The country church in colonial counties as illustrated by Addison County, Vt., Tompkins County, N.Y., and Warren County, N.Y (1922)
Patten, Marjorie · New York, G.H. Doran Co · leaf 26
now for nearly a century this region has beena center of i)eaceful communities. Immigration did not start in earnest until after the signing of 20 THE THREE COUNTIES the Declaration of Independence. Then settlers began to pour intothe valley, lured by the fertility of the soil and the possibilities… … Congregational Church at Middlebury, Vt. inhabitants. From that time up to 1880 the population steadily in-creased. Since then there has been, however, a decline of 30 percent., checked only by the influx of French Canadians who havebought so many of the old farms. Addison County is primarily…
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