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Friday, 30 July 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 This section is taken from an interesting historical document about Albany, or Beverwyck, in the form of an article published in "Harper's New Monthly Magazine" in 1881.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 1541
The Founding of Albany 1634
Albany Church Poem 1577
New Year's Hymn To St. Nicholas 1540
Charley of Pinkster Hill 3061
Early Settler Names 1670
Beverwyck Houses 1609
A Look Inside the Dutch Home 1542
Higher Class Table Dainties­ 1583
Dutch Funerals 1559
Philip Livingston 1601
Old Albany Environment, Buildings and Church 1809
Old Dutch Legend 1570
The Schuyler Family 1603
The Douws and The Gansevoorts 1674
The Van Rensselaers 1617

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