The annals of Albany, Vol. I, Part 43

Author: Munsell, Joel, 1808-1880
Publication date: 1850
Publisher: Albany : J. Munsell
Number of Pages: 394


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5. Fanny, wife of John C. Heermance died, aged 43. ...... The street committee of the common council reported in favor of opening Lydius street, from Allan to Magazine street, which would make that street an uninterrupted thoroughfare of thirteen miles in length.


6. Rachel, wife of Peter Putman, died at Canajoharie, aged 40 ; for- merly of Albany ....... The evening boat for New York was detained by the fog till 6 o'clock this morning. The boat due this morning from New York did not arrive til! 3 o'clock in the afternoon .. ..... Robert H. Pruyn elected to the Assembly by a majority of 292 votes over the de. mocratic competitor, Dr. Barent P. Staats. The entire whig ticket elected in the city.


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7. Sarah, wife of Robert Collins died, aged 41 ....... The following table is an abstract of the official returns of the county vote :


DEM.


WHIG.


MAJ.


Judiciary -. Jewett .. 6218


Spencer 5916


6766


1197


State --. Lott


5604


W. Hunt


6933


1329


Randall 5729


Morgan


6859


1130


Chatfield


6127


Stevens


6244


117


Welch


5713


A. Hunt


6372


1159


Campbell


5917


Seymour


6660


743


Follett


6131


Beach


6444


313


Clark


6235


Squire


6369


134


Senator -- McEwen 6041


Johnson.


6466


425


Sheriff --- Fenner .


6059


6385


326


Clerk -- Blanchard


5909


Lay*


6598


689


Justice .-- Daw


5769


Mckown'


6612


852


Coroners-Brower*


6199


Landon'


6362


Parker


6080


Winne*


7041


Wadsworth


6019


Blaisdell


6018


*Elected.


8. The following gratifying testimonial of the skill and enterprise of artists, mechanics and horticulturists of Albany and vicinity, was awarded by the American Institute upon articles exhibited at its late fair: Wilson, Thorburn & Geller, Albany, for a very fine assortment of apples-6 Nos. Hovey's Fruit ; the same for a fine assortment of pears Downing's Fruit Trees. Robert Selkirk, Bethlehem, Albany county, for the best and largest pumpkins-Bridgman's Gardner's Assistant. H. L. Emery, Albany, corn and seed planter, and drill bearer-silver medal ; the same for improved overshot threshing machine and sepa- rator-silver medal ; the same for best churn-silver medal ; the same for the best ox yoke-diploma ; the same for the best hay, straw and stalk cutter, curved knives-diploma ; also for a dyanometer for testing ploughs-silver medal. Smith & Feltman, best Britannia ware-silver medal. D. Harris, jr., bronze velvet window shades-diploma. D. E. Gavit, for daguerreotypes-diploma. Learned, for superior cooking stove and W. Cobb, hotel range, received medals. Boardman & Gray, Dolce Campana attachment to piano forte-silver medal. Satterlee, cast iron mirror frames highly gilt and burnished-silver medal.


9. After nearty a week of rainy weather the river commenced rising, and the merchants on the dock began to hoist their goods to the second loft ....... A Drummond light exhibited successfully for the first time in this city, from the top of the Museum ....... Canal boat Hartford, be- longing to J. H. Mallory & Co. arrived from Buffalo with 875 barrels of flour between decks-the largest quantity ever brought by one boat ..... John Gill died, aged 39.


10. Such of the forwarders and flour merchants along the dock and pier as had not secured their stock from the freshet, met with losses by the sudden rise on Friday night. Every thing presented the appearance of a spring freshet, only that the damage was much greater in not being provided against, at a busy season. Much property was carried away by the overflowing of the pier, and vessels even broke from their moor- ings. The freshet extended as far as Hudson. .. Mary Teresa Shal- low died, aged 18.


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Hogeboom 5569


Wright


Beardsley


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11. The water in the river had fallen two feet since Friday night .... Trinity Church took fire from its furnace in the evening, but was only slightly damaged ....... Samuel W. Harned died, aged 59. Mrs. Ho- nourah Conway died, aged 52.


12. Capt. Samuel A. Brooks, died


13. Ann Stewart died, aged 33 ....... Josiah Murton, a hand on a schooner, fell overboard and was drowned ; age 17 ....... Annual meet- ing of Albany County Medical Society ; address by Dr. James Mc- Naughton. on cholera.


14. Mary A., wife of George E. Cady died, aged 37. The Emmet Guards went down to New York to participate in the funeral obsequies of Gen. Worth on the 15th.


15. Philo Colvard died, aged 74. Hannah Margaret, wife of Thomas Jordan, late of Albany, died at Troy, aged 26. ...... Jacob Smith, a Jew of Albany, was robbed at Dansville, Livingston county, of $4000 worth of jewelry.


16. Thomas McGuire died, aged 34.


17 The rail road took from this city and delivered in Boston, during the week ending this day, 29,300 barrels flour, averaging nearly 5000 barrels a day.


19. Deidamia, widow of the late Timothy Adams, of Barre, Mass., died, aged 74 .. ..... Joseph Mayhew, mate of a Rhode Island sloop, fell overboard and was drowned; aged 40. . Very rainy, from New York to Buffalo.


20. Selah Belden died, aged 35 .... . Canal receipts at Albany : Flour 9,743 brls .; ashes 26 do; beef 234 do; pork 10 do; whiskey, &c. 42 do : corn 15,263 bushels; barley 7.630 do ; oats 6,159 do; rye 3,960 do ; whent 2,200 do ; potatoes 7 do ; butter 11,528 lbs. ; wool 27,130 do ; hams and bacon 29,370 do.


21. The canal boat Hartford, Capt. Van Alstyne, which left Buffalo on the 10th inst., arrived at this port with 910 barrels flour shipped to J. H. Mallory & Co ... .. Henry H. Dodge died by the wound of a pin, aged 18.


22. Nearly300 emigrants came up from New York, among whom were a number of Hungarians ..... Burglars entered the stores of L. M. Gil- bert and Averill & Marshall on the dock, blasted the safe open, and re- tired with a few dollars in copper coin and counterfeit bills.


23. Collins W. Simonds died, aged 30 ...... Canal receipts at Albany, Nov 23 : Flour 22,101 barrels; ashes 64 do; beef 1,816 do ; whiskey, &c. 202 do; corn 8,750 bushels ; barley 13,713 do ; oats 7,823 do ; wheat 2,010 do ; peas 46 do ; potatoes 693 do ; seed 6,300 lbs ; butter 57,950 do ; wool 14,954 do ; hams and bacon 4.292 do.


24. Barbary Hamburgh died. aged 24 ....... A laborer by the name of Coughlin, fell from the Cathedral and was killed ; his age 35.


25. Mary Brower died, aged 71. Maurice O'Conner died, aged 70. Patrick McNamara died, aged 44. Mrs. Martha Jacobs died, aged 68.


26. Martha Russell, of New Bedford, died, aged 76 .. ..... The Water Works Company proposed to supply the city more effectally with wa- ter by increasing their capital to $450,000, and forcing water up from the river .. . . The finance committee of the common council reported that the sum of $168,003 36 be raised by a tax for the support of the city government for the ensuing year. We annex a statement of the amounts necessary to meet the wants for the several departments :


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For expenses of night police


« public lamps ...


contingent expenses


(ordinary) ...


$30 000 00


" expense of fire department. 20,000 00


On account of payment to pier proprietors to ob- tain their consent, to the law relative to ex- penditures for excavating Albany Basin, &c. 10,000 00


60.000.00


To pay interest on city debt. 45.500.00


On account of sinking fund. 10 000.00 For support of common schools. 9,003. 36


" alterations and repairs to district school No. 10. For temporary relief of city poor


500.00 5,000. 00


For probable balance that will remain unpaid May 1, 1850, on assessments and apportionments for improving streets, &c , approved and confirmed during the year ending No- vember 1, 1849.


10,00000


$168.00.336


Canal receipts at Alhany : Flour 13.503 barrels ; ashes 110 do ; beef 264 do ; whiskey, &c 149 do ; corn 6.255 bushels; barley 16,129 do ; oats 5 006 do ; rye 3.546 do; wheat 8 300 do ; peas 125 do; potatoes 2,575 do ; seed 19,000 lbs; butter 80,930 do; cheese 68,260 do; wool 12,15º do.


27. Mrs. Elizabeth M. Noyes died .. . The upper barley lofts of John Taylor, on the dock, gave way and carried every thing with them into the cellar.


28. Canal receipts at Albany : Flour 31.340 barrels ; ashes 147 do ; beef 2,410 do; pork 77 do ; whiskey, &c 64 do; corn 1,178 bushels ; barley, 4.354 do; oats 7060 do ; rye 2,000 do; wheat 431 do ; peas 340 do : potatoes 1.923 do ; seed 45,000 lbs; butter 120,000 do ; cheese 199,- 540 do ; wool 35,733 do ; hams and bacon 4.526 do.


29. Thanksgiving .. ..... The Albany and New York steam tug Oswego arrived at New York having 41 Canal barges and boats in tow, all deeply laden with produce of various kinds, the largest and almost the last low of the season . . Philo Redman murdered on the Schenectady turnpike.


30. James Birmingham died, aged 50. . ... . . The canal receipts at Al. bany during the 4th week in Nov. were-Flour 103.743 barrels ; ashes 466 do ; beef 9459 do ; pork 587 do ; whiskey, &c 737 do; corn 24.902 bushels ; harley 52,906 do ; oats 32,458 de ; rye 9.716 do ; wheat 14.241 do; peas 765 do ; potatoes 7 970 do ; seeds 147.615 lbs ; butter 533,270 do; cheese 610.725 do; lard 137,280 do ; wool 121.865 do ; hams and bacon 14.146 do.


The net income of L. Van Deusen, Clerk of Albany county, for last year, as reported by him to the board of supervisors, is $5,517 !


$18,000.00 10,000.00


SCHEDULE Of Real and Personal Estate, Taxes, &c. for the City and County of Albany, for the year 1847.


Wards and Towns.


Acres.


Assessed value.


Equalized val. p acre.


Real estate.


Personal estate.


Total.


State and county tax.


City tax.


Wards and towns.


Common schools.


Roads and bridges.


Collectors' warrants.


Per centage.


First Ward, . ..


$357910


$357910


$357910


#1625 81


#3067 70


$183 50


$4877 01


$1 36


Second Ward, .


604285


580785


$23500


604285


2744 971


5178 94


210 50


8134 41


1 37


Third Ward, ..


902356


869856


32500


902356


4098 96: 7733 66


279 00


12111 62


1 32


Fourth Ward,


2967488


1798303;


1169185]


2967488 13479 90 25437 57


239 25


39156 72


1 30


Fifth Ward, ...


3509802


1761745


1748057


3509802 15943 38 30082 26


220 50|


462446 14


1 33


Sixth Ward, ..


888850


764050


124800


888850


5037 64 7617 08


188 50


11843 22


1 34


Seventh Ward,


423010


415560


7450


423010


1921 53 3625 78:


187 25


5734 56


1 36


Eighth Ward,


280245


276345


3900


280245


1273 43


2402 15


196 25


3871 83


1 38


Ninth Ward, ..


805670


736670


69000


805670


3659 77|


6904 28


249 50


18813 55


1 35


Tenth Ward, .


647760


608760


39000


647760


2942 46!


5395 01


291 00


8628 47


1 36


11387336


8169984


3217392 11387376 51727 85 97444 43


2245 25


$8683 00


151417 53


Berne, ..


39.078


313755


$7 00


373546


68105


341651


1551 98


1347 20


387 06 $200 00


2899 18


0 93


Bethlehem,


33,046


617875


18 00


594828|


102000


695828


3165 38!


1673 05!


349 90


250 00


3838 43


0 783


Coeymans, ...


31,509


378457


12 00


378108


64777


442885| 2011 38


1317 15


314 34


500 00


3329 03


0 90


Guilderland,


..


33,037


432474


14 00


462518


75212


537730| 2442 04


2463 74


316 13:


500 00


4910 78


1 16


Knox.


26.020


223933


7 00


182140


64361


246501


1119 73


737 15


228 101


75 00;


1856 88


0 82


New-Scotland,


35.698


579577


14 00


4997221


101320


601042


2730 24


1683 00


247 05


500 001


4413 24


0 76


Rensselaerville,


37.056


296578


8 50


314976


59961


374937


1703 15


1263 46


378 80


2966 61


1 00


Watervliet, ...


37.749


1567940


21 00


1329859


1611101


1490969


6772 77


5555 03


1183 16


12327 80


0 78!


Westerlo, .....


35,789


333092


8 50


304206


86542


390748


1774 98


1163 52


308 96


200 00


2938 50


0 88


308,982


4733636


4339903


783388: 5123291 23272 15


17208 30


40480 45


PETER SETTLE, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, Albany County.


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Albany Real and Personal Estate and Taxes.


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368


Bond of the Aldermen of Schenectady, 1766.


BOND OF THE ALDERMEN OF SCHENECTADY, 1766.


The following is printed from the autograph copy. found among the Vrooman papers, of a bond given by the Aldermen and assistants of Sche- nectady, in 1766 to carry out eertain measures in case of their being sworn into office. The orthography and capitalizing of the original is preserved throughout :


Know all men by these Presents, That wee John Sanders Caleb Beck, Abraham Fonda Joseph R. Yattes, John Glen Junr. & Rycr Schermer- horn Esqrs. Ellected aldermen for the Borrough town of Schenectady. and Henry Glen, Nicolas Van Petten, John Visger. Junr. Abm. Wemple, Nicolas DeGraaf, & Andries Truax Gentlemen Ellected Assistants lor said Borrough, are Jointly & Severally held & firmly bound unto Isaae Vrooman & John Duncan Esqrs. of said Borrough in the Sum of Five hundred Pounds Current Money of the Province of New York to be paid to the said Isaac Vrooman & John Duncan for which Payment well & truly to bee made wee hereby bind ourselves severaly & Joinly firmly by these Presents sealed with our Seals dated this 5th. day of Decr. 1766, in the Seventh Year of His Majestys Reign


The Condition of this Obligation is Such That if the above Bounden Al. dermen & assistants as above, Shall do well & truly Qualify in their res- peetive Ofices as aldermen & assistants for the Borrongh of Schenectady within Eight days after the Governor Grants a New or additional Charter for the said Borrongh with the Alterations or Amendments to the Present Charter of the following Articles Vizt. That the Boundarys of the Corpo- ration shall be extended aeeording to letters Pattent dated Novr. 6th. 1764, And that the Aldermen shall not be for life, but that they shall be Ellected Yearly or Every three years, as the Governor shall be pleased to Grant, And that none of the Inhabitants of said Borrough shall be Oblig'd to take out a Licence for there Wagons but to use them at there will and Pleasure And that the Children of the Freeholders and free men give a Certain Sum Not Exceeding Six Shillings for there freedome then this Ob- ligation to be Vod and of no Effect otherwise to remain in full force. Sealed and Delivered in the presence of us Matthew Lynd Alexander Campbell


John Sanders Caleb Beck Abraham Fonda Joseph R. Yates Jno Glen Jr. John Glen Jr for Ryer Schermerhorn


Signed Sealed & delivered by Jno Glen Junr. for Ryer Schermerhorn, in Presenceof us Alexander Campbell Edward Burrowes


Signd Seald & Deliverd in the Presence of us By Andr. Truax .


John Visger Alexander Campbell


Henry Glen Nicolaes Van petten John Visger Jr,


Abm Wempel


Aendres Truax nicolas degraf


INDEX.


Albany, plan of, 136


ancient, 137 distance from prin- cipal cities, 138 first visited, 138 charter granted, 140 architecture, 141


66 county, 142 towns in 1790, 142


incor-


66


porated, 145 incorporated, 145 population 1795, 153


66


66 in 1789, 314


in 1796, 316


in 1823, 305 charter officers, 37 penitentiary, 149 bank of, 31


66 city bank, 33 exchange bank, 33 savings bank, 34 ins, company, 34 academy, 75 66 corner


66


stone laid, 76 female academy, 80 sloop in 1796, 153 evening journal cir- culation, 167 hort. society, 177 and boston rail road receipts, 177 gal of fine arts, 39 exchange co. 39 water works co. 40 hydrant co. 40 and cohoes rail road company, 40 society of brotherly love, 42 city tract society, 43 county bible soc. 43 medical so- ciety, 43 and rensselaer hor- ticultural soc. 43 repub, artillery, 44


Albany burgesses corps, 44 emmet guards, 44 washington rifle-


men, 44 Abeel, johannis, 25. 152


Academy, albany, 75, 286 66 female, 80


Adams, J. Q., 166 Agassiz lectures, 166 Agency, 209


Agricultural society, 342


Agricultural implements, 209 Alarm bell, 346


Albertsen, hendrick, 22


Allen, james, 354


Allen, C P, 357


Alida, speed of, 171


Alida, speedy trip, 353


Alms-house, 159, 161, 165, 166, 319, 341, 355. 357 Anti-renters, 160, 166, 178 Anti-rent convention, 361


Barry, thos., 325


Basin, 310, 346


Basket-maker, 225


Bassett, J., 89, 119


Bath, 316 Bath ferry, 345 Baths, 225


Batteaux, 264


Batterman, C., 340


Batty, B. B., 351


Bay, andrew, 130


Beaver kill, 146


Beavers, price of, 194


Beck, T. R, 76


Bedstead makers, 209


Beekman, johannes, 278


Attorneys, 36


Auctioneers, 209


Aurora borealis, 162, 166, 169, 173 Autumn, 265, 359


Avarice of albanians, 272


Bachelor tax, 161


Baker, J. B., 351


Bakers, 209


Bakers prosecuted, 160


Bethel for watermen, 133


Bakker, wm. juriaensen, 19, Bethel congregation, 136 Bethel, jacob, 347 24


Balloon ascension, 175 Band and fancy boxes, 225 Banishment, sentence of, 204 Banks, 31


66 of albany, 31, 317


N. Y. state, 32


mcch. and farmer's, 32 commercial, .33


canal, 33


albany city, 33


albany exchange, 33 savings, 34


Banks, N. O., 360


Baptist society, 163


Barbers, 209


Barley, 266, 361


Barlow's prediction, 304


Barnburners, 159, 160, 161, 174, 177 Barry, bill, 346


Appeals, first court of, 159 Arbor hill burying ground, 161, 350 Arbor hill school, 48, 350 Architects. 209


Armorial bearings, 90


Arms of rensselaerswyck, 198


Armsby, dr., 342


Arsenal, 309


Artillery, 356, 359


Artists, 209


Artists' materials, 225


Artists' premiums, 364


Assault and battery, 161


Associations, &c. 317


Beeren island, 198-) Bell-hanger, 225


Bell. st peter's, 285 Bell-founder, 225


Belden, selah, 365


Bement, C. N., 363


Benedict, L., P. M , 341


Bern, 145 Beth jacob, 134, 170


66


66


370


Index.


Burgoyne, 256 Burgesses corps' excurs. 357


Burgesses corps, 318 Burgess, R. H. 357 Burglaries, 341 to 366 Burials, book of, 121


Burials, 355


Burial customs, 121


Burials, dutch church, 235 Burial ground, hallenbeck, 341, 346


Burnt district, 176


Blacksmiths, 209


Burton, J. I. 346


Black, J. R, 347


Bush, S. 346


Blake, H , 362


Bleecker, rutger, 25


Bleecker, harmanus, 276, 299, 353


190,


Block and pump-makers, 209 Bloodgood, capt .. 258


Board of trade, 41, 165, 320; 348


Board of supervisors, 322


Boarding houses, 209


Bogart, D. S. 130


Bone dealer, 225


Bonnet and straw goods, 225


Caldwell, wm., died, 168


Campbell, rev. W. H. 76


north dutch, 89


60 south dutch, 182


old lot sold, 90


pulpit, 91


ministers of, 91


note of hand, 93


Boston rail-road, 341, 362. 365


Boston ferry, 345


Boot and shoe dealers, 210


Boot and shoe-makers. 210


Bowne, robert, sailed, 343 Bowling alleys, 210


Boyd's island, 139


Bradford, J. M., 89, 90


Bradt de norman, 139


Bradt, albert andriessen, de noorman, 15


Bradt, wm. 363


Brannon, james, 345


Brass-founders, 210


Capital, removal of, 167


Carpenters and builders, 210 Carpetings, 210


66 universalist, 135


first presbyterian, 130 ministers, 130


Bricks, manufacture of, 158 Brick makers, 210


Cartmen, 211 Carver, 225


Carroll, james, 360


Cassidy, C. 348


Cassidy, J. P. 355


Casting, Inrge, 358


Castle island, 186


Catskill, see katskill


Cattle, stabled. 265


Cathedral, 161, 173, 358, 365 Cement, 212


Centennial anniversary, 335 Charter, 307


Charter clection, 169 Charter officers, 37 Charity, public, 347 Charity, fire department, 164 Charcoal, 269


Chandler, 212


Chapel holy innocents, 349, 350


Chair-makers, 212 Change, meeting on, 347 1


Chemist, 225


Cherry valley plank road, 361 Chief engineer elected, 163 China, glass, &c. 212


China, voyage to, 261 China tea sets, 261


Chifferder, 351


Chinmeys, 268


Cholera, 350 to 358


Cholera cases in july, 355


Cholera cases in aug. 357


Christian mutual benefit so- ciety, 41, 163 Churches, list of, 72 Churches, 315


Church, first in albany, 86 stone, 88


Bonnet bleacher, 225


Book-binders, 209


Campbell, J. N. 131


Camphene, 225


Canal bank, 33, 346, 352


Canal bank, 33, closed, 173


Canals, 310, 313


Canal opened, 348


Canal, closing of, 329


Canals, trade and commerce of, 9, closed, 182


Canal tolls, 163


Canal, erie, predicted, 304


Canal receipts, 164, 356, 365, 366


Canal boat, large load, 364, 365


.


Canadian invasion, 288


Canoes, 264, 274-5


Cap-makers, 210


66 lutheran, 122


Capitol, 307


united presb. 132 ger. ref. 124.128


ger. ev. lutheran, 129


Breadstuffs received, 164 Bread, 266, 336 Brewery, 202, 205 Brewers, 210


Carpet weavers, 211


Carriage makers, 211


trustees, 131


deacons, 131


Bridge over basin, 168, 349 " hudson river


Britton, S. B 135 Brock, S. A. 365


Circus tent destroyed, 362 City bank, 317 City debt, 346, 366


City missionary, 318


City, prospects of, 330


City railroad sinking fund, 341


City taxes, see taxes


Bethlehem, 145, 202 Bethlehem turnpike compa- ny, 320 Beverwyck, 140


Bible society, albany county, 229 Bible, groesbeck, 249 Bird- stuffer, 225 Birmingham, 366 Births, marriages and deathis, 295


Births, quadruple, 349


Business directory, 208-29


Butler, B. F., lecture, 162


Butler, J. W. 352


Butler, john, 353


Buttermilk creek, 146, 166


Cabinet-makers, 210


Cahill, john, 356


California, lecture on, 326 California company left, 342, 345


Caldwell, james, 330


Caldwell, wm. 76


Book-sellers and publishers, 210 Booksellers, 1772, 325 Boston, trade with, 46


66 records, 96


baptisms, 96


early members of, 97


· pasture, pat'nt of, 101 pasture, sale of, 121 patent, 165


antiquities, 119 collections, 120 stone step, 120


burial ground, 121 opened, 165 lots sold, 180


elders, 132


reminis'ces, 152


trinity, 182


Brodhead documents, 344 Brokers, 210 Bronck, pieter, 23


Brown, J. C. 358 Brush maker, 225


Buildings, 72 Builders, 210


.


371


Index.


City tavern, 285 City finances, 48 City appointments, 169, 170 City and co. buildings, 71 City records, 103 Civil officers, 302 Civil engineer, &c. 225 Clark, ralph, 359 Clark, G. T. 349 Clark, james, died, 160 Clay, H., in albany, 358 Clergy, list of, 35 Clergymen, 212 Clemshire, wm. 355 Clocks, 212 .


Closing of canals, 326 Clothing stores, 212 Clothes cleaner, 225 Cluett, P. 359 Coach painter, 225 Coach ware, &c. 212 Coal dealers, 212 Coal, 146, 165, 312, 361 Cobb, E. 349 Co-directors, 206 Coeymans, 145 Coffee factories, 212 Cohoes, 147 Cohoes village charter, 172 Cohoes rail road, 40, 168, 171, 349 Colonie, 140. 311 Colonie, regulations, 191


Cold days, 163, 165, 167, 169,


178, 181, 182, 244, 341, 342| Days, length of, 55 Cole, W. B. 341 Dean, capt. 261 Columbia steamer up, 345 Colvard philo, 365 Deaths, 295. 336 Debt, 48, 316 Cold, 268, 329 Commercial bank, 33, 317 Common council, 59, 311 Common council, new, 347 Commission merchants, 212 Common schools, 366 Commercial despatch, 173 Commerce, ancient, 258, 260, 270


Combs and fancy goods, 225 Democratic convention, 159


Convicts, 166 Confectioners, 213


Constitution, adoption of, ce- Dennison, wm. 334


Depot, large, 174


De russy, alida, 345


De witt clinton engine com- pany, 40 Dewey, O. 241, 349 Diamond, J W. 352 Die sinker, 225 .


Diligent fire engine, 285


Directory, 1849, 25


Distances from albany to various points, 62 to 70, 313 Distillers, 214 Distins, 352


Diseases, 295 Dist. school celebration, 160, 172


Docks, 281 Documents, brodhead, 344 Dodge, H. H. 365 Dogs muzzled, 169 Dog law, 336 Dominie's house, 102, 121


County clerk fees, 366


County medical society, 318 Court, justices', 168, 172


Court, 337, 336 Crane, L. H. 345 Crape, import of, 323


Creditors, U. S. 282


Crier, 225


Drum-maker, 225 Drummond light, 364


Dry goods, 214


Dry goods, 1790, 322


Du Bois, G. 88


Durant, clark, 134 Dutch church, 86, 269


66 burials, 235 '3d, 356


Dutchmen, 271 Dutchman, sunday, 351


Dutch parsimony, 307 Dyers, 215


Dyke, 46


Eagle engine company, 40


Easterbrook, 347


Eating houses, 215


Economy, 273


Eiglets, dr. J. 175, 343


Election, city, 347 Election returns, 364


Election, presidential, 180


Elkens, J. J. 139, 185 Ellison, rev. T 285, 286


Elliott, H. 348 Elm tree, 284, 287


Emerson, wm. B. 172 Emmet guards, 365 Emigration, 275


Emmons, E. 342 Empire wrecked, 349 English preaching, first, 121


Eng. first set. pastor, 121


English church, 269, 284-5 Engine companies, 319 Engine house, 74 " affray, 159, 162, 172, 174 Engineers' meeting, 341 Engravings, 215 Ensign, T. 358


Erie canal, prediction, 304 Estates of merchants, 271 Evans, david, 348


Evangelical luth. church, 123 Evening journal, 346 Exchange bank, 33, 317 -


Exchange co., albany, 39


Custom house, 46


Customs, ancient, 119


Cuyler, C. J. 352


Daguerreotypes, 214 Daly, michael, 345 Dam, jan jansen, 16 Daniels, warner, 341 Davenport, J. B. 349 Davis, WV. A 359


Deals, exported, 266


Debt, imprisonment, 323


De groff, O. G. 351


Dellius, G. 88 deposed, 95


66 salary subs'ed, 104


Delavan, H. W. 77


Democratic nominations, 168, 360


meeting, 161


Dentists, 36, 214


lebrated, 330 Convention, const. 330 Contribution bag. 90 Conveyances in 1796, 155 Conveyances in 1746, 274 Cook, capt. john, 167 Coopers, 213 Coorn, nich las, 22, 199, 200 Copper-smiths, 213 Coroner, 225 Coroner, accident to, 170 Corn, large arrival, 159, 161 Corporation, lavish, 307 Corporations, &c 317


- Corsets, 225 Cotter, john, 351 Coughlin, 365 Counterfeiters arrested, 347 Counsellors, 213 Courtright, P. 341 Courtright, L. 343 County officers, 49


County taxes, 342 Counties, list of, 50, 55 County towns, distances, 313


Donnelly, P. 361 Donahue, john, 359 Dorr, alfred, 347 Douglas, D. B. 361 Draughtsman, 225 Dredger, & c. 225 Dress-makers, 214


Drouth, 265 Drugs, medicines, &c. 214


Crippen, john, 359 Crittenden, alonzo, 82


Criminal calendar, 161, 165, 177, 179 Curdy, J. 359


Curler, arent van, 15


372


Index.


Exchange company, 320 Execution place, tory, 290 Expenditures, city, 48 Expenses, 48, 311 Experiment, sloop, 261 Expresses, 215 Express, albany morning, 159 Express routes, 12 Family rec. groesbeck, 247 Fancy goods, 215 Fancy box-maker, 225 Fargo, F. 358 Far west, 275 Farnham, lewis, 342 Fashions, 323


Fassett, amos, 343 Fast, national, 355


Fay, dr. 341 Featherly, J. 345 Federalists, 330 Feed store, 225 Female academy, 352, 353 Ferries, 310, 336




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