Excerpt from A History of Long Island, Vol. 2: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present TimeThe elemental strength of his character was first clearly demonstrated by his work in building the town of Florence, New York. From his boyhood he had known Gerrit Smith. The eminent capitalist and philanthropist, who in 1832 made him a propo sitiou according to the terms of which he was to go to Oneida county. New York, where Mr. Smith owned large tracts of land, and found a manufac turing town'. He was then a young man of only twenty-four years, but the work was successfully accomplished, and the village of Florence. New York, was transformed into a thriving little city of between two and three thousand.

H'is active identification with things political began during the period of his residence in Florence, for in 1838 he was elected to the state legislature on the Whig ticket. In a Democratic-district.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition.

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