Ashbel P. Fitch: Champion of Old New York

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Ashbel P. Fitch C h a m p i o n o f O l d N e w Y o r k David F. Remington With a Foreword by Joanne Reitano The Adirondack Museum Syracuse University Press Copyright © 2011 by Syracuse University Press Syracuse, New York, 13244-5290 All Rights Reserved First Edition 2011 11 12 13 14 15 16 6 5 4 3 2 1 ∞ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. For a listing of books published and distributed by Syracuse University Press, visit our Web site at SyracuseUniversityPress.syr.edu. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Remington, David F. Ashbel P. Fitch : champion of old New York / David F. Remington ; with a foreword by Joanne Reitano. — 1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8156-0988-9 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Fitch, Ashbel P. (Ashbel Parmelee), 1848–1904. 2. Legislators—United States— Biography. 3. Legislators—New York—Biography. 4. United States. Congress. House—Biography. I. Title. E664.F535R46 2011 328.73'092—dc22 [B] 2011013584 Manufactured in the United States of America In loving memory of my two cousins, descendents of Ashbel P. Fitch: Rennie Roberts, to whom family history was a beacon and Ragged Lake was a sacred place, and Kitty Egan, who treasured and nurtured the Fitch family legacy. David F. Remington is a retired investment banker, volunteer, Adirondacker, cyclist, and amateur historian. He is a great-grandson of Ashbel P. Fitch. He lives with his wife, Chelsey, on the rocky coast of Maine. ...