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1840, William J. Gibson. 1851, Richard M. Strong.
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THE VAN RENSSELAER CLASSICAL MEDAL.
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Albany Academy Medals.
The Van Rensselaer Classical Medal.
In 1837, General Stephen Van Rensselaer presented one hundred dollars in. trust, to be appropriated in the same manner as the preceding, as a reward for the greatest profi- ciency in the Latin and Greek languages; subject to the same reservations, except that the student must be of at least four years standing in the Academy. This medal, it will be seen, is in the same style as the Caldwell medal. The names of those who have received it are as follows :
1837, Isaac L. K. Miller. 1845, Wm. T. Wrightson.
1838, Henry F. Greene. . 1846, John K. Croswell.
1839, Charles K. McHarg. 1847, Jacob. L. Pearse.
1840, Gilbert L. Wilson. 1848, Henry L. Bullions.
1841, Philip Phelps.
1849, William A. Gott.
1842, John C. Bullions.
1850, Ernest J. Miller.
1843, Oliver Bronson.
1851, Charles Boyd.
1844, Samuel G. Courtney.
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ANNALS OF THE YEAR 1849-50.
1849. December 1. Albany and Mohawk Plank Road company organized : Wm. McElroy, president; Jacob Henry, vice president; Henry A. Allen, secretary; John M. New- ton, treasurer. Six thousand dollars were subscribed on the occasion. The capital stock of the road $25,000.
2. Thomas Turner, U. S. Consul for Brazil, died at Bahai, aged 30; formerly of Albany.
3. Snow commenced falling at an early hour, but turned to sleet and rain during the day ...... Thermometer at 7 A. M. 29º; 12 M. 34°; 3 P. M. 35°; 6 P. M. 37°.
4. Thermometer, 7 A. M. 34°; 12 M. 382° ; 3 P. M. 39°; 6 P. M. 40° ...... Elizabeth, widow of John Luther, died, aged 89. David A. Leighton died, aged 53.
5. Last day of canal navigation; the locks being closed by order of the canal board, instead of Jack Frost, to whom the business had always been left by common consent ... Mrs. Phobe Hilton died, aged 78.
6. Thermometer, 7 A. M. 412º; 12 M. 45}°; 3 P. M. 44; 6 P. M. 35° ...... John Millington, Jr., died, aged 26. Wm. H. Chapman died, aged 22. John Roach died, aged 52.
7. Meeting of citizens at the Mansion house, to take into consideration the prices charged by the company for gas. A committee was appointed to confer with the company and report to a future meeting ..... Thermometer, 7 A. M. 29º; 12 M. 30°; 3 P. M. 29º ; 6 P. M. 30°.
8. The river so low that the morning boats grounded on the bars, and the Boston ferry boat also grounded in her slip on the East Albany side ...... Daniel Poinier died, aged 50 ...... Richard Starr, type founder, formerly of Albany, died at Brooklyn ...... Catharine M., wife of David Seaman, died, aged 29.
9. Much floating ice in the river, and hail and rain fell during the day ...... Hendrik Hudson reached her dock be- fore 2 o'clock in the morning ...... Ann Visscher, relict of Levinus L. Winne, formerly of Albany, died, aged 67. Cornelia Ann, wife of Chas. Richardson, died.
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10. Cloudy and thawing ...... Mr. Archibald Campbell re- moved from the office of deputy secretary of state, which he had filled with great industry and capacity since 1812. A force organized and sent down to Coeymans to make fur- ther efforts to obtain coal, at a locality which had been previously examined, about six miles west of the river. .. Catharine, wife of Owen McManus, died.
11. Janet Andrew, wife of 'Robert Dunlop, died, aged 65 ...... J. E. Dudley, formerly of Albany, was drowned during the passage from Buffalo to Detroit, on the steam boat Atlantic.
12. Such was the severity of the weather, that the steamer Santa Claus left at 1 P. M. and the Hendrik Hudson and Columbia at 3; and the Rip Van Winkle went into winter quarters in the Basin. The weather moderated in the even- ing ...... Horace Knowles died, aged 50. Wm. F. Gombell died ...... A convention of iron masters met at the city hall, to take into consideration the tariff on iron, and organized an association, Erastus Corning, president.
13. The First Presbyterian Church, the oldest church edifice in the city, corner of South Pearl and Beaver sts., was sold by auction, and purchased by James Kidd for $17,550. It was built in 1792, and when completed was the best church in the city ...... Andrew Fitzpatrick died, aged 60 ...... Meeting of gas consumers to hear report of committee ; the directors of the company declined to reduce the price.
14. The board of managers of the Albany City Tract So- ciety for the ensuing year, were chosen and consist of the following : president, Friend Humphrey; vice presidents, Ralph Humphrey, Robert Boyd, Lemuel Jenkins, Richard V. Dewitt, Wm. McElroy, Wm. C. Miller, Alden March ; secretary, Erastus H. Pease ; treasurer, Philip Phelps ; direc- tors, Rufus K. Viele, James B. Sanders, James Taylor, James A. Wilson, Walter R. Bush, S. T. Bowen, Wm. H. Ross, G. W. Benjamin, N. A. Fish, Eli Perry, Thos. Mc- Mullen, Silas B. Howe, A. H. Wells, James Edwards, John Vosburgh, Robt. Coburn, T. R. Rawson, William Gib- son, together with the pastors of the churches represented in the board ...... Mrs. Margaret Gray died, aged 62.
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15. A large pulley wheel, weighing about five thousand pounds, thirteen feet six inches diameter, with twenty-eight inches face was cast at F. S. Low's Machine Works on Saturday night, for the Nail Works
16. Trinity Church having been repaired, after the late fire, was again opened for service ...... Annual meeting of the Albany City Tract Society, at the Pearl Street Baptist Church, Rev. Dr. Kennedy presiding. From the report of the superintendent, Solomon Cone, it appeared that the So- ciety had been in existence fourteen years ; that there were 100 visitors, who called at 500 houses once a month, distri- buting 7,000 tracts, or an aggregate of 28,000 pages. They had distributed a number of Bibles and Testaments, and other religious books, gathered during the year 150 children into sabbath schools, clothed most of them, nursed and counseled the sick, aided and comforted the poor, and ob- tained fifty names to the temperance pledge. The treasurer (Philip Phelps) reported the receipt of $588.66 into the treasury during the past year, and expenditure of $877.41. There is, nevertheless, $130.25 still in the treasury. It was proposed to expend $1,000 during the ensuing year, to ac- complish which it would be necessary to raise about $900.
17. John Peebles died, aged 59.
18. The steam tow boats Commerce and Belle left with the last run of barges for the season ... .Isaac Winne, form- erly of Albany, died at Sing-Sing.
20. Jonas Wickes died, aged 63. He had been employed eighteen years as deputy clerk of the county of Albany, and previously in the county clerk's office of Rensselaer. He was a philanthropic citizen, and ever prominent in all be- nevolent and religious movements.
21. First sleighing of the season.
. 22. Mary, wife of Daniel Betts, died, aged 75.
23. Ralph H. Meech died.
24. John N. Cutler died, aged 71.
25. The board of supervisors visited the Penitentiary ...... David A. Bedell died, aged 29.
26. The first mail from New York by land left New York at 4 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon by the Hudson River Rail Road, took the stage at 10 miles below Poughkeepsie, and arrived at Albany about 5 o'clock this morning ...... No
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boat arrived from New York to-day, owing to the sale of the . boats composing the People's Line, in New York. Three- quarters of the Hendrik Hudson, 1 bought by Daniel Drew, for $48,000. The Columbia was bought by D. Drew for $16,000. The Oregon was bought by D. Drew for $36,000. One-half of the steam boats Empire, Troy and John Mason of the Troy and New York line, was bought by him for $40,000. The South America was bought by Capt. Dodge for $29,000. The North America was bought by A. Van Sant- vord for $15,000. The Rochester was bought by Capt. Dodge for $11,500 ...... Robert Southey died, aged 38. Robert Hewson died, aged 38.
27. Persons crossed the river on the ice near Bath. for the first time this season, navigation being fairly. closed.
29. The governors of the Albany Hospital appointed by the last legislature consisting of Marcus T. Reynolds, Greene C. Bronson, William James, Ezra P. Prentice, Barent P. Staats, Dyer Lathrop, Friend Humphrey, Samuel Pruyn, James Goold, James D. Wasson, James P. Boyd, T. Romeyn Beck, Ralph Pratt, John C. Spencer, and Clark Durant, met and adopted regulations for the government of the in- stitution, and entered upon the business of procuring a sub- scription of $20,000, the sum requisite to secure state aid.
31. Dr. Fay, the Alms house physician, reported that during the month of December there were 132 persons in that institution requiring medical attendance, of which 79 were cured, 20 died, and 33 remained under treatment.
1850.
JANUARY 1. Weather mild and sleighing good. Meeting of the legislature. Mr. Elderkin, democrat, elected speaker, by three majority over Robert H. Pruyn, whig. James R. Rose, of Albany, elected clerk. . Rensse- laer Van Rensselaer, formerly of Albany, and commander- in-chief of the forces stationed on Navy Island in the late Canadian rebellion, died at Syracuse, from inhaling the fumes of charcoal.
2. The Commercial Bank paid a dividend of five per cent
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on its capital stock. The State Bank had long been accus- tomed to make a semi-annual dividend of five per cent, and the Mechanics and Farmers' Bank began to do the same last year ...... James Muir, Jr., died, aged 31.
3. Mr. Pruyn offered In the house of assembly a petition from the board of supervisors, praying a law to change the bounds of the city of Albany.
4. A dense fog enveloped the city, after the fall of a few inches of snow, so that at sunrise, objects could not be dis- cerned at a distance equal to the. width of State street. The day was one of uncommon mildness and beauty .. ..... Jane Frances, wife of John Cummings, died.
7. The Housatonic train arrived from New York at a quarter before 5 P. M. making the trip in 8& hours ..
.... The common council appointed C. L. Cutler to take charge of the clock of the Middle Dutch Church, as the town clock, which his father, recently deceased, had so long had the care of ...... Organization of the Society for the Relief of the Poor, and the following persons appointed officers for the ensuing year : Rev. Wm. James, president ; Greene C. Bronson, Robert E. Temple, Thomas McElroy, vice-presi- dents ; Rev. Thomas R. Rawson, secretary; William Mc- Elroy, treasurer ; Marcus T. Reynolds, W. W. Frothingham, Thurlow Weed, Chauncey P. Williams, P. M. Lovett, Elihu Russell, Jefferson Mayell, John Tracy, Lemuel Jenkins, Anthony Gould, Wm. G. Deyermand, Nathaniel Davis, Geo. C. Treadwell, Azor Taber ...... The following gentlemen were elected Directors of the Albany Insurance Company for the ensuing year : Teunis Van Vechten, Gerrit Y. Lan- sing, Rufus H. King, Augustus James, Marcus T. Reynolds, Archibald McIntyre, John Townsend, William C. Miller, Jacob H. Ten Eyck, Herman Pumpelly, John T. Cooper, Henry Bleecker, Peter McNaughton ...... At the annual elec- tion of the Tivoli Hose Company, the following named persons were elected as officers for the ensuing year ; John C. Felt- man, jr., foreman ; Jacob C. Cuyler, Ist asst. ; Robert W. Harvey, 2d asst. ; Samuel T. Thorburn, secretary ; Henry J. Wells, treasurer.
8. A fall of snow during the early morning, and another in the afternoon ...... One hundred guns fired in honor of the an- niversary of the Battle of New Orleans, in 1815 The
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Albany Emmet Guards gave their annual ball in the even- ing, at Van Vechten Hall, No. 119 State street, which was opened for the first time on this occasion since its evacuation by the Normal School ..... . At a meeting of the Fire Depart- ment, the following persons were elected officers for the en- suing year : John B. Stonehouse, president ; John McBride, vice president ; L. D. Holstein, secretary ; V. Ten Eyck, treasurer ; Archibald Young, collector ; John A. Sickles, George Cuyler, trustees .. . Ephraim Howard died, aged 75.
9. From the long prevalence of southerly winds the ice in the river became so unsafe, that crossing with teams was discontinued ....... Lawrence Murray died, aged 48.
10. The wind having veered to the north, the sun shone out in the morning giving everything the appearance of early spring ....... Ralph Waldo Emerson lectured before the Young Men's Association at the North Methodist Church ; and Frances Ann Kemble read Shakespeare at the Female Academy " as no other woman could read it, and very few men."
11. A north-east rain spread a crust of ice on the walks, which rendered pedestrianism difficult and dangerous ..... Mrs. Elizabeth Gansevoort, relict of Conradt Gansevoort, · formerly of Albany, died at Holmdell, N. J., aged 82.
12. The weather quite cold and the ice strong ....... The rail road ferry boat discontinued her trips ; a bridge being made from the dock to the ice to accommodate the business of the road. Edward T. Winslow died in Geneva aged 41.
14. Thermometer 6° below 0 ....... News received of the death of J. K. Wing and Charles Thomas in California, late of Albany. Thomas Scott died, aged 27.
15. The 41st anniversary ball of the Albany Republican Artillery, at Bleecker Hall .. .. James Sammons died, aged 55.
17. Damp day, with snow and rain ...... Mr. Ruel Clapp, died. His death supposed to have been caused by an affec- tion of the heart. Mr. C. was attending to his business as usual in the morning, and to all appearance, in good health.
18. Rain and snow ... .Southern mail delayed ...... Daniel Bratt died.
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19. A span of horses with a sleigh containing a farmer and three females broke through the ice; one horse lost.
20. John Phillips died, aged 24. Cornelia Dunbar Ben- sen died, aged 18.
21. At a meeting of the common council, Alderman Sat- terlee offered a resolution that Lydius street be opened from Allen to Magazine street. Ald. Satterlee stated that in looking over the files of Albany Gazette, he found that in 1817 these lands were sold by the common council. They were designated as being bounded on Washington and Lydius streets, and were four miles from the Capitol. On the 29th May, 1817, 4,284 acres were sold for $71,750, the interest on the same from that day up to the present time, about 28 years, is $140,630, making a total of $212,380. Henry Yates now owns 1127 acres of this property on both sides of Lydius street. On the entire line persons owning 3000 acres have petitioned for the opening of the street, and those owning 182 are against it ...... A farmer's horses broke through the ice below the ferry and were drowned.
22. The walks were covered three or four inches in depth with snow and water.
23. A mild and clear morning resembling spring ...... Mrs. Mary Van Bergen died, aged 79.
26. The weather mild, and spring like.
27. Warm and pleasant ; the gutters filled with the melted snow finding its way to the river.
28. Snow began to fall at 2 P. M., with an easterly wind. .Mary Ann, wife of Lucien B. Laney, died, aged 32.
29. Sleighs were put in motion again ...... Esther Maria, wife of Rev. P. M. Way, died. Hannah C. Priest died, aged 21. Anna E. Schuyler died, daughter of the late Stephen P. Schuyler.
30. Thermometer indicated 4º. A pleasant sun essayed to counteract the rigors of a northern breeze. .John L. Winne died, aged 77.
FEBRUARY 2. A fall of snow and sleet before daylight covered the walks with splosh and supplied the gutters with running water during the day.
3. Pleasant but cool, and the walks icy; inclement at night ...... Exercises in Church of the Holy Innocents for the first time.
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4. A cold morning but sunny ...... Janet Vanderheyden, daughter of Jacob Vanderheyden deceased, late of Albany, died at Bemis's Heights. Cornelia S., wife of A. A. Lan- sing, died, aged 26.
5. Thermometer indicated 2° below 0 in the morning ...... John Robinson convicted of manslaughter in the second de- gree in killing Christopher Jocelyn in October last, and sentenced to seven years imprisonment at Sing-Sing.
6. Coldest morning of the season : thermometer indicat- ing from 4° to 12° below 0.
7. Weather moderated ...... Election of officers of the Young Men's Association in the Exchange. Rufus G. Beardsley elected president; R. H. Northrop, vice presi- dent ; John N. Cutler, 2d do ; G. C. Lee, 3d do .; James I. Johnson, treasurer; J. B. Brinsmade, cor. sec .; Wm. Barnes, rec. sec ..... Mrs. Bridget McAnnespie died.
8. Angelica La Grange, wife of Solomon S. Leonard, died, aged 35. James B. Williams, formerly of Albany, died at Houston, Texas, aged 26.
10. The ice in the river took a start from the city of Troy, in the morning, and at eight in the evening after two or three moves, finally cleared away to a short distance be- low.this city ...... Mrs. Sally Schuyler died, aged 4].
11. The ice which broke up in front of the city, became obstructed a few miles below, causing a rise in the river, which submerged the docks, and damaged goods in the storehouses.
12. Catharine Farrall died, aged 42. Mrs. Hannah Blake died, aged 81.
13. Weather pleasant and spring-like.
14. A slight fall of snow in the afternoon ; the water still several inches deep on the floors of the stores on the dock and pier.
15. The dam of ice which had formed just below the city was strengthening daily, and the only outlet was through the island creek. The old tree which stood at the point of the · island, under whose shade we have many a day sat and passed the fleeting hours in angling, and which is dear to the memory of all, has been uprooted and torn into a thou- sand pieces by the ice and the flood .- Express.
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16. The Albany Daily Times first published by Heron, Furman and Thornton, edited by Jacob T. Hazen.
18. Mrs. Elizabeth Jenkins died, aged 88. Mrs. Maria Rookey died, aged 41. Mrs. Anna Staats, widow of the late Col. Philip Staats, died, aged 84 ...... The river closed in front of the city, so as to obstruct the regular trips of the rail road ferry boat.
19. Arbor Hill is rapidly improving. Its elevated posi- tion renders it one of the most delightful localities in the city. A great many fine residences have been built within a few months, and now that the park is enclosed, and men of taste are attracted thitherward, we shall expect it soon to become the most fashionable part of the town .- Knicker- bocker.
20. Charles Edward Judd died, aged 22.
21. William Marchael died, aged 31 ...... Meeting of capi- talists to consider the subject of a rail road through Water- ford to Bennington, and thence to Rutland to intersect the Boston and Burlington road ...... A committee consisting of Erastus Corning, Thomas W. Olcott, James Kidd, James Edwards and Robert E. Temple, was appointed to memori- alize the legislature for an extension of the Cohoes rail road to the Vermont line near Bennington.
22. Anniversary of Washington's birthday, celebrated by the military companies, and by the Young Men's Associa- tion.
23. Mrs. Rebecca Baker died, aged 70.
25. A light stratum of snow lay upon the pavements in the morning. which disappeared before noon ...... A young man by the name of Griffin killed by the falling of a clay bank which was being excavated on Patroon and Swan streets ...... William Austin died, aged 74 ... .. Mary, daugh- ter of John Van Valkenburg, late of Albany, died at Cin- cinnati, aged 20.
26. Mrs. Abby Babcock, died, aged 84; late of Alleghany county.
27. Jane Molloch died, aged 86.
28. Patrick Grout, engaged in excavating at the corner of Colonie and North Pearl streets, was killed by the falling of a clay bank.
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MARCH 1. A few inches of snow during the night hours.
2. Coroner held an inquest on the body of a man found in the river near the foot of Maiden lane.
3. Dr. J. N. Campbell delivered a farewell discourse in the old First Presbyterian Church, corner of Beaver and . South Pearl streets, selecting as his text the 17th verse of the 4th chapter of James, in these words, "Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, it is sin." Twenty years ago, when the reverend divine assumed the charge of the congregation, he preached from the same text. He stated that the society of the First Presbyterian Church had been in existence seventy-eight years. The church was crowded to its utmost capacity, and the discourse was one of great interest throughout. On Sunday next the new edifice on Hudson street is to be opened for public service for the first time .- Express.
4. Messrs. Tweddle & Darlington loaded the boat Gene- ral Taylor, of Albany, Capt. McAllister, with 180 tons of ice, destined for the Philedelphia market. It was taken out of the canal between the two freight depots of the Boston Rail Road Company, on the opposite side of the river .. The river which had been open for some time, above and below the city, was last night closed again, with strong ice ...... The southern mail did not reach here until half-past two o'clock this afternoon.
5. A state convention of the friends of peace met at the North Pearl Street Baptist Church, and were addressed in the evening by Elihu. Burritt ...... Jane, wife of Theophilus Roessle, died, aged 43 ...... The Hibernian Provident Society held its annual meeting, and elected officers, as follows ; Pa- trick Grady, president ; John Higgins, 1st vice president ; Patrick Cullen, 2d vice president; John Daly recording secretary; Daniel Boyle, corresponding secretary ; John Seery, treasurer ; Christopher Wallace, John Mulholland, and Michael Berry, finance committee ; Edward Donahoe, John Purcell, Patrick Flynn, Lawrence Dowd, Michael Murtaugh, Hugh Coyle and Cornelius Ryan, executive com- mittee.
7. Mrs. Nancy Alvord, daughter of Gen. Chauncey Hum- phrey of Albany, died at Waltham, Vt.
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9. The steam boat Buffalo arrived at 9 o'clock in the morning, and the Hudson arrived soon after ...... Mrs. Maria B. Miller, relict of Morris S. Miller, died at Utica. aged 69 years. In 1804 the decased accompanied her husband the late Judge Miller, from Albany to Lowville, performing most of the journey on horseback. Some three years afterwards she removed to Utica, and there resided for more than forty years. The father of the deceased, Rut- ger Bleecker, of Albany, Gen. Schuyler, John Morin Scott, and Gen. Bradstreet, were the original purchasers of Cosby's Manor, and thus by inheritance she became one of the original proprietors of the valuable site of Utica. Her first residence was at the foot of Main street, near old Fort Schuyler.
10. The new edifice of the First Presbyterian church, corner of Hudson and Philip streets, opened for public wor- ship, the pastor officiating alone in its dedication. The discourse of Rev. Dr. Campbell was truly eloquent and im- pressive, and was listened to with intense interest by an immense auditory. The learned divine took for his text the 2d chapter and 9th verse of Haggai, " The glory of this latter house shall be greater than the former, saith the Lord of Hosts, and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of Hosts." The house was filled to its utmost capacity, and large numbers were compelled to leave, being unable to gain admittance. (See vol. I, p. 293) ...... Eunice, wife of Philo Booth, died, aged 54.
12. Juliette, wife of Hiram Wheeler, died.
13. Mrs. Hannah Gibson died, aged 88.
14. Since the opening of navigation there has been a steady increase of business. The steam boats have brought up large loads of merchandise. These, together with the tows, have kept the draymen employed. The recent rain has caused the river to rise rapidly and there is sufficient water on the bar to enable laden vessels to pass over with- out' difficulty. Owing to the rain the market was inanimate early in the day, but towards noon it cleared off and busi- ness was resumed. The market is firm for flour, with sales 500 brls. at $4.87 a $5 for common to good state, $5.19 a $5.31 for Michigan, $5.37 a $5.50 for pure Genesee. Some 90 brls. beef hams sold within a few days at 17 ; holders now ask 18. A steady market for whiskey, with sales 72 brls. prison at
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24}cts. ; demand fully equal to the receipts .- Journal ... Great improvements were in progress at the southern point of the city, which was reclaimed from the water a few years ago. North of the factory of Mr. Deyermand, Messrs. Tracy & Edson had purchased a frontage on the river of 116 feet, upon which they intended erecting a distillery. Mesrs. Vose & Co. were putting up a large brick building to be used as a store house for their extensive stove esta- blishment. There were also five or six large brick buildings going up in the same neighborhood ; and the whole aspect of the old pasture was being rapidly transformed. The lo- cality bounded by Rensselaer and Pearl streets, and the river and creek, were thus contemplated to be compactly filled with factories and dwellings.
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