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PENN YAN

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PENN YAN , a See also:village and the See also:county-seat of See also:Yates county, New See also:York, U.S.A., situated N. of Keuka See also:Lake, on the outlet extending to Lake See also:Seneca, about 170 M. W. of See also:Albany, and about 95 M. E. by S. of See also:Buffalo. Pop. (1905), 4504; (1910) 4597. It is served by the New York Central & See also:Hudson See also:River and the See also:Northern Central See also:railways and by electric railway to Branchport, and has steamboat connexions with Hammonds-See also:port at the See also:head of Keuka Lake. The lake, one of the most beautiful of the so-called " See also:finger lakes " of central New York, abounds in lake and See also:rainbow See also:trout, See also:black See also:bass, pickerel and See also:pike, and there are many summer cottages along its shores. At Keuka See also:Park, on the See also:west See also:shore of the lake, is Keuka See also:College (189o), and at See also:Eggleston's Point is held a summer " natural See also:science See also:camp " for boys. The village is the seat of the Penn Yan See also:Academy (18J9). The lake furnishes See also:water-See also:power, and among the manufactures are See also:paper, See also:lumber, carriages, shoes, &c. Much See also:ice is shipped from the village. Penn Yan is an important See also:shipping point in the See also:apple and See also:grape-growing region of central New York, and winemaking is an important See also:industry.

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frame dwelling at Penn Yan was built in 1799; the village became the county-seat in 1823, when Yates county was created, and was incorporated in 1833. The first settlers were chiefly followers of Jemima See also:Wilkinson (1753-1819), a religious enthusiast, See also:born in See also:Cumberland township, See also:Providence county, Rhode See also:Island, who asserted that she had received a divine See also:commission. She preached in Rhode Island, See also:Connecticut, See also:Massachusetts and See also:Pennsylvania. Obtaining -a large See also:tract (which was called See also:Jerusalem in 1789) in the See also:present Yates county, she founded in 1788 the village of Hopeton on the outlet of Keuka Lake about a mile from Seneca Lake. Many followers settled there, and she herself lived there after 1790. Some of her followers See also:left her before 1800, and then the community gradually See also:broke up. The name of the village is said to have been derived from the first syllables of " Pennsylvania " and " See also:Yankee,” as most of the See also:early settlers were Pennsylvanians and New Englanders. ' The figure of Britannia first appeared on this issue of See also:copper coins. The See also:original of Britannia is said to have been Frances See also:Stewart, afterwards duchess of See also:Richmond (See also:Pepys, See also:Diary, Feb. 25, 1667). It was in See also:Charles II.'s reign, too, that the practice was established of placing the See also:sovereign's bust in a direction contrary to that of his predecessor. See See also:Lewis C.

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Aldrich, See also:History of Yates County, New York (See also:Syracuse, 1892).

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