Gazetteer and Business Directory of Onondaga County, N. Y., for 1868-9Printed at the Journal office, 1868 - 435 pages |
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acres Addison Hill agent Allegany Allen Allen's Station Andrew Arkport Avoca Bath Benjamin Bennett Bennett's Creek boot and shoe Branchport Cameron Mills Campbelltown Canisteo carpenter and joiner Caton Charles Chas Clark Cooper's Plains Corning County Daniel David dealer East Troupsburgh Edward Erwin Center farmer 50 farmer 75 farmer leases George George W Gibson Greenwood grower and farmer Hammond's Port Haskinville Henry Hiram Hornby Hornellsville House Isaac Jacob James Jasper John joiner and farmer Joseph Kanona Lewis Lindleytown manuf manufacturer merchant Merchantville miles mill and farmer Miller North Cohocton North Urbana number of pupils Painted Post Perkinsville Piano Prattsburgh prop proprietor Purdy Creek Rathboneville Rexville Riker's Hollow Robert Samuel Savona saw mill Smith Sonora South Addison South Bradford South Cameron South Dansville South Howard South Pultney South Troupsburgh stamp Stephens Steuben County Swale Thomas Tioga Towlesville town valley vineyard Wallace Wayland Depot Wayne West Addison West Union Wheeler Wileysville Woodhull
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Page 38 - SEC. 14. That hereafter no instrument, paper, or document required by law to be stamped, which has been signed or issued without being duly stamped, or with a deficient stamp, nor any copy thereof, shall be recorded or admitted, or used as evidence in any court until a legal stamp or stamps, denoting the amount of tax, shall have been affixed thereto, as prescribed by law...
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Page 27 - N0vada — -Was organized as a territory March 2, 1861. Its name signifies snowy, and is derived from the Spanish word nieve (snow.) It comprises 81,539 square miles, or 52,184,960 acres, lying mostly within the- Great Basin of the Pacific coast. Congress, at its session in 1864, passed an act, which was approved March 21, to enable the people of the territory to form a Constitution and State Government...
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