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Title: Historical collections of the state of New York : being a general collection of the most interesting facts, biographical sketches, varied descriptions, &c. relating to the past and present : with geographical descriptions of the counties, cities, and principal villages throughout the state
Year: 1851 (1850s)
Authors: Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885 Howe, Henry, 1816-1893
Subjects: New York (State) -- History New York (State) -- Description and travel New York (State) -- History, Local
Publisher: New York : Published for the author by Clark, Austin & Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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ies were so wide that one could drive through them with a can and horses.Many people still made wampum to sell to Indians and traders. Dutch manners every-where prevailed; but their dress in general was after the English form. They were re-garded as close in traffic; were very frugal in their house economy and diet. Theirwomen were over-nice in cleanliness, scouring floors and kitchen utensils several times aweek ; rising very early and going to sleep very late. Their servants were chiefly negroes.Their breakfast was tea without milk, using sugar by putting a small bit into the mouth.Their dinner was buttermilk and bread; and if to that they added sugar, it was deemeddelicious.—Watsons Sketches of Olden Times in New York. Albany was incorporated as a city, under Governor Dongansadministration, in 1686. The charter limits were one mile on theriver, and extended northwest to the north line of the manor of Rens-selaer, and retaining that width thirteen and a half miles ; the fee simple
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ALBANY COUNTY. 49 of which was vested in the corporation. Its bounds were enlargedby the addition of part of the small town of Colonic, in 1815, whichnow forms the fifth ward. The government of the city is now lodgedin a mayor, recorder, ten aldermen, and ten assistant aldermen, whoare annually elected on the first Tuesday of May. The plat on whichthe city is built is uneven. A low alluvial flat extends along the riverfrom fifteen to one hundred rods wide; west of which rises abruptlya hill of clay and sand, in the first half mile one hundred and fifty-three feet, and in the next about sixty-seven feet high; from thissummit the country extends in nearly an even plain to Schenectady.The position of Albany, necessarily makes it a great thoroughfare.The completion of the canals has given it a great commercial im-portance, making it the entrepot for a great proportion of the pro-ducts destined tor the New York market. To accommodate thistrade, a basin has been constructed by the citizens

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