Morris, New York

A History of Otsego County New York published in 1878. The PDF of the book is linked below as an attachment. It is a big download if you have a slow connection so please be patient.

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Blurb about the book, "The Old New York Frontier by Francis Halsey. Use the link below to download the book.

John Henry Weeks was a young man from Hartwick Seminary, NY. He fought in the Civil War and was awarded The Medal of Honor for an act which did not involve the death of a soldier on either side or even the firing of a rifle. You can look in the attached book or read the attached newspaper page to see an account of this incident.

Deeds of Valor is a book about the Medals of Honor awarded to men and women for their service. This is a good sized download. Please give it a few minutes. Use the link below to download the book as a PDF file.

The Cole and Lockwood United Shows gave two performances in Morris in 1894, as recorded in The Morris Chronicle quoted below, which can be viewed as a whole page at the link below. Their performances were well received, even in the rain.

Rene Elliott was generous enough to loan me this Souvenir Postal Cards album created by the McNitt Family between 1907 and 1913.

Click "Read More" and scroll down to see the first seven post cards.

The covers to the album look like they were hand made and applied after purchasing the "IDEAL CARD ALBUM."

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Only two of the postcards on this page of the album have been mailed, another has a note on the back. The backs of the used postcards and the back of the one with the note will be shown. The other backs will be omitted.




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12 West Street about 1955.