|
Source:
THE HISTORY OF
ERIE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA,
From Its First Settlement.
By Laura G. Sanford
New and Enlarged Edition
Published by the Author
1894
Copyrighted by J. B. Lippincott & Co., in 1861,
and by Laura G. Sanford, in 1894
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| |
PAGE |
| CHAPTER I. - |
15 |
- An Account
of the Eries
- Traditions concerning them
- Their Destination
- Symbols found on Kelly's or Cunningham's Island
- Indian Remains |
|
| CHAPTER II.
- |
24 |
- La
Salle
- The Griffon
- Relics
- Gov. Shirley's Proposition
- Braddock's Advice
- Gov. Delancy's Plan
- Estimating Presqu'ile
- Hudson's Bay Company |
|
| CHAPTER III.
- |
29 |
- The
English and French Claims
- Construction of Forts Presquile (Erie) and Le Boeuf (Waterford)
- Washington's Visit
- Condition of these Forts in 1756-'57, '58, '59
- Their Desertion after the taking of Fort Niagara
- Tradition in Erie
- Major Rogers takes Possession for the English in 1760 |
|
| CHAPTER IV.
- |
48 |
- Pontiac
- Destruction of Forts Presqu'ile and Le Boeuf, as described by Bancroft,
Parkman, and Harvey
- Col. Bradstreet at Presquile, in 1764
- Col. Bouquet's Treaty
- Detachment of British Soldiers and Indians embark at Chautauqua Lake
- Hannastown burnt
- Mr. Adams Suggestion |
|
| CHAPTER V. -
|
56 |
- Penn's
Charter
- Boundaries of Pennsylvania
- Mason and Dixon's Line
- Review of said Line by Col. Graham
- Western Boundary of Pennsylvania fixed in 1786
- Boundary between New York and Pennsylvania confirmed by Act of Assembly
in 1789
- Purchase of Triangle, 1791
- Anecdote of Mr. William Miles |
|
| CHAPTER VI.
- |
62 |
-
Arrangements for the Settlement of the
Triangle
- Pennsylvania Population Company
- Act to lay out a town at Prequ'ile; afterward repealed
- Block-house at Le Boeuf
- Indian Murders
- Gov. Mifflin to the President
- Attorney-General Bradford's Opinion
- Ransom's Deposition
- Letters of Capt. Denny
- Andrew Ellicot and Gen. Chapin
- Joseph Brandt
- Cornplanter
- A Present of Land
- Treaty of Peace at Canandaigua |
|
| CHAPTER VII.
- |
76 |
- An Act
to lay out the Towns of Erie, Waterford,
Franklin, and Warren
- To protract the Enlistment of Troops at Le Boeuf
- Deposition of Tho. Rees, Esq.
- Actual Settlers
- Memorial to the Population Company
- Deacon Chamberlain's Story
- Capt. Martin Strong to William Nicholson, Esq.
- Louis Philippe at Mr. Rees's
- Murder of Rutledge and Son
- Mr. Augustus Porter's Visit
- Mr. Judah Colt's MS. Autobiography
- Number of White Settlers on the Lakes west of Genesee River
- General Wayne's Death at Prisqu'ile, 1796 |
|
| CHAPTER
VIII. - |
91 |
- Erie
County from 1785
- Organization in 1803
- Its Geography, etc.
- Original Townships
- Changes
- Extent of Townships and Population
- Population decennially from 1800
- Census
- Extract from Auditor-General's Report
- Post-offices in 1830, 1856, 1860
- List of Judges
- Members of Congress
- State Senate
- Representatives
- Prothonotaries
- Registers and Recorders
- Sheriffs
- Coroners
- First Section incorporated
- Courthouses
- Act for Public Landing
- Borough Charter altered in 1833
- Canal Basin
- Peninsula
- Poor-house
- Several Acts
- Government of Erie changed to that of a City
- Present Population and Business
- List of Burgesses and Mayors
- Collectors of Customs
- Postmasters in Erie |
91 |
| CHAPTER IX.
- |
107 |
- First
Road
- Population Company Roads
- Erie and Waterford Turnpike
- Salt Trade
- Gen. O'Hara's Contract
- Road to Buffalo
- First Coaches
- Erie Canal
- Railroads
- Erie or Wattsburg Railroad
- Sunbury and Erie
- Erie and Northeast
- Franklin Canal Company
- Pittsburg and Erie Railroad
- Plank-roads |
|
| CHAPTER X. - |
123 |
-
Shipping
- The Washington, the First Vessel built on the South Shore of the Lake
- Hudson's Bay Company
- British Government Vessels
- American Government Vessels
- The Salina
- Valuable Cargoes
- Walk-in-the-Water
- First Light-house
- William Penn
- First Steamer at Chicago
- Cholera
- Tonnage and Number of Vessels in 1810-20-31-36-47-60
- Lake Disasters
- Commerce of Port of Presqu'ile
- Vessels and Tonnage registered at Presqu'ile in 1860
- United States Steamer Michigan
- Revenue Cutters |
|
| CHAPTER XI.
- |
132 |
- Banks
- Gas Company
- Insurance
- Fire Companies
- Volunteer Military
- Agriculture
- Mutual Aid
- Cemeteries
- Moral, Benevolent, and Literary Societies |
|
|
| |
PAGE |
| CHAPTER XII.
- |
147 |
-
Newspapers
- Common Schools
- Academies
- Normal School
- Sabbath School
- First Protestant Missionaries West of Utical
- Moravians in Venango County, 1767
- First Religious Service in Erie County
- First Church Edifice
- A Religious Experience
- Presbytery of Erie
- Revs. Patterson and Eaton
- Extract from Rev. A. H. Carrier's Historical Sermon
- Rev. R. Reid
- Churches of different Denominations of Erie
- Revivals |
|
| CHAPTER
XIII. - |
178 |
-
Waterford
- Edinboro
- Northeast
- Wattsburg
- Girard
- Union Mills
- Albion
- Cherry Hill
- Wellsburg
- Cranesville
- Lockport
- Pageville
- Lexington
- Fairview
- Manchester
- McKean Corners
- Wesleyville
- West Springfield
- Springfield
- Beaverdam
- Concord Station |
|
| CHAPTER XIV.
- |
195 |
-
Biographical Sketches of
-- Col. Seth Reed
-- Rufus Seth Reed
-- Judah Colt
-- Dr. U. Parsons
-- Dr. John C. Wallace
-- Rev. Robert Reid
-- Thos. Wilson
-- P. S. V. Hamot
-- Capt. D. Dobbins
-- T. H. Sill
-- G. Sanford
-- Judge J. Galbraith |
|
| CHAPTER XV.
- |
214 |
- War
Declared
- Comodore Perry
- Capt. Dobbin's Correspondence
- Commodore Chauncey, Mr. Henry Eckford, and Noah Brown
- Difficulties in fitting out the Fleet
- Gen. Mead
- Capt. Perry at Fort George
- Five Vessels brought from Buffalo
- Provincial Marine Corps.
- Difficulties in procuring men
- Letters to Commodore Chauncey and the Secretary of the Navy
- A Providence recognized in the War
- Getting the Vessels over the bar
- Commodore Barclay at Port Dover
- Seven of the Vessels make a Cruise
- Officers and Men from Lake Ontario
- August 12, Perry sails for Sandusky
- Interview with Gen. Harrison
- They proceed to Malden
- Kentucky Militia
- Sickness
- Letters from the Secretary
- Ohio dispatched to Erie
- Strength of the British Force
- The American Force
- Americans look in at Malden
- Corrected Instructions for the Battle |
|
| CHAPTER XVI.
- |
238 |
- British
Vessels appear
- Commodore Perry remodels his Line, and other Preparations
- A brief Description of the Battle of September 10, by Dr. Parsons
- The Vessels return to Erie with the Wounded and Prisoners
- Capt. Perry promoted
- His Reception at Erie
- A Remark of McKenzie
- President Madison
- Congress
- Prizes |
|
| CHAPTER
XVII. - |
246 |
-
Block-houses built in 1813-14
- State of Society
- Buffalo burned
- Alarms at Erie
- Capt. Sinclair arrives
- Bird, Rankin, and Davis executed
- Disposition made of Government Vessels
- List of Commanding Officers at Erie from 1813 to 1825
- Topography of Presqu'ile Bay and the Peninsula
- Misery Bay
- Gen. Bernard and Maj. Totten's Survey
- Appropriations made by the State and the United States
- Changes since 1813
- Rise and fall of Winter in Lake Erie
- A Singular Phenomenon
- Lake Survey |
|
| CHAPTER
XVIII. - |
255 |
- Geology
from Professor Rogers
- Character of the Soil
- Calcareous Marl
- Bog Ore
- Petroleum
- Mineral Waters
- Description of the Sink-hole by Mr. R. Andrews
- The Devil's Backbone and Nose
- Botanizing |
|
| CHARTER XIX.
- |
270 |
-
Miscellaneous Items, among which are:
A Tradition
- Gen. Wayne
- An Anecdote
- Price of Provisions
- Wm. W. Reed, Esq.
- First National Celebration
- Churches
- The Garrison
- A Relic
- Saturday Afternoon
- Game
- Mrs. P.'s Reminiscences
- H. Russel's Journal
- An Early Settler in Fairview
- La Fayette's Visit in Erie
- Cholera
- Perry Monument
- An Informal Meeting
- Speculation
- Fires
- Sad Accidents
- Ex-President Adams
- Patriot War
- Old Courthouse Bell
- Pioneers
- Perry
- Lieut. Yarnell
- Survivors of the Battle of Lake Erie
- Perry Monument at Cleveland
- Inventions
- Moravian Lands
- Omissions
- Bankers and Exchange Brokers |
|
|
|
SUPPLEMENT.
|
| SECTION I. -
|
303 |
- The
Shipyard of the Griffon
- Northern State Boundary
- Ownership of the Peninsula
- The Pontiac Conspiracy
- Le Boeuf
- Letters of a Surveyor, etc.
- Scenery |
|
| SECTION II.
- |
319 |
-
Magnitude of the Great Lakes
- Lake Currents
- Fish Exhibit
- Hatcheries
- Ancient Mariner
- The Lighthouses
- Flash Lighthouse
- Life-saving Station
- Waterworks
- War for the Union
- Soldiers and Sailors' Home |
|
| SECTION III.
- |
341 |
- Johnson
Island Plot
- United States Steamer Michigan
- Revenue Cutters
- Railroads
- Rapid Transit
- Liberty Bells
- Erie
- Some Towns and Townships
- Grapes
- Postoffices
- Census
- City Hall
- Government Building
- Petroleum
- Gas
- The Weather
- Parks
- Massassauga
- Height of Lakes. |
|
| SECTION IV.
- |
376 |
-
Biographies of Dr. Usher Parsons
- Capt. W. W. Dobbins (an extract)
- Oliver H. Perry
- Maj. Andrew Ellicott
- Two Foreiguers
- Dr. F. N. Thorpe
- Rev. C. Dickson, D.D.
- William Wallace, Esq.
- Wallace Family |
|
|
| SECTION IV.
- Continued - |
376 |
- Judge
Converse
- Rev. T. H. Robinson, D.D,
- Judge A. Tourgee
- Bishop J. F. Spaulding
- Rev. Dr. Stuckenberg
- Dr. Artemas Martin
- Rev. Dr. Chamberlain
- Miss E. Ditto
- Dr. and Ernest Ingersoll
- Rev. K. Fullerton
- Messrs. Perkins
- Judge James Thompson and family
- Hon. William L. Scott
- Visits of Nine Presidents
- Citizens mentioned |
|
| SECTION V. - |
407 |
-
Churches
- Revivals
- Missionary Annual Meeting
- Public Schools
- Academy
- Villa Maria
- Lake Shore Seminary
- St. Benedict
- Clark's Business College
- W. C. T. U.
- Y. M. C. A.
- Hamot and St. Vincent Hospitals
- Home of the Friendless
- Three New Charities
- Bequests of John Weis and R. Wilcox
- Sisters of St. Joseph |
|
| SECTION VI.
- |
434 |
- Water
Commissioners
- Hon. W. L. Scott
- Palatial Residences
- The Wadena
- Ore Docks
- Trestle
- Metric Metal
- Railroads
- County Roads
- Freight Report
- Banks
- Disaster
- Storage
- Homeopathic Hospital
- A Synopsis
- World's Fair Awards. |
|
|
|
