Author: Frederick J. Seaver
Publisher: Albany, NY , J. B. Lyon Co.
Year published: 1918
Citation: Seaver, Frederick J., Historical Sketches of Franklin County, Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Co., 1918
What it covers: A detailed, if dated, history of the towns of Franklin County (with a surprising amount of detail about what was then the present). With articles on:
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Franklin County in the War of 1812
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Various scandals of the time
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Arsenal Green, in Malone
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The Underground Railroad
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The Development of Transportation in the area
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The Fenian Raids
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Biographical Sketches of Eleazer Williams (a "False Dauphin"),
Luther Bradish,
William Almon Wheeler, and many lesser lights.
Lacks an index.
Full text is available online
here.


