Patchett Anna E (4 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Includes vernacular jacket with handwritten pencil titles, printed reproduction of a 1902 map laid in (though it is in four separate sections). An excellent copy. 1977 Hard Cover. 176, [4], 31 pp. 1977 reissue of 1887 original, combined with 1968 name index by Anna E. Patchett. History of the Town of Conesus, Livingston Co., N. Y.: From Its First Settlement in 1793, to 1887, with a Brief Genealogical Record of the Conesus Families. Settlement began around 1795. In 1819, Conesus was formed from parts of the Towns of Groveland and Livonia as the "Town of Freeport." The name was changed to "Browersville" in March, 1825 and was changed to "Conesus" a month later.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Limited edition of 300 copies (number of this one has been crossed out). Original light green covers, 6x9 inches, 63 pp, illustrated. Softcover, near fine. Lightly age tanned along edges of covers, remnants of bookplate, otherwise tight, clean, paper crisp, unmarked and probably never really read. Consists of accounts of some of the prominent residents, including Mary Jemison of Indian captivity fame, Clara Barton, Horatio Jones, Millard Fillmore, Elizabeth Smith Miller, the inventor of the bloomer, life there in the 1870s, the Murray family, whose estate, Murray Hill, became a sanitarium, the meaning and origin of the county flag, and the Shaker settlement; full of interesting anecdotes, etc. History; biography; modern Americana; New York state.

WRAPS. Condition: FINE. *FIRST EDITION*. 63 PAGES. LIMITED TO 300 COPIES, THIS ONE UNNUMBERED. 1) PERSONALITIES FROM LIVINGSTON'S PAST. 2) LIVINGSTON COUNTY WHEN GRANDFATHER WAS A BOY. 3) THE MURRAYS OF MURRAY HILL. 4) THE LIVINGSTON COUNTY FLAG ITS ORIGIN AND MEANING. 5) THE SHAKER SETTLEMENT IN LIVINGSTON COUNTY. Size: OCTAVO.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Livingston County Historian Anna E. Patchett's set, with a custom-made index volume compiled by her and bound in buckram. Ten volumes inscribed to Patchett and signed by author on front endpaper, with Pioneer Profiles also containing a typed letter signed by Merrill laid in, thanking Patchett for pictures of Wadsworth and Phelps and stating "You may see them in a book." All volumes (except index) include original jackets. Jackets lightly rubbed, Pumpkin Hook jacket spine faded, most volumes include Patchett's bookplate and/or address label on front endpapers, some tape remnants to reverse of jackets from previously attached mylar covers. Bindings tight and square, text clean, bright, and unmarked. 1943 Hard Cover. The complete writings of Arch Merrill, focusing on the history, folklore, and social development of western New York. Complete in twenty-three volumes: A River Ramble: Saga of the Genesee Valley; The Ridge: Ontario's Blossom Country; The Lakes Country; The Towpath; Rochester Sketchbook; Stagecoach Towns; Tomahawks and Old Lace: Tales of Western New York; Land of the Senecas; Upstate Echoes; Slim Fingers Beckon; Shadows on the Wall: Tales of York State; Southern Tier Volume 1; Southern Tier Volume 2; Our Goodly Heritage; Pioneer Profiles; Bloomers and Bugles; Gaslights and Gingerbread; Fame in Our Time; The White Woman and Her Valley; Down the Lore Lanes: Oddities in Upstate History; The Underground: Freedom's Road and Other Upstate Tales; The Changing Years; Pumpkin Hook to Dumpling Hill. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: "Arch Merrill (August 5, 1894 - July 15, 1974) was a newspaper reporter for the Rochester, New York Democrat and Chronicle from 1923 to the late 1960s. He was a prolific writer, best known for his articles in the Sunday paper on history and folklore of the Genesee Valley and the Finger Lakes of upstate New York. He was sometimes called The Poet Laureate of Upstate New York. He authored a number of books, most of which are collections of his articles. Possibly his most famous was the 1943 A River Ramble, which is an account of his walk of the entire length of the Genesee River, along with his notes on local history, folk tales, and people he met along the route. Signed by author.