Five men in academic gowns sit on lawn benches by the Hoffman Memorial Library. Two books are piled on each bench arm in the foreground; one of the men holds a paper or pamphlet. They appear to be in the midst of an informal class or seminar.
The Chester Academy was built in 1846, at a cost of $10,000. It was a frame building 50 by 75 feet standing at the corner of Academy Avenue and the Goshen Road, now, 2006, called Brookside Ave. (Route 17M). THis photograph was taken before the 25...
The library was incorporated with seven trustees on Nov. 17, 1797. This organization was verified before Judge Wickham in Goshen and recorded that same year. Abijali Yelverton, innkeeper, was appointed the first librarian.
A 1769 survey map by [?] Metcalfe of land, for Thomas Moore and John Osborn in Evans Patent (which was early divided into smaller patents), Chesecocks and Wayayanda Patents, Orange County, New York. There are boundaries marked in red and yellow,...
Hector St. John (Michel-Guillaume Jean de Crevecoeur) formally sells his Pine Hill Farm, which he bought in 1769, to Thomas Moffatt.
During the American Revolution, he refused to take up arms against the British. Therefore, he was suspected of...
These proceedings to determine boundaries of the Wawayanda and Cheesecocks Patents held in 1785 in the Yelverton Barn were transcribed from the records of the County Clerk's office in Goshen.
