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Another great branch from the city of Albany» 
is the first great western road to Cherry-valley, in 
Otsego county. This sends off one branch from 
Duanesbiirgh, to the Mohawk river, at Canajoha- 
rie : a second, by the second company from Cher¬ 
ry-valley through Cooperstown, to the Chenango 
river, in the tov/n of Sherburn i and is continued 
by the fourth company to the town of Fabius, in 
the county of Onondaga, A third branch, by the 
third company through the towns of Warren, Otse¬ 
go, Richfield, Plainfield, Bridgewater, Sangersfield 
and Hamilton to Cazenovia ; thence to intersect the 
Seneca turnpike in Manlius, or through Pompey 
and Marcellas to the outlet of the Schaneateles lake. 
And a fourth branch from the town of Burlington', 
in Otsego county, to the town of Horner, in Onon- 
daga, where it branches on the right to intersect 
the Seneca turnpike at the Cayuga bridge, and oo 
the left along the head of Cayuga lake, to intersect 
the great road from the Susqueharmah, to Bath and 
lake Erie. 
The next great branch of turnpike road worthy 
of notice, is the Albany and Schenectady, continu¬ 
ed by the Mohawk company to Utica ; from thence 
by the Seneca to Canandaigua, and from thence by 
the Ontario and Genesee to Black-Rock, on lake 
Eric. Of this line of roads the Mexico turnpike 
may be considered as a branch diverging by the 
public road from Utica to Rome, and extending 
