1873: The mansion built by the Arnold Potter family, prominent followers of the Public Universal Friend for whom the town of Potter is named. One hundred fifty years ago, Charles Wagener found a pamphlet relating a mansion in Philadelphia inhabited by the Duke of Orleans, later King Louis Philippe of France; the duke and future king also took refuge in the Potter Mansion during his travels around America during the French Revolution. Also in 1873, it was reported Jeptha Potter sold “his old homestead of Potter”; however, Jeptha Potter was from a different line of Potters and neither lived in nor owned the Potter Mansion. Provided
The Chronicle-Express: Consolidation, January 1, 1926, of the Yates County Chronicle (1824) and the Penn Yan Express (1866); the Rushville Chronicle (1905) and the Gorham…
