January 22

1758  Birth in Plymouth, Mass. of Elkanah Watson, the future originator of County Fairs and Agriculture Societies; one of the projectors of the New York State canal system; projector of the contemplated St. Lawrence and Lake Champlain railroad and similar enterprises.  In 1909, a great-grandson, bearing the Watson name, is engaged as civil engineer in the construction of the Champlain canal.

1767  ----but not so cold (as yesterday), this day the lake froze half across, on the east side it appears open..                                                                                                                                      Gilliland.

1787   Martha Corbin, daughter of Capt. John and Abigail (Cabot) Corbin of Kinderhook, N.Y., became the wife of Pliny Moore, of Bennington, Vt., son of Noadiah and Anna (Loomis) Moore.  Their first child Noadiah, named for his paternal grandfather, was born at Kinderhook, but was not baptized until 1802 when a missionary of the Cong'l Pres. denomination, named Miller, visited Champlain and administered the rite of baptism.

1814  The death of Letitia Platt, daughter of  Judge Charles Platt and first wife of the Rev. Frederick Halsey, occurred.

1818  At her home on Cumberland Head, Elizabeth Addams, daughter of Major John Addams and second wife of Gen. Benj. Mooers, died.  She was one of the original members of the pioneer Church of Northern New York.

1864 I have answer that the execution of Henry C. Fuller is suspended.
                                                                               A. Lincoln to Congressman Orlando Kellogg of Elizabethtown

1879 "Mary Fletcher Hospital" of Burlington, the gift of Miss Mary M. Fletcher who endowed it with a fund of nearly $330,000, dedicated.

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