March 15

1760 In Duchess county was born Dr. John Miller who came to Plattsburgh in 1795 with the family of Judge Zephaniah Platt and Averills.  He built the house at the head of Broad street, now know as the Hartwell place and resided there for more than forty years.  His farm extended from the Saranac river o the south to the Capt. Nathaniel Platt estate on the north and the Edward Viel Allen place on the west.  Dr. Miller was the pioneer physician of Plattsburgh, making his calls on horse back with the saddle-bags slug across the saddle.

1767 Guy (?) weather begins to thaw.

1790 Zepha Platt gave Melancton Smith "rect. and discharge in full."

1793 Capt. John Douglas, son of Asa, from Stephentown, N.Y., landed with his wife and seven children at the lake shore of Chazy.  His was the first English family that settled in the town and he became a man of great influence as the settled in the town and he became a man of great influence as the settlement increased.

1834 Lake Champlain is now free from ice. -Plattsburgh Republican.

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