Excerpt from 1842 Buffalo City Directory: Containing a List of Civil, Naval and Military Officers, Religious, Benevolent and Philanthropic Societies, Local and Miscellaneous Statistics, &C. &C The result of these irnprovements is a more rapid increase of the population and wealth of the country the transmission of articles of commerce by means of the various modes of conveyance, by the railroads now in successful operation, the palaces on the lakes, and gondolas on the canals, not forgetting the services of that noble animal whose race has ever been a terror in war and a friend in peace, rendering at once a free ih terchange of thoughts, feelings and Opinions between each, distinct community within the continent; and with in the compact' thtfs keeping alive a consciousness of brotherhood which renders, and long may it render our country one and inseparable.' 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.