. History of Columbia County, New York. With illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . pon which he removed withhis family on the last day of April, 1767. His career inthis wilderness was quite as remarkable as his former expe-rience had been. He remained here twenty years lackingone month, and cleared and cultivated two hundred and fiftyacres of that heavily-timbered land, making himself a home,and an influence which extended beyond the borders of theState, and was recognized both at the capitol in Boston andAlbany. For thirteen consecutive years he r
. History of Columbia County, New York. With illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . pon which he removed withhis family on the last day of April, 1767. His career inthis wilderness was quite as remarkable as his former expe-rience had been. He remained here twenty years lackingone month, and cleared and cultivated two hundred and fiftyacres of that heavily-timbered land, making himself a home,and an influence which extended beyond the borders of theState, and was recognized both at the capitol in Boston andAlbany. For thirteen consecutive years he represented hisportion of the old Bay State in the Legislature at Boston,was a justice of the peace, and the principal man in thesettlement where he resided. As an illustration of hispersonal influence it may here be stated that, by a petitionwritten by him to Governor George Clinton, of New York,he procured the reprieve of Caleb T. Gardner, tried an(fcondemned to be hung for knowingly passing counterfeitmoney, after repeated efforts by the ablest counsel hadfailed to secure his pardon. The facts concerning this are 4e -1^%.
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