Local history collection, 1881-1905.

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Local history collection, 1881-1905.

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Letter by Robert Louis Stevenson to Mr. Burdick of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad thanking him for travel assistance to Mrs. Stevenson, 1888; photograph of the Baker cottage where Stevenson lived in Saranac Lake, 1888; four speeches by Richard L. Hand, Elizabethtown lawyer, 1887-1905; and program from memorial services in honor of President Garfield held in Elizabethtown, 1881.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6874283

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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Elizabethtown Library Association.

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Collecting area: Local history. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155467069 ...

Stevenson, Margaret I.

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Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881

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James Garfield, twentieth President of the United States, was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, in 1831. After embarking on an academic career, he joined the Ohio volunteer infantry regiment, and in 1863 was appointed Major General in the same regiment. He served as a member of the U. S. House of Representatives from 1863 to 1880, when he was elected President. His inauguration took place on March 4, 1881, but his term of office was unfortunately brought to an abrupt end with his assassination by C...

Delaware and Hudson Railway Company

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The Delaware and Hudson Railway Company originated as the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company in 1823. The company gradually expanded and by the turn of the century became a transportation empire, serving most of northern and central New York State. The company operated canals, steamboat lines, and an extensive rail network stretching from central Pennsylvania to the Canadian border and westward to Binghamton N.Y. The Delaware and Hudson Railway Company was officially formed in the early twentieth...

Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894

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Robert Lewis (later changed to "Louis") Balfour Stevenson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on November 13, 1850. He attended the University of Edinburgh intending to become a civil engineer like his father, but ill health curtailed his studies and prompted him to travel to warmer climates. This inspired Stevenson to write stories, novels and essays about his travels. While in France he met American artist Fanny Osbourne. The two fell in love, and in 1879 Stevenson traveled to California, where he...

Hand, Richard Lockhart, 1839-1914.

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