Hotchkin's History of Western New York


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Hotchkin's "History of Western New York" is, first and foremost, a compendium of local histories of Western New York State -- meaning anything West of Utica, NY. If there was at any time in or before 1848 a Presbyterian or a Congregational church in a particular community in this geographical area, there is very likely to be material about both the community (and its people), as well as the church, in this 600+ page volume.










1687. History of Livingston County, New York


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Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.




Grassroots Reform in the Burned-over District of Upstate New York


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Before the Civil War, upstate New York earned itself a nickname: the burned-over district.African Americans were few in upstate New York, so this book focuses on reformers in three predominately white communities. At the cutting edge of revolutions in transportation and industry, these ordinary citizenstried to maintain a balance between stability and change.







The Burned-over District


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During the first half of the nineteenth century the wooded hills and the valleys of western New York State were swept by fires of the spirit. The fervent religiosity of the region caused historians to call it the "burned-over district."







The Republic


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Includes notes and announcements of the Order of United Americans.




The Publishers Weekly


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