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Thursday, 02 July 2009

A Glimpse Of An Old Dutch Town

 This section is taken from an interesting historical document about Albany, or Beverwyck, in the form of an article published in "Harper's New Monthly Magazine" in 1881.

 
Albany Poem 1431
The Founding of Albany 1503
Albany Church Poem 1475
New Year's Hymn To St. Nicholas 1425
Charley of Pinkster Hill 2951
Early Settler Names 1538
Beverwyck Houses 1474
A Look Inside the Dutch Home 1430
Higher Class Table Dainties­ 1422
Dutch Funerals 1413
Philip Livingston 1483
Old Albany Environment, Buildings and Church 1688
Old Dutch Legend 1456
The Schuyler Family 1465
The Douws and The Gansevoorts 1521
The Van Rensselaers 1482

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