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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. 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 (9"x5"), 32pgs. $3.00 228 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 $55.00 267 Letters to Lura: 1850's Life, Death & Publishing and The Jane McCrea Story - by Doris Putnam Lasselle. Lura Boies began her correspondence with Judge William Hay of Saratoga in 1856 and it continued until her death at the age of 24 in 1859. softcover, 177pgs. $14.95, pub. 2010. NEW!More Info. 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, 220pgs. $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, 117pgs . $15.00 13 1853 Levey Washington County Map Includes 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 (31" x 23") Shows the fortifications - Drawn by George LaMere, 1930. $8.00 188 2004 WCHS 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 WCHS 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 WCHS 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. $10.00 246 2008 WCHS Annual Journal Features: "Colonial America at War!" by David Starbuck; Christmas Pudding by Agnes Peterson; "What's That You Say? I Can't Hear Ya!" by Jeffrey Jones; "Salem's Forgotten African Americans" by William Cormier; "Four Reids and One Ross" by D. Reid Ross; The Civil War Diary of Sarah Fitch Poates by Eleanor Lourie - 95 pages, softcover. $10.00 257 2009 WCHS Annual Journal Features: " Susquehanna Tradition in the Town of Salem" by Harry Orlyk; "The Cosseys of Lake Champlain" by Erica Wolfe Burke; "A Bill of Lading" by Kathleen Washburn McCarty; "A Whitehall Night Watchman's Book" by Carol Senecal; "The Changing Boundaries of Washington County" by John Mead; "Memories of Early Argyle" by Sue Brennan; "A Very Old Calf's Skin" by Philip Brown - 95 pages, softcover. $10.00 263 2010 WCHS Annual Journal Features: " Women's Work" by Pat Duncan; "A Boy's Life in Hebron, 1855" by Dale Prouty; "Slaveholder's Son to Ardent Abolitionist" by Debi Craig; ""Joiners Wanted"" by William Krattinger; "The McCloy Letters" by William Cormier; " - 95 pages, softcover, Illustrated. $10.00 277 2011 WCHS Annual Journal Features: "The Bonds of Home," by Joan Handy; "'Hiding' in the Records," by Kenneth A. Perry; "The Last Hen House of L. C. Piser," by Todd de Garmo; "Farm Girl to Farm Wife," by Muriel Sollosy; "George Law, Son of Jackson," by Jeanne Winston Adler; "A Forest Encounter, 1777," by The Editors " - 95 pages, softcover, Illustrated. $10.00 245 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 |
OTHER HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS FOR SALE
244 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 19 America’s Song: The Story of “Yankee Doodle” - Stuart Murray, hardcover, illustrated, 216 pgs . $21.00 274 The American Woman: Her Role During the Revolutionary War - by Esther Perica 1981, 62 pgs., softcover, index. A concise Introduction and overview of the activities of the women of America during the period between 1770 and 1780. $4.95 280 Ancestors and Descendants of Justus Akin and his Two Wives Elizabeth Briggs and Mary Cory, Allied Families Gillis, Lewis, Mitchell, Mosher, Weir. Compiled by Jane C. Whitaker. Softcover, 213 pgs. illus., 1997. $7.00 212 The Annotated & Illustrated Journal of Major Robert Rogers - Timothy Todish & Gary Zaboly, Well researched and nicely illustrated, 2002, 344 pgs. $29.00 271 Around Cambridge, White Creek, and Jackson 2010, softcover, 126 pgs. $21.99 NEW! The Cambridge Valley has always been united and divided, each community holding tightly to its identity. In 1773, the Cambridge District was formed, comprised of the current towns of Cambridge, White Creek and Jackson. In 1788, the area became the Town of Cambridge in Albany County and was annexed to Washington County in 1791. The area was divided into the present town boundaries in 1816. The three communities of Cambridge, North White Creek, and Dorr’s Corners, though each only three-quarters of a mile from the next, did not unite into the Village of Cambridge until 1866. Today the village spans the boundaries of the three townships but still divides itself into the east End and the West End. Ken Gottry’s ancestors, the Van Ness, Woodworth, and Hitchcock families, have been associated with the Cambridge area since its founding. His father was historian for the village, town and church, leaving a large collection to the village archives and public library. Much of the content of this book comes from material his father amassed in the mid 1900s. 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 pgs. $12.50 249 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 28 Champlain Canal: Mules to Tugboats - by Capt. Fred G. Godfrey: Whitehall at the end of 1819 superseded by the Barge Canal in 1915. Little is known of the daily life of the canal boat families who made a living on this vibrant waterway and of the business that grew up along its shores. This book chronicles the Canal with in depth descriptions of canal boats, methods, equipment, locks, canal towns and their people. 1994, hardcover, Illus. 123 pp. This book is a classic just restocked 2011. $17.00 SPECIAL PRICE. 260 The Color of His Blood by J. F. Lewis - The historical novel follows a young commoner, Adam Wat Tyler, from the gritty streets of London to the Colonies in 1774. As the War for American Independence begins to swirl around him, he becomes a partriot and follows Benedict Arnold to the frozen fortress of Quebec, to the fiery battle on Lake Champlain and to the bloody battlefields of Saratoga. Arnold is his hero until he learns from John Campe that Arnold has betrayed George Washington with an assignation plot and has betrayed the Cause. As Adam is drawn into New York City in an effort to bring Arnold back to George Washington and to justice, the love of Adam's life, Lady Anne Danamoor, is also drawn into the city and to danger. With her dear friend, Jane McCrea murdered, and her young nephew lost within the labyrinths of the city, she, too, is desperately seeking a new life in this brave new world. With the help of two Iroquois, Red Wing and Killbuck, and a freed slave, Noah Samuels, Adam and Anne learn to navigate their way in an ever increasingly dangerous world. 309 pgs. 2009. $19.95 273 Coming of Age: The Diary Young Man Thaddeus H. Walker 1851 - 1854 by William A. Cormier; Spiral bound, Illus., 2010, 110 pgs. $20.00 226 The Covered Bridges of Washington County, New York by Robert G. McIntosh Spiral bound, 62 pages with maps, photographs, drawings and text, published August, 2007. $20.00 279 Descendants of Robert Weir & Elizabeth Green of Old Cambridge, White Creek Washington County, NY. Compiled by Jane Whitaker. Softcover, 130 pgs. illus., 1996. $6.00 272 Empires in the Mountains: French and Indian War Campaigns and Forts in the Lake Champlain, Lake George, and Hudson River Corridor, 150 Illustrations. by Russell Bellico. 2010, 366 pgs., softcover. $27.50 This is a commanding history. Russell Bellico relies heavily on firsthand documents, not the shaded interpretations of earlier historians. His accounts of the famous sieges and battles are among the most intricately detailed ones ever written. The full pageantry of the seventeenth and eighteenth century warfare is made clear and exciting. It is highly readable and authoritative, easily the best book on the early campaigns and battles of that region. NEW! 262 Excavating The Sutlers' House - by David Starbuck: A presentation of new and classic artifacts from the remains of a sutlers' house and other military sites along the Hudson River and Lake George, lavishly illustrated in full color. 2010, 118 pgs., paper, $24.95 NEW! 35 The Essential George Washington - "What they said about him is often controversial, often unexpected: ...."- Peter Hannaford, illus., hardcover, 200 . $19.50 235 Fate 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 37 Feeder Canal - Fun, Facts and Folklore Michael LaCross. History and Tales along the Glens Falls Feeder Canal. 24 pgs.$5.00 The Fitch Gazetteer - An Annotated Index to the Manuscript History of Washington County, New York - Kenneth A. Perry 38 Volume I, - softcover, 566 pgs. $40.50 39 Volume II, - softcover, 529 pgs. $47.00 40 Volume III, - softcover, 529 pgs. $47.00 Volume IV, - softcover, 601 pgs. $49.00 42 The Fort Edward Book - Robert O. Bascom, 1903 (reprinted 1997), hardcover, 274 pp. $37.00 44 Fort Edward & Sandy Hill in the Nineteenth Century- softcover, 1997, illustrated with photos, 47 pgs. $12.50 47 Fugitive Deckhand Fred Godfrey, 1990, novel of the canalways of NYS, hardcover, 190 pgs. $18.95 189 Growing Up Country - by Dorothy Offensend; the life of the author from 1914 until 2004. It tells what it was like living on a farm in the early 20th century, the hardships experienced during the "Great Derpression", the ups and downs and how she handled them. 460 pgs. 151 pictures softcover, $10.00. 50 Hartford, New York A Pictorial History - 1976, map,Illus. 73 pgs. $6.95 51 Hebron, 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 pgs., $30.00 52 A History of the Glens Falls Feeder Canal - Michael LaCross, softcover, 1997, 32 pp. $5.00 218 History 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 $35.00 250 A Home in the Battenkill Valley - The Earlier Years of Susan B. Anthony by Theodore Corbett. Illus., 72 pgs. paperback, $9.95 This book is about Susan B. Anthony, the renowned crusader for women's rights. In her formative years, from 1826 to 1845, she lived in the Battenkill Valley at Battenville, Center Falls and Greenwich. The book describes how Susan grew up in a house that still stands, which overlooked a mill yard complex. The Panic of 1837 ruined her family's investment in the mill and their home, and ultimately in 1845 the Anthonys were forced to move to Rochester, NY. Thus, it was in the Battenville region that Susan first developed a respect for temperance, abolition, and the condition of working women, causes that would ultimately lead her to become a warrior for women's suffrage. 56 The House-Wifes Skill in Cookery - G. Markam, reprint, softcover pamphlet, 31 pgs. $2.00 255 Hometown Memories Bk. I - Recollections of Glens Falls in the 30's, 40's and before. 2nd print 2000, pgs. 150, softcover. $18.00 256 Hometown Memories Bk. II - Recollections of Glens Falls in the 30's, 40's and before. 2002, pgs. 242, softcover. $14.00 59 I Remember Argyle - A book of memories - Argyle History Group, 1998, 2nd Edition, softcover, 236 pgs. $20.00 60 An Introduction to Historic Resources in Washington County, NY - a greatly condensed illustrated history of each town. (1976) reprint 1984, softcover, 133 pgs. $10.00 63 Johnny Appleseed- Will Moses 2001, hardcover, illus. 48 pgs. $16.99 227 Lake Cossayuna & Vicinity, History and Portraits of the Past - Pub. Rose Bain, 1957 softcover, 261 pp. $25.00 - 68 “Liberty or Death!” The Northern Campaigns in the American Revolutionary War, - Gregory T. Edgar, 1994 softcover, 397 pp. $34.00 - 181Life on a Canal Boat; The Journals of Theodore Bartley, 1861 to 1889, on the canals and waterways of the Northeast as he experienced the interesting history of those tiimes. 2004, 320 pp. $22.50 - 69 Linen Threads & Broom Twines: Vol. 1 (The Album), An Irish & American Album and Directory of the People of the Dunbarton Mill, Greenwich, New York, 1879-1952 (2 Volumes) - William T. Ruddock $22.00 - 70 Linen Threads & Broom Twines: Vol. 2 (The Directory), An Irish & American Album and Directory of the People of the Dunbarton Mill, Greenwich, New York, 1879-1952 (2 Volumes) - William T. Ruddock $35.00 - 230 Marching 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 73 The Making of American Resorts: Saratoga Springs, Ballston Spa, Lake George, - Theodore Corbett 2001, softcover, illus., 285 pgs. $28.50 75 Memoir and Official Correspondence of Gen. John Stark - Caleb Stark, (1877) reprint, new full name and subject index, softcover 528pp. $38.50 239 Memories of Early Sandy Hill (now Hudson Falls, NY) by Orson G. Richards, ed. Loretta Bates. 2007, Spiral bound, 146 pgs. Illus. $30.00 209 North Country Cooking - Dorothy & Bob Igoe, - Old favorite recipes from the I-Go-Inn and friends. 1955, 99 pgs., $12.50 82 Old Fort Edward - William H. Hill, reprint of 1929 edition, hardcover, 383 pp. $45.00 84 Old Lake George Hotels - Betty Ahearn Buckell, 1986, softcover, photos, 99 pgs. $15.00 254 Our History A Series of Articles Written for the Monthly Newsletter of the Dresden Baptist Church of Clemons, New York, 11/17/2000 to 1/15/2008 - Agnes Peterson, 2009, softcover, photos, 99 pgs. $12.00 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, hardcover,189 pgs. $28.50 86 One Hundred Years of the George Satterlee Hose Company 1874-1974 compiled by Fred G. Godfrey, 44 pgs. $5.00 87 Pages from My Pawlett (VT) Scrapbook - Dorothy B. Offensend, 1998, softcover, 246 pgs. $17.00 184 Pages from My Pawlett (VT) Scrapbook Book 2 - Dorothy B. Offensend, 2002, softcover, 246 pgs. $17.00 90 The Pember - The story of this museum of natural history in Granville, NY - Delight Gartlein and Alan Pistonus, 1996, softcover, 95 pgs. $7.00 236 Rangers 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. $19.95 273 Revolutionary Rangers - Daniel Morgan's Riflemen and Their Role on the Northern Frontier, 1778-1783 - Richard B. Lacross,Jr., softcover, 2007, illus. 221 pgs. Chronicles the campaigns and exploits of the riflemen during these critical years of the Revolution.. $21.50 100 Salem Album - Portraits of the Past; compiled by Dr. Asa Fitch Historical Society, Salem, NY; 1982, revised edition 1993, 94 pp. $18.00 211 Saratoga Reader - Field Horne, 2004, softcover 284 pgs., Writing about an American Village 1749 - 1900, Illus. $29.95 99 Sailors, Waterways and Tugboats I have Known - The New York State Barge Canal System by Capt. Fred G. Godfrey. This book records the way of life aboard small crafts on the canals of New York State, the Hudson River and New Jersey ports. It details the changes in tugboats, barges and commercial transportation all of which are now a part of history. Hardcover, 142 pgs. Illus., maps, index. Recently restocked 2011! $18.00 SPECIAL PRICE 101 Silent Night - Will Moses, hard cover, illus., 40 pgs. $16.99 102 So, 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. $17.00 103 Stuff - Betty Ahearn Buckell, 1992, softcover, 175 pgs. $15.00 233 A Taste of the North Country - Adirondack Regional Recipes - Wendy Harrington, softcover, 71pgs. Delicious recipes that focus on flavor. $8.95 109 That Sterling Soldier: The Life of David A. Russell - A.D. Slade, 1995, seven illus., 220 pgs. $30.00 112 The Thistle and the Eagle - Karen A. Kirkpatrick The story of the Scottish Founders of the Bay Road Presbyterian Church near Lake George, NY. 2000, softcover, illus., 96 pgs. $18.50 278 Their Own Voices - ed. Winston Adler. Oral Accounts of Early Settlers in Washington County, NY Collected by Dr. Asa Fitch. Over 40 individuals–first settlers and their children–speak directly about their own and their families' experiences in this collection of oral statements recorded between 1847 and 1878. 2011 reprint, softcover, illus., 158 pgs. $16.95 NEW! 118 Washington’s Farewell: The Final Parting with his Officers after Victory in the Revolution Stuart Murray, hardcover, illus. 216 pgs. $21.00 258 Warren County (New York): Its People & Their History Over Time - This work constitutes an eight year effort to produce a social history, examining the lives of the people of the county along with the significant events that have passed. 2009, Hard Cover, Illus., 495 pgs. $40.00 119 We Are in the Fight Today The Civil War Diaries of Horace P Mathews & King S. Hammond - Kenneth A. Perry, softcover, 234 pgs. $23.50 179 The Western Vermont Slate Belt: Fair Haven - Dorothy Backus Offensend, softcover, 2003, 90pgs. $10.00 234 Women with Altitude - Carol Stone White, softcover, illus., 282 pgs. Tales of challenging the Adirondack High Peaks in Winter. $19.95 |
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COLLECTIBLE SERIES: Available in 3 different forms: large, flat stand-alone facade $16.00, ornament $8.00, magnet $8.00.
1874 Rexleigh Covered Bridge Jackson/Salem, New York
133 Large, flat stand-alone facade $16.00 135 Ornament $8.00 136 Magnet $8.00
1903 All Saints Chapel (North Granville, New York)
137 Large, flat stand-alone facade $16.00 139 Ornament $8.00 140 Magnet $8.00
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)
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)
168 Large, flat stand-alone facade $16.00 169 Ornament $8.00 170 Magnet $8.00
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