 | Rochester (N.Y.) - 1827 - 170 pages
...simple land holders, which has increased the value of the soil and the enterprize of the people. 80 his memory, in gratitude for his having pioneered...for them, the wilderness of this CANAAN of the west. Gorham and Phelps sold out about one third of this tract by townships and parts of townships, to companies... | |
 | Henry O'Reilly - History - 1838 - 570 pages
...fee-simple landholders, which has increased the value of the soil and the enterprise of the people. " Oliver Phelps may be considered the Cecrops of the...for them the wilderness of this CANAAN of the West." In connexion with the foregoing remarks upon the lands of Western New- York, it may be well to notice... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - Atlantic States - 1841 - 640 pages
...the people. " Oliver Phelps may be considered the Cecrops of the Genessee country. Its iuhabitants owe a mausoleum to his memory, in gratitude for his...for them the wilderness of this CANAAN of the West." The grandchildren of Mr. Phelps, as well as of Mr. Gorham, are still settled here, and are possessed... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - New York (State) - 1842 - 652 pages
...landholders, which has increased the value of the soil and the enterprise of the people. " Oliver Phelpa may be considered the Cecrops of the Genesee country....his having pioneered for them the wilderness of this CA.V AA •, of the West." Mr. Maude, who travelled through this part of the country in 1800, says... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - New York (State) - 1842 - 666 pages
...the value of the soil and the enterprise of the people. " Oliver Phelps may be considered the Ceerept of the Genesee country. Its inhabitants owe a mausoleum to his memory, hi gratitude for his having pioneered for them the wilderness of this Cixn N of the West." Mr. Maude,... | |
 | John Warner Barber - New York (State) - 1845 - 664 pages
...the value of the soil and the enterprise of the people. " Oliver Phelps may be considered the Cecrop* of the Genesee country. Its inhabitants owe a mausoleum...for them the wilderness of this CANAAN of the West." Mr. Maude, who travelled through this part of the country in 1800, says : " Canandaigua, in 1792, was... | |
 | Orsamus Turner - Allegany County (N.Y.) - 1850 - 710 pages
...his debts at less than eighty-five thousand; and yet at his death, in 1809, he was much embarrassed; what was saved from his estate, being the result of...its management. His son, NATHANIEL GORHAM, became an early resident of Canandaigua, and died there in 1826, leaving a widow, son and daughter. CHARLES... | |
 | J. C. Gilleland - Gulf States - 1851 - 478 pages
...fee-simple landholders, which has increased the value of the soil and the enterprise of the people. ** Oliver Phelps may be considered the Cecrops of the...for them the wilderness of this CANAAN of the West." Mr. Maude, who travelled through this part of the country in 1800, says : " Cananclaigua, in 1792,... | |
 | John Warner Barber - New York (State) - 1851 - 482 pages
...fee-simple land, holders, which has increased the value of the soil and the enterprise of the people. " Oliver Phelps may be considered the Cecrops of the...for them the wilderness of this CANAAN of the West." Mr. Maude, who travelled through this part of the country in 1800, says: " Canandaigua, in 1792, was... | |
 | Orsamus Turner - Genesee County (N.Y.) - 1851 - 634 pages
...his active and enterprising life was so clouded by misforfortune. Jesse Hawley wrote that he was " the Cecrops of the Genesee country. Its inhabitants...for them the wilderness of this Canaan of the west." Mr. Phelps was first judge of Ontario, on the primitive organization of its courts ; and was an early... | |
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Genesee farmers all fee-simple landholders, which has increased the value of the soil and the enterprise of the people. ** Oliver Phelps may be considered the Cecrops of the Genesee country. Its inhabitants owe a mausoleum to his memory, in gratitude... 
