References to a portion of Henry O'Rielly's "collections" in the New York Historical Society's library, concerning the history of the State of New York, 1876 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Printed descriptions of his mementos of western settlement and his telegraph documents, which he donated to the New York Historical Society in 1859-1860. Enclosed is a printed letter written by O'Reilly, 9 Dec. 1869, on the "origin and progress of the telegraph system", read by Hon. Charles P. Daly to the American Geographical and Statistical Society, New York