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Leake adds,4 that " they were of a mixed metal resembling Brass; one nearly as broad as a half' crown, another about the size of an English half penny, and a third about the size of a farthing, all bearing the same stamp, namely, on the obverse his majesty's head. The largest piece had this legend, GEORGIUS D. G. MAG. BRr. FRA. ET ITIB. REX. Reverse, a large double Rose, and over it, ROSA AMERICANA 1722. In a scroll under it, UTILE DULCI. Others of 1723,5 have the Rose crowned."
1 Swift alludes to this connection in his poem entitled, " Wood an Insect"- " Such a worm was Will Wood when he scratched at the door Of a governing Statesman or favourite W- ">
2 Defence of the Conduct of the people of Ireland in their Unanimous Refusal of Mr. Wood's copper money.
3 View of the coins struck for the West India Colonies, 39.
4 Leake's Hist. Account of Eng. Money, 2 ed. Svo., London, 1745, p. 419; Annals of the Coinage of Great Britain and its dependencies, by Rev. Rogers Rnding, 4to., 3d Ed .; London, 1840, ii., 72.
5 Ruding, says " 1720," but this is a typographical error, as his paragraph Is copied from Leake.
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This speculation and its fate are thus alluded to in the third of the Drapier's letters, written by Swift in 1724 :- " He (Wood) has already tried his faculty in New England, and I hope he will meet at least with an equal reception here; What that was I leave to public intelligence."
The influence of government was brought to bear on New England in the hope that it would receive the coin; and the Duke of Newcastle, then at the head of the Board of Trade, wrote to Lt. Gov. Dummer in Oct. 1725, informing him of the authenticity of Woods patent for coining half pence, pence and two pences " for the use of his Majesty's dominions in America," and recommending the patentee, to the favour of the Massachu- setts colony.1 But we presume that the scheme was a failure as well in New England as in Ireland, for the author of " the Defence," already quoted, says, " The money was rejected in a manner not so decent as that of Ireland ;" whilst Marsland, the Cornhill hardwareman, had such quantities of it in his cellar that he was ruined by it, and died housekeeper of Gresham College .? It is probable, however, that though discarded in New England, it may have circulated in some other of the colo- nies, to a limited amount, as some specimens have been dug up as far south as Virginia, and even as Charleston, S. Carolina. 3
PLATE III.
NEW-YORK TOKENS.
The tokens on this plate are from a collection made by Mr Vattemare for the French government, and are supposed to be specimens of the earliest copper currency in this State.
I. Device. A bust in Roman armour with a fillet of laurel. Legend. NOVA EBORAC.
Reverse. The genius of Freedom seated, holding a sprig of laurel in her right, and a staff surmounted by a cap of liberty in her left hand ; at her side, a shield on which are depicted the m
1 Felt's Historical Account of Massachusetts Currency : Boston, 1839, p. 80. 2 Snelling, ut supra citat.
3 3. Mass. Ilist. Soc. vii. 253.
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Arms of the State. This figure resembles that of Britannia on the old English coins.
Legend. VIRT. ET LIB. 1787.
II. Device. An Indian chief with a tomahawk in his right, and a bow in his left hand ; at his back depend his quiver and arrows.
Legend. LIBER NATUS LIBERTATEM DEFENDO.
Reverse. . Arms of the State of New-York, complete.
Legend. EXCELSIOR, 1787
III. Device. Bust intended for that of General Washington. Legend. NON VI VIRTUTE VICI.
Reverse. Liberty seated ; a staff surmounted with a cap of liberty in her right, and scales of justice in her left hand.
Legend. NEO-EBORACENSIS. 1786.
IV. Device and Legend. Same as No II.
Reverse. Crest of the State Arms; an Eagle proper on a half globe.
Legend. NEO EBORACUS : EXCELSIOR. 1787.
V. Device A ship under full sail.
Legend. TALBOT ALLEM & LEE NEW YORK ; One Cent.
Reverse. A full length figure of Liberty, holding a staff sur- mounted by a liberty cap in her right hand, whilst she sup- ports a rudder in her left. A bale of merchandize at her feet. Legend. LIBERTY & COMMERCE. 1791.
Figs. I. and V. are in the collection of the Albany Institute
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DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF NEW-YORK.
[ From Sullivan Co. Whig, Jan'y 25th, 1850. ]
In reference to Dr. O'Callaghan's Collections the Rondou. Courier remarks :
ANTIQUITY .- The Sullivan Whig publishes extracts from O'Callaghan's Documentary Collections, embracing the names of the inhabitants of Ulster County in 1683. Mr. O'Callaghan has made sad work with the nomenclature. Our ' oldlest inhabitant ' would hardly recognize his own name in the transcrip- tion. It is true there is a strange variation in the spelling of family names of different periods. Our Sullivan friend's name for instance is written Hasbroque, Haasbrouck, Hasbroek, &c., &c., which is readily accounted for from the fact that a county of Dutchmen in the main were at the orthographical mercy of English clerks. But Mr. O'Callaghan's errors seem to be the fruit of a lack of decyphering ability. The old chirography is rather different from the modern -the e, for instance, more like a cross between the o and d than its present representative. The ff, with which Mr. O'C. begins his spelling of Frere, is nothing more or less than a capital F of peculiar form.
In reply to the above, and all similar observations, it is to be stated, once and finally, that in the preparation of this work, the orthography of the original Document is strictly adhered to, no matter what that may be. The Editor does not consider him- self' responsible for any peculiarities in the spelling either of names or other matter. Those which are charitably ascribed in the above paragraph, to "a lack of decyphering ability," are not " Mr. O'Callaghan's errors," nor the " errors " of any other per- son connected with this work-for the names abovementioned were actually set up by the printer from the original lists, and are spelt as found in those old records. We would add that no lists of 1683 have been published. We presume that of 1689 is the one referred to.
WILLIAMSON'S DESCRIPTION OF THE GENESEE COUNTRY.
Extract of a Letter from George Brinley, Junr .. to T. Romeyn Beck, Esqr., LL. D., dated Hartford, April 22. 1850:
" I perceive that in Vol. 2, of Documentary Ilistory of New
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York, Williamson's 'Description of the Genesee Country,' is reprinted from the second edition without any notice being made of the first edition (4to., Albany, 1798.) This contains two maps and a very good plate by Fairman, which I wish had been copied. It, the first edition, contained but five letters, the second, eight letters; those numbered 1 to 5 are substantially the same as in the first edition, but are in many instances abbre- viated and otherwise altered."
... The first Edition of Williamson's Pamphlet, above described (" Albany, printed by Loring Andrews & Co., 1798,") has since been obtained for the State Lib. It has however, but one Map-that of Ontario and Steuben Co's. It lacks the second Map and Plate. ED.
INDIAN NAME OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN.
Governor POWNALL states, in his Administration of the Colonies, (ed. 1768 and 1774, p. 267,) that the Indian name of the above Lake is
CANIADERI-GUARÛNTE, i. e. The lake that is the gate of the country.
" Kanyatare" is the Mohawk word for Lake.
MODEL OF FITCH'S STEAMBOAT.
The model of the first steamboat (built by John Fitch) was liscovered, a few days ago, in the garret of the late residence of Col. Kilbourne, a brother-in-law of John Fitch, near the town of Columbus, in Ohio. It has been in the possession of Col. K. nore than thirty years. It is thus described in a letter to the Cincinnati Commercial :
" It is about two feet long, and set upon wheels. The boiler s about a foot long, and eight inches in diameter, with a flue hrough it, not quite in the center, into which the fire appears to lave been placed. The cylinder stands perpendicular, and the ramework that supports it is not unlike that now used by some f the low pressure boats on Lake Erie. There is a paddle wheel on each side, and, in fact, everything appears to be com- lete with the exception of a condenser and force pump. The oiler is even supplied with a safety valve, though part of it has een broken off."
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STAGE BETWEEN N. YORK AND PHILADELPHIA IN 1776.
This is to give Notice to the Publick, That the Stage-Waggons kept by John Burrowhill in Elm-Street in Philadelphia, and John Mersereax at the New Blazing Star, near New-York, intend to perform the journey from Philadelphia to New-York in two days also-to continue seven Months, viz : From the 14th of . April to the 14th of Nov. and the remaining five Months of the Year in three Days-The Waggons to be kept in good order, and good Horses, with sober Drivers. They purpose to set off from Philadelphia and Powlas-Hook on Mondays and Thursdays punctually at Sunrise, and be at Prince-Town the same Nights, and change Passengers, and return to New-York and Philadel- phia the following days ; the Passengers are desired to cross Powlas-Hook Ferry the Evening before ; the Waggon is not to stay after Sunrise ; Price each Passenger from Powlas-Hook to Prince-Town, Ten shillings, from thence to Philadelphia, Ten shillings also ; Ferriage free ; Three Pence each Mile any Distance between. Any Gentlemen or Ladies that wants to go to Phila- delphia can go in the stage and be at home in five Days and be two Nights and one Day in Philadelphia to do business, or see the Market Days. All Gentlemen, and Ladies who are pleased to favour us with their custom, may depend on due Attendance and civil Usage by those Humble Servants
June 23, 1776.
JOIIN MERSEREAR, JOHN BARROWHILL.
AN OLD MAP OF NEW ENGLAND AND NEW-YORK.
"A Map of NEW ENGLAND and NEW YORK sold by Thomas Basset in Fleet St. and Richard Chiswell in St. Paul's Church Yard " is the title of a map, without a date, brought last year from Europe by Mr. Kendal of the N. O. Picayune, of which the N. Y. Tribune of July, furnishes the following description :-
"It must be extremely old for its delineation of the country shows that it was made before the interior of New-York or New England was explored. New-York and Boston are fixed points, and some of the villages along the coasts are truly named and placed pretty nearly in their true position ; but a few miles from the coast, in any direction, and the map maker seems to have
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been utterly at fault. The shores of the Hudson and East Rivers on both sides, close up to the city of New-York, would appear to be swarming with Indian tribes of most uncouth names. The Riwanoys, [ Siwanoys, ] Qniropeys, Makimans, Moribans, | Mori- kans;] Prequtoos on the East; and the Sanhicans, Tappaans, Waranawankongs, Wappinges, Waareneks, Konekotays, Mata- nackowses, Armeomecks, [ Ermomex, | Macquaas and fifty others between New-York city and the Mohawk river. The head waters of the Hudson are made to penetrate to near the St. Lawrence river, which is called the "Great River of New England," while Lake Champlain and Lake George, highly magnified, are transported away cast of the Connectieitt river. Philadelphia is not set down at all, but near the site where Philadelphia should be, a place doubtless of nmich greater consequence is marked under the name of Mageckqueshon."
The Map of which the description is here given, is doubtless a republication of the older Dutch Maps of NEW NETHERLAND (now New York) published by Vischer, Jansson and others, nearly two hundred years ago, the title and other parts of which have been altered to suit the English market. The St. Lawrence was laid down by the Dutch as far back as 1614 as the " Great river of New Netherland," and in 1656 or 1659 they called it the " Great river of Canada." We find Bassett now changing it into the Great river of New England! The names of the Indian tribes and of the locality near Philadelphia are copied from the Dutch.
Bassett's map was published we presume on the restitution of New Netherland to the Duke of York in 1674. It is perhaps the earliest English copy published of the Dutch maps, and in this point of view it cannot fail to possess interest.
ANOTHER LAND MARK REMOVED.
The famous " Old Dutch (Lutheran) Church," in days of yore located on " Horse and Cart-street," so called from an inn near by, bearing the representation of a horse and cart for a sign, but in latter days on William-street, has at last been prostrated before the march of improvement. Its dingy and time-worn .walls have been for 88 years, or since the year 1767, the silent
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witness of the growth of New-Amsterdam, and have long remained among the few relics of her past insignificance ..
It was much the oldest church edifice in the city, and the congregation originally worshiping in it for a long time flour- ished under the powerful preaching of the learned Rev. John Christopher Kunz, D. D. It was then known as the " Stramp Church," being situated in a marshy district, (now at the june- tion of William and Frankfort-streets, east of French's Hotel) and in the region of the " Tan Yards." The foundation stones will be removed in a few days, when it is expected that sundry mannscripts, coins, &c., will be brought to light, forming inter- esting objects for antiquarian research. Beneath its walls is a large vault, in which were formerly entombed the remains of a number of officers and privates attached to the Hessian army, who fell during the Revolutionary War. History speaks of them as having been buried in their regimentals, with their side- arms, &c., with much pomp and circumstance. They were dis- interred, however, some years since, at the same time that the remains of the dead were removed from the old grave-yard which existed in the rear of the church. The " Old Dutch Church" is hallowed by many other interesting associations.
Of late years it has sadly fallen from its former high estate. Since it was vacated by its original occupants, it has been used as a place of worship by a society of colored people, then as an auction house, and lastly as a stable. Its venerable galleries, where once listened the faithful worshippers, were stored with provender, the under portion serving as stalls for horses. The whole has now been tumbled into ruins, and from the site is to rise speedily a large hotel .- N. Y. Journal of Commerce, Dec. 23, 1850.
The Rev. Dr. Kunze, mentioned in the above article, died on 24th July, 1807, aged 63 ; he sustained the pastoral office in New-York for twenty-three years .- Grecaleef's History of the New-York Churches.
RING FOUND ON BURGOYNE'S CAMP GROUND.
We have seen a very handsome goll and enamel morning ring that was found in Jume last, in Greenwich, Washington
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county, on the banks of the Hudson. This relic was found about two miles north of the place where General Burgoyne surrendered to General Gates, October 7, 1777, and where the former General had his encampment. The ring was found by a boy, while he was planting a field, and is in a perfect state, the enamel bearing, in distinct gold letters, " Robert Johnson, Ob. 16, Nov. 1775. Æ. 71." The probability is that the ring belonged to some officer of the British army .- N. Y. Herald, Dec. 25, 1850.
INTERESTING ITEMS CONNECTED WITH THE HISTORY OF NEW-YORK.
We are indebted for the following facts to the polite attention of the obliging correspondents whose names are attached to the respective paragraphs :
FIRST VESSEL ON LAKE ERIE .- The first vessel on our western akes was the " Griffin." The keel was laid by LA SALLE On 26th of January, 1679, at the mouth of the Cayuga Creek, on the American side of the Niagara, about six miles above the great Falls. The place selected by La Salle was long after used as a ship yard by the Americans, and is now familiarly known as the " Old ship yard." The precise date when the ship was launched is uncertain-it must have been in May or early in June, 1679, for Father Hennepin visited Fort Frontenac after it was launched, and reached the dock on his return on the 4th of Angust. The Griffin sailed from the month of the Niagara on her voyage to the upper lakes on 7th of August, 1679.
FIRST STEAMBOAT ON LAKE ERIE .- The first Lake Erie steam- boat, was called the " Walk in the Water." She was launched at Black Rock, on the Niagara River, on the 28th of May, 1819, and left there on the first trip to Detroit on 23d Angust follow- ing, under the command of Capt. Fish. The Buffalo Gazette in announcing her departure, says : " In less than two hours she was ' hull to' from the shore, a distance of 15 nautical miles."
FIRST SETTLEMENT OF BUFFALO .- In 1793 there were five dwellings, one tavern and one store, all constituted of logs. In
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1801, the site was surveyed by the Holland Company (Turner's Hist. Hol. Purchase.) and in 1802 the settlement may be said to have fairly commenced. In 1806, it was increased to sixteen dwellings, three stores and two blacksmiths' shops.
FIRST MAIL TO BUFFALO .- The first mail was received in 1803 on horseback, and continued to be thus carried once every two weeks, until 1806, when a weekly route was established.
FIRST NEWSPAPER .- The first newspaper published here was issued Oct. 3, 1811, and called the " Buffalo Gazette," Smith H. Salisbury & Co., printers and publishers .- Extract of a Letter from O. H. Marshall, Esq., dated Buffalo, Nov. 20, 1850.
FIRST PAPER IN ORANGE CO. The paper called the " Goshen Repository" was published in that village as early as August 11th, 1788.
FIRST PAPER IN NEWBURGH. The first newspaper in this village was " The Mirror," edited by Philip Van Horne, and published on 22d September, 1796. . When the army was here the printing was done by a press at Fishkill in Dutchess, as appears by the printed orders of the Army of that day. Samuel W Eager, Newburgh, Nov. 25, 1850.
FIRST PAPER IN QUEENS. The "Long Island Farmer" was the first paper published in Queens Co. I have seen the 2d number, dated " Thursday Jan. 11, 1821." The first or specimen number was printed a fortnight or so before, but the day of the week or month cannot be precisely stated, at least by me. I have a file of the "Farmer " from that day to this, with occasional breaks. The original editor emigrated west. II. Onderdonk, Jr., Jamaica, L. I., Nov. 25, 1850.
FIRST PAPER IN DUTCHESS Co. There was a paper published in this place called the Poughkeepsie Journal as early as 1778 or 1779; for, a few years since I was shown some copies of it at the house of Mr Henry D. Platt who resides at New Hackensack. At the time those numbers were issued the editor was State Printer, and the Legislature in session in this town, the Governor also resided here. I ain a little inclined to think that paper was
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the first state paper under the republican or independent govern- ment of the state, but cannot say with certainty. At all events it was the state paper for a few years. Isaac Platt, Poughkeepsie, Dec. 28th, 1850.
The Country Journal and Poughkeepsie Advertizer was established, Thursday, Aug. 15th, 1786, by Nicholas Power. The Po'keepsie Eagle is a continuation of the same paper. There was a paper before this, which I shall obtain informa- tion of if possible. Wm. Schram, Poughkeepsie, Nov. 30, 1850.
FIRST PAPER IN COLUMBIA Co. The first paper in the county of Columbia was printed by Webster & Stoddard at Hudson, and called the "Hudson Gazette." Its first impression is dated Thursday, April 7th, 1785. Mr. Webster was Charles Webster of Albany, deceased. My father, Ashbel Stoddard his partner, printed the paper after the first year, in his own name, as Mr. W. went to Albany. It was printed until 1803, when it was sold out to the " Ballance," printed by Croswell, Sampson & Chittenden. Wm. B. Stoddard, Hudson, Dec. 7th 1850.
FIRST PRINTERS AND PRINTING IN ALBANY .- The first printing office in Albany, respecting which any information can now be gathered, was established by ALEXANDER & JAMES ROBERTSON, who came up from New York for that purpose late in the year 1771. Hence Albany was the second place in the state of New York into which the art of printing was introduced. Their office is said to have been in Barrack, now Chapel street.
The Albany Gazette, the first newspaper printed in this city, was commenced in November, 1771, by the Robertsons. The size of the sheet used by them was about one quarter that of the largest daily papers now printed here.
It is uncertain how long this paper was continued; but it is supposed that the publication of it ceased before 1776, as in that year the printers are known to have joined the royalists in New York. On the evacuation of that city by the British, they took refuge with many others at Port Roseway, Nova Scotia, where Alexander died 1781, aged 42. James died in London, many years later. The account given of them in Thomas's History of Printing is erroneous in many respects.
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A bookstore was kept before the revolution by STUART WIL- SON in a Dutch house which stood on the elm tree corner of State and Pearl streets, and is the carliest of which anything is known.
In 1782, Messrs. SOLOMON BALENTINE & CHARLES R. WEBSTER established a printing office in Albany, and in May of that year published the first number of the New York Gazetteer and Northern Intelligencer. It was printed on a sheet of short demy, with pica and long primer type.
FIRST PAPERS IN HERKIMER CO .- It is supposed that the first paper was printed at Herkimer, about 1802 by BENJAMIN CORY, and was called the Telescope. This establishment was purchased of Mr. Cory, by DAVID HOLT and J. B. ROBBINS, who went from Hudson in January, 1805, to take charge of it. The Telescope was discontinued, and a new paper called the Farmers' Monitor was issued by HOLT & ROBBINS. Mr. Holt thinks the size of the paper was a small royal, but a copy of it in possession of IIon. John Mahon, dated April 28, 1807, measures 12 by 15 inches. The printers of those days were compelled frequently, by the scarcity of stock, to vary the size of their papers, and this may have been the case with the copy in question, which is the more probable from the fact that it has no colunm rules.
The third paper in the county was the Herkimer Pelican, commenced by Mr. Cory soon after he sold out his first estab- lishment.
FIRST PAPER AT LITTLE FALLS. In September, 1821, the first printing office was established at Little Falls, now Rockton, by EDWARD M. GRIFFING, who began the publication of a democratic paper, called the People's Friend, which he continued till July 5, 1834, with an average subscription of about 600. At that time he sold to Messrs. C. S. BENTON & Co., who changed the title to Mohawk Courier.
FIRST PAPER AT FRANKFORT. The Frankfort Democrat, was established at Frankfort in the fall of 1842, by J. M. Lyos, edited by W. B. HOLMES. It was subsequently removed to Herkimer, and its title changed to Herkimer County Democrat. CONDENSED from un interesting article on the Press, in Munsell's Albany An- nual Register, for 1851.
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FIRST STEAMBOAT ON LAKE ONTARIO. The first Steamer was built at this place and called the " Ontario." She was com- menced in the year 1816, and made her first trip in the first part of the month of April, 1817, the day I cannot learn. D. McCulloch, Collector, Sackets Harbor, Dec. 21, 1850.
INDEX.
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Abelsen, Hendrick, precentor of Kinderhook church, 894.
Account, an, of Capt. Manning's proceedings previous to his surrender to the Dutch, 91; of the church in the province of N. Y., 111. Act, An, of opposition to certain transactions in the French church at New York, 467. Adams, the town of, on Sandy creek, 1121.
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-, near loosic, remarkable for limestone, 1128.
Address of the clergy of the church of England to Gov. Hunter, 129; of the ministers and elders of the Dutch R. church of N. Y., on hearing of the desecration of Trinity church, 447; of the French church on the same sub- jeet, 450; to the betrayed inhabitants of N. Y., 528.
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Albany, first white woman at, 50; a clinrch built in, 104; state of the church at, 117; the Rev. Mr. Talbot does not think it worth his while to stay at, 125; Rev. Mr. Barclay, minister at, 130; the sheriff of, seized and carried off to Mass., 778, 781; papers relating to, 869 ; petition of the Lutherans of, for leave to bury their own dead, 871; Rev. Anthony Bernhardus, Lutheran minister at, 872; Dom. Arensins permitted to officiate in, ib .; diffi- culties in the Dutch church at, ib , 883; Rev. Gideon Schiets minister of, 877; the mmi- ster's house at, 679; misunderstanding be- tween Dom. Schaets and the Lutherans of, 880; account of the comet that appeared at, 882; great scarcity of grain at, 883; early negotiations between Dom. Dellius and the Dutch congregation of, 887; petition of the Rev. Johannes Lydius, minister of, 893, 897; state of the Rev. Mr. Barclay's mission at, in 1710, 896; population of, in 1710, 897; the Rev. Mr. Andrews, Indian missionary arrives ut. 900; proceedings of the commissioners of Indian affairs in, on his arrival, ib .; difficulties between Hendrick Hansen and the Rev. Mr. Barclay, missionary at, 903 ; a list of the in- habitants and slaves in the city and county of. in 1714, 905; petition for rebuilding the Dutch church of, 906; the first English church in, 907; petitions for the incorporation of the Dutch church of, 909, 910; report of council on said petitions, 911 ; order to prepare a pa- tent for the incorporation of the Dutch church in, 912; schedule of lands belonging to the Dutch church of, 914; petition of the rector &c. of St. Peter's church in, for a charter, 917; Rev. Mr. Berkenmeyer, Lutheran mini- ster at, 984; Rev. Gideon Hawley passes through, 1034; number of houses in 1753, between Schenectady and, ib .; Rev. Messrs. Barclay and Ogilvie missionaries at, 1036;
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