History of Little Nine Partners, of North East precinct, and Pine Plains, New York, Duchess [!] county . udge Dibblee, as he was military appointments for the town at the same time were Israel Har-ris, Colonel, and John H. Conklin, Captain, in the 20th regiment of in-fantry, and William VanMstyne, Captain in the 4th regiment of artillery. And now, having given Milan a historical body, I leave her with herhills west of Stissing, where she has already numbered over three scoreyears and ten, and her sturdy back bone—given her in a geologicalquarrel—will keep her in a good state of pres
History of Little Nine Partners, of North East precinct, and Pine Plains, New York, Duchess [!] county . udge Dibblee, as he was military appointments for the town at the same time were Israel Har-ris, Colonel, and John H. Conklin, Captain, in the 20th regiment of in-fantry, and William VanMstyne, Captain in the 4th regiment of artillery. And now, having given Milan a historical body, I leave her with herhills west of Stissing, where she has already numbered over three scoreyears and ten, and her sturdy back bone—given her in a geologicalquarrel—will keep her in a good state of preservation for a thousand yearsto come without show of decay. She served to equalize the civil power ofthe Precinct—according to its geographical territory—as against the east-ern and more populous part. In this way Stissing valley became thecentral fulcrum for the see-saw at the ends of the precinct. Neither couldget advantage. Pine Plains was the umpire practically, yet without choice byeither side, and in this way her power and influence increased. Her timehad not yet come, but it was 1_ Oi CHAPTER IX. TO REVISE THE CONSTITUTION. The next stirring event for New North East was the amendment tothe state constitution, but before the legislature took definite action theretomeetings expressing the voice of the people were held throughout thestate. The resolutions at these meetings have in them what many in thesedays proudly call a democratic ring, but—whats in a name?—then itwas called republican ring. Only a little over a presidential term hadpassed since the end of the war of 1812, and the people were sensitive toany infringement—real or fancied—upon their own way of doing things. Saturday, December 30, 1820, the citizens of New North East met attlie house of Benjamin R. Bostwick to express their sentiments on thepropriety of calling a convention for the purpose of making alterations inthe constitution of the state. Martin Lawrence, Esq., was
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