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Friday, 12 March 2010

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 This section is taken from an interesting historical document about Albany, or Beverwyck, in the form of an article published in "Harper's New Monthly Magazine" in 1881.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 1489
The Founding of Albany 1588
Albany Church Poem 1535
New Year's Hymn To St. Nicholas 1495
Charley of Pinkster Hill 3006
Early Settler Names 1598
Beverwyck Houses 1545
A Look Inside the Dutch Home 1492
Higher Class Table Dainties­ 1495
Dutch Funerals 1499
Philip Livingston 1555
Old Albany Environment, Buildings and Church 1750
Old Dutch Legend 1517
The Schuyler Family 1531
The Douws and The Gansevoorts 1599
The Van Rensselaers 1544

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