Local history collection, 1862-1986.

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Local history collection, 1862-1986.

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Clippings, programs, maps, pamphlets, reports, notes, brochures, and other items concerning the history of Modena, New Paltz, the Town of Plattekill, and Ulster County. Of note are the typescript of the Civil War diary of Charles D. Gee, 156th Regiment of the New York Volunteers, 1862-1864, concerning hospital conditions, prostitutes' visits to the camps, brawls among the soldiers, and military encounters; reports on the resources of the Shawangunk Valley, 1980, and the Hudson River east bank natural areas from Clermont to Norrie, 1978; history and genealogy of the Marlborough Monthly Meeting, Religious Society of Friends, 1804-1900 and 1980; original account book from a grist mill, 1864; and other subjects including the brick industry, Hudson River sloops, covered bridges, stone houses, and John Burroughs.

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Plattekill Library (Modena, N.Y.). Regional Reference Center.

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Collecting area: History of the Town of Plattekill and Ulster County, N.Y. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155504579 ...

United States. Army. Regiment, New York State Volunteers, 156th.

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Marlborough Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Ulster County, N.Y.)

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Burroughs, John, 1837-1921

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American naturalist and writer. From the description of Poem 1917. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 49995946 One of America's great naturalist authors. From the description of Memorabilia, 1905-1931. (Hartwick College). WorldCat record id: 27057683 American teacher, naturalist, poet, and essayist of national prominence. Friend of Walt Whitman; influenced by Thoreau, Carlyle, and Emerson. Employed accurate observations of nature, scientific re...

Gee, Charles D.

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