The annals of Albany, Vol. III, Part 28

Author: Munsell, Joel, 1808-1880
Publication date: 1850
Publisher: Albany : J. Munsell
Number of Pages: 404


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5. A fire destroyed a barn on the Delaware turnpike at the southern bounds of the city, about one o'clock in the morning. . . . . Mary, wife of Joseph Prime, died, aged 71.


6, The travel, (says the Troy Times) between this city and Albany is immense. Last evening no less than ten stages, " cram-jam" full left Troy for Albany, containing in all, we should think, at least 125 passengers .. .... David Keith, a house thief, was arrested. He had taken clothing from two hotels the week previous ...... Daniel Campbell died, aged 40, son of Archibald Campbell ; a man of great benevolence and philanthrophy. Mary wife of John McCulloch, died, aged 31.


7. The Medical College was opened for the fall term, with an address by Prof. ARMSBY . . .. . Mrs. Phebe Fisher died, aged 65.


8. Hudson River rail road celebration; 1,100 persons sat down to a dinner in the engine house. The train from New York arrived 11.22, having made the trip in 3.55, or 3.24 running time.


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9. Dense fog, boats detained on the river ; Troy arrived about noon, when the Manhattan was high and dry in Catskill creek, and the Oregon aground at Castleton. The Isaac Newton, which should have arrived in New York yesterday morning, did not arrive till evening.


10. The grand jury came into court with 18 indictments : viz: Grand larceny, 6; forgery, 3; bigamy, 1; arson, 1; obtaining money under false pretences, 1; assault and battery, 1; do., with intent to kill, 1; do., with intent to commit a rape, 1; and four sealed indictments. ..... Jane, wife of Peter Van Buren, died, aged 37. Harmon Camp- bell died at Hudson, aged 28, formerly of Albany.


11. The remnant of the New York Volunteers 195 in number, who served in the Mexican war, arrived in this city, by the morning boat, to receive the first instalment of the appropriation made to them by the legislature. One of them got intoxicated, and stabbed several persons, and was arrested and locked up. ..... Jane M. Seymour died, aged 16. Michael Mulligan died, aged 29.


13. James Ray, a carman, was drowned at the pier in East Albany ; aged 50. William Cook died, aged 21.


14. Alexander Teelin died, aged 70. He was always a steady, honest, industrious, hard working man, and was for many years employed in the Evening Journal office, and at times in several other offices. He was the first man, we believe, employed in this city at the wheel of a Napier press. ..... Horace Durrie Steele died, aged 19. Joshua I. Jones died at Brooklyn, aged 41; formerly of Albany.


14. Organization of a city temperance society, which elected the following officers : Hon. Bradford R. Wood, pre- sident; Dr. B. P. Staats, Rev. I. N. Wyckoff, Azor Taber, Esq., Rev. Dr. H. Mandeville, Rev. Dr. L. F. Beecher, John O. Cole, Esq., Rev. H. L. Starks, Wm. G. Board- man, Rev. Dr. H. N. Pohlman, Rev. Ray Palmer, John F. Rathbone, Rev. R. Jeffrey, vice presidents ; Jacob T. Hazen, secretary; William McElroy, treasurer; H. M. Wicks, William Richardson, Charles L. Garfield, C. R. Blackall, John Rogers, executive committee; Oliver Sco- vill, John Reed, Miner Frink, William Gibson, E. P. Patten


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finance committee: John C. Ward, J. M. Northrup, Ist ward; A. S. Kibby, S. Baily. 2d ward; James Taylor, William Simpson, 3d ward; D. L. Weaver, W. M. Col- borne, 4th ward; Samuel Anable, A. Covert, 5th ward; E. Smith, W. S. Tucker, 6th ward; J. S. Smith, A. Pas- senger, 7th ward; R. Coburn, S. Rider, Sth ward; W. Parnell, A. P. Maben. 9th ward; James Wilson, Jefferson Mayell, 10th ward; vigilance committee.


16, Elizabeth Mc Graw died, aged 91. Joseph Rogers died, aged 65.


17. Thomas Learey, a teamster, was killed by the sliding of a clay bank.


18. Martin McGraw died, aged 41. George Furbeck died, aged 31. Emmeline Shaw, wife of George R. Groot, died at Pittsfield, Mass., aged 37, formerly of Albany.


20. The contracts for the construction of the North- ern Rail road, from Albany to Vermont through Cohoes, were signed this day.


22. Prof. Mitchell addressed a meeting of citizens at the lecture room of the Young Men's Association on the pro- posed University and Observatory ... . Friend Hum- phrey was nominated by the whig convention for mayor against his wishes, and he promptly declined to be consi- dered a candidate ...... Dr. William T. Burton died, aged 23. Elizabeth, wife of C. P. Peters, died, aged 25.


23. Susan S. Barstow died, aged 26; a native of Had- ley, Mass. David McGee fell into the canal and was drowned.


24. The water of the new aqueduct was let into the conduit at Rensselaer lake at 9h. 19m., and reached the water weir at the head of Washington street at 11h. 31m.


25. Bob Sutton, who had broke jail in 1848, returned to the city in custody of an officer, and was reincarcer- ated ...... David Woodworth died, aged 63.


26. The North Pearl street Methodist Church, built upon the site of the old Circus, was so far completed, that the congregation was enabled to hold meetings in the base- ment ...... A fire destroyed a grocery in Plain street early in the morning. When this was extinguished another fire was discovered in a frame dwelling in South Pearl


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street below Arch, by which two frame buildings were burnt down ...... The retail druggists, nine in number, by mutual agreement, closed their shops, except from 8 to 10 in the forenoon, and 5 to 6 in the afternoon, Sundays, in- stead of keeping them open all day, as had been the cus- tom in all time before ..... Phebe, wife of Ebenezer Mills, died.


27. Rachel Van Netta died; aged 76.


29. Lansingli's furnishing store entered at night by a burglar and robbed of money and goods.


30. John McLachlan died at Detroit, aged 79; formerly of Albany.


31. The whole number of arrests for the quarter ending this day, by the police, was 1067. Number of fires 12 .... Joseph Cross died, aged 34.


NOVEMBER.


1. The Albany City Hospital, corner of Dove and Lydius streets, was formally dedicated. Hon. JOHN C. SPENCER, president of the institution, delivered an ad- dress. after which Rev. Dr. POTTER made some appropri- ate remarks. The services were closed with a prayer by Rev. Dr. POHLMAN. ..... A fire occurred at the Delavan House, was soon extinguished ..... Bridget, wife of James Bogue, died, aged 25.


2. Mrs. Isabella Cochran, formerly of Albany, died at Covington, Genesee county, aged 77. Mrs. Margare Birmingham died.


3. Imogene Elizabeth, wife of Samuel B. Moore, died, aged 32. Amerrillus Maben died, aged 16. Wealthy Og- den, formerly of Albany, died at Troy. Susan Bullock died, aged 42.


4. Election day : Eli Perry reelected mayor; W. A. Young recorder. The political power of the common council reversed by the choice of 7 democratic aldermen to 4 whig, giving a democratic majority of six in the board ....... Henry K. Flagler died, aged 43.


5. Albert Gallup, late sheriff of Albany county, died at Providence, R. I. aged about 60. Besides the office of sheriff, he had been a member of congress and was the second deputy collector of the port of Albany.


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6. Catharine, wife of J. H. Nesbitt, died, aged 35.


7. Rose, wife of Patrick T. Gaven, died, aged 20.


8. A fire in the Bowery destroyed 2 houses and several sheds.


9. Emeline, wife of Graham K. Van Heusen, died. John Norwood died, aged 74. Margaret Augusta, wife of Na- thaniel Davis, Jr., formerly of Albany, died in New York. Jerusha Flint died, aged 78.


10. The first snow of the season, began to fall soon af- ter midnight, and continued through the day, melting as fast as it touched the earth ...... At a meeting of the common council, the officers of the Justices' Court chosen by ballot on Tuesday 4th, had their terms allotted as fol- lows: William C. Schuyler 3 years; David Russell 2 years; Henry P. Nugent 1 year. The justices of the Po- lice Court; John O. Cole 4 years, S. H. H. Parsons 2 years.


11. The engine companies elected their officers for the ensuing year. ..... Annual meeting of Albany County Medical Society. Dr. James H. Armsby, the president, delivered the address, on Hospitals, their Origin and His- tory.


12. Certain burglars attempting the robbery of a gun smith's shop, were frightened out of the booty by a wood- en soldier doing duty alone in the cellar ... . About 82,- 000 bushels of barley had been received during this and the previous day .. .. Sarah Neely died, aged 52, widow of Robert Neely. Phebe Gillen died, aged 18.


13. Capt. Alfred Houghton died at Cambridge, Wash- ington county, aged 41.


14. Rachel McCann died, aged 54.


15. Nahum Rice died at Fort Madison, Iowa ; known as a silver smith for many years in this city.


17. Nathan S. Hollister died, aged 72. Charles E. Al- vord died, aged 21. Philo D. Lyon died.


19. State Street Market .- Rye 63 cts a bu ; oats 36; bar- ley 75; corn 58 to 623; buckwheat $2.19 per 100 lbs; flax seed $1.123 for 56 lbs; apples $1 to $1:87 a bbl; po- tatoes $1.25 to $1.75 a bbl; turkeys and chickens 10 cts. a lb .; ducks 44a62 a pair ; geese 37a62 ; partridges 75a 100;


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pork $6a$64 for light dressed hogs; beef 3a5 in the quar- ter; eggs 18a19 cts a doz .; butter 15a17 cts a lb.


20. Two ruffians made an attack upon Senator Hurd and another gentleman, in Broadway, near the Mansion House, between 10 and 11 o'clock in the evening, when the latter received two flesh wounds from a lancet ring. The assassins escaped.


21. Mr Edward Whalen, formerly of Albany. died.


23. The German Catholic Church, corner of Philip and Hamilton street, dedicated, by the title of The Church of the Holy Cross. The Very Rev. John Conroy was as- sisted in the rites by the Rev. Mr. Wadhams, and by the Rev. Mr. Noethen pastor of the church. The church is built in a very tasteful style of architecture and interior decorations, at a cost of $9,000 ...... The store of Dex- ter & Nelligar, corner State and Pearl, was robbed in the afternoon of Saturday, of about $7 in money. A gro- cery store, corner South Pearl and Beaver streets, was also entered and robbed.


24. The store of Messrs. Davidson & Viele in State street was found to have been entered by burglars since Saturday night. They entered through the scuttle, and got but $3 for their labor ...... An alarm of fire called out all the engines; it proceeded from the trial of a new bell in the Fourth Presbyterian church ...... Catherine Hayes, the Irish singer, gave her first concert in Albany at the Third Presbyterian church. . . Richard N. Could- well died, aged 20.


25. Second snow storm-first sleighing.


DECEMBER.


1. The canal was effectually closed, and the steam boats which left the landing on Monday night lay on the bar during all this day, the water being lower than at any time during many years. The passengers were brought up by small steam boats. The boats were heavily laden. It was the boast of a sloop captain in 1800 that he had received $1675 passage money in one year. The palaces that now float upon the bosom of the Hudson, and make their trips daily, not unusually, it is presumed, take more than that amount at a single trip, besides a large sumn for


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COMMERCIAL BANK BUILDING. Erected, 1816; Remodeled, 1851.


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freight ...... Maria, wife of Richard Smith, died, aged 57.


5. Thomas Emmett Robinson died, aged 25.


7. Christian C. Lagrange died, aged 26.


8. Mrs Sarah Scott died, aged 72.


9. A fire in Chestnut street destroyed the upper part of a wooden tenement. . Henry C. Sabbaton, died, aged 17.


10. The new rooms of the Young Men's Association in the Commercial Bank Building, were dedicated with ap- propriate ceremonies. ..... Ann Elizabeth, wife of E. J., Stevens. died, aged 41. Robert McCulloch died, aged 41.


11. The navigation closed, the Oregon making the last trip. The river had been open nine months and seven- teen days.


12. Charles Paddock died, aged 20. Catherine, wife of Michael Sullivan died, aged 42.


13. The houses of Erastus Corning and A. J. Colvin in State street were entered by burglars, who got a very small booty ... . Thomas Chambers died, aged 39,


15. Robert Dunlop, an eminent merchant of this city, died at his residence in Watervliet, aged 75, He im- migrated from Scotland in 1806, and had been prominently identified with most of the important public enterprises which have been carried forward during the last forty years. He managed an extensive and complicated business, accumulated an ample fortune, and maintained an honor- able character ...... Amanda, wife of Alfred Kirby, died, aged 44. Bridget Cushman, an Irishwoman, aged 35, was found dead in a basement in the morning; cause unknown,


16. Good sleighing ..... . John P. Van Waggoner died. aged 50. Owen Daly died, aged 53 Caroline, wife of Amos Pennie died, aged 25.


17. The Law Department of the University of Albany opened, Judge Parker delivered the first of a course of lectures at the rooms of the Young Men's Association in the Exchange building. . . . Terence Coyle died, aged 67.


18. Thermometer 8° below zero ... .... A fire took place in the liquor store of H. Claasen & Co., in Broadway, which was extinguished by water from the new hydrants, without the aid of the engines .. . ... . John Franyan died,


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aged 23. Marian, wife of D. A. Hawley, died, aged 51.


19. Enthusiastic meeting at the Capitol of the friends of Kossuth and Hungarian freedom; William L. Marcy in the chair ...... The store of Olmsted & Daniels entered by burglars; also the jewelery store of Hood & Tobey. Booty small.


20. Ann O'Brien died, aged 75.


21. Anniversary of the Albany City Tract society . ..... Julia Ryan died, aged 45. Mary, wife of John Menmuer, died, aged 31. Margaret Whetten, relict of the late Capt. Stewart Dean, died in New York, aged 95.


22. Anthony McQuade died, aged 66. De Witt C. Judd died, aged 37.


23. A house in Lydius street, belonging to Prof. James Hall took fire about one o'clock in the morning, but was soon extinguished by water from the hydrants. ..... Burg- lars visited three stores on the pier and dock, and captured about six dollars in all ...... Adam Bradt died, aged 59. Mary, wife of William Ellis, died, aged 32. Luther Rull, , died, aged 18 ..


24. A German burglar was arrested in the store of C. Durant, corner of Steuben and Quay streets ; supposed to be the rascal who had committed the depredations of the last two weeks ...... Catharine, wife of John Eage, died, aged 33. James Burke died, aged 53.


26. Cold day, thermometer 8 below zero. The intense cold weather of the whole month rendered the passing over of the heaviest loaded vehicles perfectly safe; and a very active business was done upon it, by the agents and customers of the rail roads. ... Julia Ann, wife of Daniel C. Sherman, died.


27. Thermometer 12º below zero .. .. Ann Corner died, aged 48. Jonathan S. Houghtaling died, aged 30.


28, Rain storm ...... The temperature in some places rose 70 degrees in 24 hours ... . . Catharine, wife of J. H. Turner. died.


30. The Canal Commissioners awarded the contracts for enlarging the canals of the state.


31. Rain storm ...... Sarah, wife of Wm. G. Weed, died, aged 26. Rachel, wife of Samuel Trowbridge, died, aged 71.


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STATISTICS OF CRIME IN ALBANY.


We have been furnished by the police justices with the following statement of the business done at the police office for the year ending on the 1st January, 1851. .


The whole number of arrests made during the year was 2,979, as follows, viz:


Murder, . 1|Disorderly houses. 17


Manslaughter,


1 | Bawdy houses, . 7


Assault with intent to kill, ..


15 Gaming houses, . .. 1


Burglary,


30 Disorderly persons-neglect-


Grand larceny, 42 ing to support families, .... 41


Petit larceny,


315 Disorderly persons-common prostitutes, . ... 5


Perjury, .


27 8 Misdemeanors-violently en- 3 tering houses in the night time, . 36


Passing counterfeit money, . . Arson, .


6 Disturbing religious meetings


1


Bigamy,


2 Cruelty to animals, 1


2 Abducting children, 7


Mayhem, . .


1 Nuisance,


3


False pretences,


18 Opening sealed letters unlaw-


Embezzlement,


4 fully,.


2


Receiving stolen goods,


4 Complaints of master against apprentice, 1


3


1 Pretending to be officers, . . Seduction,


2


Riot and affray.


201 Deranged persons,


13 1


Assault and battery on officers


41 Violation auction law, .


1


1 Violation election law, . .


2 Violation usury law, 1


Offences against decency, .


27 Threats, . 34


Conspiracy, ...


1 |Vagrancy, 244


Violation emigrant laws, . ..


17 Breach of peace, 561


Wilful trespass, .


11 No. search warrants executed, 97


Malicious mischief, . . . 16


The total number of persons committed to jail for all offences, .. 1231 No. of persons sentenced to the Penitentiary, . 152


No. of persons sentenced to the House of Refuge, 24


No. of persons sentenced to the Jail at hard labor, .. 29 No. of. persons sentenced to the State Lunatic Asylum, . . . 22


No. of persons arrested for violation of city ordinances, in- cluding persons selling liquor without license, . 259


Robbery, .


Forgery, . .


14


Rape, . .


Sodomy. ..


Assault and battery, ...... .1139 Selling obscene books, . . .


Aiding the escape of prisoners from jail, ..


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SALARIES OF STATE OFFICERS 1774,


. The salaries paid by the British crown to the principal civil officers in New York in 1774, were as follows:


Governor, £2,000


Chief Justice, 500


Attorney General, 340


Indian Superintendent, 1,000


The clerk and assistant clerk of the assembly were paid 20s. per diem. New York currency, during the session, and the sergeant-at-arms and doorkeeper each 6s. per diem. The lieutenant-governor and the admiralty judges received no salary.


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Abbott, James, 343 Adams, Roland, 345 Address on the state of the county, 13, 15, 38 to Pres. U S., 190 Affray, 333, 343, 360, 364 Agricultural society, 314 Albany, by Liancourt, 117 history of, 138 advantages of location, 118 colonised, 138 Institute, 284, 341


Academy, 141, 142, 351,388 Barry, Mrs., 356


Daily Eagle, 355 Library, 142, 150 Alderman's oath, 219 Allen, William, 340 Allegiance, oath of, 47, 273


Alms House, 142, 335 Alvord, Charles E., 363 Ames, Ezra, 157 American Scientific Assoc., 353 Ammunition shipped, 182 Amphitheatre, 353


Anderson, James, 345 Anshe Emoth, 358 Anti-renters, 140, 341, 357 Aqueduct, new, filled, 361 Armsby, J. H., 363 Artillery, 188 Arrivals at port, 223 Arnold, Seth, 343 Armstrong, Adam, 344 Artillery company, 348 Artcher, James, 356 Assessment, 7, 8, 10, 11, 18, 19, 20,21 28, 30, 34, 47, 48, 49, 53, 55, 152 Association of citizens, 274 Baas, 57 Baker, Edward, 345 Bakers, complained of, 12 Baldwin, J., 338 Balloon, 180


Bank, 150, 152, 157, 167, 172, 173. 174, 177, 186, 352 Bank failure, rumor of, 352 Banker, A .. 340 Banker, Evert, mayor, 19


Baptismal names, 114 Baptisms in Dutch Church, 61 Baptist Church, Green street, 336 Barker, George F., 336 Barley, price of, 164, 166, 363 Barometer low, 335 Barrett, Mary, 341


Barry, Johanna, 341 Barstow, S. S., 361 Bartholomew, Capt. Andrew, 338 Basin, 143, 356 Bassett, Rev. J., 149, 177


Bastard, 10, 69, Bath, 121 Beal, Moses. 157


Beals, Elizabeth, 337 Bear, 340 Becker, Jan, 18, 24, 28, 44


Bed, hired for officers, 20, 21, 24 Bell 4th Presb. church, 364 Bellomont, Gov., 32, 38


Beer, brewed to pay taxes, 8 Beeren island, 57 Belknap. Rev. Jeremy, 178 Bender, C. W., 358 Benham, Mrs., 356 Bergatijns, 13 Berne, 135, 169, 170, 171, 175 Bever's creek, 43 Beverwyk, 57, 288


Birds, 122 Birmingham, Margaret, 362 Bishop, M , 351 Bissell. Anna. 352 Blackman, John, 350 Blockhouse, 39, 53 Bloodgood, Francis. 230 Boardman and Gray Guards, 332


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Boedel of Jan Verbeek, 53, 54 Bogue, Bridget, 362 Bonfire, 33 Booth, Philo, 337 Born, Mary, 335


Bouwery, 57


Boundaries of county, 135


Boyd, Dr., house burnt, 337


Boyle, Margaret, 340


Bracken, Mrs., 343


Bradford, Mrs. Jane, 343


Bradshaw, Mrs., 344


Bramhall, G. C., 338, 339


Bratt, Christopher, 349


Bratt, Adam, 366


Bratt, Barent A., 9


Bratt. Anthony, treasurer, 29, 40 Brant, 152


Bray, James A., 358


Bread, light, 12


Bread, assize of, 146, 155, 164, 166, 167, 173, 180, 185, 190 Breweries, 227


Briare, Eliza, 346


Bridge over basin, 356


British spy detected, 201 and A.m. taxation, 122


Bronson, Greene C., 346


Bryant, John, 347


Buckbee, Susannah, 344


Buckley, Thomas, 345


Buck wheat, 332, 363


Buildings in Albany, 118, 183


Bulger, Thos., 346


Bulkley, John W., 351


Bullock, Susan, 362 Burgesses Corps, 355


Burglars arrested 352, 359, 366


Burglaries, 334, 336, 338, 341, 343, 345, 347, 351, 353, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366 Burgoyne, 126 Burke, James, 366 Burns, Catharine, 356 Burton, John, 352 Burton, Mrs. T., 361


Bush, Mrs., 351 Butchers, law regulating, 160 Buttermilk Falls, 43, 122, 123 Caldwell's snuff factory, 119, 165


Caldwell medal, 338 Camel 182 Cameron, John S. 337


Campbell, George, 331


Campbell, Wm. H., 347, 351 Campbell, Mrs. Jane, 355


Campbell, Daniel, 359


Campbell, Harmon, 360 Canal closed, 332, 364 route explored, 304 authorized, 311 opened, 344 boat arrived, 344 receipts, 355


Capital punishment abol. 182


Capital fixed at Albany, 140, 184


Capitol, 141, 184


Carbine, Francis, 172


Carey, Mary, 338


Carl, Wm., 356 Carmen, regulated, 47


Carpenter, Isaac 358


Carroll, John, 349


Carroll, James, 339


Cartwright, Richard, 166


Cathedral, 335


Catholic Church, 179, 187, 191,364


Census, 22, 175, 243, 280


Charles, Mary, 345


Charter election, 8, 19, 27, 40,186


Chambers, Thomas, 365


Chronicle newspaper, 182


Churches, 142, 348.


Church robbery, 338 North Pearl Methodist, 348 Holy Cross, 364 contributions, 192, 188


City porter, his duties, 29


City Temperance Society, 360


Cities and villages, 135, 141


Citizens not entitled to pardon, 52


Citizenship, defined, 50, 51 Circus, 361, 348


Climate, 136 Clare, Catharine, 351


Clark, Michael, 346 Clark, Humphrey, 335 Clark, John, 343


Clark, Thomas, 354 Cleveland, Gen., 180


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Clerk, assistant, 52 Cochran, Isabella, 362


Coeymans, 55, 132, 135, 144, 175


Cohoes falls, 127, 136 Cohoes Village, 144


Cohoes bridge, 173 Cold day, 172, 183, 335, 336, 337, 365, 366


Cole, William, 345


College, 150, 168


Columbia Hose Co., 346 Common Council, 362


Commerce, 137, 147, 170, 223,226


Commercial Bank Building, 365 Commission of a corn viewer, 218 Commons, patroon's prohibition, 168


Concert, 182 Cone, Ashbel, 343


Congress at Albany, 202


Congregational Church, 331 Conley, Elizabeth, 341 Conliff, Mrs., 332


Constables. sabbath duties, 20 Cook, Wm. 360 Samuel, 149


Cooper's scale prices, 150, 155


Cooper, John Anderson, 31


Corn, brewed to pay taxes, 8 export forbidden, 12, 13 Corner, Ann, 366 Cornell, Isaac, 346


Coroner's inquest, 345


Couldwell, Richard N., 364


County of Albany, 135 divided, 146, 163, 169 County Medical Society, 363 Court house, 147 Cow, fat, 161 Cox, Wm. H, 347. 351


Coyle, Terence, 365 Crawford, Mary, 341 Crawford, Mary A., 346 Cregier, Martin, forbid to harbor his daughter, 21 claims a lot, 25, 28 vs Johannis Cuyler, 36 Crime, record of, 342, 354, 360, 228, 362, 150, 227, Crimes, punishment of, 140, 175, 182, 187


Croker, John, 344 Cross, Joseph, 362 Cummings, Wmn., 339 Cushman, Bridget, 365 Daly, Owen, 365


Danger to agriculture, 16 Davis, M. A., 363 Day's length, 334


Dean, Mrs. Stewart, 366


Dean, Nathaniel, 338


Death by exhaustion, 345


December, mild, 331


Democratic meeting, 344


Dellius, Godf., 30, 31, 32, 79, 275 Delevan House, :42


Democratic majority, 362


Desertion, 15, 16, 39, 51


Deyermand, Eliza, 342


District School procession, 357


Dillon, James, 356


Dillon, Sarah, 356


Dix, Sarah S., 343


Dog, wounded, 332


Donnelly, Wm., 356


Dorr, Elisha, 156, 232


Dougal, Patrick, 352


Drowned, 351, 354, 361


Druggists, shops, 362


Dry Goods clerks, 356, 357, 358


Dudley, Mrs., 359


Dunbar, Reuben, 331, 337


Duncan, W. H., 343


Dandee Warehouse, 333


Dunham, Wm. H., 354


Dunlop, Robert, 365


Dunn, Joseph, 343


Dunn, Maria, 353 Dutch Church baptisms, 61 purchase Bever creek, 43 pasture 149, 157, 188 vcorlezer, 9 collection, 188, 192


new edifice, 178, 182, 188, 192 Synod, 347 foundations, 354 manners, 123, 127, names, 57


names, baptismal, 114


house, South Pearl st., 332 Eage, Catharine, 366


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Eagle, Albany Daily, 355 Earthquake, 147 Eastern emigrants, 149, 169


Eave spout, 156 E.der, Robert, 329, 339


Election, 19, 27, 40, 146, 152, 156, 157, 159: 164, 170, 176, 186, 188, 191 . Ellis, Mary, 366


Ellison, Thomas, 119


Embankment carried away, 339


Emery, Horace, 348


Emigrant fare, 334


Emigrant runner, 348 Emmet Guards, 354


English, license to teach, 327


Engine co. elections, 363


Engine company, 349


Ensign, Elizabeth, 349


Ensign, C 352


Epidemic, 204


Esleek, Mrs. M. 358 Evert, Peter, 348


Expenses, contributions to, 19


Export of grain prohibited, 12


Fair, German Catholic, 358


Falls, 135


Farnham, S. A., 337 A. J., 354


Fast driving prohibited, 30, 47


Feltman, John C., 340


Female Academy, 141, 142


Ferguson, Sarah, 348


Ferry 127, 149, 220


Fever in New York, 192 in Albany, 204


Fifth ward, 156 Fillmore, President, 346 Finances, 147, 149, 189 Fine, John, 45


Fire wood assessments, 10, 11, 18, 19, 20, 28, 30, 47, 49 masters, 42 engine, 149 limits, 186 lottery for sufferers, 162 money for sufferers, 163 money for carmen, 183 great, 1793, 160 great, 1797, 187




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