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In 1617, officials of the Dutch West India Company in New Netherland created a settlement at present-day Albany, and in 1624 founded New Amsterdam, on Manhattan Island.The Dutch colony included claims to an area comprising all of the present U.S. states of New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Vermont, along with inland portions of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Maine in addition to eastern ...
New York History 103.1 (2022): 23-35. Goodfriend, Joyce D. Before the Melting Pot: Society and Culture in Colonial New York City, 1664-1730 (1994) Harris, Leslie M. In the Shadow of Slavery: African Americans in New York City, 1626-1863 (2004) Jackson, Kenneth T., ed. (1995). The Encyclopedia of New York City. New Haven: Yale University Press.
Alexander Barkley - New York State Republican Legislator during 1865-1866 who lived and died in Argyle. He won statewide election in 1871 and served as Canal Commissioner from 1872 to 1874. Ebenezer Clark - Elected to the 1st New York State Legislature which met from Sep 1777 to Jun 1778. Subsequently, elected to the 2nd, 12th, 13th, 15th, and ...
Tryon County in 1777. Tryon County was a county in the colonial Province of New York in the British American colonies. It was created from Albany County on March 24, 1772, and was named for William Tryon, the last provincial governor of New York. [1] The county's boundaries extended much further than any current county.
Germantown is a town in Columbia County, New York, United States. The population was 1,936 at the 2020 census, [1] [2] down slightly from 1,954 in 2010. [3] Germantown is located in the south-western part of the county along the east side of the Hudson River.
Charlotte County in 1777. Charlotte County was a county in the colonial Province of New York in the British American colonies. It was created from Albany County on March 24, 1772. The county was named for Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, wife of George III of the United Kingdom. [1] Its boundaries extended far further than any current county.
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