America, Vol. 2 of 2
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Excerpt from America, Vol. 2 of 2: Historical, Statistic, and Descriptive Early History of the Settlement of Albany. - First Voyage of Hudson up the North River. - Foundation of the Fort and City of Albany. - Collisions of the Dutch with the English. - Grant of the Territory by Charles II. to the Duke of York. - Surrender of Albany to the British. - Increase of Population by the Decennial Census. - Causes of the rapid Prosperity of Albany. - Size in Area, and Extent in Resources, of the State. - Comparison of Surface with England and Wales. - Vast Scale of the United States of America. - Increase of Population in the State of New-York. - Probable Augmentation of Territory and Inhabitants. - State Canals: Length, Cost, and Profits on them. - Railroads: Extent and Cost. - Early Corporation Records of Albany. - Latest Commercial and Manufacturing Statistics. - Agricultural Statistics. - Increase in the Banks of the State of New-York, of each Kind. - Statistics of Education; Amount of Funds. - Topography of Albany. - Site and Position. - Plan and Arrangement of Streets and Squares. - Contrast between ancient and modem Houses. - Shops or Stores, Hotels and Boarding-houses. Albany ranks among the very earliest settlements of the Europeans on the Continent of North America, having been first settled by the Duth so early as the year 1612. It was but three years before this, 1609, that the celebrated English navigator, Hudson, then in the service of the Dutch East India Company, set sail from the Texel in Holland, in search of a northwest passage to India. He was unable to accomplish this object, and on abandoning it as impracticable, he steered southward, and entering the bay of the Chesapeake, there saw the first settlement of the English at Jamestown, in Virginia. He afterward sailed for the Delaware, off which he anchored, and proceeded from thence to Long Island, entered the bay of New-York, and sailed up the North River, as it was first named, or Hudson, as it is now called after its first discoverer. While we were on our passage up from New-York to Albany, I was repeatedly led to consider what must have been the feelings of the intrepid commander and his enterprising crew at the scenes of beauty and fertility which were perpetually opening upon their sight during their advance up the stream, which they had every reason to believe that they were the first among Europeans to see and admire. Their delight must have been excessive; and the enthusiasm and triumph of the moment must have been worth a year of peril to purchase. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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