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Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan was born on February 28, 1797, in Mallow, near Cork, Ireland, the youngest of a large family.
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Excerpt from Papers Relating to M. De La Barre's Expedition to Hungry Bay, Jefferson Co., 1684 February 10, 1684. The Governor of New York is to come, they say, next summer to the Mohawk and Speak there t0'the Iroquois. We'll'see what he'll say. He has sent a shabby ship's flag to the Mohawk to be planted there. This is the coat of arms of England. This flag is still in the public chest of the Mohawks. I know not when it will see day. 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.
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Calendar of historical manuscripts in the office of the secretary of state, Albany, N.Y. 456 Pages
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Excerpt from Papers Relating to the City of New York Were their High Mightinesses pleased to equip some ships for a few years, for the free conveyance and transportation of people principally Boors and farm servants with their poverty hither, together with some necessary maintenance until the poor people had obtained something in esse, their High Mightinesses would not only relieve many incumbered men,but also expect from God, through their intercession, luck, blessing and prosperity. 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.
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Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan was born on February 28, 1797, in Mallow, near Cork, Ireland, the youngest of a large family.
O'Callaghan's education included courses at Dublin, Paris, and Quebec, and he was admitted to the practice of medicine in Canada in 1823.
Edmund O'Callaghan became editor of the Vindicator at Montreal in 1834. After a year in the Canadian parliament (1836), he participated in Papineau's revolution of 1837, and found it necessary to flee the country. It would have been easy for him to return later, but he chose to remain in Albany, New York, where he resumed the practice of medicine and was for a time treasurer of the Albany County Medical Society.
At the same time his literary proclivities were manifested. Interest in the anti-rent agitation led him to a study of the Dutch land grants and thence into early New York history. During 1842-1844 he contributed poetry and historical articles to The Northern Light, a monthly published at Albany in the interest of the working class. In these articles was revealed a casual acquaintance with the mass of Dutch records, at that time undamaged by fire, in the office of the secretary of state. O'Callaghan's interest deepened. His early linguistic studies helped him to master Dutch and to produce the History of New Netherland. This was a much needed antidote for Irving's burlesque Knickerbocker and won immediate commendation.
Happily the state of New York realized its opportunity and induced the medical practitioner to give all his time to editing the old records, and for twenty-two years (1848 - 1870) this native of Ireland and fugitive from Canada revealed to New Yorkers their Dutch beginnings. The man's energy was prodigious, as is evidenced by the scores of volumes published during those years, and scholars of three generations later marvel at the breadth of knowledge and the accuracy of workmanship shown by the sharp-eyed collator. The volumes most prized by all research students are The Documentary History of the State of New York (4 vols. , 1849-51; 4 vols. ,1850-51), and Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New York (1853 - 1861). The second series was continued by Berthold Fernow, who edited Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New York.
Amiability and a fund of Irish wit stood O'Callaghan in good stead with legislators. During his state service he became familiar with the colonial records of the metropolis down the river, had indeed translated some of the minutes of the New Amsterdam burgomasters. His translation was used later by Fernow in The Records of New Amsterdam. Finally, in 1870, Mayor A. Oakey Hall induced him to change his residence and undertake the editing of the common-council minutes of New York City. In two years' time the editorial work was completed and under the direction of C. A. Alvord the press work had begun, but Comptroller Andrew H. Green, in the course of his financial reforms after the corrupt reign of the "Tweed ring, " halted the publication, leaving the work to be done all over again a generation later.
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Edmund O'Callaghan was a member of the Canadian parliament in 1836.
O'Callaghan was twice married: first, to Charlotte Augustina Crampe, who died in 1835, a native of Ireland who was brought to Canada in childhood; and second, May 9, 1841, to Ellen Hawe of Albany. There was one child by each marriage, but both died in infancy.