for the liberal patronage that has enabled us to present them with this volume, and for the courtesy and kindness almost without exception extended to our representatives and agents to whom has been entrusted the work of collecting and arranging the historical records herein preserved to that posterity who, in the not far distant future, are to take the places of the fathers and mothers of to-day, so many of whose names are honorably recorded in the following pages. Particularly do we desire to express our warmest thanks to those who have so freely and generously furnished so much valuable information, without whose aid the history of Delaware County would not have been so complete and accurate as it is hoped it will be found to be. To the Fathers and Mothers of the Past, and the Sons of the Present, who have taken a deep interest in this work, and especially to Hon. JOEL BAILEY and his amiable wife, Mrs. ARABELLA COFFIN BAILEY; Hon. CUMMINGS SANBORN, Mayor of Manchester; THOMAS TOOGOOD, Esq.; RAY B. GRIFFIN, Esq.; Col. S. G. VAN ANDA; R. M. EWART, Esq., Superintendent of Schools; Dr. JOSEPH W. ROBBINS; Rev. B. M. AMSDEN; JOSEPH S. BELKNAP, Esq.; S. L. DOGGETT, Esq.; R. W. TIRRILL, Esq.; FRANCIS BETHELL; WILLIAM CATTRON, Esq.; L. L. AYERS, Esq.; C. C. PEERS; CHARLES C. LEWIS; MARK WHITMAN; ALLEN LOVE, of Manchester; Hon. FREDERICK B. DOOLITTLE; Col. JOHN H. PETERS; CHARLES W. HOBBS, Esq.; J. B. BOGGS, Esq., County Auditor; J. B. SATTERLEE, Ex-Clerk of Courts; Capt. J. M. HOLBROOK, County Treasurer; H. C. JACKSON, Esq., Recorder of Delhi; LEROY JACKSON; HENRY A. CARTER; Mrs. Dr. FINLEY; P. H. WARNER; Rev. S. HODGE, D. D.; Prof. WM. FLUDE, of Hopkinton; LAWRENCE MCNAMEE, Esq.; JACOB B. MORELAND, Col. SAMUEL G. KNEE; JOHN PLATT, Esq.; Rev. E L. McNAMEE, of Colesburg; ASA C. BOWEN, Esq., of Sand Spring; ROLAND AUBREY, Esq., of North Fork; HIRAM D. WOOD, Esq., of Forestville; SILAS GILMORE, Esq., of Greeley; CHRISTOPHER L. FLINT, Esq., of Hazel Green; HENRY BAKER, Esq., of Coffin's Grove; C. B. LONT, Esq.; W. M. HEFNER, of Delaware; to the Press of the County, to the ministers and official representatives of the churches, lodges and societies, and the principals and teachers of schools, this paragraph of grateful appreciation and thanks is respectfully dedicated. We are also under obligations to Hon. T. S. WILSON and P. J. QUIGLEY, Esq., Clerk of Courts of Dubuque; and to Hon. T. W. BURDICK, M. C. from this Congressional District, for courtesies extended to our representatives. In conclusion, we may be permitted to express the earnest hope that before two score more of years have passed, other and abler pens will have gathered and recorded the historical events that are to follow the close of this offering to the people of Delaware, that the history of the County may be preserved unbroken from generation to gener ation. PUBLISHERS. JUNE, 1878. |