Historical Sketches of Franklin County

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:

• The St. Regis Mohawk Reservation
  

• Franklin County in the War of 1812
  

• Various scandals of the time
  

• Arsenal Green, in Malone
  

• The Underground Railroad
  

• The Development of Transportation in the area
  

• The Fenian Raids
  

• 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.

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