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Schenectady Ancient and Modern SCHENECTADY ANCIENT AND MODERN A Complete 'and Connf·.::ted History of Schenectady from the Granting of the First Patent in z66z to z9z4 PRESENTING ALSO MANY HISTORIC PICTURES AND PORTRAITS OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN CON­ SPICUOUS FIGURES IN ITS HISTORY. BY JOEL HENRY MONROE NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN Copyright 1914 By Joel H. Monroe P'!tESS OF W. F. HUMl"HREY, GENEVA, N. Y OTHER HISTORICAL WORKS IN NEW YORK Pulaski, Past and Present. Cazenovia Through a Hundred and Twenty Years. A Century and a Quarter of History-Geneva. Through Eleven Decades of History-Watertown. Historical Records of a Hundred and Twenty Years- Auburn. PREFACE HERE is no place in the State of New York that has a T more interesting history than that of Schenectady. It is intense with ·convulsion, tragedy and pathos. The first one hundred and twenty years of its existence, covering the period from 1662 to the close of the War for Independ~nce in 1782, were years of struggles, hardships and a constant fight for self-preservation; they were years too of heart-breaking trouble and grievous disasters. The years since have also been marked by many vicissitudes and changes in condition. The story has previously been told in various forms and with greater or less extent of detail. The groundwork of the history, that is to say the readily accessible data covering the first century and a half of Schenectady's life, is due to the earnest and painstaking research work of Prof. Jonathan Pearson of Union College. In this he rendered to the city and to subsequent writers of its history an inestimable service, for which the writer of the present work gratefully acknowledges his obligation. For a great portion of the material for the making of a connected history since that period, however, the writer has had to rely mainly on available documents and the files of old newspapers. With these combined sources of information, together with various others, the writer trusts that he has presented herein a complete and interest­ ing history of Schenectady from its foundation to 1914. SCHENECTADY, N. Y., May 1st, 1914. INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS The Batteau ............. 77 Mohawk Bank ........... 177 The Durham ............. 77 Old Academy ............ 145 Burning of Schenectady ... 49 "Script" ................ 85 Early Dutch Church ...... 29 S. H. Sexton ............. 189 Dutch Church of 1734 . .... 57 Rev. Dr. Payne .......... 109 Interior Dutch Church .... 65 Rosa house .............. 73 ' DeGraff House ........... 113 Rev. Dr. Williams ........ 81 Rev. H. G. Day .......... 83 Fitzgerald Building ....... 201 Eliphalet Nott ........... 137 Second R. R. Station ...... 169 Glen-Sanders House .-..... 93 The Fort, 1690 .......• .... 41 Bouwlands .............. 25 Presbyterian Church ...... 29 Mohawk Bridge .......... 115 Original Plan of Schenectady 21 Mabie House ............ 69 Old Union School. ·....... 149 Domine Freeman ......... 37 View Union College, 1830 .. 153 College Gymnasium ....... 157 View of Schenectady, 1830. 129 Gen. Electric Company, 1886 277 St. George's Church ....... 105 Gen.Electric Company, 1914 281 Yates House, Front st ..... 85 First R. R. Station ........ 161 Yates House, Union street. 89 Flood Scene .............. 285 Christopher Yates ........ 97 College Campus ....... 153 Joseph C. Yates .......... 103 New County Clerk's Bldg .. 217 Van Curler Tablet ........ 121 Rev. Dr. Backus .......... 241 Moses Viney ............. 193 Mrs. U riana Nott ......... '257 TABLE OF CONTENTS A Committee of Safety, 1775. 128 Contin en tal Soldiers ..... Ancient Schenectady ..... 21 133 Civil War, The .......... 138 Ancient Mohawk Village .. 26 City Charter, 1798 ....... Allotting of the Lands .... 47 163 57 City Charter, 1813 . ...... 162 Appeal for Relief ........ City Bank, The ......... 207 After the Burning ........ 99 Citizens Trust Co., The ... 208 Albany Turnpike, The .... 196 Cholera 1832, The ....... 224 B Clute Foundry, The ...... 227 Crescent Park ........... 227 Brouwer, Philjp Hendrickse 37 Clute, C. C ............. 247 Bancker, Gerrit . 38 Clute, Jacob W .......... 251 Bratt, Arent Andries. 39 Cuff ' "J.rm " ............. 274 Borsboom, Peter J acobse. 39 County Clerk's Bldg ..... 284 Bratt, Arentse Andries. 41 Cromwell, Jacobus ....... 60 Barhydts, The . 44 Clinch, Robert .......... 60 Bellvue Reformed Church. 70 Clinch, Thos. B ......... 61 Baptist Churches. 84 Beaukendal Massacre ..... 106 D Boating on the Mohawk. 110 Bridges, early and late. 115 De Graff, Abram . 107 Boyd, James. 117 Dale, Sir Thomas. 13 Broom Com Industry, The. 193 Dutch of New Netherland. 15 Banks and Banking. 202 Dutch Colonization .. ~ . 19 .Broderick, Major. 228 De Winter, Bastian . 38 B acku s, R ev. J . T rumbull .. 270 De Freeze, Douwe Aukes.. 41 Beaukendal Chapter D.A.R. 276 Duncan, John ............ 140. Barge Canal, The ......... 284 Daily Ancient City, First Baptism, The New. 285 Newspaper . 189 Border Wars............. 49 Dry Goods History, Some .. 231 Beck, Caleb.............. 60 Day, Rev. Horace G ...... 272 Beal, l\!Ioses. 60 D. A. R., The ............ 276 Brouwer, Rev. Thomas .... · 69-s­ Barclay, Rev. Thomas..... 72 E Early Streets. 34 C Esseltyne, Marten Comelise 39 Crercive l\!Ieasures by Gove~- Events 1775-1785 . 63 ment . 29 Events leading up to Mas- Cobes, Ludovicus ...... 42-116 sacre.................. 88 Conde, Adam ...........·. 44 Early Mails and Stages. 143 Clinch, Robert Hotel . 60 Erie Canal, The ........· .. 211 Christ Church............ 75 Electric Light Co. 239 Congregational Churches . 86 Ellis, John. 248 Convention, The . 92 Epochs in Schenectady's Combs, Alexander . 117 History . 261 8 TABLE OF CONTENTS Ellis' Hospital. 267 Glen-Sanders House. 252 Eisenmenger, Frederick F. 282 General Electric Company. 277 Elevation of R.R. Tracks .. 284 Glen's Order for Arrest of Schermerhorn . 103 F H Foster, Prof. John. 254 First Sewer . 284 Hceck, Benonny Berentse . 48 Flood 1914, The .......... 284 Home of the Friendless . 264 Fort Orange . 12 Hudson's Coffee House . 60 Freedom's and Exemption's Hudson, Henry. 11 Act . 17 First Deed for Land. 24 I First Decade, The . 46 First Trustees. 56 Introduction . 11 Freeman, Rev. Bamardus. 66 Iroquois, The . 14 First Presbyterian Church. 75 Inns of Early Times. 59 First M.E. Church. 80 Independence Celebration . 134 Forts at Schenectady. 102 Institutions . 261 Ferries, Early . 114 First Meeting of Borough J Officers . 122 Jay, John, Letters from .... 142 Fuller, Samuel . 140 Judge Court Common Pleas 201 Free School System . 152 Jackson, Prof. Isaac W . ... 258 Fire Department . 160 License to Van Curler's Fourth July Celebration, Widow . 35 1801 ................. 170 Last Deed, The . 51 First Grist Mill, The. 50 Luthem Churches . 87 First Tannery. 50 Leisler, Jacob . 91 First Baptist Church. 82 List of People Killed in Mas- First Packet-boat Line .... 113 sacre 1690 . 97 Ffremen, 1801. 176 Lyceum School, The . 148 Fonda, Jellis . 196 Lafayette, Gen., Visit ..... 211 Fire of 1819', The . 209 Landon, Judson S . 233 Featherstonhaugh, Geo . .W.. 215 Lewis, Prof. Taylor . 256 Fourth July Celebration, Leisler's Letter to Adam 1838 ................. 229 Vroorrian . 92 Fire Department ......... 236 Farmers' Hotel ........... 254 First Stone Sidewalk . 254 M Miller Tavern, The Old.... 62 G Mount Pleasant Reformed . Church ~ ........-. 70 Glen, Alex. Lindsay ..... 36-63-" Methodist Churches .. 80-Sl-82 Givens' Hotel . 61 Massacre, The 1690....... 93 Glen, Jacob. 116 Myuderse, Jacobus . 117 Glen, Abraham ........... 116 Mynderse, Rynier . 118 Groot, Nicholas .......... 117 Mijitary Organ~zations . 125 Glen, Hem:y ............. 117 Mitchell, Andrew ......... 141 Gazette, The Schenectady. 192 Mayor Yates Coat Arms ... 175 TABLE OF CONTENTS 9 Mayors, 1798-1914 ....... 180 R Masonic Organj;zations . 182 Mohawk Bank, The. 202 Reformed Dutch Church 64 Mercantile Bank, The. 207 Rules Adopted by First Mohawk & Hudson R. R. 219 Aldermen ............. 166 Mohawk Gas Co .......... 238 Reflector, The. 187 Mabie House, The. 251 Railroad, The First . 218 Mercy Hospital . 269 Romeyn, Rev. Dirck. 70 Moore, Thomas, Irish Poet. 281 s N St. Johns' Church.. 84 Navigation on the Mohawk 110 Schenectady-Academy .... 145 North, William ........... 117 Schenectady Female Aca- Nott, Dr. Eliphalet ....... 156 demy ................. 148 Night Watch The, 1798 .... 167 Schenectady Lyceum School 150 Newspapers ............. 186 Schenectady Institute, The 151 Nott, Mrs. U riana . 253 Schenectady Hjgh School . 152 New Baptisms, The. 285 Schenectady, a City 1798 .. 164 St. George's Lodge. 182 St. George's Chapter . 184 0 St. George's Commandery. 185 Original Plan of Schenectady 32 Schenectady Star ......... 188 Original Proprietors . 35 Schenectady Cabi;net, The . 190 Old Fort, The . 109 Schenectady Daily Union .. 191 Officers of the Borough, 1765 121 Schenectady Gazette. 192 Stree_t names and changes of 197 p Scott, Gen. Winfield . 198 Schenectady-County . 201 Patent, The, 1684. 53 Supervisor's First Board. 202 Packet Boats on the Mohawk Schenectady Savings Bank. 204 .................. 113-223 State Street Presby. Church 79 Peek, Harmanus .......... 117 Schermerhorn, Jacob Janse. 43 Petitio:q. for Borough Charter 119 Schenectady Bank, The . 205 Paige, Alonzo C. 212 Schenectady Trust Co., The 206 Potter, Platt ............. 213 Saratoga & Schenectady Pearson, Prof. Jonathan . 231 R.R .................. 221 Police Department. 235 Schenectady Ins. Co. 226 Parsons, Hindsdell. 281 Schenectady Water Works. 237 Periscope, A . 283 Co.................... 239 Publi_c Improvements
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