1810: Excerpts from A Guide in the Wilderness by Judge William Cooper of Cooperstown, NY. (includes advise for settlers)

1812: Rafting income of Joseph Bicknell

1814:  Letter from Burr and Eunice Silliman from Greenwich Headquarters: mention of War of 1812, cloth dyeing

ca 1815: Recipe for dye paste

ca 1815: Recipe for dyeing cloth Fancy Blue

ca 1815: Recipes for dyeing cloth Willington Brown and Olive Brown

1816: Last will and testament of Geoge Fisher, Delhi, NY

ca 1820: Pioneer Experiences: Excerpt from: Murray, David,  Centennial History of Delaware County, New York : 1797-1897

1820: May 25:  Delaware Gazette: Advertisement: Shoes, hats

1820: June 15: Delaware Gazette: Advertisements, Notice of timber theft, Hardenburgh Great Lot 37

1820: June 15: Delaware Gazette: Advertisements: Gin and whiskey, Sheriff's property sales

1820: July 6:  Delaware Gazette: Advertisements: Stoneware, Dr. Whitmarsh, lost books

1820: August 3: Delaware Gazette: One cent reward for runaway apprentice

1821: January 4: Delaware Gazette: Advertisement: General store

1821: July 6: Delaware Gazette: Advertisement: Tailoring

1821: December 12: Delaware Gazette: Advertisement: Dry goods

1828: July 14: Inventory from the sale of goods of Charles Foote, Delhi, NY (large file)

1831: September 7: Delaware Gazette: Advertisement: Chair factory

1831: September 7: Delaware Gazette: Advertisement: Farm sale

1831: September 7: Delaware Gazette: Advertisement: Fashion emporium

1831: September 7: Delaware Gazette: Advertisement: Groceries

1831: September 7: Delaware Gazette: Advertisement: Tanning and currying business

1831: September 7: Delaware Gazette: Advertisement: Paint, Crockery

1831: September 7: Delaware Gazette: Advertisement: Wool manufacturing machinery

1831: September 7: Delaware Gazette: Notice: "Voluntary assignments by the insolvent"

1833: May 16: Edgerton hotel business: Letter of inquiry: Boarding ladies from New York City for the summer

1835: June 3: Letter from Walter Jayne in Walton, NY to his brother Addison: Bad weather: farming losses; please lend money

1837: February 1:  Receipt of sale for goods: Duncan Hunt to Guerdon Edgerton

1837: March 28: Personal property mortgage, Andrew Kendall: mahogany bureau, iron kettles, clock

1837: April 1: Letter from Laura Sherwood in NYC to her son Oakley in Delhi: family news, mention of the poor economy

1837: April 19: Indenture of 6-old Alvina Colony of the Delaware County Poor-House.

1840: June 30: Certification for St. Croix rum

1840: October 15: Receipt for A. Hunt from Conover & Labogh (?)  in New York City: Probable "public house" supplies

1841: January: Receipt for L. Hurlburt for delivering mail: 4th quarter of 1840

1842: January: Godey's Lady's Book:  Illustration: Fruits of Idleness

1842: January: Godey's Lady's Book:  Illustration: Fruits of Industry

1842: May: Guerdon Edgerton: Tailor's bill

1845: April 23: Anti-Rent newspaper: Albany Freeholder: Poem: The Field of Wheat

1846: December 30: Delaware Gazette: Advertisement: Empire Mammoth Column

1846: December 30: Delaware Gazette: Advertisement: Wool carding

1846: December 30: Delaware Gazette: Advertisement: Farmers' Factory; Woolen Factory

1846: December 30: Delaware Gazette: Advertisement: Farmers' Store

1846: December 31: Edgerton stage business: fourth quarter stage account, Delhi - Kingston Road

1847: June 1: Voice of the People: Advertisement: Boots and Shoes: Shaw and Lovell

1847: June 1: Voice of the People: Advertisement: Cabinet and chair manufacturer, funeral services: Charles Edwards

1847: June 1: Voice of the People: Advertisement: Dry goods, dress goods: E. and B.F. Griswold

1847: June 1: Voice of the People: Advertisement: Dry goods, groceries

1847: June 1: Voice of the People: Advertisement: Dry goods, groceries: John Blanchard

1847: June 1: Voice of the People: Advertisements: Goodman's Store, summer goods; Farmers' Store; Painting

1847: June 1: Voice of the People: Advertisement: Hardware Store: Griswold and Wright

1847: June 1: Voice of the People: Advertisements: Lead pipe, shawls, tools, medicine, crockery, razors, boots

1847: June 1: Voice of the People: Advertisement: McDonald's Grocery

1847: June 1: Voice of the People: Advertisement: Miss M. Gray's Millinery Shop

1847: June 1: Voice of the People: Advertisement: Old Stand: New and choice goods: H. R. Millard

1848: Edgerton stage business: mail failures: Delhi Post Office

1848: Edgerton stage business: Agreement between Matthew Griffin and Henry Edgerton

1849: May 7: Edgerton tavern business; Liquor license, Town of Kortright (Delaware County), George Edgerton

1849: October 3: Delaware Gazette: Advertisement: Excelsior Store

1849: October 3: Delaware Gazette: Advertisement: Hats

1850: US Agricultural Census, New York: Portion of the Town of Andes (1) (may be some duplication with other excerpts) (Adam Akerly, Samuel Gregory, Thomas Gregory, Charles [Men]derix, [][Men]derix, Aaron A. Shaver, Jacob [] Shaver,Peter Shaver, Elias Burroughs, Abraham Palmati[], F[] Shaver, Daniel Wilson, Moses W. Earl, James [], Isaac Coh[]t, Moses Earl, Solomon Earl, Andrew Munson, Archibald McNair, George Fletcher, William Schmitt, John Rooney)

1850: US Agricultural Census, New York: Portion of the Town of Andes (2) (may be some duplication with other excerpts) Wm Akerly, Benjamin Clark, John W. Fritts, Wm Laidlow, James Forrest, Adam Forrest, Wm Weaver, Jphn Co[]les, Moses F. Davis, Henry Davis, John Davis, Edward Reynolds, Francis Meyres, Solomon Vermilyer, Noah Vermilyer, Wm Vermilyer, Wm Pearce, John S[], Philip Ford, Wm Mallock, John McNair, Moses Earle, John Newkirk, Henry Dowie)

1850: US Agricultural Census, New York: Portion of the Town of Andes (3) (may be some duplication with other excerpts) Daniel Wilson, Moses W Earl, James Le[]ig, Isaac Cohart, Moses Earl, Solomon Earl, Andrew Monson, Archibald McNair, George Fletch[], William Schutt, John Roney, Francis OConnor, John Hamilton, John Whitson Jr, Moses Budine, William Craz[], Alexander Robb[], Calib Davis, Thomas S. Clark, Oliver Dennis, Elias Halst[], Peter Weav[], Aaron West, G VanSteenburgh, Abraham Adee, John[] Adee, Edward Bryant, Mathew Van[], Cobin Campbell, Robert Sawyer

1850: US Agricultural Census, New York: Portion of the Town of Bovina  (William Rupell, William Bl[]ch, George Close, Robert Bigger, John Wight, Thomas Raitt, Peter Calhoun, William Mabin, James Coulter, William Doig, Robert Gladstone, William Gladstone, Edward Trunbull, Andrew Doig, Peter Dyzart, Edward O’Conner, John Raitt, Close Light, James New[]ch, Walter Hamilton, Thomas W. Dennis, James Hoy, Alphonso Lee, Robert Murray, Gilbert Dixon, John Da[], Bartholomew Mc F[], Edward McKen[], John O. Liddle)

1850: US Agricultural Census, New York: Portion of the Town of Delhi (1)  (may be some duplication with other excerpts) (Morris L. Farrington, A [] Hale, Samuel Sealey, David S. Brown, Aaron Roberts, Geo Pease, [] W. Andrews, Thomas Myers, Albert Flint, Josiah Hunt, Thomas Dibble, John Shaw Jr., Walter Forest, James W. Terry, Matthew Wight, Alexander Mable, Robert Paterson, Samuel Robinson, Ebenezer Flower, John Hobbie, Ephraim G. Hobbs, William Hammond, Nathan Oliver, David McFarland, John Ath[], Lorin Hammond, William Bennett, David N. Arbuckle, Samuel Gordon, John Murray, Nath. Arbuckle)

1850: US Agricultural Census, New York: Portion of the Town of Delhi (2) (may be some duplication with other excerpts) (Thomas Perkins, Samuel S. Hall, John [] Gould, Ab[] Fitch, Crawford B. Sheldon, Gurden H Edgerton, Samuel Peck, Erastus R. Olmsted, Orrin S. Penfield, John [], Caleb Upham, John Kinch, James Yeoman Jr., Anthony M. Paine, Robert Hyor, Elias Johnson, George McIntosh, Garth Palmer, John Thomson, Milton Ste[], Daniel Frasier, Ebenezer Frasier, Cornelius Fitch, William Judson)

1850: US Agricultural Census, New York: Portion of the Town of Delhi (3) (may be some duplication with other excerpts) (David Hollister, Elisha Bisbee, James Sloot[], Renselaer V. D. Bogan[], Oliver Shaw, James Shaw, Hir[] Levelley, Aliner Wendell, Stephen Wendell, Lawson G. Hollister, Lucius Judson, Salmon Perkins, Levi Dutton, Edward Van Dyke, Lyman Maxwell, Rodney Dunham, Beardsley Frisbee, James Cavin, John D. Smith, Edmund Nose, Erastus Frisbee, Abel Hinkley, Vernon Frisbee)

1850: US Agricultural Census, New York: Portion of the Town of Meredith (1)   (may be some duplication with other excerpts) (Robert McMurray, Sherman Mitchell, Henry Andrews, Thomas B. Smith, Porter Frisbee, E. M. Smith, Wm. C. Brownell,George Howland, Thomas Gay, Nelson [], Almon G. Merwin, Peter Camp, []tus Scudder, Aaron W. Hunt, Charles Past, Barnet Myers, Elias E. More, Samuel Wolcott, Samuel Williamson, Homer Stewart, Samuel Carpenter, William D[], Thomas Hymer, James Graham, Daniel Kemp)

1850: US Agricultural Census, New York: Portion of the Town of Meredith (2) (may be some duplication with other excerpts) (Nathaniel Mitchell, Elijah Hale, Thomas Smith, George Hamilton, John Shaver, Wm McFarlin, Martha Harlow, James Halsy, Nathaniel N Thor[], Milton M[], Ellen Camp, Mor[] Eckson, Thomas Robertson, Clark Griffin, Peter Mitchell, George Mitchell, [] Mitchell, Ransom Mitchell, George Spence, SA and JA Law, William Rowe, James Bartley)

1850: US Agricultural Census, New York: Town of Meredith: entire town (may be some duplication within the exerpts)

1850: US Agricultural Census, New York: Portion of the Town of Middletown (1)

1850: US Agricultural Census, New York: Portion of the Town of Middletown (2)

1850: US Agricultural Census, New York: Portion of the Town of Roxbury (1)  (Ina Morse, Chauncey Morse, Isaac Keator, Moses Sherwood, Hamilton B[]ham, John Smith, Chauncey Burroughs, James Bouton, John Pond, Ezekial Preston, [] Smith, Sherman Streets, Edward I Borrhans ?, J W Hunt ?, Janet Newkirk, John B. Gould, Samuel F. Corbin, George Ryder, Nicholas Rider, James Russel, Alexander More, J G. Battershall, Thomas Keator, Stephan R. Butler)

1850: US Agricultural Census, New York: Portion of the Town of Roxbury (2)   (Francis Woolcott, Patrick Lynch, Peter Sche[]horn, Je L. Dick[], Sally Woolcott, Richard Lan[], Zachariah German, Jacob Enderlin, James M[], Nicholas Bush, John Richard, Isabella []berg, Gilbert Becker, Joseph Nichols, David Mer[], Ranson Mandore, Alfred Pinder, Ebenezer Beers, Wm Re[]ing, Wm Enderling, Samuel J Ives, Isaac Vandenburgh, Martin Vandenburgh, Andrew More, Chan[] LaFever, []ing Dem[])

1850: January: Edgerton stage business: Bill for an ad in the Delaware Gazette

1850: January 23: Edgerton stage business: Sold a few horses

1850: April 1: Edgerton stage business: Settlement of Kingston Road

1850: October 1: Edgerton stage business, Apollos Cook Edgerton

1850: November 22: Edgerton state business: Turnover, one passenger hurt

1850: December 2: Edgerton stage business: Settlement of stage accounts, Henry and Guerdon Edgerton

1851: January - April: Edgerton stage business, Apollos Cook Edgerton to Henry Edgerton

1851: April - October: Edgerton stage business: Bill for oats

1851: October 9:  Edgerton tavern business; Receipt for liquor bought from Wright and Butler in New York City

1851: November 15: Edgerton stage business: Man got on stage without driver's knowledge

1851: July - December: Edgerton stage business, Apollos Cook Edgerton to Henry Edgerton

1852: The Cultivator: Illustration: Advertisement, p. 164: Horse tread

1852: The Cultivator: Illustration: Advertisement, p. 196: Horse powered winnower and thresher

 

1852: The Cultivator: Advertisement, p. 229: Dairy farm for sale: G. Van Der Lyn, Oxford, NY

1852: The Cultivator: Illustration: Advertisement, p. 261:  Badger's Patent Horse Powers, Fly Creek, NY

1852: Excerpts from the diary of Nathanial Arbuckle:  Delhi farmer See also the 1850 agricultural census for Delhi.

1852  January 1 - 6: Sold 50 bushels of oats; began year with 23 head of cattle

1852  February 20 - 26: Good sleighing; bought 14 firkins for butter

1852  March 16 - 21: No sugar weather yet; good sleighing, snow quite deep

1852  April 9 - 14:  Drew manure from barn; drew stable timber; brought home three pigs

1852  April 22 - 27:  Bought plow; Plowed

1852  May 3 - 8: Sold butter; bought flour; sowed oats; plowed garden

1852  May 14 - 18 : Grafted trees; plum trees; planted potatoes

1852  June 5 - 9:  Frost damaged apples, corn; building wall.

1852  June 16 - 21: Sowed buckwheat; hoed potatoes; drew stones; bees swarmed

1852  July 8 - 14:  Severe drought; drew stones; filled five firkins with butter; bought flour

1852  July 23 - August 1:  Made hay; mowed; rained; sold four heifers

1852  September 4 - 10   Son Charles kicked by a horse; drought continues; cattle can scarcely live; grasshopper invasion

1852  October 1 - 8:  Worked on roads; rained; dug forty bushels of potatoes; attended Delhi fair

1852  October 16 - 21:  First snow; gathered apples; drew manure; drew stones; prepared to kill hogs

1852  November 11 - 14:  Took apples to mill for cider; put cows in stable

1852  November 21 - 26:   Killed fat cow, sold one quarter and kept three

1852  December 2 - 7:  Had wagon mended; roads bad; plowed

1852  December 23 - 26:  Fed hay; hoped hay and straw would last until March

1852  December 27 - 31:   Threshed oats; made new stalls for horses

1852: April 1: Edgerton stage business: Expenses: Delhi and Catskill stage route

1852: May 19: Edgerton hotel business: 40 mattresses purchased from M. Willard, New York City

1853: January 11: Edgerton stage business: Bill for keeping a team of horses

1853: April 23: Edgerton stage business: Drivers need to speed up (large file)

1853: April 25: Edgerton hotel business: Furniture repair bill

1853: October 7: Edgerton hotel business: Gin purchased from James Butler, New York City

1853: November 14: Edgerton stage business: Blacksmith bill

1853: November 25: 1853 purchase of land by Guerdon Edgerton at a New York State public auction

1854: March 1:  Personal property mortgage:  Thomas Tiffany to Guerdon Edgerton: ..."one [] Eight year old Cow 1 Spotted 4 year old cow next spring..."

1854: March 8: Edgerton stage business: Drivers too slow

1854: May 11: Edgerton hotel business: Bill for coffee, brandy, sugar: Chesebrough & Olendorf, New York City

1854: October 11: Edgerton hotel business: Letter from Jay Gould: H. C. Cowls left a surveyors chain

1854: November 10: Edgerton hotel business: Bill for beer from Norwich Brewery

1854: December 18: Edgerton hotel business:  Bill for tobacco, C. H. Lilienthal, New York City

1855: Census of the State of New York, for 1855; Agricultural Statistics for Delaware County, p. 262 (warning: large file: may be larger than a computer screen)

1855: January 23: Personal property mortgage: John Shanley to Guerdon Edgerton: 5 cows...15 sheep...one lumber wagon...

1855: April 17: Edgerton hotel business: Bill from C. V. Clickener, New York City dry goods store

1855: April 17: Edgerton hotel business: Bill from C. V. Clickener, New York City dry goods store: Detail

1855: May 30:  Delaware Gazette: Advertisement: Carpets (New York City)

1855: May 30:  Delaware Gazette: Advertisement: Chairs, coffins

1855: May 30:  Delaware Gazette: Advertisement: Delaware County Map by Jay Gould

1855: May 30:  Delaware Gazette: Advertisement: Hair curling, house painting

1855: May 30:  Delaware Gazette: Advertisement: Hats

1855: May 30:  Delaware Gazette: Advertisement: Scales, pianos, bedsteads (New York City)

1855: July 5: Letter from Charlie Marvine in Delhi, NY to Samuel Ferguson Jayne: 4th of July; career choices; mention of Jewish employer; brief mention of Know Nothings

1855: July 17:  Letter from Charlie Marvine in Delhi, NY to Samuel Ferguson Jayne: Business; mention of Know Nothings

1855: October: Excerpt from Godey's Lady's Book: Daily plan of work for a housemaid

1856: October 8: Delaware Gazette: Advertisement: Cheap Store: Weixel, Marx, & Br.

1856: October 8: Delaware Gazette: Advertisement: Clothing Store: Weixel, Marx, & Br.

1856: October 8: Delaware Gazette: Advertisement: Dry Goods Store: Marvine, Sheldon, and Tyrrel

1856: October 8: Delaware Gazette: Advertisement: Dry Goods Store: Weixel, Marx, & Br.

1857: July 11: Edgerton family: Receipt for the Merchants' Hotel, New York City

1857: July 11: Edgerton family: Receipt for the Merchants' Hotel, New York City: Detail

1857: September 9: Edgerton hotel business: Receipt from the Empire Store, Rondout, NY

1857: October 9: Letter from Miraiah Corbin to Guerdon Edgerton: He will pay the money he owes

1857: October 15: Edgerton hotel business: letter concerning a lost bag

1858: March: Illustration: Farm family (Warning: large image: may be larger than a computer screen and take awhile to download)

1858: August 19: Edgerton hotel business: Order for 4 dozen [ ] Congress Water

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