davenport Home for Orphan Girls, and making the roads and beauti- fying the grounds of the same. He commenced life poor, but with industry and frugality, combined with good judgment, he has gained a competency, and can to-day look back upon his life as one of labor, yet of pleasure. He is one of the representative farmers of Bath, and is a man very highly esteemed by those who know him. He has never been an aspirant for official honors, always preferring the quiet of home; he has, however, been assessor of Bath for seven consecutive years.
Mr. Haverling has been called to settle many estates during his life, and has given satisfaction to the parties interested. Mr. and Mrs. Haverling have been worthy members of the Episcopal Church of Bath for many years. Mrs. Haverling passed away on the 9th of .Inne, 1878, mourned by a large circle of friends.
RESIDENCE OF GEORGE S. HAVERLING, BATH, STEUBEN CO. N. Y
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TOWN OF BATH.
" The first incluides Bath Square, Liberty Street, the road northeast- vard to William Read's house and southwestward to Canisteo Town, und new road to Capt. Shethars' saw-mill.
"Second District begins at the house of Johu Metcalf, including all the roads westward as far as the town of Bath extends.
" Third Distriet begins at William Dunn's tavern house, aud in- ludes the roads eastward to the house of Daniel White.
" Fourth District begins at the house of William Read, and includes he road towards Hope Town so far as the town of Bath extends.
" Fifth District begius at Capt. Shethars' Landing, and includes the road southwestward to his saw-mill.
"Sixth District begins at Capt. Shethars' Landing, and includes he roads northward so far as the town of Bath extends.
"Seventh District begius at the house of Daniel White, and in- ludes the road towards Painted Post and Frederick Bartle's, so far is the town of Bath extends.
" WILLIAM KERSEY, " SAMUEL BAKER,
" WILLIAM BARNEY.
" April 17, 1798."
" RECORD OF WILLIAM NELM'S NEGROES.
"Betsey's child Wat, born Feb. 11, 1805.
" Caty's child Taylor, boru April 12, 1805.
" Milly's child Willie, born April 16, 1805.
"Jenny's child Eliza, born March 10, 1805. " Recorded 16th April, 1805. " HOWELL BULL, Town Clerk."
We find in the town records the following certificate :
" I, William Dunn, Esq., of the town of Bath, in the county of Steuben, do herehy certify that my negro weuch Molly was delivered of a mulatto male child on the 22d day of October, 1799, which child s named Peter.
" Bath, 10th day of April, 1800.
" To the Clerk of the town of Bath, which you
WILLIAM DUNN.
will enter as the law requires. " Recorded the 10th day of April, 1800. " HENRY A. TOWNSEND, Town Clerk."
Slaves were held in the town of Bath till after the pas- age of the law of April 9, 1813, entitled an " Aet con- terning Slaves and Servants." In that year Gen. Howell Bull manumitted a negro man slave whose time he had purchased of Mr. John Fitzhugh in the year 1809. The following is the certificate of manumission :
" To all whom it may concern :
" I do hereby agree to manumit and set at liberty the above-men- ioned Aaron Butcher, he having faithfully served me for the term of our years; which service I hereby agree to accept for the purchase- money and interest.
" Given under my hand at Bath, this 24th day of November, 1813. " HIOWELL BULL."
LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS.
Supervisors.
Clerks. Collectors.
797. Charles Cameron.
James Edie.
Gustavus Gillespie.
1798.
799. George McClure.
Charles McClure.
Charles McCluro.
.800. 4 =
1801.
"
802. Henry A. Townsend.Charles MeClure. William Read.
803. Samuel Baker.
James McDonald.
1804. =
"
16
Howell Bull.
James Brundage.
806. George MeClure.
1807.
Howell Bull.
Thomas Metcalf.
Howell Bull.
1810. James Faulkner.
[811. Cornelius Younglove. 22
Supervisors.
Clerks.
Collectors.
1812. Thomas Aulls.
Howell Bull.
Elisha Ilanks.
1813.
16
1814.
1815. Howell Bull.
John Metcalf.
John Hanks. Jonathan Knapp.
Otis HInnt. = "
1817. 66
16
Dauphin Murray.
1819. Samuel Baker.
William II. Bull.
=
=
1821. Elisha Hanks.
66
[822. 4%
John W. Fowler.
1823. 16
..
Moses Dudley.
1824. Henry Welles.
1825. John W. Fowler. 1826.
Reuben Robie.
William Hamilton.
Elisha Hanks.
1827. James G. Higgins. 1828.
1829. George C. Edwards. Lewis Biles.
1830.
Reuben Robie.
1831. Reuben Robie.
Wm. S. Hubbell.
Philo Andrews.
1832.
William H. Bull.
Jason II. Stone.
1833. Wm. J. Neally.
Franklin Metcalf. William Hamilton.
46
1835. Henry W. Rogers.
Alexander Hess.
IIenry Pier.
1836. William Hamilton.
N. W. Gardner. 66
1837.
46
Jared II. Thompson.
I838.
George Edwards. ..
16
..
1840. Robert Campbell, Jr.
1841. 46
1842.
1843. =
Alexander Hess.
1844.
Peter Swart.
1845. Chester Whitaker.
Perry S. Douahe.
1846. John W. Fowler.
Austin Ilall.
1847. =
1848.
1849.
=
David Love.
1850. John Ostrander.
Almon Eggleston.
1851.
1852. Paul C. Cook.
James R. Dudley.
Jobn Palmer.
Calvin W. Cooley.
1854.
Charles H. Howell.
Stepben P. Young.
1855. David Mellaster.
Peter IIalsey.
F. W. Bradley.
1856. William Howell.
James Lindsay.
44
I857. 44 16
Samuel Van Pelt.
1858. Alva E. Brown.
James R. Dudley. James Lindsay.
Leander Allerton. Jared H. Thompsoa. 16
1860.
1861. II. H. Hull.
1862. William Howell.
44
1863. John L. Smith.
George W. Breck.
1864.
1865. David Rumsey.
44
1866. 66
J. I. Hillerman.
1867.
1868. =
=
77
Wm. R. Collier.
I870.
1871.
1872. Samuel Balcom.
1873. William Rumsey.
1874. G. H. Brundage.
44
John W. Freeman.
1875.
John Sutherland.
1876. Henry Faucett.
John W. Freeman.
1877. James Faucett.
Frank A. Fay.
1878. Orange Seymour.
44
John McNamara ..
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
1830. Henry W. Rogers.
1834. Jobu D. Higgins.
1831. Oliver Ricc. 1835. Oliver Rice.
IS36. William Hamilton.
1832. William Hamilton. George Wheeler. 1838. George Wheeler (v.). . Henry Pier.
1833. George Wheeler.
..
46
E. R. Bidwell.
66
John IFanks.
John Stout. 44
1853.
1859.
1869.
C. A. Underhill.
T. A. Silshee.
O. W. Sutton.
Sebastian G. Lewis.
1805.
Henry A. Towusend. "
Henry A. Townsend. James McDonald.
1808. Howell Bull.
1809. Henry Kennedy.
John Hanks.
1816. Elisha Hanks.
1818. William Woods.
1820. 16
..
George Huntington. 44
1834.
I839. D. McMaster.
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=
16
T. P. Purdy. ¥
Henry A. Townsend. Samuel Baker.
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HISTORY OF STEUBEN COUNTY, NEW YORK.
1839. Oliver Rice.
1860. Henry Pier.
A. D. Read (v.).
1861. E. W. Buck.
1840. Ziba A. Leland.
1862. James Lindsay.
1811. Chester Whitaker.
1863. Joseph B. Westcott.
1864. Abram C. Bryan.
1865. Charles L. Baily.
1866. Dwight Ostrander.
1843. Nathan Barny.
1844. William S. Mulhollen.
1845. Chester Whitaker.
1867. Augustus F. Barnes.
1846. James Sbannon.
1868. Frank Hardenbrook (v.).
1847. Arnold D. Read.
Ahram C. Bryan.
1848. William S. Mulhollen.
1869. Frank Hardenbrook.
1849. Chester Whitaker. Luther R. Hopkins (v.).
1870. James Lindsay.
1850. Nathan Sawyer.
1871. Hiram R. Hess.
1851. Arnold D. Read.
1872. Ilamilton Lane.
1852. Henry Pier.
1873. Frank Hardenbrook.
1853. Chester Whitaker.
Henry J. Norris.
1854. James Lindsay.
1874. James Lindsay.
1855. Arnold D. Read.
1875. lliram R. Hess.
1856. Henry Pier.
1876. Horace L. Lewis.
1857. Chester Whitaker.
1877. Frank Itardenbrook.
1858. James Lindsay.
Henry J. Norris.
1859. Arnold D. Read.
1878. James Lindsay.
SCIIOOLS.
At the first town-meeting, held in April, 1797, three town commissioners of schools were elected, viz. : George D. Cooper, John Sheathar, Charles Williamson, and Benjamin F. Young. These and their successors, annually elected by the people, continued to exercise the functions of their office, to lay out school districts, and to take the general supervision of the schools of the town till 1822. We have no record of their proceedings, but undoubtedly the school distriet in the village of Bath was the first organized and equipped for educational purposes in the town, and as the inhabitants spread over the town, new distriets were formed from time to time to meet the exigencies of a growing population.
The first school inspectors elected in this town were David Higgins, George C. Edwards, and Fletcher M. Haight ; the last were Aaron C. Switzer and Robert L. Underhill. The first town superintendent of schools- Peter Halsey-was elected in 1844; the last-Robert C. Rogers-in 1851. By the new law, commissioners of schools were elected in each Assembly district, and have since continned to have charge of the interests of common schools in their respective districts.
Report of Edwin F. Church, August, 1847.
" 1, Edwin F. Church, Town Superintendent of Common Schools of the town of Bath, in the county of Steuben, in conformity to the statutes in relation to common schools, do report : That the number of entire school districts in said town, organized according to law. is xixleen ; that the number of parts of districts in said town is cleven ; that the number of joint districts-the school-houses of which are sit- uated wholly or partly in said town-is fire; that the number of entire districts from which the necessary reports have been made for the present year is fifteen ; that the number of parts of districts from which such reports have been made is eleven; and that the number of schools for colored children taught in said towu is one."
It appears from this report that the amount expended in all the schools
For teachers' wages was ....... $790.58
For library.
.$170.95
Number of children taught .. . 1382
Number over five and under sixteen in town 1526
VILLAGE OF BATH.
ORIGINAL SITE AND EARLY PROSPECTS.
The village of Bath was laid out in the midst of a wil- derness of hundreds of miles in extent, broken only here and there by a few scattering settlements. Two important Indian trails crossed each other in the valley where now run the principal streets of the village, and these being known to a few hunters served to designate the point of their intersection as the " Cross-Roads,"-the earliest name given to Bath.
It appears, from the travels of Mande, an English gen- tleman, who wrote an account of Bath in the year 1800, that Col. Williamson visited the site of the village in 1792, accompanied by his friend and relative, Mr. Johnstone, a servant, and a backwoodsman, whom, with mueh difficulty, he had prevailed upon to join the party. At that time he probably selected the site of his prospective city on the Conhocton, and the spring following arrived from North- umberland with his little colony to commence the active operations of settlement. He seems not to have taken charge of his little company in person, but gave instruc- tions to his guide, on his arrival at the designated place of settlement, to halt and " camp at the cross-roads."
The site of Bath at that time has been described in the words following : "Sixteen miles above the mouth of the Conhocton, the valley of the Crooked Lake, uniting nearly at right angles with the river-valley, opens in the hills a deep and beautiful basin, which presents, when viewed from an elevation, a rim of some ten or fifteen miles in circuit." . . . This basin was originally covered with a pitch-pine forest, " save where the alluvial flats, close at the foot of the dark hemlocks of the southern range, support their noble groves of elm and sycamore, and where a little round lake shone in the sunlight below the eastern heights. . . . "
The prospect from these hills is singularly beautiful at the present day, but the place was evidently selected by Col. Williamson with a view to its advantages for naviga- tion, being near the head of the navigable waters of the Susquehanna, and on the highway of the prospective trade and commerce of the Genesee country and great West with the cities of Baltimore and Philadelphia. We quote again from the little book, the " Travels of Maude," also referred to by Hon. William H. Seward, in his speech to the members of the Legislature, at the Astor House, in the city of New York, in March, 185I. This writer spent a considerable time with Col. Williamson at Bath in the year 1800. He says :
" Bath is the capital of Steuben County, which county contains at present [1800] abont 300 families. On the first settlement of the country these mountainous districts were thought so nnfavorably of when compared with the rich flats of Ontario County [or the Genesee country ], that none of the settlers could be prevailed upon to establish themselves here till Capt. Williamson himself set the ex- ample, saying, ' As nature has done so much for the north- ern plains, I will do something for these southern mountains;' though the truth of the ease was that Capt. Williamson saw very clearly, on his first visit to the country, that the Susquehanna and not the Mohawk would be its best friend.
1842. George lluntington. Wm. S. Mulbollen (v.).
James Lindsay.
Henry J. Norris (v.).
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TOWN OF BATH.
ven now it has proved so, for at this day [1800] a bushel 'wheat is better worth $1 at Bath than 60 cents at Geneva. his differenee will grow wider every year; for little, if y additional improvement can be made in the water com- unication with New York, while that to Baltimore will Imit of very extensive and advantageous ones. Its pres- it efforts are but those of a child, compared with the manly rength it will soon assume. I visited Capt. Williamson's ills, a little west of Bath, on Conhoeton Creek, which fore the winter sets in will be made navigable fifteen miles gher up; at least a farmer there promises to send an ark own from thenee in the spring. The navigation of the asquehanna will then extend to within six miles of the anandaigua Lake."
This prospect gave Bath its early importance among the ttlements of Western New York, and indneed its founder id others to conceive of it as destined to become, at no ry distant day, the inland commercial metropolis of the tate. The remarks of Hon. William H. Seward, already ferred to, at the Astor House festival, will set this matter a clear and interesting light. Addressing the members 'the Legislature, he said :
" Gentlemen,-It seems to me that we can improve this stive occasion by considering how intimate is the relation etween the city and State, how essential each is to the her. There is a towu in the interior of the State, far way, in what was lately known as the secluded, seques- red part of it, Bath by name. Many of the representa- ves of the rural districts know it well, the members from teuben ean speak for it. Of this town I wish to speak. is a beautiful but quiet one, situated in the delightful alley and on the banks of the Conhocton, a tributary of le Susquehanna. But those who know it well have re- arked that it has a broad and magnificent plan, imper- ictly filled ont. There are houses ou corners designating reets and avenues withont inhabitants. In short it was id out for a great city, but has long since renounced all mbitious pretensions. You do not know how this has appened. Well, if on your return to Albany, you will all on my excellent friend [Mr. Street], the State Libra- ian, he will give you a small duodecimo volume, published the year 1800, containing an account of a journey per- ormed by an English gentleman, in the short space of six reeks, from the eity of New York all the way to Niagara alls. That traveler visited Bath, then in the day-spring f its growth, and he recorded of it that it was destined to ecome the greatest commercial metropolis of the State of New York. The Hudson was only a short arm of the sea. t did not penetrate the interior far enough to take a hold f the trade of the country. Bath was to receive all of it hat could be diverted from the channel of the St. Law- ence, and the market of Quebec, and send it down through he Conhocton and the Susquehanna to Chesapeake Bay. Had that calculation been realized, Bath might have been a ity like Albany, and New York would have been a city ver which the President could have had but little ambition o preside."
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