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Cumberland County (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-new-york
nth sessions of the Continental Congress met in New York City—that is, from Jan. 11, 1785, to Oct. 21, 1788. Also the first and second sessions of the First Congress under the Constitution......March 4, 1789–Aug. 12, 1790 Phelps & Gorham sell to Robert Morris 1,204,000 acres in western New York for 8d. an acre......1 790 Boundary between New York and Vermont established......1790 Congress leaves New York City and meets in Philadelphia......December, 1790 Part of Vermont formed Cumberland and Gloucester counties in New York till ......1791 Paper mill erected at Troy, which makes from four to five reams of paper daily......1791 French privateer fitted out in New York is seized by militia by order of Governor Clinton......June 14, 1791 Frederick William Augustus, Baron Steuben, major-general in the Revolutionary army dies at Steubenville, Oneida county......Nov. 28, 1794 Union College incorporated at Schenectady......1795 George Clinton, after eighteen years se
Elizabeth Point (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-new-york
n Representatives present......March 4, 1789 Senate, having a quorum, organizes......March 30, 1789 [Frederic A. Muhlenburg, speaker.] Senate, having a quorum, organizes......April 6, 1789 [John Langdon, New Hampshire, chosen to preside at the counting of votes for President. All the sixty-nine votes were cast for Washington, and thirty-four for John Adams, who became Vice-President.] John Adams takes the chair of the Senate......April 21, 1789 Washington arrives at Elizabeth Point, and is escorted to New York by a committee from both Houses in a barge rowed by thirteen pilots dressed in white......April 23, 1789 Oath of office taken by Washington......April 30, 1789 [Oath was administered by Chancellor Livingston in the balcony of the City Hall.] First recorded party contest in New York State; votes polled, 12,453......1789 Oliver Phelps opens in Canandaigua the first private land office in America......1789 United States buys of Stephen Moore the
Le Roy (New York, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-new-york
Island......June 11, 1825 Erie Canal completed......Oct. 26, 1825 First boat, Seneca Chief, conveying the governor and others, passes from Lake Erie to the Hudson, and reaches New York City. Grand celebration......Nov. 4, 1825 Delaware and Hudson Canal commenced......1826 Abduction of William Morgan from Canandaigua......Sept. 12, 1826 Thurlow Weed edits the Anti-masonic Enquirer, at Rochester, N. Y.......1826-27 Owing to Morgan's abduction, a county convention at Le Roy, Genesee county, begins the anti-masonic movement......1827 Journal of commerce started in New York City......1827 Gov. De Witt Clinton dies suddenly at Albany, aged fifty-nine......Feb. 11, 1828 Nathaniel Pitcher, acting governor......1828 Oswego Canal finished......1828 Martin Van Buren elected governor; resigns......March 12, 1829 Enos T. Throop, acting governor......1829 Manufacture of brick by machinery successfully begun in New York......1829 John Jay dies at Bedford, Wes
Raquette Lake (New York, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-new-york
vault under Fort Greene......June 16, 1900 Governor Roosevelt nominated for Vice-President by Republican National Convention which renominated President McKinley......June 21, 1900 Hoboken wharfs, opposite New York City, destroyed, with three North German Lloyd steamers, involving a loss of 250 lives and $10,000,000......June 30, 1900 John Woodward Philip, naval officer, born 1840, dies at Brooklyn, N. Y.......June 30, 1900 C. P. Huntington, capitalist, born 1821, dies near Raquette Lake......Aug. 13, 1900 Hatch & Foote fail for $2,000,000......Sept. 18, 1900 Severe explosion in Tarrant's drug building at Greenwich and Warren streets, New York City, causes death of scores of persons, including firemen......Oct. 29, 1900 William L. Strong, merchant, and former mayor of New York, born 1827, dies at New York City......Nov. 2, 1900 Governor Roosevelt finishes his campaign tour in Oswego, N. Y., having travelled 21,209 miles in eight weeks, addressed audiences agg
Washington (United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-new-york
the canal; estimated cost, $5,000,000......1811 West Point reorganized and made efficient......1812 George Clinton, first governor of New York, dies at Washington, D. C.......April 20, 1812 Hamilton College, at Clinton, Oneida county, established......1812 Detached militia of New York arranged by the War Department in tf the State superintendent of public instruction created by a law of......March 30, 1854 Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, widow of Alexander Hamilton, dies at Washington, D. C., aged ninety-seven years......Nov. 9, 1854 Railway suspension bridge at Niagara Falls completed......1855 Last survivor of Washington's Lifeguard, Sergn Dana, journalist, dies near Glen Cove, aged seventy-eight years......Oct. 17, 1897 John Lorimer Worden, naval officer, born at Sing Sing, 1818, dies at Washington, D. C.......Oct. 18, 1897 Nineteen lives lost by New York Central passenger train running into the river at Garrisons, N. Y.......Oct. 24, 1897 Henry George,
Canton, N. Y. (New York, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-new-york
cago......Feb. 1, 1854 Office of the State superintendent of public instruction created by a law of......March 30, 1854 Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, widow of Alexander Hamilton, dies at Washington, D. C., aged ninety-seven years......Nov. 9, 1854 Railway suspension bridge at Niagara Falls completed......1855 Last survivor of Washington's Lifeguard, Sergeant Uzel Knapp, dies, aged ninety-seven, at New Windsor, Orange county......Jan. 11, 1856 St. Lawrence University, Canton, St. Lawrence county, incorporated......April 3, 1856 Dudley observatory built at Albany......1856 Failure of the Ohio Life and Trust Company in New York; a commercial panic spreads throughout the United States......Aug. 24, 1856 First telegraphic despatch received in New York from London by the Atlantic telegraph......Aug. 5, 1858 Edwin D. Morgan, Republican, elected governor......1858 M. Blondin (Émile Gravelet) crosses the Niagara River, just below the Falls, for the first time on a
Utica (New York, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-new-york
ined by Samuel Guthrie, of Sackett's Harbor......1831 Imprisonment for contract debt, except for fraud, abolished......1831 Whig party formed......1832 Cholera in New York City, June 27 until Oct. 19; 4,000 die......1832 Buffalo and Utica incorporated as cities......1832 First horse street-railroad in the world opened in Fourth Avenue, New York City......1832 Red Jacket, the Indian chief, dies near Buffalo, aged seventy-eight......Jan. 20, 1832 Anti-slavery society of Newitchmen's strike at Buffalo declared off by Grand-master Sweeney......Aug. 24, 1892 George William Curtis, born 1824, dies at West Brighton, Staten Island, N. Y.......Aug. 31, 1892 Ex-United States Senator Francis Kernan, born 1816, dies at Utica......Sept. 7, 1892 Opening in New York City of the continental congress of the Salvation Army of the United States......Nov. 21, 1892 Edward Murphy, Jr., of Troy, elected United States Senator......January, 1893 Act authorizing the purch
Nassau County, Florida (Florida, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-new-york
98 James Samuel Thomas Stranahan, first citizen of Brooklyn, born 1808, dies at Saratoga, N. Y.......Sept. 3, 1898 Admiral Cervera, Spanish naval officer, whose fleet was destroyed by Admiral Sampson, July 3, arrives in New York......Sept. 8, 1898 Forty-seventh Regiment of New York ordered to Porto Rico for garrison duty......Oct. 3, 1898 Abraham Oakey Hall, lawyer, born 1826, dies at New York City......Oct. 7, 1898 Justice Wilmot M. Smith decides that the creation of the County of Nassau was constitutional......Oct. 11, 1898 Battle-ships Oregon and Iowa sail from New York for Manila......Oct. 12, 1898 George Edwin Waring, sanitary engineer, born 1833, dies at New York City......Oct. 29, 1898 Chauncey M. Depew, Republican, elected United States Senator from New York to succeed Edward Murphy, Jr., of Troy......Jan. 18, 1899 Heaviest day's business ever transacted on New York Stock Exchange......Jan. 23, 1899 Fire at Brooklyn navy-yard destroys property valu
Ontario County (New York, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-new-york
days from St. Petersburg, December, 1819; first American steamship to cross the Atlantic.] Population of the State, 1,372,111......1820 [From this time the State has been styled the Empire State. ] Revised State constitution adopted and ratified......February, 1822 Joseph C. Yates, governor......1822 Champlain Canal begun 1816, finished......1823 De Witt Clinton elected governor......1824 Lafayette lands in New York City......Aug. 15, 1824 Geneva College, Geneva, Ontario county, incorporated......1825 [Name changed to Hobart College, March 27, 1860.] Daniel D. Tompkins, born 1774, dies on Staten Island......June 11, 1825 Erie Canal completed......Oct. 26, 1825 First boat, Seneca Chief, conveying the governor and others, passes from Lake Erie to the Hudson, and reaches New York City. Grand celebration......Nov. 4, 1825 Delaware and Hudson Canal commenced......1826 Abduction of William Morgan from Canandaigua......Sept. 12, 1826 Thurlow Weed
Kingston (Canada) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-new-york
y and Esopus reduced......August, 1673 French build Fort Frontenac on Lake Ontario......1673 Peace between England andWar declared between England and France......May, 1689 Frontenac reappointed governor of Canada......May 21, 1689 Jacob, pending instructions from England......Aug. 16, 1689 Frontenac returns to Quebec from France......September, 1689 Henmes the title of lieutenantgovernor......Dec. 10, 1689 Frontenac organizes three expeditions against the English: one agaihter succeeded by Benjamin Fletcher......Aug. 29, 1692 Frontenac sends an expedition against the Mohawks......Jan. 15, 169 escape across the upper Hudson......February, 1693 Fort Frontenac rebuilt by the French......1694 Frontenac prepares a gFrontenac prepares a great expedition against the Iroquois; but only destroys three villages and some corn......1696 William Kidd, with the Adve Fort Ticonderoga and is repulsed......July 8, 1758 Fort Frontenac surrenders to the English under Col. John Bradstreet..
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