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WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL
SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS
3 The Autobiography of an American Family
- Edith Hay Wyckoff. A chronicle dating from 1788 extracted from 150 letters
and ten generations of the Northrup family. The
author provides detailed accounts of their move from Rhode Island to
Washington county New York, daily life in Sandy Hill (Hudson Falls),
New York, travels on the Erie Canal Packets, Civil War experiences and
the rescue of the kidnapped Solomon Northrup from slavery in Louisiana. 2000, hardcover & dust
jacket, 61 illustrations, extensive index, 288 pgs. $30.00
Reduced Price $15.00
4 Guide
to Historic Houses of Worship - Ted Corbett.
Photographs and concise histories of twenty houses of worship in
Washington County, NY. 1992, illus., soft cover, 32pgs. $3.00
5
Hamlet Summers - Katherine Hanson, Entertaining
stories about life on the east side of Lake George in the eighteen and
nineteen hundreds. 1979 reprint of the 1953 book, softcover, 81pgs. $6.00
228 Hartford,
New York- Its Origin and Early Settlement by
Frederic K. Patton.
Reliance has been placed on deeds, mortgages, wills, legal papers, and
other materials not readily available from common sources. Illus.
softcover, 104 pgs., pub.2007 $10.00
6 History
of Washington County, NY 1878 - Crisfield Johnson.
The classic detailed history of Washington County, NY from 1737 -
1878. 1984, reprint, hardcover, (not indexed but available) 504 pgs. $50.00
7 Index to History of Washington County, NY 1878
- The needed Index. Sexton & Parrott, 1984, hardcover 79pgs. $12.00
187 History of Washington County and Index- Both books special for one price
but no discount
for members $55.00
8 Old days, Old Ways - Fred
Stiles. The popular, profusely illustrated and entertaining account of life around
the South Bay area of Lake Champlain and Ft. Ann, NY in the early 1900's. 1984,
hardcover, 136pgs. $14.99
9 Reminiscences of the 123rd
Reg. N.Y.S.V. - Sgt. Henry C. Morhous. A history of
the regiment during its three years service in the Civil War. Appendix
contains listings of the regiment. Originally published in 1879.
Edition limited to 750 in 1995, hardcover, 220. $30.00
12 Sto-Lat
- 100 Years on River Street (Hudson Falls and Glens Falls,
NY) - Alice Loughlin. Story of the Polish - Lithuanian
settlement along the River Street area of Sandy Hill (Hudson Falls) and
Lower Warren Street In Warren county.1996, hardcover, map, 25 photos,
117 . $15.00
13 1853 Levey Washington County MapIncludes landowners at the time of the survey. Reprint 21"
x 29" printed on heavy paper. $8.00
15 Birds-Eye View Print of Fort Edward in 1759 Shows
the fortifications- Drawn by George LaMere, 1930. $8.00
188 2004 Annual Journal Features:
The Scientific Investigation of Jane McCrea by David R. Starbuck;
Master Lansing Prouty by Tricia Barbagallo;
The Baltimores and The Henrys by Kenneth A. Perry;
Charles Wesley Ross by D. Reid Ross;
"A Member of Union College" by Sue Brennan & Jeanne Winston
Adler;
3 Poems by Elisabeth Cluff - 96 pages,
softcover. $11.00
223 2006 Annual Journal Features:
"A Granville Farmstead" by Theodore Corbett, "I remember That" by
Warren J. Cardwell, and "The Reid Line" by D. Reid Ross
- 96 pages, softcover. $10.00
229 2007 Annual Journal Features:
"Granville in Tumoil" by Theodore C. Corbett, "Christmas Memories" by
R. Paul McCarty, "The Great Burning" by Paul R. Loding,
"We Should Know Their History" by Michael Russert, "Remembering Jane
McCrea" by Doris Lassell, and William Ward's "Famine" letter by Sue
Brennan and Jeanne Winston Adler
- 96 pages, softcover. $10.00
2462008 Annual Journal FeaturesColonial America at War!by David Starbuck; Christmas Puddingby Agnes Peterson;"What's That You Say? I Can't Hear Ya!"by Jeffrey Jones; Salem's Forgotten African Americansby William Cormier; Four Reids and One Rossby D. Reid Ross; The Civil War Diary of Sarah Fitch Poatesby Eleanor Lourie - 95 pages, softcover. $10.00 New!
245 1866 Atlas of Washington County, NY. This is a CD in .pdf format consisting of 36 pages with excellent definition. It is easily magnified to read individual property names and locations. $10.00 New!
OTHER PUBLICATIONS FOR SALE
244 Just Published, an important book on the Civil War! Lincoln's Veteran Volunteers Win the War- by D. Reid Ross - 2008, 450 pgs., Illustrated, Indexed, $35.00. Read Review
214
Adirondack Fire Towers-- The Southern Districts
- The story of the towers by those who staffed them. 2005,
Illus., 257 pgs.
$20.00
19America’s Song: The Story of
“Yankee Doodle” - Stuart
Murray, hardcover, illustrated, 216 . $21.00
212The Annotated & Illustrated Journal of
Major Robert Rogers - Timothy Todish & Gary
Zaboly,
Well researched and nicely illustrated, 2002, 344 pages $29.00
20 Argyle, My Argyle -
Memories, histories and photos - Argyle History Group, 1998, softcover,
480
. $25.00
22 Asa Fitch and the Emergence of American
Entomology A biography of the
first salaried professional entomolgist in the US- Jeffrey K.
Bames,1988, softcover, 120 . $12.50
217 The Battle of Saratoga -
Beautifully illustrated hardcover from the PowerKids Press, 24pgs,
2003..
$15.95
249 Beggies, A Brick Church, and a Vendue - by John Hastings: Life on a Queensbury, NY Farm in 1897. The Diary of Lottie VanDusen McEchron. 2008, 101pgs., Illus., softcover. $15.00
29Chainbreaker's
War
- Jeanne Winston Adler, ed. - An 18th century narrative
from a Native American perspective. 224, softcover, $16.95
226The Covered Bridges of Washington
County, New York by Robert G.
McIntosh - "Spiral bound, 62
pages with maps, photographs, drawings and text, published August, 2007.$20.00
247 Diary of a 19th Century Farm Wife, Almira McCleary 1886 by William Cormier - 55 pgs, 2008, Set in Salem, NY, Illustrated and annotated by the author. New! $10.00
35The Essential George Washington - "What they said
about him is often controversial,
often unexpected: ...."- Peter Hannaford, illus., hardcover, 200 .$19.50 36Events Around Easton, New
York, 1877-1947 -
The Journal of Mary G. Wilbur - Jeanie St. Mary
Mullen and Marilyn Booth Manzella, 1999, illus., 219 . $24.00
235Fate of Family Farming
- Ronald Jager, 2004, We stand
at an important crossroads in American agriculture that will affect the
way every citizen eats. This book may help us find our way., 244 pgs.$18.95
37Feeder Canal -
Fun, Facts and Folklore - A tour of the
Glens Falls Feeder Canal.- Michael La Cross, 1990, illus., 24 .$5.00
The Fitch Gazetteer - An Annotated
Index to the Manuscript History of Washington County, New York -
Kenneth A. Perry
38Volume I,
- softcover, 566 .$47.00
39Volume II,
- softcover, 529 .$47.00
40Volume III,
- softcover, 529 .$47.00
41Volume IV, - softcover, 601 .$49.00
44Fort
Edward & Sandy Hill in the Nineteenth Century- softcover, 1997, illustrated with photos, 47 .$12.50
47 Fugitive
Deckhand - Fred Godfrey, 1990, novel of
the canalways of NYS, hardcover, 190.$18.95
49French and Indian War Battlesites: A Controversy - Additional research and
on-site detective work by a reenactor and writer.- Bob Bearor,
softcover, 116
.
$17.16
251Glens Falls "The Empire City" - Reprint of the 1908 pictorial history of Glens Falls, NY; softcover, $13.50. 51Hebron, A Century in Review 1988
- second printing 2006 with a 16 page
index published by the Hebron Preservation Society
, richly illustrated, written by a number of Hebron residents over a 10
year period,292 .,$30.00
52The History of the Glens Falls Feeder Canal - Michael LaCross, softcover, 1997, 32 .$5.00
218History of Pilot Knob (4 volume set) - The story of a Lake George, NY community
as told by its citizens 1994 - 2000 by Pilot knob Association
$35.00
54History of Putnam -
Thomas W. McArthur, 1887, reprint, softcover, 49 .$6.00
56The House-Wifes Skill in Cookery -
G. Markam, reprint, softcover pamphlet, 31.$2.00
59I Remember Argyle - A
book of memories - Argyle History Group, 1998, 2nd
Edition, softcover, 236 . $20.00
60An Introduction to Historic Resources in
Washington County, NY - a greatly
condensed illustrated history of each town. (1976) reprint 1984,
softcover, 133
. $10.00
61Issac Joques-
1646 Discoverer of Lake George -T.J. Campbell, 1992,
reprint, softcover,
60pgs.$9.00
63Johnny Appleseed-
Will Moses 2001, hardcover, illus. 48 pgs.$16.99
227 Lake Cossayuna &
Vicinity -History and Portraits of the Past
- by Rose Bain, softcover, Illus 260 pgs.,
pub. 2007; Many newspaper articles,
editorials and anecdotes plus over 300 photos. $25.00
71The
Log Village Gristmill - A history and
story of the mill's restoration. - Floyd D. Harwood, 1986,
softcover, 80 pgs.$9.35 230Marching to Save Nation, the 123rd New
York Infantry - Chancellorsville,
Gettysburg, Tennessee Guerrilla Warefare, Atlanta Campaign, March to
the Sea, Carolinas Campaign. - by Jeffrey H. Jones
2007, softcover, photos, 409 pgs., notes, bibliog., appendix. $19.95
72Maggie's Revenge
- An account of the murder and ghost of Maggie Horrigan
near Greenwich 1889. - Dr. Hollis A. Palmer, 2001,
softcover, photos, 192 . $14.95
73The Making of American
Resorts:
Saratoga Springs, Ballston Spa, Lake George,
- Theodore Corbett 2001,
softcover, illus., 285 . $28.50
239Memories of Early Sandy Hill
- Orson G. Richards & Loretta Bates, 2007,
spiral bound, illus. limited edition,142 pgs. .$30.00
76Moses
of the Barkeaters
-The patriot spy that helped win the Battle of Saratoga.
- Phillip J. Harris, 2001, softcover, 289 .$18.00
209North Country Cooking - Dorothy
& Bob Igoe,- Old favorite recipes from the
I-Go-Inn and friends. 1955, 99 pgs.,$12.50
84Old Lake George Hotels -
Betty Ahearn Buckell, 1986, softcover,
photos, 99 .$15.00
77 Next Year in Salem: A Chronicle of the Home Front During Worl War II
1940-1945.
Life in
Salem, New York was much
like a N. Rockwell painting. The stories and rare photographs found
here put a face on history. $28.50
86One
Hundred Years of the George Satterlee Hose Company 1874-1974
compiled by Fred G. Godfrey, 44pp
. $5.00
87Pages
from My Pawlett (VT) Scrapbook -
Dorothy B. Offensend, 1998, softcover,
246 . $17.00
184Pages
from My Pawlett (VT) Scrapbook Book 2 -
Dorothy B. Offensend, 2002, softcover,
246 .$17.00
90The Pember -
The story of this museum of natural history
in Granville, NY - Delight Gartlein and Alan Pistonus, 1996,
softcover, 95 . $7.00
236Rangers and
Redcoates on the Hudson -David
R. Starbuck, softcover, illus. 139 pgs. 2004 Exploring the past on
Rogers Island, the birthplace of the U. S. Army Rangers . $19.95
95Remembering Grandma
Moses - Beth Moses Hickok, 1994,
softcover, 64
. $12.95
98Rogers
Island Achaeological Site - Dr. David
Starbuck, softfcover, 1992, 16 . $3.00
99Sailors,
Waterways & Tugboats I Have Known -
Charles Godfrey, $28.50
211 Saratoga
Reader -
Field Horne, 2004, softcover 284., Writing about an
American Village
1749 - 1900, Illus. $29.95
101Silent Night -
Will Moses, hard cover, illus., 40 . $16.99
102So, Ye Want To Be A Reenactor? A Living
History Handbook - Brenton and Karen
Kemmer, 2001, softcover, 149 pgs. A common sense approach to getting
started in reenacting . $17.00
103Stuff - Betty
Ahearn Buckell, 1992, softcover, 175 . $15.00
107Sweet Peas and
a White Bridge - Elsa
Kny Steinback, 1974, When steam was king on Lake George, east side
hotels and the Knapp estate,
softcover, 170 pgs.
.$20.00
108Tales
and Legends from Salem - James Alcott,
Editor, softcover, 56 . $11.00
233A
Taste of the North Country
- Adirondack Regional Recipes - Wendy
Harrington, softcover, 71pgs. Delicious recipes that focus on flavor. $8.95
109That
Sterling Soldier: The Life of David A. Russell - A.D.
Slade, 1995, seven illus., 220 . $30.00
112The
Thistle and the Eagle - Karen A.
Kirkpatrick, 2000, softcover, illus., 96 . $18.50
242Upstate New
York, Towns That We Love - Elizabeth J.
Cockey & Barton M. Cockey, 2008,
Richly Illustrated by the author artist about the Washington County
area, hardcover, 85 pgs. New. $22.95
113 Years a Slave - Solomon Northrup, 1975,
edited by Sue Eakin and Joseph Logsdon, 1975,
softcover, illus., 271 pgs. .$18.70
118Washington’s
Farewell: The Final Parting with his Officers after Victory in the Revolution Stuart Murray, hardcover,
illus. 216. $21.00
119We Are in the Fight Today The Civil
War Diaries of Horace P Mathews & King S. Hammond
- Kenneth A. Perry, softcover, 234.
$23.50 179The
Western Vermont Slate Belt: Fair Haven - Dorothy
Backus Offensend, softcover, 2003, 90pp.
$15.00
234 Women
with Altitude - Carol Stone White, softcover,
illus., 282pgs. Tales of challenging the Adirondack High Peaks in Winter. $19.95 OTHER GIFT ITEMS
125Wing-Northup
House Notepad. $2.00
127Smith’s
Basin - Champlain Canal Notecards Unknown artist
c. 1875, $5.95
185 Forrest Moses Christmas Cards/Notecards -
10 cards and
envelopes per package, $15.00
Collectibles
Series: Available in 3 different forms: large, flat stand-alone facade $16.00,
ornament $8.00, magnet
$8.00
1st in Series -1815 Wing-Northup House
(Fort Edward, New York)
129
Large, flat stand-alone facade $16.00
131Ornament $8.00
132 Magnet $8.00
2nd in Series - 1874 Rexleigh
Covered Bridge (Jackson/Salem, New York)
133
Large, flat stand-alone facade $16.00
135
Ornament $8.00
136 Magnet $8.00
3rd in Series - 1903 All
Saints Chapel (North Granville, New York)
137
Large, flat stand-alone facade $16.00
139
Ornament $8.00
140 Magnet $8.00
4th in Series - 18th
Century House RECUERDO (Jackson, New York)
141
Large, flat stand-alone facade $16.00
143
Ornament $8.00
144 Magnet $8.00
5th in Series - The William
Miller Chapel (Low Hampton, New York)
145
Large, flat stand-alone facade $16.00
147
Ornament $8.00
148
Magnet $8.00
6th
in Series - The Old Fort House (Fort Edward, New
York)
149
Large, flat stand-alone facade $16.00
151
Ornament $8.00
152 Magnet $8.00
7th
in Series - The Church of St. Mary's - St. Paul's (Hudson
Falls, New York)
153
Large, flat stand-alone facade $16.00
155
Ornament $8.00
156 Magnet $8.00
8th
in Series - Salem Court House (Salem, New York)
158
Large, flat stand-alone facade $16.00
160
Ornament $8.00
161 Magnet $8.00
9th
in Series - Easton Friends Meeting House (Easton,
New York)
163
Large, flat stand-alone facade $16.00
165
Ornament $8.00
166 Magnet $8.00
10th
in Series - Mary McClellan Hospital (Cambridge,
New York)