A Gazetteer of the State of New-York; ... with ... map, etc

Front matter

A GAZETTEER OP THE STATE OF NEW-YORK ; CAREFULLY WRITTEN FROM ORIGINAL AND AUTHENTIC MATERL-YLS ARRANGED ON A NEW PLAN, IN THREE PARTS: COMPRISING, FIRST — A comprehensive geographical and statistical view op the whole state, conveniently disposed under SEPARATE HEADS: SECOND — An ample general view op each coitntt, in alphabetical order, with TOPOORAPHICAE AND STATISTICAL TABLES, SHOWING THE CIVIL AND POLITICAL DIVI- SIONS, population, post-offices, &c : THIRD— A vebt full and minute topographical description op each town on TOWNSHIP, CITY, BOBOTTGH, VILLAGE, &C &C, IN THE WHOLE STATE, ALPHABETICALLY ABBANGED ; AS ALSO ITS LAKES, RIVERS, CBEEKS, WITH EVEBY OTHEB SUBJECT OP TO- POGRAPHICAL DETAIL : EOKMINS A COMPLETE GAZETTEER OB, GEOGRAPHICAL DICTIOKART •F THE STATE OF NEW-YORK. WITH AN ACCURATE MAP OF THE STATE.

BY HORATIO GATES SPAFFORD, A. M. Author os a Geography of the United States, A Member ofthe New-York Historical Society, and a Corresponding Secretary of the Society of Arts. ALBANY: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY H. C. SOUTHAYICK, No. 94, State-Street. 1813. DISTRICT OP NEW-YORK, st. BE it remembebed, that on the twelfth day of August, in the thirty-eighth year of the Independence of the United States of America, Horatio Gates Spafford, ot" the said District, hath deposited in this office the title of a Book, the right where of he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " A GAZETTEER OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK ,- carefully written from original and authentic materials, arranged on a new plan — in three parts : — Comprising — First. A comprehensive Geographical and Statistical View of the whole State, conveniently disposed under separate heads. — Second.

An ample gene ral view of each County, in alphabetical order, with topographical and statistical tables, showing the civil and political divisions, population, post-offices, &c— Third. A very full and minute Topographical description of each Town or Town ship, City, Borough, Village, &c, &c, in the whole State, alphabetically arranged ; as also its Lakes, Rivers, Creeks, with every other subject of Topographical de tail : forming a complete Gazetteer or Geographical Dictionary of the State of New-York: With an accurate Map ofthe State. By Horatio Gates Spafford, A.M. Author of a Geography of the United States, a Member of the New-York Histori cal Society, and a Corresponding Secretary of the Society of Arts." In conformity to the act of Congress of the United States, entitled " An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the time herein men tioned."