Dear Wayne, Thank you for the information you forwarded. It surely will be helpful. Pierre Couture. Wayne Miller wrote: > > Dear Pierre, > I took some time to research your question and there appears to be no > information in print about your Nathaniel Douglass. I have checked Clinton > County (Champlain is in Clinton Co.), Champlain, and Rouses Point > histories which, although they do a thorough job of detailing the early > shipping industry, make no mention of him. I also checked the cemetery > records and while there are several Douglass' buried in Champlain, the > earliest birth date is 1802, and no Nathaniel appears. A quick check of > our manuscript collection also failed to turn over any info. While you > may want to venture down to Plattsburgh to conduct a more thorough search, > I suggest that you exhaust sources north of the border first. One > thought: given the time frame of your home's construction, if it contains > any brick or stone, there is a good chance that material came from 'Fort > Blunder.' In 1818, a fort being constructed by the U.S. was found to be > north of the border, construction was abandoned, and locals were allowed > to carry of the building materials. Many buildings on both sides of the > border built at that time took advantage of the free brick and stone. > Another fort, Montgomery, was constructed on the same site after > completion of the Webster-Ashburton treaty restored possession of the > place to the U.S. > Wayne Miller > >