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THE ROCHESTER HISTORICAL • SOCIETY

PUBLICATION FUND SERIES . , VOLUME III

Edited by EDWARD R. FOREMAN CHAIRMAN of the PUBLICATION COMMITTEE under authority of the Board of Managers CHARLES H. WILTSIE

PRESIDENT

Rochester, N. Y. Published by the Society 1924 )MEN'S C(.JLLEGE

Contents

Page Dedication ...... I Illustrations ...... IX Officers and Managers, 1924-1925...... XI Presidents from organization to 1924, inclusive.. . XII Foreword ...... XIII-XIV ·" Music in Rochester, from 1909 to 1924, C.,"") by Stewart B. Sabin ...... 1-36 Visits of American and British Naval Vessels to the Genesee River, 1809 to 1814, 1- by Rear Admiral Franklin Hanford, tg U. S. N. (Retired)...... 37-64 � A Boyhood Adventure, c2 by Edwin Scrantom ...... 65-77 o The Pickering Treaty, rB by Arthur .c. Parker, M.Sc...... 79-91 :e Sullivan's Campaign, � by Simon L. Adler...... 93-109 � Memories of Mary Jemison, � by Fred Van Dorn .... : ...... ·...... 111-117 The Persistent Reblossoming of Mary Jemison, a:I >- by Elmer Adler ...... 119-126 ;� The Struggle for Monroe County, o by Howard L. Osgood ...... 127-136 en Bull's Head, by George W. F.isher...... 137-139 Scottsville and Vicinity, by Selden S. Brown ...... 141-163 The Significance of the Early Religious History of Rochester, by Rev. Orlo J. Price, D.D...... 165-187 Catholics of Early Rochester, by Rev. F. J. Zwierlein, D.Sc. M. H ...... 189-197 Riparian Rights in the One-Hundred-Acre Tract, by Henry E. Rochester ...... 199-202 The Genesee River and Western New York, by Henry E. Rochester ...... 203-208 viii THE ROCHESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Early Conditions of the Genesee River in Page the One-Hundred-Acre Tract, by Henry E. Rochester ...... 209-214 La Motte Lussiere and his Mission to the Senecas, by George B. Selden, Jr ...... 215-225 The Old Andrews House ...... 226-228 Three Famous Visitors to Rochester, by Colonel Samuel C. fierce ...... 229-234 Abraham Lincoln in Rochester, by Charles H. True ...... 235-241 Daniel Webster in Rochester, by Edward R. Foreman ...... 243-252 Exercises in Honor of Colonel Nathaniel Rochester .255-291 Program ...... 256-257 Invocation, by Rev. Samuel Tyler, D.D ...... 259-260 The Inspiration of Remembrance, by Charles Hastings Wiltsie ...... 261-263 Acceptance, by Mayor Clarence D. Van Zandt...... 264 Nathaniel Rochester, Patriot-Pioneer-Founder, by Charles Ayrault Dewey, M.D., Litt.D.. 265-280 Response for the Rochester Family, by De Lancey Rochester, M.D ...... 281-283 Unveiling the Memorial Tablet, by Edward R. Foreman ...... 285-286 Nathaniel Rochester in the Revolution, by William B. Boothby ...... 287-291 Sermon Preached at Funeral of Colonel Nathaniel Rochester, by Rev. Henry J.Whitehouse ,D.D.. 293-304 Autobiography of Nathaniel Rochester ...... 305-313 Reminiscences of Colonel Nathaniel Rochester, by Edwin Scrantom ...... 315-320 Colonel Nathaniel Rochester, by Mrs. Fannie Rochester Rogers ...... 321-325 Early History of the Rochester Family in America, by Nathaniel Rochester of Buffalo, N.Y...... 327-337 Descendants of Colonel Nathaniel Rochester .....339-367 Bibliography and notes affecting Colonel Nathaniel Rochester ...... 368-385 Constitution and By-Laws of The Rochester Historical Society ...... 389-395 Members of The Rochester Historical Society ....399-419 Index ...... ·...... 423-438 Illustrations

Page Rochester Family Coat of Arms...... Frontispiece Rear Admiral Franklin Hanford ...... 36 Map of the Country of the Six Nations...... 78 Map of the Groveland Ambuscade...... 92 Map showing Revolutionary Hill, Mt. Hope Cemetery 110 Mary Jemison Statue...... 118 Court House Square, 1837...... 140 Hagerstown Bank ...... 164 Hagerstown Bank Note...... 188 Conestoga Wagon, type used by Colonel Rochester. .. 202 Ye Olde Andrews House...... 226 Colonel Samuel C. Pierce, portrait...... 228 Colonel Samuel C. Pierce in the Arcade...... 242 Group Daguerreotype, 1854...... 252 Bronze Tablet, Colonel Nathaniel Rochester ...... 255 Charles H. Wiltsie, introducing children...... 260 Rochester Family Group ...... 280 Bronze Memorial Tablet, Nathaniel Norman Rochester 282 Portrait of Colonel Nathaniel Rochester, aged 70 years 292 Portrait of Mrs. Sophia Beatty Rochester, aged 30 years 304 Orange County Court House, Hillsborough, North Carolina ...... 314 Letter from Daniel Boone to Colonel Rochester...... 322 Colonel Nathaniel Rochester Homestead at Hagers- town, Maryland ...... 326 Remains of Rdchester buildings at Dansville, New York 338 Portrait of Nathaniel Norman Rochester...... 344 Colonel Nathaniel Rochester Homestead at Bloomfield, New York ...... 352 Colonel Nathaniel Rochester Homestead at Rochester, New York ...... 356 Memorial Tablet, Colonel Nathaniel Rochester, St. Luke's Church...... 360 Portrait of Colonel Nathaniel Rochester as a young man...... 372 Record pages from Rochester Family Bible (six) . .. . . 386