The Centennial Celebration At Cherry Valley Otsego Co Ny July 4th 1840 PDF Download

Excerpt from The Centennial Celebration at Cherry Valley, Otsego Co: N. Y July 4th, 1840, the Addresses of William W. Campbell, Esq. and Gov, W. H, Seward, With Letters, Toasts, &C The Centennial Celebration of the settlement of this town, and the anniversary of the Independence of the United States, was celebrated in this village last Saturday, in a manner high ly gratifying to the feelings of our citizens, and as we hope and believe, satisfactory to the visitors from abroad. The day was ushered in by the usual discharge of cannon and ringing of bells. At about half past 10 o'clock, A. M a procession was formed in front of the hotel of Mr. W'il kins, consisting of Capt. Hall's company of cherry-valley Volunteers; the orator of the day, and reader of Declara tion of Independence; Clergy; President and Vice Pres. Idents of the day; Committee of Arrangements; Revolu tionary Soldiers, strangers, and citizens. In this order the procession proceeded to the house of Doctor W'illiam Camp bell, where they received his Excellency Gov. Seward, and Doctor Nott, President of Union College. Notice had been given that the exercises of the day would be performed in the Presbyterian Church, but long 0 no a an Q P w m -flmm - v g. 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.