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IN PRESENTING THE Elmira Directory for 1866-7, the Publishers desire to tender their thanks to the many who have kindly responded to their inquiries. In the advertising columns many of the business house are represented; and to all the patrons of the work, we earnestly wish that their investment my return them a handsome profit. The usual amount of care, mental labor and close applications has been given to the present work. We hope that non may find any errors worth complaining of, yet should there be, remember that nothing is perfect, and we have used our utmost endeavors to give a faithful representation of the business and inhabitants in the "Queen City of the Southern Tier." The Publishers. |
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS
OF ENTERPRISING BUSINESS FIRMS,
Whom we respectfully recommend to pub patronage.
Arnold Philip ……………………. |
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Humphrey Geo. W.,…………… |
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Ayers A. W. |
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Hutchinson S. S. |
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Ayers S., inside back cover and line on outside. | Jones J. R. & Wisner………….. |
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Kelly Geo. H.,………………….. |
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Benjamin O. C.,…………………. |
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Larkin J. E. |
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Bennet S. & Co., inside front cov. | Marsh Washington…………….. |
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Blampied John G.,……………… |
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McKay F. C. D. Jr., opp inside front cover | |
Brickwedde H. & F.,……………. |
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Brockmuller John H.,…………… |
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McKeon Thomas………………. |
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Bundy Bros.,…………………….. |
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Mills Robert N. Dr.,……………. |
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Burk, Fitz Simons, Hone & Co. back cover | Nafe Wm. F. |
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Nelson & Grumme…………….. |
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Casterline I.,…………………….. |
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Nolte H. C.,…………………….. |
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Coddington M’me,……………… |
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Pattinson T. S.,………………… |
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Coke Levi……………………….. |
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Perry John K.,…………………. |
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Collingwood & Strange, inside back cover and line on outside | Phelps & Spaulding, Delavan House ………………………….. |
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Condol Wm H.,………………… |
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Post G. H.,……………………… |
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Dewitt & Scriber,………………. |
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Preswick & Dudley ,front cover | |
Dunn E. T. Miss,………………. |
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Putnam E. A. Mrs,…………….. |
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Elmira Daily Advertiser,………. |
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Quick S. P.,…………………….. |
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Elmira Daily Gazette………….. |
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Rathbun House, line on front cover and ……………………… |
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Ettenberger F., ………………… |
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Fletcher O. M.,…………………. |
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Reynolds D. D. & Co.,………… |
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Foster & Hudson, front cover…. | Richardson J.,…………………. |
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Gardiner Curtiss C., inside cover and line top front cover | Roberts W.,……………………. |
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Rogers M. A. Mrs.,……………. |
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Gardiner N. W.,………………….. |
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Roosa A. P.,…………………… |
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Gleason & Cross,……………….. |
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Thro C. & J., Western Hotel…. |
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Gray G. J.,……………………….. |
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Thro J. J. & Bro.,……………… |
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Green I. S.,………opp title page | Vescelius Commercial College |
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Gridley & Davenport……………. |
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Wallace R. K.,…………………. |
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Hathaway House,………………. |
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Warner & Smith…..back cover | |
Hison & Lown,………………….. |
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Wyckoff Bro’s & Co. front cover | |
Hockenberger & Dalton……….. |
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Young Thomas,………………… |
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Hoppe Louisa Mrs.,……………. |
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ELMIRA
DIRECTORY.
MEMORABLE EVENTS IN THE LATE REBELLION, TOGETHER
WITH THE FLUCTUATIONS IN GOLD.
1861.
January 2: Forts Pulaski and Jackson, and the U. S. Arsenal at Savannah, seized by Georgia troups. Fort Macon and the U. S. Arsenal at Fayetteville seized by North Carolina.—4: Fort Morgan and U. S. Arsenal seized by Alabama.—8: Forts Johnson and Caswell at Smithwell, seized by North Carolina.—9:The steamer, Star of the West, bearing reinforcements to Major Anderson, was fired at in Charleston Harbor.—10: Forts McRae and Barrancas seized by Florida. Florida seceded.—11: U.S. Arsenal at Baton Rouge, and Forts Pike, St. Philip and Jackson, seized by Louisiana. Alabama seceded.— 21: Senators from Georgia, Alabama, Florida and Mississippi, formally withdrew from the U. S. Congress.—30: Ex-Secretary of War Floyd indicted by a Grand Jury for malfeasance in office and treason.
February 1: Texas seceded—9: Tennessee gives a large majority for the Union.—11: Abraham Lincoln, President elect, leaves Springfield Ill., for Washington.—18: Jefferson Davis inaugurated President of the Seceded States.
March 1: General Twiggs expelled from the U. S. Army for treason.—4: President Lincoln inaugurated.—5: General Beauregard assumes command of the Rebel forces.
April 12: Bombardment of Fort Sumter, and actual commencement of the war.—15: President Lincoln calls for seventy-five thousand volunteers.—17: Jefferson Davis issues a Proclamation inviting applications for Letters of Marque.—19: Massachusetts’ Sixth Regiment attacked in Baltimore. President Lincoln issues a Proclamation ordering a blockade of the seven Seceded States.—29: The blockade extended to include the ports in Virginia and North Carolina.—30: Tennessee seceded.
May 3: President Lincoln calls for sixty thousand Volunteers for the Army and Navy, for three years.—5: General Butler cuts his way through to Washington.—10: Major General Robert E. Lee assumes command of the Rebel forces in Virginia.—13: Queen Victoria issues a Proclamation of Neutrality.—18: Arkansas secedes.—24: Southern mails stopped.—27: Blockade put in force.
June 3: Senator Douglas died.—10: Battle of Big Bethel.
July 9: Major General Fremont placed in command of the Western Department.—21: Battle of Bull Run.—22: Major General McClellan placed in command of the Army of the Potomac.
August 7: Hampton, Va., burned by the Rebels.—10: Battle of Wilson’s Creek.—15: Jefferson Davis orders all Northern men to leave the South in forty days.—28: Capture of Fort Hatteras.
September 21: John C. Breckenridge, late Vice President
of the U. S., openly joined the Rebels.—24: Count de Paris and Duc de Chartres
enter the U. S. service as aids to General McClellan.
October 21: Battle of Edwards Ferry.—29: Great Naval expedition under Commodore Dupont; General T. W. Sherman, in command of land forces, leaves Fortress Monroe.
November 1: Lieutenant General Scott resigns the command-in-chief of the Union armies, and General McClellan appointed in his place.—15: Mason and Slidell captured from the Trent.—24: Mason and Slidell placed in Fort Warren.—Ship Island, Miss., occupied by U. S. troops.
December 17: Battle of Mumfordville, Ky.—18: Battle of Martinsburg.—27: Mason and Slidell surrendered to the British Minister.
1862.
January 1: Mason and Slidell released from For Warren; Gold, 101.—9: Gold, 105.—12: Burnside’s expedition sailed from Fortress Monroe.—13: Simon Cameron, Secretary of War, resigned; Edwin M. Stanton appointed.—17: Gold, 101.—19: Battle of Mill Springs, Ky.; Gold, 102.—31: Gold, 103. Average rate of Gold in January, 103.
February 6: Fort Henry captured; Gold 103.—8: Battle of Roanoke Island.—16: Fort Donelson captured; Gold, 104.—22: Jeff Davis re-inaugurated President of the C. S. A., at Richmond; Gold, 103.—28: Gold, 102. Average rate of Gold in February, 103.
March 5: Beauregard takes command of the army of the Mississippi.—9: Engagement between the Monitor and Merrimac, in Hampton Roads; Gold, 101.—14: Capture of Newbern, N. C.—18: Capture of Beaufort. Average rate of Gold in March, 101.
April 1: Gold, 102.—6: Battle of Shiloh, or Pittsburg Landing.—7: Surrender of Island No. 10.—10: Surrender of Fort Pulaski; Gold 101.—24: Union fleet run past Forts Jackson and St. Philip. Capture of New Orleans.—25: Fort Macon surrendered.—28: Fort Jackson and St. Philip surrendered.—30: Gold, 102. Average rate of Gold in April, 101
May 3: Yorktown evacuated by the Rebels; Gold 102.—4: Battle of Williamsburgh, Va.—10:; Capture of Norfolk, Portsmouth and Gosport, Va.; Gold, 103.—26: Gold 104.—31: Battle of Seven Pines and Fair Oaks; Gold, 103. Average rate of Gold in May, 103.
June 13: Gold, 105.—26: Commencement of seven days’ battle before Richmond; Gold, 109. Average rate of Gold in June, 106.
July 1: President Lincoln calls for three hundred thousand men. Battle of Malvern Hills, and close of the seven days’ struggle; Gold, 109.—10: Gold, 117.—11: General Halleck appointed Commander-in-Chief; Gold, 115.—13: Battle of Murfreesboro, Tenn.—20: Gold, 120. 25: Gold, 114. Average rate of Gold in July, 115.
August 1: Gold, 115.—4: President Lincoln calls for three hundred thousand nine months’ troops.—9: Battle
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