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... tion Society . NEW YORK , N. Y. , March 31 , 1908 . The Honorable JAMES W. WADSWORTH , JR . , Speaker of the Assembly , Albany , N. Y .: SIR : I have the honor to transmit to the Legislature of the State of New York the thirteenth ...
... tion Society . NEW YORK , N. Y. , March 31 , 1908 . The Honorable JAMES W. WADSWORTH , JR . , Speaker of the Assembly , Albany , N. Y .: SIR : I have the honor to transmit to the Legislature of the State of New York the thirteenth ...
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... tion of this fund , or the establishment of similar funds for the carrying on of its growing work . STONY POINT BATTLEFIELD STATE RESERVATION . The Stony Point Battlefield State Reservation consists of thirty- four acres of land on the ...
... tion of this fund , or the establishment of similar funds for the carrying on of its growing work . STONY POINT BATTLEFIELD STATE RESERVATION . The Stony Point Battlefield State Reservation consists of thirty- four acres of land on the ...
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... tion of the heirs of the Hon . Andrew H. Green ( the founder of this Society ) the property was conveyed to the State for its actual cost to the estate , namely , $ 46,512.50 , THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT . 23 Watkins Glen, State Reservation.
... tion of the heirs of the Hon . Andrew H. Green ( the founder of this Society ) the property was conveyed to the State for its actual cost to the estate , namely , $ 46,512.50 , THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT . 23 Watkins Glen, State Reservation.
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... tion is well represented , and in one region down near the Lower Fall , inaccessible to the lumberman on account of the precipitous bluff on one side and the raging waters of the river on the other , are some large trees , perhaps ...
... tion is well represented , and in one region down near the Lower Fall , inaccessible to the lumberman on account of the precipitous bluff on one side and the raging waters of the river on the other , are some large trees , perhaps ...
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... tion of the " Portage Group " so beautifully revealed in the Gene- see gorge has given the name of Portage a world - wide fame . The design and location of the tablet are now under consideration . ( See page 82. ) The attention which ...
... tion of the " Portage Group " so beautifully revealed in the Gene- see gorge has given the name of Portage a world - wide fame . The design and location of the tablet are now under consideration . ( See page 82. ) The attention which ...
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Page 155 - Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side; Some great cause, God's New Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand and the sheep upon the right; And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light.
Page 65 - The lands of the State, now owned or hereafter acquired, constituting the forest preserve as now fixed by law, shall be forever kept as wild forest lands. They shall not be leased, sold or exchanged, or be taken by any corporation, public or private, nor shall the timber thereon be sold, removed or destroyed.
Page 218 - State, and each and every of them who shall at any time hereafter be found in any part of this State, shall be and are hereby adjudged and declared guilty of felony, and shall suffer death as in cases of felony without benefit of clergy.
Page 155 - And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light. Hast thou chosen, O my people, on whose party thou shalt stand, Ere the Doom from its worn sandals shakes the dust against our land ? Though the cause of Evil prosper, yet 'tis Truth alone is strong...
Page 124 - But reason and religion teach, that we too are primary existences ; that it is for us to move in the orbit of our duty, around the Holy Center of perfection, the companions, not the satellites, of men...
Page 11 - Objects," which title was changed by chapter 302 of the laws of 1898 to " The Society for the Preservation of Scenic and Historic Places and Objects," and by chapter 385 of the laws of 1901 to " The American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society.
Page 262 - York at four in the afternoon: time, thirty hours; space run through, one hundred and fifty miles, equal to five miles an hour. Throughout my whole way, both going and returning, the wind was ahead. No advantage could be derived...
Page 146 - I told him specially that we should contest the right of Russia to any territorial establishment on this continent, and that we should assume distinctly the principle that the American continents are no longer subjects for any new European colonial establishments.
Page 262 - AMERICAN CITIZEN." SIR, — I arrived this afternoon at four o'clock, in the steamboat from Albany. As the success of my experiment gives me great hopes that such boats may be rendered of great importance to my country, to prevent erroneous opinions and give some satisfaction to...
Page 212 - We, the subscribers, freeholders and inhabitants of the county of Westchester, having assembled at the White Plains, in consequence of certain advertisements, do now declare that we met here to express our honest abhorrence of all unlawful congresses and committees, and that we are determined, at the hazard of our lives and properties, to support the King and Constitution, and that we acknowledge no representatives but the General Assembly, to whose wisdom and integrity we submit the guardianship...