ROCHESTER IN 1812.

Anderson

[Vid. 250.

"When I saw your place in 1810 without a house, who would have thought that in 1826 it would be the scene of

DESIGNED TO ILLUSTRATE THE PROGRESS OF ROCHESTER DURING THE
FIRST QUARTER-CENTURY OF ITS EXISTENCE.

INCLUDING A MAP OF THE CITY AND SOME REPRESENTATIONS OF SCENERY, 3
EDIFICES, ETC.

ARRANGED BY HENRY O'REILLY.

"The names of the first settlers are interesting to us chiefly because they were the first settlers. There
can be little new to offer; and what can there be interesting to the public in the lives of men whose chief
and perhaps sole merit consisted in the due fulfilment of the duties of private life? We have no affecting
tales to relate of them-no perils by flood or field-no privations induced by the crimes of others or their
own imprudence. The most that can be said of them is, that they were moral, religious, prudent, quiet
people, who, with admirable foresight, made the best advantage of their situation, and who lived in com
fort, begat children, and died.”
Gordon.

ROCHESTER:

PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM ALLING.

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