Hi Since many of the items in Merrill's books were taken from columns the date could be from the date of a column. Otherwise to my knowledge there were never any different editions-only different printings. Certainly dont know all there is to know about Mr. Merrill but did own the rights to publish all his books at one time and published the last reprint of Mr. Merrill's work "The Underground and other Upstate Tales". Norm Boughton, GM Creek Publishing David Minor wrote: > > York Staters, > > In Stagecoach Towns Arch Merrill discusses the Silver Lake Assembly > gounds, near Perry. He says the auditorium burned 25 years ago. Since > there were three editions of the copy of the book I have (1947, 1949 > and 1956) I'm not sure which date to count back from. Can anyone > provide me/us with the actual date, or at least the correct year? > > TIA, > > David > David Minor > Eagles Byte Historical Research > Rochester, New York > 716 264-0423 > [log in to unmask] > > http://home.eznet.net/~dminor -- $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Wood collecting will be GREAT in '98, especially when YOU particiapate! Norm Boughton's Wooden Money PO Box 93262 Rochester, NY 14692 Phone 716-292-5550 Fax 716-292-6513 http://web.coin-universe.com/nordel/