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Newspaper clipping with stories of the first one hundred years of the Chester Presbyterian Church and its ministers. Clipping also includes other short unrelated articles of local interest.
List of slave owners in the Town of New Paltz and the number of slaves they owned. The list was used for tax purposes. Slaves between the ages of 12 and 50 were subject to taxation.
Notice dated March 3, 1798 offering a 10 dollar reward for the return of a 24 year old run away slave named Peter. Peter ran away from Mary L'Hommedieu of Goshen, NY shortly after her husband, John, died.
Front view of the Rockland County Court House. Main Street, New City original seat or government was Tappan when Rockland was Orange County "South or the Mountains." When fire destroyed the courthouse and "gaol" In Tappan in 1773, a more centrally...
View of the Rockland County Court House, trees obscuring the far end. Main Street, New City original seat or government was Tappan when Rockland was Orange County "South or the Mountains." When fire destroyed the courthouse and "gaol" In Tappan in...
Front view of the Rockland County Court House. Main Street, New City original seat or government was Tappan when Rockland was Orange County "South or the Mountains." When fire destroyed the courthouse and "gaol" In Tappan in 1773, a more centrally...
Two story brick building with white fence along the road. Rockland County, prior to 1798, was part of Orange County and there were two county seats. One was in Tappan and the other was in Goshen. The double locations were difficult to manage...
View from the front left corner of the Rockland County Court House. Main Street, New City original seat or government was Tappan when Rockland was Orange County "South or the Mountains." When fire destroyed the courthouse and "gaol" In Tappan in...
View from the front left corner of the Rockland County Court House. Main Street, New City original seat or government was Tappan when Rockland was Orange County "South or the Mountains." When fire destroyed the courthouse and "gaol" In Tappan in...
House on Main Street in New City. Rockland County, prior to 1798, was part of Orange County and there were two county seats. One was in Tappan and the other was in Goshen. The double locations were difficult to manage and when the land "south of...
Several elderly ladies standing at the Pye's Corner historical marker. In 1798 Hendrick Van Orden owner of a sandstone house on this site sold the house and surrounding farm to Dr. Abraham Corneilison who lived there 51 years. He became the first...
