Oh June! how resplendent thy flowers shall appear,
The loveliest, the sweetest which bloom in the year:
-Margaret Davidson
1812 Capt. Sanford of Wilmington, then Jay, was selected "as an officer of approved merit and capacity" to command a company in the 8th regiment, detached militia, which served six months on the Canadian frontier at Chateaugay and French Mills.
1825 In the afternoon the corner stone of South College of the University of Vermont, was laid by General Lafayette, and in the evening a brilliant reception was given in honor of the General by Gov. Van Ness at his home on Main Street, then considered the most elegant private residence in Burlington. The place is now known as "Grass Mount" a name bestowed by Mr. Heman Allen during his ownership. It was originally built by Capt. Thaddeus Tuttle, a prominent merchant in 1804. In 1895 the University purchased the property, and it has since been used as a girls' dormitory.
Today In Champlain Valley History