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03-05-26
210 YEARS AGO: (Reprinted from the Niagara Journal) Steam-Boats—Repeated experiments which have been made in this country and Europe appear to have established a confidence that steam boats, if properly constructed, can navigate the oceans in safety, even in the most tempestuous weather...…
135 YEARS AGO: The current number of the Hartwick Seminary Monthly contains public announcement of the fact that Rev. James Pitcher had formally tendered his resignation as principal of that institution. Professor Pitcher, who entered the school as pupil twenty-seven years ago, has been a member of the faculty for twenty years and principal for nineteen...…
LECTURE—6 p.m. “Pay Your Damn Taxes! Holding Corporations Accountable to the Public.” Leslie G. Rude Memorial Lecture, presented by New York State Senator James Skoufis. Free and open to the public. Celebration Room, Shineman Chapel House, Hartwick College, 1 Hartwick Drive, Oneonta. (607) 353-9042 or https://www.hartwick.edu/academics/annual-celebrations-lectures/leslie-g-rude-lecture/…
