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Corporations and Associations.
ALBANY AND SCHENECTADY RAILROAD .- At a meeting of the stock- holders on the 13th June, the following gentlemen were elected directors:
John T. Norton, Watts Sherman, Rufus H. King, G. Y. Lansing, H. H. Martin, H. Pumpelly, Augustus James and Lyman Chapin of Al- bany, and Richard H. Winslow of the city of New- York.
At a subsequent meeting, John T. Norton was unanimously elected president, and Watts Sherman vice-president.
ALBANY AND SCHENECTADY TURNPIKE COMPANY. - At an election held January 2, the following gentlemen were elected directors of this company for the ensuing year :
Teunis Van Vechten, Stephen Van Rensselaer, John J. Boyd, David Newland, John Townsend, Benjamin Tibbits, John Constable, Andrew E. Brown, J. H. Ten Eyck.
T. Van Vechten, president ; B. Tibbits, secretary.
ALBANY AND WEST.STOCKBRIDGE RAILROAD .- At a meeting of the stockholders, the following gentlemen were elected directors for the en- suing year :
Marcus T. Reynolds, Thomas W. Olcott, Teunis Van Vechten, Friend Humphrey, Lewis Benedict, John V. L. Pruyn, George Dexter, Samuel S. Fowler, William H. Tobey, George Bliss and Addison Gilmore.
FORT-HUNTER AND ALBANY PLANK ROAD COMPANY .- At a meeting of stockholders, held at Blood's Hotel on the 16th August, the following gentlemen were elected directors for the ensuing year, viz :
John Townsend, Robert J. Hilton and James D. Wasson of the city of Albany ; Israel R. Green, Silas H. Marsh and James Frost of Duanes- burgh ; and Peter I. Enders, David Johnson and Samuel C. Jackson of Florida.
GREAT WESTERN TURNPIKE ROAD .- The following persons are di- rectors of the First Company of the Great Western Turnpike Road :
Teunis Van Vechten, Gerrit Y. Lansing, John V. L. Pruyn, John Townsend, Robert J. Hilton, John T. Cooper, Jacob H. Ten Eyck, Robert H. Pruyn, Stephen Groesbeeck, William C. Miller, John L. Schoolcraft, James D. Wasson, Andrew White.
UTICA AND SCHENECTADY RAILROAD .- The following gentlemen were elected directors of the Utica and Schenectady Railroad for the ensuing year :
Erastus Corning, Nicholas Devereux, Nathaniel S. Benton, Alonzo C. Paige, John Townsend, James Hooker, Thomas W. Olcott, Marcus T. Reynolds, Gardner G. Howland, J. Phillips Phoenix, E. T. T. Martin, Livingston Spraker, John Ellis.
MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF ALBANY. - The following gentlemen were elected directors of this company for the ensuing year :
Erastus Corning, Friend Humphrey, Barent P. Staats, Eli Perry, Watts Sherman, Henry H. Martin, John Knower, Ellis Baker, Joshua G. Cotrell, Daniel Fry, Giles Sanford, Jared A. Post, Artemas Fish.
At a subsequent meeting of the board, Erastus Corning was reelected president, and Friend Humphrey elected vice- president of the company.
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An Albany Merchant's Stock in 1790.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS - The Board, during its meeting on the 41h May. 1849. made the following appointments :
Samuel Pruyn, chairman ; Jas. M Whelpley, clerk ; Howard Town- send, county physician ; Alexander McDonald, doorkeeper.
AN ALBANY MERCHANT'S STOCK IN 1790.
The following is an exact copy of the advertisement of an eminent merchant doing business in this city sixty years ago. It will be seen how many articles of that day have become obsolete, or changed their names.
Robert M'Clallen,
No. 10 State Street, north-west corner of Green Street, Albany,
Has lately imported in the Goliah, Capt. Jones, from London, a large and general assortment of GOODS, suitable for the present season, which he will dispose of, wholesale and retail, at a very low advance, viz:
YUPERFINE, second and coarse|Durants, Calimancoes and moreens ; S cloths with trimmings suitable ; Brown. blue and striped camblets ; Drab, mix'd and blue Yorkshire Irish Linens ; Plains ;
Black salinetts and lastings ;
Green, blue and drab Halfthicks ; Scarlet cloaking with Trimmings ; Mixt, blue and claret twill'd coat. ings ;
Claret. red and mix'd plain do. 2, 2} and 3 point blankets ;
Striped do.
A variety of purple and chintz shawls ;
Dark blue and spotted cotton hand. kerchiefs ;
Chintzes and calicoes ;
Black fring'd Handkerchiefs ;
Men's and boy's castor and felt hats; Plated shoe and knee buckles ; Common brass and steel do.
Bar lead ; Duck and Pigeon shot ;
Ditto, striped, silk and cotton do
Blue, yellow, green, red & white flanneis ;
Green, red and blue broad baize ; Drab, b'ue, mixt and green single. fo'ded naps ;
With a variety of other articles. Also. a constant supply of
LIQUORS AND GROCERIES ;
Imperial and basket buttons ;
Fashionable and common coat and vest buttons ;
Swede's iron ; Crawley & blister'd steel ;
Common rum ;
Velvet an'l worsted toilonette vest, Window glass, 6 by 8, 7 by 9 & 8 patterns ;
by 10.
Purple and garnet wildbores : Pots and pearl ashes, staves, and Plain and twill'd olive velvets ; other kinds of country produce ta- Corduroys and superfine thicksetts ; ken in payment.
Gun powder ; London pewter ; Dnich tea-pots ;
Men's ribb'd and plain white and black worsted hose ;
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Imprisonment for Debt.
Besides those enumerated in this advertisement, other merchants men- tion the following articles, equally curious for th ir names :
Tammies,
Persians and Pelongs, Osnabrigs,
Black Swanskin, Camlets and Camletees, Bed bunts,
Women's shammy gloves and mits, Cruel of all colors,
Dowlass and Woolen checks Leather breeches, Black everlastings,
None-so. pretty do.,
Plain and spotted Swanskin,
Silk Damascus and Lorettas, -
Faggot trimming,
Ticklenburghs,
Blue sagatha,
Moseens,
Bandanoe, r
Lungee Romals, Culgee,
Buff and olive Cotton Denim,
Swandown Counterpanes;
Drab Forest cloth,
Printed Velvets.
Croncard muslin, )
Handkerchiefs,
Buff and White Royal Rib, excellent for Breeches andI Jackets,
Setetersov,
Denmark fancy,
Pullicat silk, ---
In a lecture delivered some two or three years ago, by the Hon. Mr. Sturges, of Boston, on trade and finances, he referred to the singular changes of the fashions. Nankeens, said he, were once imported in large quantities. As late as 1820 there were one million of dollars worth imported-now there is none. In 1806 Canton crape was first nsed ; in 1810. ten cases were imported-in 1816. there were 21,000 peces; in 1826 the importations amounted to a million and a half of dollars ; and in 1842 the article was not imported ! Yet the country has lost nothing by the caprice of fashion, as our country women appear as lovely in ninepenny Lowell calico, as in Canton crapc.
Silk was once imported in large quantities from China ; a cargo of near a million dollars worth was once landed in this country. and now the whole yearly importations from China amount to less than $100,000. Great changes have also taken place in regard to the pay of our Chinese importations. In 1818. $7.000.000 in specie were carried to China. but now our purchases are paid for in bills of exchange on England, I'rom the proceeds of the opium trade. The fur trade was commenced in 1787, and in 1903 there were fifteen Americans engaged in it, and now it has ceased altogether.
IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT.
The prisoners confined for debt in the City Hall, which was the jail also, celebrated the 5th July, 1790 (the 4th being Sunday.) There was an allusion to the 15th year of American independence, and their confine- ment for debt. Their fifth toast was: "May the time come when no honest man shall be confined for debt." The time did arrive, in less than half a century, when not even the dishonest man was confined for debt.
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Hudson River.
HUDSON RIVER.
This river bears the name of one of the early navigators, who united invincible fortitude to unwearied assiduity, and who is identified with its history. "This noble river was first discovered by Henry Hudson, in 1609, while in the employ of the Dutch East India Company. By some it is believed that he sailed up that river as far as the present site of the city of Albany, in a small vessel called the Half Moon ; but, it is doubtful if any visions of futurity presented to his mind the present im- portance and celebrity of this beautiful stream, bearing his own name." It rises from numerous sources in the Adirondack mountain region of Essex and Hamilton counties, west of Lakes George and Champlain. Its principal head branches are the Adirondack river, Boreas river, Indian river, Schroon river and the Sacandaga river ; the Hoosick river flows into it from the east in the county of Rensselaer, and the Mohawk empties into it between the counties of Albany and Saratoga ; from this point it is navigable to its mouth, a distance of 160 miles. Its whole length is 320 miles ; the tide flowing up for about half that distance. On the upper part of this river, justly celebrated for its varied and ro- mantic beauties, are several picturesque falls, of which Baker's Falls and Glen's Falls are the most noted. The region of country where it takes its rise, was but little known until of late. In 1836, the state geologists, under an act to provide for a geological survey of the state of New York, commenced their operations ; since then this vast wilderness has been fully explored, new localities discovered, and new names given; thus furnishing a great mass of information in regard to the sources of this river, and the mountain region from whence it takes its rise. Here are mountain peaks of Alpine appearance, containing vast deposits of iron ore and other minerals, well worthy a visit by the scientifie admirers of wild and romantic scenery. In the head waters of the Hudson, are to be found trout, and other fish of fine flavor, in great abundance ; and in its tide waters are taken annually large quantities of shad, herring, bass, sturgeon and many other kinds of fish. From its mouth to the city of Hudson, a distance of 116 miles, it is navigable for ships of a large burthen, and to Albany and Troy for steam boats of a large class. When we reflect that this important river receives the tributary waters of the great western and northern lakes, by means of the Erie and Cham- plain canals, and then commingles with the Atlantic ocean, after pass- ing the Highlands, the Palisades, and through the secure and spacious bay of New York, well may we give it the appellation of the NOBLE HUDSON .- Disturnell's Gazetteer.
The combined action of the tides, arriving in the Hudson by East ri- ver and the Narrows, at different periods, carries the swell upward at the rate of 15 to near 25 miles an hour ; and this circumstance clearly evinces a high superiority of oceanic influence in the Hudson. Swift sailing vessels, leaving New York at young flood, have repeatedly run through to Albany with the same flood tide. The time of high water is the same at Pollopell island, at the northern limit of the Highlands, as at New York; at Albany it is 3 hours 30 minutes later, where the common tides are little more than one foot. The passage of this river through the Highlands, without any impediment to its navigation, save that of a
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Books in 1772.
crooked though deep, and in some places a narrow channel, is a singular fact in geography, and it affords a pleasing diversity of scenery. The Highlands are about sixteen miles wide, and their hills and mountains present many features of vast sublimity. The water is but seldom salt or brackish at Poughkeepsie, and water casks are often filled below the Highlands. Much has been said about extending sloop navigation up- ward, on this river, above where nature has placed its limit, and im- mense sums of money have been expended, to little purpose. Few rivers roll down so much alluvial matter as the Hudson, say between Waterford and the head of ship navigation, and this alluvion increases with the opening of the land adjoining, and the decrease of the waters in the Hudson. While the Battenkill, Hoosac river, and the Mohawk, pour in their alluvion, it will be a very hard matter to make the navi- gation better than nature has made it. We may remove a sand-bar in one place, at the expense of obstructions in some other place, but all this alluvial matter will rest somewhere. The quantity is increasing and will increase, till a different plan is adopted, which shall carry this allu- vion farther down the river. This may be done by throwing in all the water of the Mohawk at Waterford, connecting the islands by piers or mnoles, so as to make as straight and narrow a channel as may be, and a strong current, to the deep tide waters below .- Spafford's Gazetteer.
BOOKS IN 1772.
The literature vended at this day seems to have been confined to a very limited number of books promiscuously arranged in the catalogues of other goods. For instance, JOHN HEUGHAN of Schenectady, advertises " Scotch Snuff, Tobacco, Bibles, Testaments, Spelling Books, Knives and Forks, Writing Paper, Ink Powder, Quills, Razors," &c. JAMES GOUR- LAY & Co. in Cheapside street, next door to the king's arms, Albany, af- ter a copious enumeration of articles, arrive at " Penknives, Pins, Bibles, Testaments, Spelling Books, Green and Bohea Tea, Cotton, Pepper, Cho- colate, Playing Cards," Shirt Buttons, Curtain Calicoes, Ink Powder, Knee Garters," &c. THOMAS BARRY, near the Dutch Church, had " Pins, None-so. pretty of different colors, Testaments, Spelling Books, Histories, Black Breeches Patterns, " &c.
1785, under the head of dry goods, were advertised by THOMAS BARRY "at his store near the Dutch Church," as just imported from Europe and now opening for sale, Bibles, Testaments, Spelling Books, Primers, and Entick's Pocket Dictionaries, Snuff, Tobacco boxes and fiddle strings, rattinetts and shalloons, best China and love ribbons, &c. &c. At the same time ROBINSON & HALE advertise Bibles with Psalms and Psalm books, Testaments and Spelling Books, Primers and Pocket Dictionaries, Young Men's Companions and Arithmetics, which are enumerated rather fantastically with red China tea pots, and shoemaker's tools.
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Closing and Opening of the River.
CLOSING AND OPENING OF THE RIVER SINCE 1785.
From the Annual Report of the Regents of the University.
Winters
River closed or ob. with ice.
River open or free of ice.
Day- closed
Remarks
1785-36
March 23, 17861
1739-90 Feb. 3, 1790
March 27, 1790
52
1790-91 Dec. 8, 1790|March 17, 1791
99
1791-92 Dec. 8, 1791
1792-93| Dec. 12, 1792|March 6, 1793
84
1793-94 Dec. 26, 1793 March 17, 1794
81
1794-95 Jan. 12. 1794
1795-96 Jan. 23, 1795
1796-97 Nov 23, 1796
1797-931 Nov. 26, 1797
1793-99 Nov. 23, 1793
1799-18 Jan. 6, 1800
1800-01 Jan. 3, 1801,
1801-02.Feb. 3, 1802
1802-03|Dec 16, 1:02
1803-04|Jan. 12, 1804 | April 6, 1804 84
1804-05 Dec. 13, 1804
1805-06,Jan.
9, 1306 Feb. 20, 1806:
42
1806-07 Dec. 11, 1807 April
8, 1807
121
1807-03.Jan. 4, 1808
March 10, 1808
65
1803-09 Dec. 9, 1803
1809-10.Jan 19, 1810
1810-11|Dec. 14, 1810
1811-12 Dec. 20, 1811
1812-13 Dec. 21, 1812|March 12, 1813
83
1813-14 Dec. 22, 1813
1814-15 Dec. 10, 1814
1815-16 Dec. 2, 1815
1816-17, Dec. 16, 1316
1817-18 Dec. 7. 1817 | March 25, 1818 108
1818-19 Dec 14, 1818|April 3, 1819 110
1819-20 Dec. 13, 1819; March 25, 1330
102
1820-21 Nov. 13, 1820 March 15, 1821
123
1821-22| Dec. 13, 1821|March 15, 1:22|
92
1822-23|Dec. 24, 1822|March 24, 1823
90
1823-24, Dec. 16, 1823 March 3, 1824
78 60
1824-25 Jan. 5, 1925 March
6, 1825
1825-26 Dec. 13 1825 Feb.
26, 1826
75
1826-27 Dec. 24, 1826 March 20, 1827
86
1827-23 Nov. 25, 1-27 Feb. 8, 1828 50
about
1828-20|Dec. 23. 1828 April 1, 1829 100
1829-30 Jan. 11, 1330 March 15, 1830
63
1830-31 Dec. 23, 1830 March 15, 1931
82
1831-32 Dec. 5, 1831 March 25, 1832
111
1832-33 Dec. 21, 1832|March 21, 1833
83
Eight times in the last 65 years bas the Hudson closed before the 1st De- cember ; nine times within the same space the river was open till the first and second weeks in January, and once till 3.1 February. In the majority of cases the navigation closed be- tween the 7th and 20th December. In fifteen of the sixty. five years. the river remained closed for more than one hundred days, and in 1843. 136 days -the longest on record. The years 1741, 1766, 1780, and 1821 are the only ones in a century in which the river has closed over be- low Powie's Hook, so as to be crossed on the ice. In 1842 the river opened jon the 8th January, and was not closed again du- ring the winter. In the year 1806, it will be seen, - the navigation was ob- structed only 42 davs ; and the average during the the whole 65 years is less than 90 days.
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Closing and Opening of the River.
1833-34|Dec. 13, 1º33, Feb. 24, 1834 73
1834-35 Dec. 15, 1834| March 25, 1835
100
1835-36 Nov. 30, 1835! April 4, 1836 125
1836-37 Dec. 7, 1836| March 28, 1837 111
1837-33|Dec. 13, 1837 March 19, 1838 94
1838-39 Nov 25, 1838
March 21, 1839
116
1839-40 Dec. 18, 1839 Feb. 21, 1840 65
1840-41 Dec. 5, 1840!
March 24, 1841 109
1842-43 Nov. 29, 1842
April
13, 1843
136
1843-44
Dec. 9, 1843 March 14, 1844
95
1844-45
Dec. 11, 1844 Feb.
24, 1845 74
1845-16|
Dec. 4, 1845 March 15, 1846
100
1846-47 Dec. 15, 1846; April
6, 1847
112
1847-43 Dec. 24, 1847 March 22, 1848]
89
1843-19 Dec. 27, 1843| March 19, 1849
82
NOTES .- 1817-18. This winter was long and intensely cold. On the third of March, 1818, the ice moved in a body downwards for some dis- tance, and there remained stationary. The river was not cleared until March 25th.
1820-21. The river closed on the 13th, opened on the 20th, and finally closed December 1. This was one of the four winters during a century in which the Hudson, between Powles' Hook and New York, was cross- ed on the ice ; the other three being 1740, '41, 1765, '66, and 1779, '80.
Jan. 12, 1324. The river was clear of ice and remained so for several days.
1827-28. The river opened and closed repeatedly during this winter. Dec. 21, it closed a second time.
1330-31. Opened in consequence of heavy rains, and closed again on the 10th Jannary, 1831.
1832-33. Opened again January 3 ; closed again January 11.
1834-35. March 17. River open opposite to the city. March 18, Steamboat John Jay came to Van Wie's Point ; ice at the overslaugh.
1847-43. Dec. 24. River closed. Dec. 31. River opened.
As the river throughout to New York, has not always been clear of ice on the days stated above, the time at which the first steamboat passed from New York to Albany or vice versa, is also added for a few years. 1835, March 25.
1836, April 10.
1837, March 31, Robert L. Stevens.
1838, March 19, Utica.
1839, March 25, Swallow.
1840, February 25, Mount Pleasant.
1841, March 26, Utica.
1841, February 6, Telegraph. In consequence of heavy rains, the river opened in front of the city of Albany on the 8th January, and can hardly be said to have closed again during the season. The ice, how- ever, continued piled up some miles below, at and about Barren Island, near Schodack Landing, and thus rendered the channel impassable. Cold weather followed about the middle of February, and again ob- structed the navigation. A steamboat arrived on the 1st of March, 1842-
1841-42
Dec. 19, 1841 Feb.
4, 1842 47
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Incidents of a Northern Winter.
1843, April 13, Utica.
1844, March 18, 11 A. M., Utica.
1845, February 24, steamboat Norwich at 1 A. M., from New York. Left that city on the 22d, at 8 P. M. River full of ice from West Point upwards. Ice opposite Albany, stationary, except a small portion that broke away yesterday opposite Lydius street.
1846, March 18, steamboat Columbia and Oneida arrived.
1847, April 7, steamboat Columbia.
1843, March 22, steamboat Admiral.
1849, March 18, steamboat Columbia.
INCIDENTS OF A NORTHERN WINTER. From the Albany Argus.
1848, January 1. Weather mild and rainy. of ice.
Lake Champlain clear
January 2. Steamboats Norwich and Columbia arrived from New York.
January 7. Weather cold and fine. Thermometer marked 4 degrees above zero. Columbia left for New York at 1 o'clock, last boat.
January 9. Snow 6 to 8 inches deep. Steamboat landed mail at New Baltimore.
January 10. Thermometer marked zero at 7 o'clock, A. M.
January 11. Thermometers at Albany, 17 to 18 below zero. At Am- sterdam, 36 below. Rochester, 8 below. Troy, 16 below. New York and Brooklyn, 3 above. Boston, 10 below. Fryburgh, Me., 36 to 39 below. Franconia, N. H., 45 below. The steamboat Columbia, which left New York the night before, was compelled to return after running up the river 30 miles.
January 14 and 15. A general thaw. Weather continued to be warm the rest of the month.
February 1. Four to six inches of snow fell.
February 2. Weather warm again.
February 4. The steamboat Columbia came within two miles of Al- bany.
February 5. Snow fell to a considerable depth.
February 6. Snowed most of the day. Steamboat came to Coey- mans.
February 9. Thermometer at zero. Hudson closed to Newburgh.
February 11. Thermometer at zero.
February 12, Floating ice in New York harbor, for the first time this winter.
February 19. Blue birds seen at Bloomingdale, New York.
February 20. Heavy rain storm from the south.
February 23. Steam ferry boat Boston, crossed to East Albany.
February 24. Weather very cold again ; thermometer five degrees above zero.
February 28. River open to Hudson.
March 3. Snow storm all day.
March 9. About a foot of snow fell during the night.
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Opening and Closing of the Canal.
March 12. Thermometer 10 degrees below zero.
March 15. Thermometer at zero at 7 A. M. At Schenectady seven below.
March 16 and 17. Thermometer at zero.
March 18. Thermometer 23 degrees above zero.
March 21. Steamboat Columbia at Van Wie's Point.
March 22. Ice passed out of the river. Steamboat Admiral arrived at Albany.
OPENING AND CLOSING OF THE CANAL FROM 1824 TO 1849 INCLUSIVE.
The following table shows the days of opening and closing of the canal since 1824 :
Year. Opened.
Closed.
No. days.| Year. 219
Opened. 20 66 12
Closed.
No. days. 234
1825. .
66
12
66
5
238
1837 .. 1838. . 1839 .. 1840 .. 1841 .. 66 1842 .. 1843. . May
66 20 1
Dec. Nov. 26
1 214 223
1832. .
66
25
66
1 21
242 230 241 238
1844 .. April 18 " 1845. . 15 66 1846. . 16
1
Dec. 21
1835. .
66
15
Nov. 30 66
230
1847. . May 1848. .
1
9 223
1836. . 66
25
26
216
1849 ..
5 219
1824 .. April 30
Dec. 4
Dec. 9
Nov. 25 228
1826 ..
20
66
18 213
20
Dec. 16 228
1827 .. 66
23
66
18
241
6
3 227
1828 .. Mar. 27
66
20
269
1829. . May 2
66
17
17
230
23 281
1830 .. April 20 1831 ..
16
1833 ..
10
68
12
1834. .
17
66
12
240
66 29 228 224 234 25
COLD DAYS SIXTY YEARS AGO.
On the first of February, 1789, the thermometer at noon indicated 18° above zero, and on the following morning at 6 o'clock was 24º below, being 6º colder than had been ever known. in the city. This memorandum was taken from the weather book kept at the museum opposite Denniston's tavern in Green street
On the 3d Nov. of the same year a snow storm began at 10 in the morning and continued through the day, the weather being remarkably cold, and having every appearance of the setting in of winter, a circum- stance not before recollected by any of the inhabitants.
On the 9th Dec., 1790, the thermometer indicated 10° below 0, and the weather was pronounced colder for the season than had ever been known before in this city.
28*
66 20 26 Nov. 29 218
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Celebration of the Adoption of the Constitution.
CELEBRATION OF THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITU- TION, 1788.
The delegates nominated by the two parties for the convention to de- cide on the adoption of the federal constitution, were the following :
FEDERAL.
ANTI.FEDERAL.
Abraham Ten Broeck,
Robert Yates,
Jacob Cuyler,
John Lansing, jr.
Francis Nicoll,
Henry Oothoudt,
Jeronemus Hoogland,
Peter Vrooman,
Peter Gansevoort, jr
Israel Thompson,
James Gordon, John W. Schermerhorn.
Anthony Ten Eyck,
Dirk Swart,
By the returns from the counties of Albany, Montgomery, Washington, Columbia, Dutchess, Ulster, and Orange, 37 anti-federal candidates were elected to the convention for considering the United States Constitution. The counties of New York, Westchester, Kings, and Richmond, gave 19 federal. The counties of Queens sending 9. was divided. The whole number of delegates sent was 67. In New York the vote was decidedly federal ; some of the opposite candidates receiving only 30 votes and the highest, which was given for Gov. Clinton, being but 134. The following is the canvass of' the votes for the federal delegates, and will show the strength of the electors in that city, at that period.
FEDERAL.
ANTI-FEDERAL.
John Jay,
2735 Gov. Clinton, 134
Richard Morris,
2716 Col. Willett,
108
John Sloss Hobart, 2713
William Dunning, 102
Alex. Hamilton,
2713 The remainder each about
30
Robt. R. Livingston,
2712
Isaac Rosevelt,
2701
James Duane, 2680
Richard Harrison, 2677
Nicholas Low.
2651
The Convention came to a decision on the 26th July 1788, yeas 30, nays 17; by which New York adopted the Constitution, being the 11th on the catalogue.
When the vote was taken in congress 11 states were represented ; the two members from Rhode Island were excused from voting, and of the 22 members remaining there was but one dissenting voice, which was that of Mr. Yates, member from New York-the other New York mem- ber, Mr. L'Hommedieu, voting in the affirmative.
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