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Friday, 16 May 2008

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 This section is taken from an interesting historical document about Albany, or Beverwyck, in the form of an article published in "Harper's New Monthly Magazine" in 1881.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 1236
The Founding of Albany 1266
Albany Church Poem 1258
New Year's Hymn To St. Nicholas 1231
Charley of Pinkster Hill 2738
Early Settler Names 1305
Beverwyck Houses 1247
A Look Inside the Dutch Home 1214
Higher Class Table Dainties­ 1212
Dutch Funerals 1206
Philip Livingston 1248
Old Albany Environment, Buildings and Church 1454
Old Dutch Legend 1225
The Schuyler Family 1238
The Douws and The Gansevoorts 1243
The Van Rensselaers 1237

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