1834

Saturday, February 15, 1834

 Birth of Frank Palmer (afterwards Colonel) son of William Palmer who came to Plattsburgh from Hoosick, Rensselaer Co., N.Y., about 1840.  William Palmer combined the occupations of farmer, merchant and manufacturers of cotton and woolen cloths.  He built the first mills on the sites now occupied by the Lake Champlain Pulp and Paper Company; also, the woolen mills on Bridge Street.

Saturday, February 22, 1834

Died at his home in Peru near Port Jackson, to which he had come in 1829, on the invitation of his brother Robert who gave him half of his won productive acres, Judge Jonas Platt, "one of the most distinguished men in the state - wise, upright and patriotic, as well as learned, eloquent and able.'  The public offices and positions of trust held by him are almost too numerous to mention, but his last years were spent quietly overlooking Lake Champlain "winning the friendship of all who knew him and doing good as he found opportunity."

Saturday, March 15, 1834

Lake Champlain is now free from ice. -Plattsburgh Republican.

Monday, March 17, 1834

The steam ferry (Winooski, Capt. Dan Lyon) commenced her trips between Plattsburgh, Port Kent an Burlington.

Sunday, March 23, 1834

On the arsenal lot on Broad Street for the murder of Leander Shaw, his son-in-law, Alexander Larabee, maintaining his innocence to the last, was hung.  The Rev. Father Rafferty read a declaration to that effect from the scaffold.

Thursday, May 1, 1834

Essex County Academy established in Westport with Asahel Lyon, Platt Rogers Halstead and Benajah P. Douglass as incorporators.

Friday, July 18, 1834

Birth, at Wadhams Mills, of Alonzo Alden, son of Isaac Alden, a descendant of John Alden of the Mayflower.  He attended Keeseville Academy and graduated from Williams in 1859.  At Cold Harbor and Fort Fisher, he gallantly led the charge of his regiment-16th N.Y.- and was severely wounded in both charges.  From 1866 to 1874 Gen. Alden was postmaster of Troy.

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