Rev. Eleazar Williams, long time a Missionary among the Onondagas and Oneidas, at Oneida and Green Bay, and to the Rev. Ezekiel G. Gear, Chaplain U. S. A., Fort Snelling, the most sincere thanks are due for valuable communications.
Also to the late Rev. John C. Rudd, D. D., of Utica; Rev. Henry Gregory, D. D., of Syracuse; Rev. John L. Gay, of Manlius, and Rev. Geo. E. Delevan, of La Fayette. Also, to Harvey Baldwin, John Wilkinson, Lewis H. Redfield, Thomas Spencer, Amos P. Granger, Phares Gould, E. W. Leavenworth and Rufus Stanton, Esqrs., of Syracuse. Also, to the Clerk of Cayuga County, and to V. W. Smith, Esq., Clerk, and L. J. Gillet, Deputy Clerk of Onondaga County; Hon. Squire M. Brown, of Elbridge; Hon. George Geddes, Hon. David Munro and D. C. Le Roy, Esq., of Camillus; Messrs. Baldwin and Bigelow, of Lysander; Thomas Wheeler, Esq., of Salina; Simeon Clark, of Otisco; Cha's O. Roundey, of Spafford; Warren Hecox, Esq., of Skaneateles; Rev. Levi S. Parsons, of Marcellus; II. C. Van Schaack, Esq., of Manlius; Jeremiah Gould and Isaac Keeler, Esqrs., of La Fayette; Hon. Daniel Moseley and Oliver R. Strong, Esq., of Onondaga; Asa Eastwood and John Stevens, Esqrs., of Cicero. Also, to Edwin W. Clarke, B. B. Burt and Matthew McNair, Esqrs, of Oswego, and A. G. Hull and Peter Schenck, Esqrs., of Fulton, the author is under special obligations for important suggestions and materials.
The names of Mrs. O'Blennis, of Salina, and Mrs. Wood, of Onondaga Hollow, should not be omitted, both of whom have resided in the county from its earliest settlement, and whose vigorous minds are stored with an almost unlimited stock of valuable information.
Last, are acknowledged the MSS. and papers furnished by the Rev. J. W. Adams, D. D., who for several years, had been engaged upon a similar work. These had been collected by the Rev. Dr., with a view of ultimate publication, but his parochial duties, and other uncontrolable circumstances interposed, and the idea was abandoned. So far as available, these papers have been drawn from.
In addition to the acknowledgements already made, there are hundreds of individuals throughout the county, who have been scarcely