Albany bi-centennial. Historical memoirs, Part 35

Author: Banks, Anthony Bleecker, 1837-1910; Danaher, Franklin M. (Franklin Martin); Hamilton, Andrew
Publication date: Banks & brothers
Publisher: Albany and New York
Number of Pages: 526


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36. AND FURTHER, for and on behalf of his said Majesty, his heirs and successors, I do grant to the said Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the said city, and their suc- cessors forever, that the Mayor, Recorder and Aldermen of the said city shall always be, so long as they shall continue in their respective offices, Justices of the peace for the said county, and as such shall and may sit in the courts of ses- sions, or county courts, and courts of oyer and terminer, that shall from time to time be held and kept within the said county ; and that the Mayor, Recorder, or some one of the Aldermen of the said city for the time being, shall and may always preside in or be president of such county courts, or courts of sessions, to be held within the said county as afore- said, and that the Sheriff of the said city for the time being, shall always be Sheriff of the said county ; also that the Town Clerk of the said city for the time being, shall always be the clerk of the peace, and Clerk of the court of sessions, or county courts for the said county.


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37. AND FURTHER, I do, for and on behalf of his said Majesty, his heirs and successors, by these presents grant to the said Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the said city of ALBANY, and their successors, that the said Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the said city, and their suc- cessors, shall have and enjoy all the privileges, franchises, and power that they have and use, or that any of their prede- cessors, at any time within the space of twenty years last past, had, took, or enjoyed, or sought to have had, by reason, or under pretence of any further charter, grant, prescription, or any other right, custom or usage, although the same have been forfeit or lost, or hath been ill used, or not used, or abused, or discontinued, albeit they be not particularly therein, under any pretence whatsoever, not only for their future, but the present enjoyment thereof; PROVIDED ALWAYS, That the said privileges, franchises and powers be not inconsistent with, or repugnant to, the laws of his Majesty's kingdom of England or other the laws of the General Assembly as aforesaid, and saving to his heirs, suc- cessors and assigns, and his Commanders-in-Chief, Lieuten- ants, Governors and other officers under him or them in his FORT ALBANY, in or by the city of ALBANY, and in all the liberties, boundaries, extent and privileges thereof, for the maintenance of the said fort and garrison there, all the right, use, title, and authority, which his said Majesty, or any of his said Commanders-in-Chief, Lieutenants and other officers have had, used or exercised here (excepting the said pasture hereinbefore granted, or mentioned to be granted, to the said Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the city of ALBANY aforesaid,) and saving to all other persons, bodies politic and corporate, their heirs, successors and assigns, all such right, title and claim, possession, rents, services, com- mons, emoluments and interests, of, in and to anything that is theirs, save only the franchises as aforesaid, in as ample manner as if this charter had not been made


38. AND FURTHER, I do appoint and declare, that the incorporation to be founded by this charter shall not at any time hereafter do or suffer to be done, any thing by which the lands, tenements or hereditaments, stock, goods or chat- tels thereof, or in the hands, custody or possession of any of the citizens of the said city, such as have been set, let, given, granted, or collected, to and for pious and charitable uses, shall be wasted or misemployed, contrary to the trust or


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intent of the founder or giver thereof. And that such and no other construction shall be made hereof, than that which may tend most to advance religion, justice, and the public good, and to suppress all acts and contrivances to be inven- ted or put in use contrary thereto. In witness whereof, I have to these presents set my hand, and thereto have affixed the seal of the said Province, and caused the same to be enrolled in the Secretary's office of the said Province, this two and twentieth day of fuly, in the second year of his said Majesty's reign, and in the year of our Lord one thou- sand six hundred and eighty-six.


THOMAS DONGAN.


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INDEX.


A PAGE.


Address by J. Howard King. 71


Address by Oren E. Wilson 204, 205


Address by Mayor John Boyd Thacher, 71, 89, 205, 300, 301, 342 343


Address by Robert F. McIntyre 287, 288


Address by Dr. T. Blom Coster. 299


Address by H. C. Staats, High Priest of Momns 324-326


Address by T. H. S. Pennington. 286, 287


Address by President Grover Cleveland. 382


Address by Hon. William F. Bayard.


382, 383


Address by Hon. William C. Whitney 383


Advisory Committee created 7


Advisory Committee, list of


13, 46


African M. E. Church, services at 188, 189


Albany Burgesses Corps 8, 69


Albany, first charter 431 -- 454


All Nations' Day, programme. 252


All Nations' Day, general orders. 253-257


All Nations' Day Parade described 257-271


All Nations' Day Parade, first division 259-261


All Nations' Day Parade, second division 261-263


All Nations' Day Parade, third division


263-265


All Nations' Day Parade, fourth division


265-267


All Nations' Day Parade, fifth division


267-270


All Nations' Day Parade, reviewed


271


Appropriation in Tax Budget 2


Appropriation for Historical Pageant


39


Appropriation for Music. 40


Appropriation for Engraving and Printing. 43


Appropriation for Fireworks 45


Appropriation for Monumenting, etc. 45


Appropriation for Reception Committee 45


Appropriation for Loan Exhibition 45


Appropriation for Military Committee 66


Award of Prizes for Essays . 202-204


455


B PAGE.


Bayard, William F., address by 382, 383


Banks, Mayor A. Bleecker, proclamation by 2, 3


Banks, Mayor A. Bleecker, chosen chairman 5


Banks, Mayor A. Bleecker, resignation


41


Baptist Churches, union services of 146-154


Battershall, Rev. Walton W., sermon of 190, 191


Bi-Centennial Card, described 427-429


Bi-Centennial Day, programme. 327, 328


Bi-Centennial Day, general orders 328, 329


Bi-Centennial Day Parade, description of. 329-340


Bi-Centennial Day Exercises at Rink - 340-383


Bi-Centennial Flag. 39, 57, 61, 66


Bi-Centennial Flag.


(See " The Flags of Albany.")


Bi-Centennial Medal 423-426


Boss, Prof. Lewis, report by 14, 17


Bronze Memorial Tablets, description of. 46, 55


Bureau of Information 12, 45


C


Canoe Races.


248-251


Catholic Church, services. 132 -- 145, 190


Caughnawaga Indians, reception of . 88 -- 91


Centennial Celebration of 1786, account of ..


5


Chaplain, selection of. 57


Chapman, Rev. T. Wilbur, sermon of. 189


Children's Day, exercises of. 194-252


Citizens' Bi-Centennial Committee, membership 6


Citizens' Bi-Centennial Committee, organized. 7,


17


Citizens' Bi-Centennial Committee, minutes of 7 -- 69


Citizens' Meeting. 2 -- 6


City Gates, opening ceremonies 194 -- 198


City Gates, description of.


195, 197


City Seals 415 -- 422


Civic Day, programme. 297


Civic Day Parade, general orders. 302-305


Civic Day Parade, description of. 305-310


Cleveland, President Grover, letter of. 66


Cleveland, President Grover, address by. 382


Cleveland, President Grover, reception to. 387-389


Clinton Square Presbyterian Church, services at 187


Colored Societies, All Nations' Day . 263, 286-288


456


PAGE.


Concert by School Children. -251, 252 Coster, Dr. T. Blom, reception of. 298-301 Coster, Dr. T. Blom, address by 299


Countermine, Rev. T. D., sermon of. 190


D


Davidson, Miss Elizabeth G., prize essay by 207-219


Decorations and Monumenting, reports on. 43


De Leon, F. C. 8, 27, 28


Demorest, Rev. David D., sermon of 107-132


Derrick, Rev. Israel, sermon of. 188, 189


Devotional Day, account of exercises 91-194


Dickson, Walter, resolution of thanks to. 68


Doane, Rt. Rev. William Croswell, selected as chaplain 57


Doane, Rt. Rev. William Croswell, sermon by. 133-145


Dongan Charter 431-454


E


Educational Day, reports from Board of Public Instruction. 28


Educational Day, exercises on 194-252


Episcopal Churches, union services of. 132-145, 190


Essays. 207-224


F


First Baptist Church, union services at 146-154


First Detailed Programme for Celebration 18-25


First Lutheran Church, services at. 178-186


First Methodist Church, union services at. 168, 178, 192


First Official Action I


First Reformed Church, services at .. 189


First Report of Plan of Celebration. 17 Flags of Albany .401 -- 414


Floats described, -316 -- 324


Former Celebrations, account of .. 14- 17


Fort Orange Club, reception by. 389-392


Foster, Rev. Albert, sermon of . 146-154


French Citizens, All Nations' Day 261-263


G


German Societies, All Nations' Day.


267 -- 270, 284, 285


Grant Club, All Nations' Day


265, 266


457


H PAGE


Hill, Governor David B., selected as orator 40


Hill, Governor David B., review of trades parade. 247 Hill, Governor David B., review of All Nations' parade 271 Hill, Governor David B., Bi-Centennial oration by 350 -- 382


Historical Pageant. 27, 28,29, 30 -- 39


Historical Pageant, general orders. 314, 315


Historical Pageant, divisions and officers. 315, 316


Historical Pageant, description of floats and parade. 316-324 Historical Tableaux, school festival . 199-202


Hodgson, George L., prize essay by. .219-224


Holland, Envoys from, reception of, etc. 298-301 Hollanders' division, All Nations' Day. 259-261


Holmes, Rev. Dr., sermon of 187 -- 188


Huntington, Rev. Dr. E. A., sermon of. 187


Hurlbut, Rev. Merritt, sermon of 170 -- 178


I


Invitations to Schools.


46


Irish Societies, All Nations' Day, 263-265, 272-284


Italian Citizens, All Nations' Day 270, 271


J


Jackson Corps


69, 97, 105


Jewish Synagogue, Beth-Emeth, religious services in. 91- 95 Jewish Synagogue, Beth-El-Jacob, religious services in 193


K


King, J. Howard, address by


71


Kip, Leonard, oration at Loan Exhibition. 78 - 86


L


Legislative Committee, address by


67


Legislative Re-union. 383-387


List of Subscribers to Bi-Centennial Fund. 395 -- 400


Loan Exhibition, committee to report on. 17


Loan Exhibition, communication suggesting 17,


IS


Loan Exhibition, committee on 26,


27


Loan Exhibition, opening exercises 69 -- 86


Loan Exhibition, managers of .. 86 -- 8S


Local Organizations, represented. 4


Lyons, Ald. James, resolution for celebration by I


458


M


PAGE.


Medal of the Bi-Centennial. 423 -- 426 Madison Avenue Reformed Church, services at. 106-132


Manufacturers' Day, exercises of. 194-252


McElroy, William H., Bi-Centennial Poem by. - 343-350


McIntyre, Robert F., address before Colored societies 287-288


Methodist Churches, union services of. 168-178


Military Mass, account of. -96-106


Miller, Rev. George W., sermon of. 179-186


Morange, William D., poem by. .73-78


Municipal Reception. 387-389


Mystic Order of Momus, midnight parade by 324-327


N


National Association of Amateur Oarsmen, 27, 29, 290, 295, 310, 313


O


Opening the City's Gates, ceremonies at. 194-198


Oration of Leonard Kip. 78 -- 86


Oration of Hugh Reilly. 273-283


Oration of Gov. David B. Hill, Bi-Centennial Day. 350-382


Orator, selection of. 40


Orator, medal for 61


P


Parade of Manufacturers, Tradesmen and Mechanics and names of participants. 224-248


Parade of Mystic Order of Momus. 324-327


Parade of Secret Societies. .295-297


Parade of All Nations. 252-272


Pennington, T. H. S., address before Colored societies 286, 287


Poem, by William H. McElroy, Bi-Centennial Day. 343-350


Poem, by William D. Morange, Loan Exhibition 73-78 Poet, selection of. 40


Poet, medal for 61


Prayer, by Rev. T. Livingston Reese. 199


Prayer, Bi-Centennial Exercises, of Rt. Rev. W. C. Doane. 341


Presbyterian Churches, union services of. 154-168, 187


Prize Essays, conditions, etc. 29 Prize Essays .207 -- 224


3 Proclamation for Celebration 2,


Proclamation of Opening Exercises. 63-65


Proclamation of Opening City Gates 196, 197


Pyrotechnic Display. 393, 394


459


R PAGE.


Reese, Rev. Dr. J. Livingston, prayer by 199


Reformed Churches, union services of. 106-132, 189 Regatta, account of. . 27, 29, 290-295, 310-313


Reilly Hugh, oration before Irish Societies 273 -- 283


Religious Services, report upon 56


Reply to Invitation, from officials of Antwerp 40


Reply to Invitation, from Mayor of London 42


Reply to Invitation, from Lieutenant-Governor 43


Reply to Invitation, from officials of Amsterdam 46


Reply to Invitation, from officials of The Hague 56, 61


Reply to Invitation, from R. A. Maxwell. 62


Reply to Invitation, from N. Y. Holland Society 62


Reply to Invitation, from Samuel J. Tilden 68


Resolution of Common Council to Celebrate I


S


Schlesinger, Rabbi, sermon of-


.93-95


School Children's Festival, exercises at 198 -- 224


Schubert Club 17


Schuyler, Peter, portrait of.


61


Scottish Games, All Nations' Day


288 -- 290


Seals of Albany


. 415 -- 422


Secret Societies, parade by . 295 -- 297


Sermon by Rev. Walter W. Battershall 190 -- 191


Sermon by Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman.


189


Sermon by Rev. J. D. Countermine. 190


Sermon by Rev. David D. Demorest 107 -- 132


Sermon by Rev. Isarel Derrick.


188, 189


Sermon by Rt. Rev. William C. Doane. 133 -- 145


Sermon by Rev. Albert Foster . 146 -. 154


Sermon by Rev. Dr. Holmes. 187, 188


Sermon by Rev. Dr. E. A. Huntington 187


Sermon by Rev. Merritt Hurlbut. 170 -- 178


Sermon by Rev. George W. Miller 179 -- 186


Sermon by Rabbi Schlesinger. 93 -- 95


Sermon by Rev. Horace C. Stanton. 155 -- 168


Sermon by Rev. H. A. Starks 192


Sermon by Rev. Dr. C. H. W. Stocking. 193


Sermon by Rev. Dr. Mark Trafton 168 -- 170


Sermon by Rev. Clarence Walworth. 98 -- 105


Sixth Presbyterian Church, services at. 190


Staats, H. C., address by 324 -- 326


Stanton, Rev. Horace C., sermon by 155 -- 168


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PAGE.


Starks, Rev. H. A., sermon of. 192 State Officials, invitation to. 39


State Street Presbyterian Church, union services at. 154 -- 168 St. Mary's Church, religious services in. 96 -- 106 St. Peter's Church, services at. 132-145, 190


Stocking, Rev. Dr. C. H. W., sermon of. 193


Subscribers to Bi-Centennial Fund. 395 -- 400 Subscriptions. 8, 28, 66


Sub-Committees, list of. 8, 14, 23, 26, 27, 42, 45


T


Thacher, Mayor John Boyd, elected chairman 41 Thacher, Mayor John Boyd, address by, 71-73, 89, 205, 300, 301, 342, 343


Tilden, Samuel J., letter of.


68


The City Seals of Albany. 415 -- 422


The Flags of Albany


401 -- 414


Trades Day, exercises of. - 194 -- 252


Trafton, Rev. Dr. Mark, sermon of. 168 -- 170


Trinity Episcopal Church, services at 192, 193


U


Unveiling of Bronze Tablets.


248


Van Ness, Edward, letter of.


V 66


W


Walworth, Rev. Clarence, sermon of. 98 -- 105


Whitney, William C., address by. 383


Wilson, Oren E., address by. .204, 205


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