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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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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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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
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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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