February 9

1761 The marriage of Capt. John Corbin, Jr., son of John, Sr., to Abigail Cobot, daughter of Rev. Marston and Mary (Dwight) Cobot, took place.  They first made their home at Killingly, Conn,. where their children Charity, Martha and Royal were born.  Then they went to Kinderhook and afterwards to Albany, where Capt. Corbin owned a Hudson River sloop.  He was a captain in the Revolution and was present at the battle of Bernis Heights and Burgoyne's surrender.  Investing his means in Continental money he lost his property.  His wife died June 26, 1777.

1767 -close warm weather, covered our coal kill; this day we had very thick small soft snow which continued all day. -Gilliland.

1893 The Catholic Summer School received an absolute charter from the Regents of the University of the Sate of New York.

1895 Incorporation of Plattsburgh Institute, the object of which is to cultivate a more general interest in the history of Plattsburgh and vicinity, and to perpetuate the memory of many important historic events of the Champlain Valley.  Pres., Dr. D. S. Kellogg; Sec. and Tres., Hiram Walworth; Trustees:  George F. Bixby, George E. Pond, David S. Kellogg, Elmer F. Botsford, Hiram Walworth.

1899 In the historic house built by Capt. Sidney Smith, U. S. N., died Joseph Romeo Emerson, son of Joseph and Sarah Malvina (Tabor) Emerson.  Mr. Emerson was one of the last survivors remembering the battle of Plattsburgh.  As a boy of five from his home North Island City he saw the smoke of the battle, heard the guns and next day witnessed the return of the Vermont militia.  In 1666, the very year that the French were making such incursions into the Mohawk country, Thomas Emerson, from Durham, Durham county, Eng., the first of the name in America, came to Ipswich, Mass.

1901 The Adirondack Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, was organized at Malone, N. Y. 

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