A history of Hillsdale, Columbia County, New York : a memorabilia of persons and things of interest, passed and passing
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THE HON. JOHN FEANCIS COLLIN, EX-M. C,
AND EDITED BY
PROF. H. S. JOHNSON, A. M.,
EDITOR OF THE HILLSDALE HERALD,
WITH
.jLisr j^:p:PEisrnDi2§:.
PHILMONT, N. Y. :
PRINTED BY E. J. BEARDSLEY, SENTINEL OFFICE,
1883. PREFACE.
of cen-The turbulence in Hillsdale for three-fourths a
tury after its first settlement by civilized people and
the different nationalities of those people has prevented
any historic record being kept of them, and their scores
of cemeteries, not being under legal protection, have be-
come to a great extent obliterated. For want of historic
records a majority of the most prominent inhal^itants
living in town half century ago are now nearly for-the a
records, half hence,gotten. Without such a century a
majority of the present population of the town will be
forgotten or oidy preserved by our better organized cem-
eteries. Availing myself of my social intercourse with
the old inhabitants of the town in the long-ago, I have
attempted, in a crude way, to give the past history of the
town. To am nowpeople of the that end I supplied with
much additional and interesting matter, and am promised
much more that may appear in a future volume. How-
ever imperfect these volumes may be they will enable
future historians to keep a record that will be vastly in-
teresting to the people of the town for all time, and will
produce a strong moral and religious influence. Many
minute histories of individuals and families in the town
would be very interesting and instructive—and I am prom-
ised which will appear in futuresuch— a volume. Many
New towns are taking histories fromEngland the epi- VI PREFACE.
taplis in tlieir cemeteries, and I have received vol-just a
ume of that character from Bridgewater, Massachusetts,
which has given me important information in respect to
my maternal ancestry. If encouraged by expressions
from the people, I may be induced to give such history
from the cemeteries in Hillsdale.
JOHN F. COLLIN.
Hillsdale, Y., Janiuiry 8t,li,N. 1883.
