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A

History

 of Herkimer

County, New York

Including

 The Upper Mohawk Valley,

FROM THE

EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE PRESENT TIME

WITH A

BREIF NOTICE OF THE IROQUOIS INDIANS. THE EARLY GERMAN TRIBES, THE PALATINE IMMIGRATI0NS INTO THE COLONY OF NEW YORK. AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE PALATINE FAMLIES, THE PATENTEES OF BURNETSFIELD IN THE YEAR 1725.

ALSO

 BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF THE MOST PROMIXENT PUBLIC MEN OF THE COUNTY

WITH

IMPORTANT STATISTICAL INFORMATION.

BY Nathanel S. Benton

Albany:

J. Munsell,

1856

500 pages on 1 CD

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CONTENTS

Chapter I. The Mohawk Indians 
Chapter II. Early history of the German tribes 
Chapter III. Events of 1709 to 1722 
Chapter IV. Historical Events 1722 to 1772 
Chapter V. Historical Events 1772 to 1783 
Chapter VI. Miscellaneous incidents, from 1783 to the present time 
Chapter VII. Forfeited estates 
Chapter VIII. Biographical sketches of the Palatine families 
Chapter IX. County when erected 
Chapter X. Political History 1783 to 1855 
Chapter XI. Criminal Cases 1791 to 1855 
Chapter XII. Biographical sketches
Chapter XIII. List of towns
Appendix. No. 1 
Appendix. No. 2 
Appendix. No. 3 
Appendix. No. 4 
Appendix. No. 5 
Appendix. No. 6 
Index