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Description:Troy: The Nineteenth Century is the first detailed and authoritative history of Troy, Ohio, which has been written since 1909 [from 1970]. It covers the period from Troy's founding as the seat of justice of the newly-organized county of Miami in 1807 through the year 1900.It describes the life of this small midwestern county with the influx of settlers for South Carolina, Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, New England, and Germany. A canal boat brought 100 of John Randolph's freed slaves to Troy where they has already made Troy an important stop on the Underground Railroad.The story of the religious, social, political, cultural, and economic life of these people of different backgrounds and beliefs in the days of stagecoaches, canal boats, and early railroad, as well as the account of their never-ending efforts to combat poverty, sin, and the Demon Rum, make fascinating reading. The result of six years of intensive research through musty letter and diaries, old newspapers, and faded records, this book contains 127 illustrations and maps, as well as 20 appendices listing among other the Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Miami County, early Troy merchants, tavern keepers, cabinet makers, town marshals, etc. The text and appendices provide a mine of information for genealogists and the bibliography of almost 100 sources includes the earliest published newspapers of Cincinnati, Dayton, Piqua, and Troy.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Troy: The Nineteenth Century. To get started finding Troy: The Nineteenth Century, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 321

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Ampersand Press, Yellow Springs, Ohio

Release: 1970

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Description: Troy: The Nineteenth Century is the first detailed and authoritative history of Troy, Ohio, which has been written since 1909 [from 1970]. It covers the period from Troy's founding as the seat of justice of the newly-organized county of Miami in 1807 through the year 1900.It describes the life of this small midwestern county with the influx of settlers for South Carolina, Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, New England, and Germany. A canal boat brought 100 of John Randolph's freed slaves to Troy where they has already made Troy an important stop on the Underground Railroad.The story of the religious, social, political, cultural, and economic life of these people of different backgrounds and beliefs in the days of stagecoaches, canal boats, and early railroad, as well as the account of their never-ending efforts to combat poverty, sin, and the Demon Rum, make fascinating reading. The result of six years of intensive research through musty letter and diaries, old newspapers, and faded records, this book contains 127 illustrations and maps, as well as 20 appendices listing among other the Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Miami County, early Troy merchants, tavern keepers, cabinet makers, town marshals, etc. The text and appendices provide a mine of information for genealogists and the bibliography of almost 100 sources includes the earliest published newspapers of Cincinnati, Dayton, Piqua, and Troy.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Troy: The Nineteenth Century. To get started finding Troy: The Nineteenth Century, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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