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Gaige, 164, 168, 169, 178, 185, 186; Gale, 182; Ganley, 121; Gansvoort, 160; Ganzevoort, 19; Gardenier, 168, 186; Gardner, 186; Garling, 109, 110; Garrison at Schenectady, 37, 38; Gas-works, 146, 147; Gates, 36, 106, 126; Ger- ritse, 15; Gey, 164; Gibson, 150, 151; Gifford, 164, 179, 200, 203, 204; Gifford's Hamlet, 200; Gilbert, 126; Gilles- pie, 136, 145: Gillette, 106, 107, 117; Gilmour, 151; Glen, 4, 7, 11, 12, 13, 15, 18, 20, 23, 24, 25, 30, 32, 33, 34, 38, 193, 195; Glenn, 6, 8, 128; Goodrich, 86, 105, 144; Good- sell, 105; Gordon, 128, 164, 203; Goss, 105; Graham, 114; Grant, 27; Graty, 110; Grau, II0; Graves, 107; Gray, 143; Great Flat, 3, 12; Green, 164, 170, 179, 185, 186, 198; Greene, 142; Greene Corners, 182; Gregg, 20, 204, 216, 217, 218; Gregory, 139; Gridley, 104; Griffes, 98, 133; Griffith, 164; Grimm, 110; Groat, 153; Grocers, 156; Groes- beck, 14; Groot, 7, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 34, 37, 90, 93, 113, 115, 122, 126, 144, 145, 149, 158; Groote, II; Grose, 139; Gross, 143; Gunn, 160; Gurnsey, 126; Guy, 109.
Haight, 166; Halliday, 201; Hall, 101, 105, 123, 124, 126, 169, 186, 201; Hallenbeck, 21; Hallowell, 126; Hal- sey, 126, 133; Ham, 185, 198, 211; Hamilton, 177, 203; Hamlin, 135, 139, 198; Hammer, 142; Hand, 125, 198; Hanse, 7, 17; Hansen, 13; Hansett, 164, 168, 179, 185; Hansmer, 116; Hanson, 158; Harden, 164, r82; Harden . burg, 201; Harding, 158; Harkness, 203; Harman, 141; Harreker, 109; Harrigan, 160; Harris, 108; Harrower, 213; Hart, 157; Hartman, 178; Hastings, 86, 126; Hathaway, 160; Haver, 179; Hawood, 105; Heagle, 107; Health, Board of, 67; Heath, 106; Hearsey, 100; Hecmstraat, 21; Hege- man, 143, 151; Heilbronner, III; Helmer, 116, 117; Hem- ing, 204; Hengham, 115; Henry, III, 103, 128; Herrick, 164, 166, 179, 186, 208; Herron, 114: Hesseling, 27; Hick- ock, 97, 107, 110, 126; Hill, 126, 142, 179, 203; Hillyer, 119; Hilton, 115; Hinne, 198; History of Fire Companies, 74, 75; History of Masonic Organizations, 115, 116; History of Municipal Organizations, 66, 69; Hoag, 142, 146, 164, 165, 166, 178, 182, 183, 185, 186; Hoffman, 112, 139; Hogh, 185; Holbrook, III; Holiday, 203; Holley, 119; Holmes,
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164, 180; Holton, 205, 206; Horn, 9; Home of Friendless, 113; Homrighaus, 112; Horsack, 202; Horsfall, 155; Horst- man, 149; Hoslow, 147; Houghtaling, 105; Houghton, 204; House Lots, 10; Hover, 70; How, 167; Howe, 104, 126, 133, 186; Hows, 164; Hoyt, 114; Hubbard, 182; Hub- bell, 133; Hughes, 106, 164; Hulbert, 145; Hull, 114, 142, 143; Humphrey, 164: Hungerford, 204; Hunt, 37, 182, 218; Hunter, 116, 117, 153, 178, 204; Hutchinson, 217; Huyck, 141.
Indian Wars on the Border, 22, 24, 28; Ingals, 201; In- gersoll, 164, 178; Ingoldsby, 200; Institutions, Charitable, 113; Irish, 165; Irvine, 136; Irwin, 133; Isack, 29; Islands, 14, 15; Ives, 106. .
Jackson, 85, 86, 113, 116, 136, 151; Jacob, 104; Jakes, 212; James, 103, 115; Jan, 15; Jans, 194; Janse, 19, 27, 30; Jansen, 19; Jarvie, 153; Jarvis, 166, 177; Jay, 174; Jenkins, 164; Johnson, 33, 99, 101, 115, 138, 142, 145, 148, 161, 180, 204; Johnston, 178; Joncker, 13; Jones, 157, 164, 165, 166, 186, 210; Jones Car Manufacturing Company, 151, 210; Joslin, 140, 141; Jost, 110; Joy, 131; Joyce, 102, 104; Judd, IOI, 102; Judges, County, 65; Judson, 140: Juffrow's Landt, II; Jukes, 179; Jutkins, 105.
Kane, 93, 122, 144; Kanquaragoone, 14; Kasten, 110; Kastendieck, 110, 142; Kelly, 9, 99, 101, 102, 105, 139, 165, 178, 200, 204, 206, 208; Kelly's Station, 200; Kennedy, 105, 166, 178, 184; Kerns, 215; Ketcham, 164, 165; Ketchum, 113; Keyes, 185; Keyser, 138; Killian, 160; Kilmer, 151; Kilmer Wire Band Manufacturing Company, 151; Kincade, 106, 138; Kindler, 110; King, 116, 126, 164, 168; Kingsley, 107; Kinney, 159; Kipp, 108; Kirby, 203; Klein, 17; Kleyn, 13; Kline, 104; Klokenyer, 93; Knapp, 107; Knauer, 139; Koon, 140, 141, 164; Koons, 164, 166; Kregear, 195; Kriegs- man, 117; Krygier, 192.
La Britton, 154; Ladd, 164, 165, 169, 182, 216, 218; Laibey, 148; Lake Featherstonhaugh, 161; Lamb, 106; La Montague, 3; Lampman, 160; Lancaster, 117, 122; Lander, 164, 185, 204; Landertse, 7; Landon, 85, 86, 133, 139; Lands, Division of, 10; Lands, List of Early, 7; Lang, 182; Lange Gang, 10; Lans, 201; Lansing, 194, 198, 200, 216; La Rue, 126; Lasher, 164, 179, 184, 185, 186; Lason, 164, 169; Lawrence, 108, 213; Lawton, 107, 165; Lawyer, 14; Lee, 126, 139; Leislerians, 23, 25; Lendrums, 170; Leonard, 106; Leopold, 109; Leroy, 107; Lester, 180; Levey, 167, 170; Levi, III, 156; Levings, 105; Lewis, 119, 134, 135, 167; Liddle, 164, 165, 178, 186; Lidell, 186; Lightball, 94; Lilly, 177; Lindsay, 202; Linn, 117, 138; Literary Journal, 138; Livingston, 14, 15, 119, 162; Lloyd, 167; Lockwood, 164, 201, 217; Locomotive Fireman's Monthly Journal, 139; Lo- comotive Works, 149; Lomasney, 86; Long, 164; Long- worthey, 180; Losee, 216; Lots, House, 10; Love, 186, 179; Loveridge, 139; Low, 140, 141, 212, 217, 218; Lowell, 109, 177, 178; Luckey, 105; Ludlow, 132; Luffman, 145; Lum- ber Yards, 156; Lush, 160; Luycasse, 7, 23; Lydius, 88, 89; Lyon, 114, 179, 203.
Mabee, 9, 143, 206, 215, 216; Macauley, 201; Mackay, 142; Mackley, 182; Mac Master, 178; Macomber, 164, 166, 184, 186; Magistrates, Board of, 67; Magoffin, 117, 140, 141, 142; Mair, 135; Mairs, 157, 202; Malcom, 122; Man- ning, 170; Mansfield, 177; Manufactories and Industries, 147; Map of Schenectady, 29; Marcellis, 13, 15, 18, 19, 27; March, 193; Marcken, 4; Mariaville, 182, 185; Marinus, 13, 34; Markle, 164; Marlette, 114, 116, 125, 139, 140, 145,
204, 205, 206, 211, 213, 217, 218; Marselis, 19, 94, 140; Marsh, 124, 164, 170, 179, 185; Marshall, 169, 182; Martin, 9, 100, 144, 154, 204; Mascraft, 13, 37; Mason, 103, 117, 164; Masonic Organizations, 115-117; Massacre, 33, 34; Mast- kraft, 7; Mathews, 113, 115; Matthias, 104; Maurits, 14; Maxey, 96; Maxon, 115, 138, 144, 146, 151, 198; Maxwell, 178, 202; Maybee, 148; McAtyre, 101; McAuley, 102; Mc- Bean, 178; McCallum, 178; McCally, 164; McCannis, 19, 113, 115, 145; McCann, 199, 200; McClelland, 132; McClew, 178; McCloskey, 112; McClyman, 153, 154; McComber, 182; McCue, 13, 217; McDermid, 141; McDermott, 160, 185; McDonald, 101, 116, 142, 182, 184, 186, 202; McDou- gall, 140, 141, 164, 178, 186; McEncroe, 146, 160; McFarland, 99, 164; McGaugh, 179; McGee, 215; McGeogh, 112; Mc- Graw, 166, 182; McIntosh, 166; McKean, 104, 105; McKee, 202; McKelvey, 197; McKenney, 203; Mckenry, 126; Mc- Kerlee, 205; Mckinney, 178; McLachlin, 153; McLeod, 178; McManus & Co., 156; McMaster, 168, 205; McMichael, 116; McMillan, 164, 178, 184, 203, 204; McMillen, 168, 186, 203; McMillin, 204; McMullen, 113, 145, 159; McNee, 126, 203; McNeirny, 110; McQueen, 117, 149, 150, 151; McQueen Locomotive Works, 209; McQueen & Stage, 151; McShea, 86, 198: Mead, 143, 166, 178, 182, 186, 212; Mebee, 19; Mebie, 13, 14, 18; Megapolensis, 86; Meier, 96; Meneely, 110; Mercelis, 124; Merchant, 128; Meredith, 106; Merser, 99; Merwin, 104; Mesick, 198; Metcalf, 177; Meyers, 109; Michel, 99, 112; Mickel, 110; Mickle, 180; Milbanks, 198; Military Organizations, 39, 45; Millard & Crane, 156.
Mills-
Hosiery 153
Knitting 153
Schenectady Knitting. 153
Watervliet 153
Miller, 101, 198, 202; Milmine, 145, 156, 157, 205; Miln, 98; Miscellaneous Cabinet, 138; Mitchel, 113, 211; Moffatt, 154; Mohawk Advertiser, 138; Mohawk Mercury, 137; Mohawk Sentinel, 138; Mohawkville, 208, 209; Monk, 126; Monroe, 99; Mantanye, 164; Monteith, 102, 103; Montgomery, 170; Moon, 165, 182; Moore, 100, 115, 123, 125, 151, 164, 169, 178, 217; Moorhouse, 153; Morey, 164; Morning Gazette, 139; Morning Star, 139; Morrie, 126; Morris, 126; Morri- son, 117; Morse, 115; Mott, 164; Mudge, 180, 200; Muir, 51; Mull, 125; Muller, III ; Mulroy, 205; Mumford, 144; Mun- sell, 111, 210; Murdock, 17; Murry, 113, 133, 169, 179, 185; Myers, 11, 113, 114, 125, 148, 154, 215; Mynderse, 8, 30, 113, 141, 142; Myndertse, 7, 8, 19.
Navigation, Railway, 49, 50; Navigation, River, 45, 48; Navigation, Stage, 48, 49; Nellis, 179, 185; Nethaway, 168; Nettleton, 102; Newcomb, 203; Newenhuysen, 87; New- kirk, 205; New Lights, 103; Newman, 114; Nicholson, 31; Niskayuna, 192, 199; Niskayuna District School, 197; Niskayuna, Early Settlers, 192, 193; Niskayuna Patent, 195; Niskayuna, Wars and Fortifications, 195; Noethen, 109; North, 162, 163, 176, 177, 178; Northrop, 108, 111; North- rup, 204; Norton, 165; Nott, 102, 107, 113, 114, 117, 122, 123, 126, 127, 128, 133, 134, 201, 203, 210, 212; Noxon, 140, 141; Neucella, 88.
Occinn, 197; Oderic, 109; Officers, City, 1798-1885, 68, 69; Officers, County and State, 64, 65; Ogilvie, 98; Old Fort, 37; Olin, 155; Olmstead, 106, 126; O'Neill, 185; Outhout, 8, 126; Orlop, 141; Osborne, 217; Ostrander, 164, 204, 206; Otten, 20; Ouderkirk, 198; Ouger, 143.
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Paige, 85, 86, 108, 115, 116, 126, 133, 144, 164; Paine, 126, 136; Palmer, 86, 114, 116, 126, 128, 138, 144, 166, 213; Parker, 213, 218; Parks, 109; Parsons, 126; Parthenon and Academian, 139; Passage, 182, 201, 204; Patent, Braines, 161; Patent, Cambefort, 14; Patent, Dongan, 8; Patent of 1684, 5; Patterson, 164, 170, 205, 218; Patterson's Corners, 182; Pattersonville, 208; Paul, 106; Paxton, III; Payne, 100, 109; Pazuater, 107; Peake, 180; Pearse, 198; Pearson, 137, 142; Peck, 105; Peckham, 117; Peek, 7, 13, 144, 180, 205, 211, 212; Peissner, 133, 135; Pendleton, 100; Publica- tions of Union College, 139; Perkins, 114, 131, 133, 142; Perry, 16, 195, 211; Phelps, 34; Philips, 20, 201, 217, 218; Philipse, 13, 19, 34; Phraner, 108; Physicians, City, 67; Physicians, Pioneer, 143; Pickett, 126; Piek, 128; Pierson, 125; Pieterse, 27; Pioneer, The, 147; Piper, 126; Pitkin, 149; Pins, 109; Planck, 142; Plank Road, 213; Platt, 9, 128; Poentie's Kil, 11, 12; Polders, II; Polhemus, 185; Pomeroy, IO1; Pond, 161; Post, 185; Potman, 19, 23, 27; Potter, 13, 82, 84, 86, 99, 100, 115, 117, 133, 138, 145, 155; Poverson, 12; Powers, 160, 180; Prime, 140, 141; Princetown, 200, 206; Princetown Hamlet, 200; Princetown District Schools, 201; Princetown Town Officers, 201; Printers and News- papers, 137, 140; Proal, 100; Proctor, 126; Protestant Sentinel, 138; Proudfit, 135, 203; Provost, 176; Pulver, 164, 179, 180; Putman, 200, 210, 217, 218.
Quackenbos, 34, 97, 195; Quackenbush, 179, 185, 201, 212; Quaker Street, 182; Quattlander, 110; Queen's New Fort, 37; Quick, 164, 217, 218; Quimby, 164, 165.
Radcliffe, 218; Radley, 164, 167, 170; Railsplitter, The, 139; Railways, 49, 50; Rainy, 213; Ramsey, 117, 120, 160, 178; Ramssaur, 109; Randell, 109; Rankins, 149, 159; Rawson, 105; Ray, 110; Raymond, 197, 201; Reaber, 117; Reagles, 142, 156; Rector, 13, 148, 164; Reese & Hartley, 158; Reese, 133, 147, 148, 158; Reeves, 156, 158; Reflector and Schenectady Democrat, 138; Reichs Posaune, 112; Remington, 105, 140; Reynolds, 180, 198; Rhinehart, 186, 201, 206; Rhodes, 133; Rich, 182; Rick- ett, 201; Riggs, 122, 138; Righter, 177; Rinckhout, 18, 19; Ritchie, 124, 138; Roach, 142; Roberts, 12, 13, 15; Robin- son, 133, 165, 203, 211; Robison, 160, 204, 206; Rockwell, 164; Rodgers, 128; Rogers, 109, 204; Romeyn, 96, 102, 127, 128, 197, 212; Root, 164; Rosa, 154, 159; Rose, 169; Rosekrans, 201; Rosekranz, 116; Ross, 180; Rotterdam, 13, 206, 208; Rotterdam District Schools, 215; Rotterdam Flats, 207; Rotterdam Town Officers, 215; Rowe, 115, 142; Roy, James & Co., 153; Rushmore, 182; Rynex, 116, 201, 204, 217, 218; Rynex Corners, 200; Ryswick, Peace of, 30.
Sacia, 125; Sackett, 138; Sager, 211; Sanders, 8, 18, 85, 86, 147, 159; Sands, 126, 213; Sassian, 15; Sauter, 110, 115, 217, 218; Savage, 136; Sawyer, 106, 107; Schaats, 143, 27; Schaets, 20, 86, 87; Schenck, 101, 202.
Schenectady, Burning of 24, 28
66 Cabinet and Freedom's Sentinel. 138
Cabnet. 138
Car Company 209, 211
County Whig 138
Daily Evening Star and Times 139
Gazette
News. 139
139
Times
139
Union. 139
Democrat
Schenectady 138
Evening Star
139
First Settlement. 2, 10
Reflector and Democrat 139
Republican.
139
Saratoga Standard
138
Star.
138
Township
1, 2
Water-works.
.145, 146
Weekly Union 139
Schermerhorn, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 23, 27, 86, 115, 116, 122, 138, 141, 145, 148, 151, 153, 154, 171, 182, 206, 210, 211, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219; Scherwin, 113; Schneider, 112; School Bill, oldest, 120, 121; School, Illustre, 127; School, Lancaster, 122, 125; Schoolcraft, 86, 116, 125, 142; Schoonmaker, 210; Schultze, 112; Schuyler, 6, 7, 26, 213; Schwartz, 110; Schwenker, 110; Schwilk, 112, 113; Schwin, 113; Schyler, 193; Scroll, The, 140; Scotia, 18; Scott, 160; Scrafford, 201, 204, 218; Scully, 112; Searl, 201, 210, 212; Searle, 211; Seaver, 114; Seeley, 148, 157; Seelye, 97; Seesar, 94; Selyns, 86; Selzinger, 109; Senators of State, 65; Sexton, 123; Seymour, 105, 139; Shaker Island, 196; Sheldon, 178, 182; Sherburn, 166; Sheriffs, 65; Shipley, 205; Short, 213; Shoudy, 170, 182; Shumway, 121: Shurtliff, 9; Shute, 164, 165, 170, 186; Shuter, 99, 128; Shutt, 164 Sickles, 96; Sigsbee, 217; Simpson, 107; Sisson, 164; Sitterly, 160; Sixbury, 13; Skeels, 177; Slaaghboom, 19; Slater, 123, 124; Slawson, 164; Sleicher, 139; Slinger- land, 7, 19; Sloughters, 21; Slover, 211; Smart, III; Smeallie, 204, 205, 206; Smedes, 100; Smith, 7, 20, 30, 31, 37, 86, 96, 101, 104, 105, III, 112, 113, 115, 126, 128, 138, 143, 145, 146, 158, 159, 164, 165, 168, 177, 180, 186, 201, 217; Snell, 186; Sniffers, 164; Societies, Ecclesias- tical, 86; Society, Ladies' Benevolent, 113; Society, Medi- cal, 140, 142; Soegemakelyk, 12; Soley, 113; South Schenectady, 208; Spalding, 210; Spencer, 119, 169; Spitzer, 143, 212; Sprague, 126, 140; Springer, 204, 210; Squire, 140, 141; Staats, 23; Stackpole, 140; Stage, 48, 151; Staley, 126, 133, 185, 204, 217, 218; Stanford, 139, 145, 146, 153, 160, 193, 198; Stanton, 116, 144; Starks, 115; Starkweather, 180; Stead, 114; Stebbins, 100, 105, 113, 122, 177, 195; Steel, 105; Steeling, 213; Steers, 199; Steinfurhuer, 142; Sterling, 205; Sternberg, 169; Sterns, III; Steuben, 162; Stever, 109; Stevens, 7, 13, 86, 126, 138, 164, 165, 168, 178; Stevenson, 137, 179; Stewart, 170; Stiles, 123, 124; Stillwell, 164; Stockwell, 126; Stone, 138; Stoppelkamp, 110; Stoves, Nott, 134; Stringer, 143; Strong, 82, 86, 169; Struene, 110; Stryker, 201; Stuart, 178; Sturges, 202; Summerbell, 180; Superintendents of Hose, 74; Superintendents of Poor, 63, 64; Superintendents of Streets, 67; Supervisors, 54, 62; Surrogates, County, 65; Susholz, III, 154; Sutherland, 138; Swan, 117; Swancker, 217; Swart, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 19, 115, 117, 148, 149, 154, 156, 217; Sweet, 156; Swits, 7, 8, 9, 12, 17, 19, 29, 90, 109, 116, 144, 159; Symonse, 31, 193; Symonse's Meadow, II; Synagogue, Jewish, III.
Taggert, Richmond, 106; Tallman, Jedediah, 178; Tal. mage, 23, 25, 108, 198; Tanner, Agnes, 170; Taylor, 51, 97, 101, 108, 109, III, 122, 127, 128, 201, 208, 213; Taws, 205, 206; Tele, 109; Teller, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 19, 115, 158; Temperance, 117; Templar, 204; Templer, 201; Ten Broeck, 26, 128; Teneyck, 15 ; Terworth, 126 ; Tennisse, 4, 15; Thatcher, 151; Thayer, 138, 139; Thesschenmaecker, 27,
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87, 88, 120; Thomas, 164, 177; Thompson, 101, 138, 144, 151, 154, 158, 176, 177, 198; Thomson, 86; Thornton, 177; Thurston, 124; Tichenor, 114; Timeson, 158; Tinning, 204, 205, 206; Titball, 166; Titus, 186; Todd, 102; Toll, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, 33, 140, 141, 147; Tomlinson, 9, 100; Tomp- kins, 116; Tonelier, 140, 141; Tower, 213; Townsend, 133; Toy, 109, 116; Treadway, 156; Treasurers, County, 65; Treis, 109; Trepp, 165; Tripp, 164, 165, 186; Troup, 177; Truax, 20, 113, 114, 115, 133, 140, 141, 142, 145, 158, 211; True, 198; Tullock, 164, 178, 211; Tully, 200; Tupper, 123; Turnbull, 164, 166, 178, 185, 186, 200, 208, 217, 218; Tyms, 8.
Underhill, 164; Union College, 128, 137; Union College Magazine, 139; Unonian, The, 140; Union University, 133.
Van Allen, 143; Van Alstyne, 21; Van Antwerp, 33, 34, 122, 198; Van Antwerpen, 13, 18, 19, 34, 37; Van Auken, 180; Van Benechoten, 180; Van Benschoten, 197; Van Benthuysen, 19; Van Brakel, 7, 12, 15, 27; Van Brakelen, 12, 19, 37; Van Brough, 194; Van Cise, 94; Van Copper- nol, 13, 14; Van Curler, 11, 12, 19, 196, 207; Van De Bogart, 7, 19, 20, 27, 34, 86, 125; Vandenbergh, 91; Van der Baast, 15; Vanderbogue, 201; Van der Heuvel, 143; Vandermoor, 160; Vanderveer, 211; Van der Volgen, 8, 12, 90, 93, 116; Van der Volgers, 20, 89; Van Desolow, 212; Van Deusen, 157; Van Ditmars, 12, 27; Van Driesen, 89, 91; Van Dyck, 20, 115, 156, 160, 211, 218; Van Epps, 8, 19, 86, 142, 148, 161, 211, 217, 218; Van Eps, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 15, 17, 20, 23, 27, 207; Van Guysling, 207; Van Hern, 180; Van Horne, 145; Van Ingen, 124, 127, 143; Van Isselseyn, 12; Van Lice, 31; Van Ness, 12; Van Olinda, 13, 14, 30, 143, 195; Van Orden, 121; Van Otto, 206; Van Patten, 12, 103, 115, 142, 148, 215, 217; Van Petten, 8, 9, 12, 20, 31; Van Potten, 8, 217; Van Purmerend, 12; Van Rensselaer, 2, 26, 128, 163, 194; Van Sanford, 197, 201, 215; Van Santford, 95, 96; Van Schaaick, 18; Van Schaick, 34; Van Slichtenhorst, 163; Van Slyck, 11, 13, 14, 15, 30, 31, 33, 34, 37, 145, 149, 211, 217, 218; Van Slyke, 148, 153; Van Soligen, 118; Van Valkenburgh, 204, 217; Van Vech- ten, 9, 96, 122, 177; Van Velsen, 6, 23, 27, 38; Van Vorhis 126; Van Vorst, 17, 19, 33, 34, 86, 103, 125, 133, 142, 144, 145, 156; Van Vranken, 29, 114, 122, 123, 125, 145. 146, 159, 160, 198, 200; Van Wagnen, 197; Van Woert, 140, 141; Van Woggelum, 11, 12; Van Wormer, 217, 218; Van Zandt, 109, 110, 142, 212; Vasborough, 34; Vedder, 7, 8, 12, 19, 20, 25, 31, 34, 40, 86, 89, 95, 113, 114, 125, 126, 139,
141, 142, 148, 156, 159, 182, 192, 198, 200, 207, 211, 212, 214, 215, 216; Vedder & Van Voast, 156; Veeder, 8, 11, 12, 13, 20, 21, 34, 37, 90, 93, 114, 124, 128, 141, 142, 144, 145, 148, 149, 154, 156, 158, 160, 215, 216, 217; Veeder's Mills, 11; Velie, 147; Vermyle, 98, 210; Vetch, 31; Victory, 169; Viele, 7, 13, 15, 17, 20, 27, 34, 95; Vine, 123; Vining, 19; Virgin, III; Vischer, 32, 210; Visscher, 19; Voigl, 109; Vonda, 7; Voorman, 116; Vought, 141, 201; Vrooman, 6, 7, 8, 9, 15, 20, 21, 23, 25, 27, 31, 34, 91, 96, 98, 114, 123, 128, 140, 143, 148, 154, 159, 193, 214.
Waddell, 164, 179, 217; Wade, 141; Wainwright, 109; Walker, 113, 157, 204; Wallace, 144; Wallard, 215; Walms- ley, 101, 140, 141; Walpole, 116, 168, 185, 186; Walters, 113; Walton, 13, 128, 144; War, Civil, 41, 45; War, Old French, 32; War of 1812, 41; Ward, 117; Warden 164, 198; Warner, 160; Wart, 166; Washington, 53, 54; Wasson, 177, 217; Water- works, 145, 146; Watson, 117; Weast, 201, 203, 204, 218; Weaver, 164, 185; Webb, 103, 210; Webber, 107; Webster, 132; Weeks, 140, 141; Weide, 178; Weincke, 154; Weller, 117, 154; Wells, 14, 133, 198; Wemp, 6, 7, 8, 11, 14, 15, 21, 23, 27, 31, 34, 37, 90, 193; Wemple, 8, 13, 51, 201, 211; Wendell, 9, 21, 23 100, 116, 160, 193, 194, 195; Wesley, 164; Westerlo, 197; Western Advertiser, 137; Western Budget, 138; Western Spectator and Schenectady Weekly, 137; Westervelt, 119; Westinghouse, 151; Weston, 160, 163; Wetmore, 177, 199; Wheeler, 115, 140, 141; Whitbeck, 198; White, 99, 116, 117, 218; Whitehorn, 133, 142; Whitfield, 103; Whitmyre, 149; Whitney, 106, 127; Whyting, 201; Wibbe, 110; Widner, 105; Wiederhold, 154; Wiggins, 121, 164; Wilber, 164, 166, 178, 181, 182, 186; Wilds, 126; Wiley, 170, 216; Wilie, 28; Wilkie, 114; Wilkinson, 164; Willies, 107; Williams, 217; Williamson, 108, 116, 117; Wilson, 99, 185; Wiltsie, 164, 167, 168, 185, 186, 206, 213; Wing, 164, 182; Wingate, 164, 204; Winne, 198, 200; Winterwyck, 89, 191; Wiseman, 139; Witbeck, 159; Witherspoon, 105; Witheral, 213; Wolf, 112, 132; Wood, 140, 141, 164, 170, 171, 186, 204; Woodward, 141; Wooley, 141; Wortman, 98, 133; Wreath, The, 138; Wright, 7, 160, 167, 169; Wyatt, 148; Wyckoff, 137, 180; Wylie, 178.
Yances, 21; Yates, 9, 19, 21, 33, 85, 86, 90, 93, 113, 114, 115, 116, 122, 123, 126, 128, 138, 140, 144, 156, 158, 160, 201, 212; Yelverton, 65, 86; Yonse, 21; Yost, 170; Youlen, 109, 213; Young, 101, 104, 115, 142, 165, 178, 201, 202, 203.
Zeiser, 109; Zeller, 178; Zoeller, 109.
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HISTORY
OF THE
COUNTY OF SCHENECTADY,
1662-1885, EDITED AND COMPILED
BY REV. J. H. MUNSELL.
INTRODUCTION.
CARLY in the seventeenth century, North E
America, east of the Mississippi, was claimed by right of discovery by four European nations: France, England, Spain and Holland. Although for fifty years there were but few colonists sent over, the whole continent was too small to hold them in peace. Jealousies and bickerings were rife; the French crowded the English, and the English crowded the Dutch, until finally the latter disappeared altogether, and the rivalry between the former continued one hundred years longer. It was as plain then as it is now that rival nations could not exist in the Mississippi Valley.
The French commenced the settlement of Canada in 1603. Their object was two-fold: the conver- sion of the natives to the Christian faith, and trade. The missionary and the trader, therefore, went forth together visiting every tribe in the valleys of the St. Lawrence and the Mississippi, and render- ing to each other mutual aid and assistance.
No nation was ever more successful in winning the esteem and respect of the natives. The flexi- bility of the French character and the indomitable patience of their missionaries were the secrets of their success. The Iroquois, or Five Nations, alone resisted their influence. Their friendship was the salvation of the Province of New York. They claimed all the territory lying between the Hudson and the Maumee rivers, so that the French of Canada could never aim a blow at Albany or Schenectady without striking over the heads of the Five Nations. This celebrated confederacy, the terror of all surrounding tribes, was made up of the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas and Senecas, five allied tribes, who acted as . one nation; herein lay their influence.
During the long contest for dominion on this continent between the French and English, they held the balance of power, and were assidu- ously courted by both parties.
But after 1760, when the French influence ceased, their importance declined; rum and gun- powder had diminished their numbers, and the once powerful Mohawks had almost ceased to exist as a separate tribe.
During the Revolutionary war, large portions of the Oneidas and Tuscaroras favored the colonies, and for safety were transferred to Schenectady; while most of the Onondagas, Cayugas and the Senecas, the more numerous and westerly tribes, adhered to Great Britain and became an awful scourge to the frontier settlements in the Schoharie and Mohawk valleys.
SCHENECTADY.
The ancient township of Schenectady embraced a territory of 128 square miles, a portion of the Mohawk valley sixteen miles long and eight miles wide. The western half is an irregular plateau, elevated 400 or 500 feet above the Mohawk, a spur of the Helderberg, passing north into Sara- toga County; the eastern half is a sandy plain, whose general level is 300 or 400 feet lower. The river, running through the middle of this tract in a southeasterly direction, forms the most beautiful and striking natural object in its landscape. At the western boundary, where it enters the town, it flows through a narrow valley, whose sides, though covered with foliage, are too steep for cultivation. From the hill Towereune, the valley widens grad- ually to Poversen and Maalwyck, where the hills sink down into a great sand plain. Until the river reaches the City of Schenectady, it is a constant succession of rapids, and its general
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HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF SCHENECTADY.
course is southeast; here it makes a great bend, and flows with a deep, sluggish current northeastward to the Aal Plaats, the eastern boundary of the town. The tributaries of the Mohawk within the town are small and unimportant streams; those at the west end, flowing from the slates, are nearly or quite dry in summer, while those at the opposite end, fed from the sand, are constant spring brooks. But of these streams, few are of sufficient size and constancy now to serve as motive power.
With the exception of a little limestone in the extreme western limits of the town, all the rocks found in place belong to Hudson shales, and con- sist of alternate layers of blue slate and sandstone, some of which are used for building purposes.
In the west half this geological formation is most abundant, and the soil there is a clayey loam, underlaid with clay or hard pan. The immediate valley of the river, where it breaks through the range of hills, is narrow and composed chiefly of drift of at least two elevations. The highest, called the "stone flats," raised twenty to thirty feet above the water, consists of coarse gravel and bowlders, and is chiefly found on the north side of the river. The opposite bank is a lower plain of sand and gravel.
The eastern half of the town has no hills worthy of the name; its general level is perhaps 100 feet above the Mohawk, and the prevailing soil is a fine sand, underlaid with clay, except in the ex- treme eastern limits, where the clay loam again pre- vails.
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