Excerpt from Pioneer History: Or Cortland County and the Border Wars of New York The following letter, addressed by Hon. Joseph Reynolds, Prof. Hyde and others to the author of this volume, precludes the necessity of any additional prefatory remarks: Cortland, May 22d, 1858. H. C. Goodwin, Esq. - Dear Sir, - The undersigned are informed that you are now engaged in writing the history of "Central New York," a work which will, doubtless, be highly valued, and read with pleasure by those familiar with the efforts you put forth to obtain facts relative to the early history of localities, and the graphic manner in which you record important events. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.