Collections of Cayuga County Historical Society. Numbers One to Twelve, 1879-1906. Auburn, N. Y.: Cayuga County Historical Society, 1879-1906. First Editions. [11270]
12 numbers bound in 4 volumes. Half morocco with brown cloth boards, 9 1/2 x 6 inches, 6 panels to the spines, with gilt titles, issue numbers, and the name of the original owner. Joints are rubbed, some are tender, with a few short cracks, nothing loose or detached. Each number limited; some are numbered and noted below. The texts are clean; each volume with the binder's oval emboss stamp on the final end paper. Good. Hardcover.
No. 1: The Journal of Lieut. John L. Hardenbergh of the Second New York Regiment From May 1 to October 3, 1779, in General Sullivan's Campaign against the Western Indians. With an Introduction, copious Historical Notes, and Maps of the Battle-field of Newtown and Groveland Abuscade. By Gen'l John S. Clark, and parts of other Journals never before published. Also a Biographical Sketch, by Rev. Charles Haley, D. D., President of the Society. No. 33 of 250 copies printed. 94 pp.
No. 2: Historical Sketch of Friends in Cayuga County, N. Y.; Inventors and Inventions of Cayuga County, N. Y., with Illustrations and Supplement. No. 150 of 250 copies printed. 186 pp., small scuff on the final blank leaf.
No. 3: Early Chapters of Seneca History: Jesuit Missions in Sonnontouan, 1656-1684; with Annual Addresses, 1883-'84. Unnumbered, 250 copies printed. Large folding map. 152 pp.
No. 4: Ninth Annual Address; Proceedings of the Society in Regard to the Death of The Rev. Charles Hawley, D.D. with Memorial Address and Appendix. Constitution and By-Laws and Officers and Members. Unnumbered, 250 copies printed. Front board joint weak. 103 pp. Includes a collection of writings by Dr. Hawley.
No. 5: Tenth Annual Address; Sewers: Ancient and Modern, with appendix and illustrations. "Hobbies," and some which we have ridden in 1886. No. 112 of 250 copies printed. 125 pp. plus 23 pp. of plates.
No. 6: Reports of the Society; Culture and Manufacture of Wool in Cayuga County; Biographies of David Thomas, William Bostwick, General Fleming; Recollections of Early Life in Auburn; The Burning of the St. James with some account of the early taverns of Auburn and vicinity. Unnumbered, one of 250 copies printed.197 pp.
No. 7: Twelfth Annual Address; Early Days and College Life of the Late William H. Seward; History of the Press in Cayuga County from 1798 to 1877; Early Modes of Travel and Transportation; Recollections of Auburn; Sketch of Roswell Franklin, the Pioneer Settler of Cayuga County; Sullivan's Expedition and the Cayugas; etc. Unnumbered; one of 250 copies printed. 238 pp. Light dampstain on the bottom page edge in some places.
No. 8: Record of Current Events. One leaf with a short tear; pencil check marks next to the names of the witnesses to the Certificate of Incorporation. Unnumbered, one of 250 copies printed. 200pp.
No. 9: Record of Current Events. Unnumbered, one of 250 copies printed. 226 pp.
No. 10: The Beginnings of the Republican Party in Cayuga County. Unnumbered, one of 250 copies printed. 57 pp.
No. 11: Record of Current Events. Unnumbered, one of 500 copies printed. 198 pp.
No. 12: Sketch of the Auburn Academy; The Roads and Streets of Auburn; Personal Experiences of the Civil War, by Mrs. Janet W. Seward. Unnumbered, one of 350 copies printed. 111 pp.
