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The Clark family has North Country roots that go back to Edwin Clark, who settled in the then village of Ogdensburgh in 1820. His wife, Sarah Hasbrouck Clark, was the daughter of Louis Hasbrouck, one of the founders of the village and the first clerk of St. Lawrence County. The Clark mansion, known later as Locust Lawn, still stands at 324 State Street in Ogdensburg. The Clark's son, Richard Frederick, was born in 1848 and was in the manufacturing business in Chicago, Where his son, Edwin was born in 1888.

Clara E. Cable was born in Hannibal, NY in 1864. She was a resident of the Fulton, New York area and a teacher in country schools of that part of Oswego County for about 15 years from the 1880s until the early part of the 1900s.

The diaries and papers were donated to St. Lawrence University by David Hornung, spouse of the late SLU English Professor Susan Ward, who had a research interest is the lives of working women in Northern New York in the 19th and 20th centuries. Professor Ward received the materials from Anna Straight, Jay, New York.

Although the soldier is unknown, it is mentioned that he was located in the Shenendoah River Valley in Virginia. The diary tracks the movement of the soldier and his unknown unit, most likely a faction of the Union Army of the Shenandoah. The diarist mentions that he sent money home with Nelson Northrup of Company B, 106th Reginment New York Volunteers, which suggests he was from St. Lawrence County. Other units mentioned include the 2nd,5th, 6th, 8th, 19th, and 24th Corps, the Pioneer Corps, 1st Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 10th VA and 14th NJ. 

Christopher Ripley came to Northern New York about 1827 from Ohio and established the C. Ripley and Company in Ogdensburg, which lasted three years. He then took employment with Molson Davies and Company in Montreal (Commission Merchants) as their agent obtaining consignments for wheat, flour, beef and pork in the State of Ohio. In 1836 Ripley and two associates purchased almost all of Tract 11, No. 10 of Macomb's Purchase which covered the town of Matildaville, now Colton from George Parish. Ripley was unable to resell the land and spent his remaining years trying to recoup his losses.

Late 19th century [?] manuscript of children's Christmas stories signed by L. Fidelia Woolley Gillette and Florence L. Gillette.

In 1803, Joseph Child moved to the North Country from Pennsylvania with his three sons, Daniel, Samuel, and Moses as the first wave of settlers in the town of LeRay. They settled in the neighborhood which still bears their name, southwest of LeRaysville. With them came Moses Moon and his son James. Together, they explored the area and purchased lots 629-32 to use as sample lots. When the Moons returned to Pennsylvania, they reported to their friends that this was good land, and a company was formed to make extensive further purchases in the area. M.

Charles Henry Tuck was born April 21, 1881 in Lisbon, New York. Was educated in the Lisbon schools and graduated from Cornell University in 1906. He became the first Director of Extension Teaching at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences - Cornell University. In 1915 he went to China and worked for an agricultural development company. In 1917 the US government sent him to Siberia as head of a special State Department commission to study agricultural conditions among Russian peasants. He married Ethel Pinder in September, 1921.

The purpose of CAPP was to educate the community to the Central America Crisis and to initiate and coordinate peace projects involving the North Country Community. The Goals of the CAPP included creating a framework for peace in Central America, the suspension of all US military and economic aid to nations that lack protection of basic human rights, withdrawal of US military personnel and bases, and the promotion of civilian led democracy.

This collection consists of information sources, research notes, draft reports a completed copy of the project and correspondence from outside sources citing errors and omissions to the census. Also included is material related to the University Fellowship program in general and Ms. Talmadge’s participation in particular.

The Commercial Advertiser was first published in Potsdam Junction (Norwood), New York in 1873. Proprietors were J.C. Tracey and Giles Hall. The paper established itself as a weekly publication in 1874 as a “Democratic” paper. In 1877, publication was moved to Canton where it competed with the already established Plaindealer. 13 years later, following Tracey’s death, John Finnegan, a war correspondent for the Watertown Standard during the Spanish-American War, became editor and sole owner of the Advertiser and shifted its editorial stance from Democratic to Republican.