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0,000; length, 40 1/2 miles......1842 Attica and Buffalo Railroad opened......1842 William C. Bouck, governor......1843 Morgan Lewis, prominent soldier in the two wars with Great Britain and governor of New York, born in 1754, dies at New York City......April 7, 1844 Armed resistance begun by anti-renters in Albany, Delaware, and Rensselaer counties......1844 [Tenants of the patroon refuse to pay rent.] Silas Wright, Jr., governor......Jan. 1, 1845 Steamer Swallow, Captain Squires, from New York to Albany, strikes a rock near Athens; many passengers drowned......April 7, 1845 Gov. Silas Wright proclaims Delaware county in a state of insurrection on account of anti-rentism......Aug. 27, 1845 Madison University, at Hamilton, Madison county, chartered......May 26, 1846 [Hamilton Literary and Theological Seminary, at the same place, established in 1819, is included in this charter.] State constitution revised and adopted......November, 1846 John Young,