Niagara — Historical and Reminiscent 



Spencer, O. M. Narrative of O. M. Spencer; comprising an 1792 

 account of his captivity among the Mohawk Indians, in North America. Spencer 

 Revised from the original papers by the author of " Moral and scientific 

 dialogues." Lond.: J. Mason. 1836. Pp. 234-235. 



Other editions appeared in 1842 and 1854. In these the description 

 of the Falls is a little more detailed than in the first edition. Allowance 

 must be made for the fact that even the first account was written some 

 forty years after the author had seen the Falls. 



PAYNE, J. Universal geography. . . . Lond.: 1792. 2:657. 1792 



Payne 



1793 



Calendar of N. Y. colonial mss., indorsed land papers; in the office 1793 

 of the secretary of state of N. Y. (1643-1803) Albany. Weed, 

 Parsons & Co. 1864. P. 908. Feb. 4, 1 793. 55:121. 



Proposal of John Livingston to pay 8s. an acre for a tract of 

 land on the east side of Niagara river, reserved by the state in its 

 cession to Massachusetts, being one mile wide and from forty to 

 fifty miles long, including all the islands, and exclusive of the 

 forts at Niagara, (from Buffalo to Fort Niagara.) 



Calendar of N. Y. colonial mss. indorsed land papers; in the office 

 of the secretary of state of N. Y. (1643-1803) Albany. Weed, 

 Parsons & Co. 1864. P. 910. Mar. 14, 1793. 55:161. 



Proposal of John Livingston to pay 9s. an acre for a tract one 

 mile wide and between forty and fifty miles long on the east side 

 of Niagara river. 



Ebelings, Christoph Daniel. Erdbeschreibung und Geschichte 1793 

 von Amerika. Die vereinigten Staaten von Nordamerika. Hamburg; E-belings 

 Carl Ernst Bohn. 1 793-1 796. 2 :634-639. 



Account based on Kalm, Pouchot, Ellicott, and Dr. McCauslin. Gives 

 dimensions, superiority in volume as compared with other falls, rainbows, 

 winter scenery, recession. Scientific, impartial presentation of facts as 

 given in authorities. 



1796 

 WlNTERBOTHAM, W. An historical, geographical, commercial and 1796 

 philosophical view of the United States of America, and of the European Winterbotham 

 settlements in America and the West Indies. The first American edition, 



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