Excerpt from A Historical Sketch of the Village of Batavia As the Hon. Joseph ellicott was the Father and Founder of Batavia, it is due to his memory, no less than to the subject, that we go back a little, and trace some of the events with which he was connected, and which led to its foundation, and the settlement of the country. 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.