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Excerpt from The Official Records of the Centennial Celebration: Bath, Steuben County, New York, June 4, 6, and 7, 1893 The Official Records of the Centennial Celebration of Bath, after some unavoidable delays, are now given to the public. This book does not purport to be a complete history of Bath during the first century of its existence, but merely a contribution of much valuable material toward that history when it shall be written. The papers were prepared by many individuals who wrote without reference to each other, or without any pre-arranged plan. Consequently, it happens that some of the pioneers, who were foremost in building up the town, have been passed over with scant mention, each writer presumably supposing that some other would be sure to select such prominent characters for delineation. This has been especially noticeable in the cases of Dugald Cameron, of the McClures and of Henry A. Townsend. These men passed away so early in the century that their fame is a tradition, even to the members of the older generation now among us. That the Book is an accomplished fact is due to the Rev. Benjamin S. Sanderson, through whose persistence in the meetings of the General Committee, it was finally decided upon, and whose advice and assistance have been extended at every stage of its preparation for the press. The material as selected by Mr. Sanderson, the representative of the General Committee, has been published substantially as it was delivered, with the exception of a few sentences too personal for permanent preservation. The work of the editor has been, mainly, to arrange that the papers should be put in fit typographical form. The frontispiece is a semitone, prepared from a photograph of the portrait of Colonel Charles Williamson, presented to Bath by his grandson, David Robertson Williamson, of Scotland, (vide p.236). The plate of the map of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase was furnished, at the request of Hon. A. J. McCall, by Howard L. Osgood, Esq., Secretary of the Rochester Historical Society. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.