History of Schoharie County, and Border Wars of New York: Containing Also a Sketch of the Causes Which Led to the American Revolution, and Interesting Memoranda of the Mohawk Valley; Together with Much Other Historical and Miscellaneous Matter, Never Befo

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When writers are obliged to rely principally on oral testi mony for what they publish, they are liable, from the treachery of memory in some, and the fondness for the marvelous in others, to imposition, to be practised in turn upon their readers. Aware of this, in matters of importance I have principally confined my inquiries to individuals sustaining a character of conscientious regard for the truth. More than this, I have had the same stories related by as many different persons as possible, often strangers to each other; and then, on carefully examining their testimony, have been enabled to arrive, as I believe, very se tisfactorily at the truth. These antiquarian researches should have been made at an earlier day, but the stale maxim, better late than never, will surely hold good in this instance if any.

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