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ANNALS OF ALBANY.
BY J. MUNSELL.
VOL. V.
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ALBANY : J. MUNSELL, 78 STATE STREET. 1854.
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PREFACE.
"All the world honors the historian who takes great countries in hand, and tells the story of their growth, truly and philosophically. But we bespeak honor for historians of a humbler sort-for the compilers of facts worth preserving out of moth-eaten manuscripts, charred relics of town-house fires, old church session records, parish registries, and family Bibles-for those who rescue from wreck and ruin the elements of history. Many such are laboring with excellent devotion where there is no hope of remuneration for their services, and unsup- ported by the encouragement of others engaged in like pursuits. They give the best of their days and infinite eyesight to rescue from oblivion and perishable archives their notes of local history, and, by the agency of the press, treasure them in fire-proof libraries for future use. Out of these various collections a master hand commands the appearance of philosophy that teaches by example, as out of the compacted rills the river runs. We hail every new local history with pleasure, and when the work is well done, are disposed to rate the author as of more service to the world than many a successful culti- vator of other departments of literature. We trust the
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young men and women of the country will look to the establishment, at all points where no such associations now exist, of county, town, and parish historical societies. There should not be a town in the land but has its written history."*
This volume is more strictly documentary, perhaps, than any of its predecessors. The object of the work, as can be seen at a glance, though not always understood, is merely to gather the gross material for history. Descrip- tions of persons and places will be found not unfrequent- ly to conflict. The compiler is sometimes held responsi- ble for such discrepancies, but the intelligent reader should observe that the source from whence the article is taken is always given. Aiming to publish papers as we find them, without alteration, the orthography of the author whom we copy has been preserved almost uniformly, that while he has the benefit of his own merits, he may also enjoy the reputation which posterity may be disposed to award his peculiarities. The volume having been a long time in press, a few persons noticed as living at the time the printing was in process, have since died. Their names will be found in the annals of the year 1854, in the subsequent volume.
* New York Daily Times.
CONTENTS.
Page.
Notes from the Newspapers, 7 Albany Directories,. 40
Fry's Directory,. 43 Brief History of the City of Albany, 98 Solomon Southwick,. 104
Early Settlers of the Hudson,. 111
The City Records, 1705 to 1710,. 114
State Street Baptist Church, 207
Population of Albany, 1825, 216
Rev. Henry Barclay, D. D.,
217
Capt. Anthony Van Santvoord, 222 Cohoes Falls, 226 Real and Personal Property, 185], 228
Memoir of Charles R. Webster, 230
Old John Jones's Grocery, . 240
A Voyage up the Mohawk, 1807, 242
The Mohawk River, . 252
Topography of Albany County, 1836, 254
Turtle Soup in Olden Time, 276 Goldsborough Banyar, 278
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First English Church in Albany, .
Albany in 1691 and in 1853, ... 285
Description of Albany County, 1824, 297
Annals of the year 1853,. 318
Index,
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Contents.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Page.
Map of Rensselaerwyck,
Frontispiece.
Steam boat Clermont, . 13
Steam boat Hope,. 28
Portrait of Joseph Fry, 44
Portrait of Solomon Southwick,
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State Street Baptist Church,.
207
Elm Tree Corner,.
237
Monument to Charles R. Webster,
239
Poling a Boat, 245
Passing a Rift,. 247
Map of Albany County, 254
ERRATUM.
Page 17, at the bottom. The Experiment was a sloop instead of a stage.
ANNALS OF ALBANY.
NOTES FROM THE NEWSPAPERS.
Continued from vol. iv., p. 335.
1805.
Names of Streets Altered .- The Common Council, in consequence of the extension and improvements recently made in some of the streets, changed the names of the following:
Kilby street, which from a small alley had become a spacious street, extending from Hudson river to Wash- ington street, to the name of Hamilton street.
Bone lane, which extended from Hudson river to Green street, and was to be extended to Washington street, to the name of Division street.
Cow lane, extending from the intersection of Grass lane with Hudson street, to Ludlow's property adjoining Lydius street, to the name of Union street.
Grass lane, extending from Hudson to the intersection of Lydius street, to the name of Liberty street.
Nail street, extending from Washington street to Eagle street, to the name of Lutheran street (Howard street).
Barrack street, extending from State street to the north bounds of the city, to the name of Chapel street.
Cavraly Uniform .- Solomon Van Rensselaer, adjutant general, issued the following general orders in relation to the uniform of the cavalry of the state of New York:
" The uniform of the cavalry being left by law to be fixed by the commander-in-chief, he directs, that it con- sist, for the regimental, field and staff, and troop officers, of a short green coat, faced with black velvet; collars, cuffs and wings on the shoulders, of the same; eight but- tons on the lapells ; two on each side of the collar, three
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Notes from the Newspapers.
on the sleeve, and three on the skirt; the buttons to be small, yellow, and of a conical form; the button holes, and along the edges of the coat, the bottom excepted, to be trimmed with gold lace or yellow silk binding; the epaulettes of the like color ; with buff vest, buckskin breeches, and long black topped boots. This regulation not to affect such troops as are already uniformed, until they shall find it convenient to provide themselves with new ones."
1806.
January. Wheat 10s. 6d. per bushel. Bread 3lb. 802. 3dr. for ls. fine flour; 4lb. 4oz. common.
Jan. 30. The mansion house of Gen. Schuyler, with all the outhouses and grounds, consisting of four acres, was offered for sale. [Head of Schuyler street, on Broad.]
Feb. 3. A law was passed by the Common Council to prevent forestalling, making it penal in the sum of five dollars, to purchase any kind of poultry to sell again.
Feb. 4. The Albany Mechanics' society held its annual election at the City hall, when Charles R. Webster was chosen president, John Mascraft Ist vice, James Hodge 2d vice, Isaac Hutton. treasurer. The trustees were Elisha Putnam, John Boardman,* Thomas Russell, John F. Doty, Andrew Hoffman, John Randall, Benjamin Knower, Elisha Dorr, James Barclay, Ebenezer Smith, Nathaniel Judson, Joseph Warford, Benj. Van Benthuysen. Elisha W. Skinner, secretary. [The survivors are in italics.]
Feb. 20. The ice in the Hudson and Mohawk broke up on the 20th February, and the navigation was again restored. The snow had disappeared from the mountains, and the weather was that of the mild season of April.
March. John Given, for a number of years sheriff of the city and county of Albany, died.
April 2. Andrew Hoffman, flour merchant, died.
The following appointments and promotions were made in the Albany regiment, the names of survivors being itali- cised. Matthew Trotter, Lt. Col. Com .; Sanders Lansing,
* Recently deceased, 1853.
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Notes from the Newspapers.
Ist Major; Wm. Fryer, 2d do .; J. V. N. Yates, Capt. Light Infantry; Cornelius W. Groesbeeck, Lieut .; Jellis Winne, do .; Peter Boyd, do .; Wm. McHarg, do.
The legislature at its session this year passed an act granting further time for completing the Western Inland Lock Navigation within this state.
Also, an act for the better government of the city of Albany.
It was thought to evince a peculiar spirit of enterprise in the citizens of Schenectady, notwithstanding the re- cent unsuccessful attempt to build a bridge over the Mo- hawk at that place, that they had entertained the propo- sition of Mr. Burr (who had recently constructed a bridge over the Delaware at Trenton) to build a bridge of four arches on the site of the former one, and that the sum of $10,000 had been immediately subscribed by the citizens to the stock of the company, and operations actively commenced.
April 23. On Wednesday, the 23 April, the corner stone of the state house was laid by Hon. Philip S. Van Rensselaer, in presence of the chancellor, judges of the supreme court, members of the corporation, state house commissioners, and other citizens. The site on which this edifice is to be erected is at the head of State street, on the west side of the public square. It is to be built of stone, 100 feet by 80, on an improved plan embracing much elegance with great convenience and durability.
Frederick Beasley, John B. Romeyn, and John M. Bradford made proposals to the city for the establishment of a grammar school of such a nature that it might be easily converted into an academy. The first step required by the proposers was a fund of $10,000.
April 30. The corner stone of the second Dutch church in this city, was laid by the Rev. Mr. Bradford. This church, in its plan and style, is much the same as that of St. Paul's church in New York, and when finished will probably be the most elegant of any in this part of the state. It is situated upon the old cemetery, between Beaver and Hudson streets, which has a front of about 100 feet upon both. Its dimensions are 102 feet in length,
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including the steeple and portico, by 66 in breadth. The probable expense will be about $50,000. This church and the new State House now erecting, together with the removal of the old Gothic structure, which lately incom- moded our streets, will in some degree show the extent and rapidity of our improvements. We trust the time is at hand, when we shall rival our sister cities in the ele- gance and neatness of our public buildings, and show that the advantage of our situation is not lost upon us, but im- proved to a proper degree in point of interest and orna- ment.
Died on the 26th April, Marte Mynderse, aged 79 years; a worthy and respectable inhabitant.
On the 27 April, George Hutton died, aged 77.
Election. Aggregate of the votes of Albany county for members of Assembly, showing the strength of the parties. Mr. Shurtleff and Mr. Verplanck, having re- ceived the most uniform support of any of the candidates on their respective tickets, the political state of the county is pretty correctly known by contrasting the votes of these two gentleman, which show a federal majority of 446:
Federal.
Daniel Hale, . 1475
Joseph Shurtleff, .. 1659
Johan Jost Deitz, . 1485
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Asa Colvard, .. 1454
David Bogardus, 1448
Jacob Veeder, 1477
Democratic.
Abr'm Ten Eyck,. 1140
David Boyd, . 1154
J. D. Verplanck, . 1213
L. L Van Kleeck,. ... 1133
Silas Sayre, . 941
G. Cleveland, . . 1041
For Congress .- Killian K. Van Rensselaer (federal) 1264; Benj. De Witt (Lewisite), 910; Henry Glen (Clin- tonian), 602.
The Hon. Phillip S. Van Rensselaer was on Thursday, May 14, elected President of the Bank of Albany, in the place of the Hon. Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, who declined a reelection. The bank declared a dividend of 43 per cent on its capital for the last 6 months.
May 19. Charles R. and George Webster, publishers of the Gazette, admitted their nephew, Elisha W. Skin- ner, into the partnership, under the firm name of Websters & Skinner.
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May 28. G. Lansing, engraver on wood, informed the public that he intended to practise his business in this city, at Mr. Myndert Lansing's in Court street. This mode of engraving, he says, had but of late years been brought to perfection, and was then so highly esteemed in England that scarcely any work of merit came from the press without ornaments of this kind. Having studied with the celebrated Anderson, in New York, for a consi- derable length of time, and being able nearly- to equal him in his productions, he flattered himself that he should receive the patronage of the public, the printers and publishers in particular. Simultaneously. with this ad- vertisement appears some wood cuts in the Gazette, which, if specimens of the workmanship of Mr. Anderson's pu- pil, are no great credit to either.
June 2. Wheat 12s. 6d. per bushel. In New York wheat was 14s. and said to be " looking up." In a few days it rose to 14s. at Albany. June 26, 13s. July 16, 11s. Sept. 29, 10s. Nov. 20, 11s.
June 6. Goldsborough Banyar, Jr., died in New York. July 16. Garret Van Zandt, " an aged and respectable citizen," died, aged 76.
The commissioners appointed to lay out the line of a turnpike road to connect Albany and Montreal, in a di- rection west of lakes George and Champlain, arrived at Plattsburgh, the 112 mile mark, and reported that they had 22 miles more to complete. This road was thought to be of great importance to Albany, and the whole northern part of the state. It was thought that the in- habitants on the route were sufficiently awake to its im- portance to them, and would subscribe largely to the stock, and work it out on the road. The survey was completed to the line in November, and met the king's road, as it was called, at Cobel's Town.
Dec. 21. An attempt made to rob the house of John Pye on the Watervliet road, by a man named Robert Johnson, created considerable excitement in the city. The robber was brought to bay on the opposite side of the river, having been wounded in the neck, and was secured. Every citizen is familiar with the exploit of the ancient penny-post, William B. Winne, in this affair.
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Notes from the Newspapers.
1807.
Feb. 9. The mercury in the thermometer, at sunrise, stood at 52 degrees below freezing point, or 20 degrees below zero. in the central part of the city. Seventeen years previous the mercury fell four degrees lower in an exposed situation on the hill; but it was thought that this was the coldest day ever experienced in the city since correct notice of the weather had been taken.
Feb. 22. Notice was given that a sermon would be preached in the Roman Catholic church, on Sunday morning, Feb. 22, by the Rev. Mr. Hurley, for the pur- pose of raising a collection to assist in finishing the inside of said church.
A law was passed by the legislature incorporating the St. Patrick's society of Albany.
Also, an act to incorporate the Mohawk Bank in the city of Schenectady. (Sixteen times the amount of capi- tal was subscribed.)
Also a law to divide the towns of Troy and Peters- burgh, in the county of Rensselaer; by which two new towns were formed, Lansingburgh and Brunswick.
April 3. Sanders J. Lansing died, aged 84.
April 8. The ice in the Hudson broke up, and freed the navigation of the river after an obstruction of more than four months. [" This season the scow which plied between Greenbush and Albany was swamped by a south wind, and drowned thirty-three persons. This occur- rence will be remembered by our oldest inhabitants, for it was so terrible and unusual in those days, that it filled the city with gloom for weeks. Among the lost were many of our most respectable people, the funerals of whom gave rise to one of the most melancholy days known to the history of Albany .- Knickerbocker, Aug. 22, 1852.] Isaac Hodge died, aged 81.
May 13. Peter Lansing died on Wednesday, May 13, aged nearly 86; a respectable inhabitant.
At the June term, Edward Willet. Teunis Van Vechten, and John Hamilton, were admitted attorneys and counsel- lors at law.
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Notes from the Newspapers.
July. A quota of 12,000 men was required to be raised in the state of New York, to prevent British aggression; the company of Light Infantry commanded by John Van Ness Yates unanimously resolved to tender their services to the President, and signified to him by letter their immediate readiness for actual service.
The Albany Volunteers, commanded by Capt. Gerrit Bogart followed the example of the Light Infantry, and tendered their services also.
A company of Light Infantry at Schenectady followed their example.
July 15. Wheat 10s. per bushel. Aug. 31st. 10s. 6d.
Sept. 5. The steamboat which left New York on Fri- day morning, arrived at Albany on Saturday, having 24 passengers on board. It left Albany on Monday morning, Sept. 7, with 40 ladies and gentlemen as passengers. These events are noticed in the Gazette as briefly as possible, without the usual flourish, in an obscure corner of an extra.
Oct. 1. It was announced in the New York Evening Post of Oct. 1, that the steamboat arrived from Albany in 28 hours, with 60 passengers. She left New York the next day at 10 o'clock against the tide and a strong head wind; ran foul of a sloop 18 miles up, which tore away one of her paddle wheels; and after various deten- tions arrived at Albany on the evening of the 4th, at 10
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o'clock, with 90 passengers; having forced her way up against a constant wind, with one paddle wheel.
On the 2d September, the boat was advertised to leave Pauler's Hook ferry on Friday the 4th September, and arrive at Albany on Monday evening at 9 o'clock; pro- visions, good berths and accommodations provided. The charges were as follows:
From New York to Newburgh, $3. Time 14 hours.
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It was proposed to accomplish three entire voyages in two weeks, from New York to Albany and back.
On the 6th November the boat left the city of Albany with upwards of 100 passengers.
Oct. 5. Wheat 11s per bushel.
Oct. 15. Webb & Dummer advertised a new whole- sale store, No. 17 State street, opposite the post office. in the store formerly occupied by Messrs. Sanders & Ogden.
Nov. 25. A bridge over the Mohawk river below the Cohoes falls, was completed and inspected this day.
1808.
Jan. 5. Wheat 9s. per bushel.
Jan. 8. Died, on Friday morning, Jan. 8, the Rev. Dr. William Linn, aged 56; minister of the Reformed Dutch church.
The citizens of Waterford and Lansingburgh gave no- tice that they should apply to the legislature for a bill authorizing them to erect a dam across the Hudson, for the improvement of the river.
Feb. 9. At a meeting of the Common Council of the city on Tuesday evening, Feb. 9, John Cuyler was elected Comptroller of the city.
A joint resolution passed both branches of the legisla- ture appointing a committee to take into consideration the propriety of exploring and causing an accurate survey to be made of the most eligible and direct route for a canal to open a communication between the tide waters
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Notes from the Newspapers.
of the Hudson river and Lake Erie, with a view to calling the attention of Congress to it, as a great national work.
March 11. A report from the commissioners appointed to erect a public building in the city of Albany, was made to the legislature at its session this year, as follows: " That they had received the following sums of money : From a tax on the city of Albany, . $3,000 .
on the city and county,
From the corporation of Albany,
3,000
sale of the court house, 10,000
17,000
proceeds of a lottery,
12,000
state, to be reimbursed by lottery, . 20,000
Another donation from the corporation of Albany this winter, .... 4,000
$69,000
of which amount 67,688 had been expended on the building, and in the purchase of materials on hand for completing it. It was estimated that a further supply of $25,000 would finish the building, and that there was reason to believe that the corporation of the city would not hesitate to be at the expense of leveling and orna- menting the surrounding ground.
JOHN TAYLER, S. DE WITT, P. S. VAN RENSSELAER, DANIEL HALE.
The legislature appropriated $25,000 towards com- pleting the State House, at this session.
March 13. A charity sermon was preached in the North Dutch church, by the Rev. Dr. Nott, and a collec- tion taken up in aid of the Humane society, which amounted to $371.32; said to have been the largest sum ever collected in this city on a similar occasion.
March 24. Died, on Thursday, March 24, Mr. Gerard- us Lansingh, in the 85th year of his age.
Died, on the 10th April, Mrs. Jane De Witt, wife of Simeon De Witt, in the 48th year of her age.
East Albany for Sale .- The ground opposite the city, now known as East Albany, was laid out into lots, and offered for sale. The tract extended along the river more than two miles, and one mile back from the river
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" containing many situations for buildings, which com- mand the most extensive prospects of the river and city." It was "laid out into blocks and squares, separated by streets, which are (near the river) 100 feet wide ; and in the rear 66 feet wide. The greater part of the blocks · contain 33 of an acre each; some of those near the river contain nearly double that quantity. In all the smaller blocks, the lots extend from one street to another, and are generally 200 feet long and 50 broad." " The situa- tions are very eligible for mechanics, traders and inn- keepers. All descriptions of persons may be here ac- commodated, for business or residence. The medicinal spring, known by the name of Harrowgate, being on the premises, insures the speedy improvement of all the grounds near it."
It may be added that another map of this property was got up in 1845, and the ground sold at auction. In 1808, it was traversed by the Columbia Turnpike and the Far- mers' Turnpike; in 1853, by the Boston and Albany Rail Road and the Hudson River Rail Road.
It is announced in the Gazette of April 28, that the steam boat had arrived from New York the evening pre- vious, and "sailed " again that morning at 10 o'clock. " She is fitted up in a very superior style of accommoda- tion."
Abraham Van Vechten was removed by the authority in power, from the office of recorder of the city, which called forth complimentary expressions towards him from the Common Council, which was federal.
At the May election, the federals had a majority of 1282 for members of assembly; the following are the members chosen, with their respective votes: Abraham Van Vechten, 2692; Stephen Van Rensselaer, 2714; John Brown, 2597; Johan Jost Deitz, 2658; Jonathan Jenkins, 2667; John H. Burhans, 2635. Kilian K. Van Rensse- laer was sent to Congress. [Died 1845.]
Died, on Friday, June 3, Col. Phillip P. Schuyler, aged 73. He was a vigilant and useful partizan officer in the revolution, which he advocated as a citizen and soldier with an ardor and sincerity that evinced his at.
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tachment to his country. He possessed firmness and for- titude of mind, as well as sensibility and integrity of heart. His funeral on Sunday was attended by an unusual concourse of friends and citizens, to pay the last tribute of respect to departed worth.
The North River steam boat was advertised to leave New York every Saturday evening at 5 o'clock, and Al- bany every Wednesday morning at 8 o'clock. The boat is thus described in the Hudson Bee: " The steam boat is certainly an interesting curiosity to strangers. To see this large and apparently unwieldy machine, without oars or sails, propelled through the element by invisible agency, at a rate of four miles an hour, would be a novelty in any quarter of the globe, as we understand there is none in Europe that has succeeded on the plan upon which this is constructed. The length of the boat is 160 feet, and her width in proportion, so as not to im- pede her sailing. The machine which moves her wheels, is called, we believe, a twenty horse machine, or equal to the power of so many horses, and is kept in motion by steam from a copper boiler 8 or 10 feet in length. The wheels are on each side, similar to those of water mills, and under cover; they are moved backwards or forward, separately or together, at pleasure. Her principal ad- vantage is in calms, or against head winds. When the wind is fair, light square sails, &c., are employed to in- crease her speed. Her accommodations (52 berths, be- sides sofas, &c.) are said to be equal or superior to any vessel that floats on the river, and are necessarily exten- sive, as all the space unoccupied by the machinery is fitted in the most convenient manner. Her route between New York and Albany is a distance of 160 miles, which she performs regularly twice a week, sometimes in the short period of 32 hours, exclusive of detention by taking in and landing passengers. On her passage last week, she left New York with 100 passengers, upwards, and Albany with 80 or 90. Indeed this equatic stage from Albany, with the Experiment [a public stage] of this city, bid fair to attach the greatest part of the travellers which pass the Hudson, and afford them accommodations not exceeded in any other part of the world."
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