I am looking for any kind of information I may obtain for research on Matthew
Vassar. Born in England (and I'm not sure where), he was the founder of
Vassar College in Poushkeepsire, NY.
In addition, is anyone aware of any children he may have had?
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Those of you restoring old barns may be interested to learn of the Historic
Barn Conservation Act recently passed by the New York Legislature and signed
by Governor Pataki. The Act provides for a TAX DEDUCTION against personal
income taxes for rehabilitation expenses for old barns. You can deduct up to
25 % of your "qualified" restoration expenses, if you meet certain criteria
(such as, you preserve the historic appearance of the barn, it is not used
fro residential purposes, etc.) You can also get a delay in any increase in
assessment for property tax purposes due to the restoration of the barn, for
up to 10 years, if the local property taxing authority approves.
The law is too new to have regulations and procedures established, but should
apply to all expenditures after January 1, 1997. The text of the income tax
sections of the law can be found at Sections 61-65 of A. 11133. The property
tax section is at Section 210 of A. 11319.
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Apologies to all. My address book doesn't support more than nine addresses at a
time and yours went out as a separate post. Probably forgot to paste the info
before I sent it.
1665
Feb 2 New Amsterdam officially becomes New York.
Mar 1 New York governor Richard Nicolls introduces the Duke's Laws to an
assembly
from Westchester and Long Island.
Mar 11 Deputies of the colony meet at Hempstead, Long Island, approve the new
legal
code. All Protestants are granted continuing religious freedom.
Jun 12 Nicolls grants a charter to the City of New York, denying it
self-government.
City - Population - 1,500. ** Governor Nicolls appoints Thomas Willett
the cityÕs
first mayor, for the year. For many years the post will remain appointive and
mostly ceremonial.
State - A French colony is established in the area of the future Onondaga
County. **
Nicholls signs a peace treaty with the Esopus Indians. The natives agree to
remain
on their own lands.
New Jersey - Elizabethtown, founded by settlers from Long Island, is made the
Capital of
East Jersey by Governor Philip Carteret.
1666
City - Thomas Delavall is named mayor for the year.
State - The Senecas ask the French for missionaries.
1667
May Governor Nichols is recalled and replaced by Colonel Francis Lovelace.
City - Former mayor Thomas Willett is again appointed to the post.
Indians - The Iroquois treat for peace with the French.
1668
Mar 25 English captain Sylvester Salisbury is presented with a silver bowl when
his horse wins a race at Hempstead Ñ the first sporting trophy in America.
City - Yellow fever makes its first appearance on the North American continent.
** Governor Lovelace begins sponsoring the horse races at Hempstead, Long
Island.
** Cornelius Van Steenwyck is appointed mayor, serving for the next three
one-year terms.
State - The French Jesuit, Father Jacques Fremin, after first stopping at
St. Michel
(Gannogarae, consisting of Huron, Neutral and Onandoga captives) takes up
residence with the Seneca Indians at Totiakton, founds the mission of La
Conception. ** The Iroquois destroy the French settlement in the future
Onondaga County.
1669
August Father Fremin visits Huron captives at Gandougarie (East Bloomfield).
Father
Garnier visits the Ganondagon area, possibly establishing a mission on the
Dann
site.
Aug 10 La Salle and Sulpician father Ren# de Brehant de Galin#e, his chaplain,
trying to
get to the Ohio River tribes, arrive at Lake OntarioÕs Irodequoit Bay.
Aug 13 La Salle and Galin#e arrive at Totiakton (Rochester Junction), on
Honeoye Creek. They present the Indians with a two-barreled pistol, for the
destruction of two of
their enemies, the Andostoue from near Waverly, and the Mohegan. Other
presents include kettles, hatchets, knives and glass beads. The French asks
for a
captive to guide them.
Aug 14 The Indians stall La Salle saying they await the return of a party of
young
warriors from the Dutch settlements with the captives, give the French wampum
belts. While awaiting the return of the party they are treated to dog meat
and the
sight of the torture and dismemberment of Toagenha, a war captive. Indians
dance
and make noises to frighten their spirits away. La Salle will end up
departing
without a guide.
City - Lutheran minister Jacobus Frabriceius arrives in the colony.
State - The Seneca take La Salle to Bristol to view the Òwater that burnsÓ, a
local
oil spring.
Great Lakes - Father Joliet discovers Lake Erie.
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REMINDER
1997 LARRY J. HACKMAN RESEARCH RESIDENCY PROGRAM
Deadline September 30, 1996
The New York State Archives and the Archives Partnership Trust
announce the availability of awards for qualified applicants (those
working on doctoral dissertations or at the postdoctoral level are
particularly encouraged to apply, but any advanced research will be
considered) to pursue research (advanced work in New York State
history, government or public policy) using the holdings of the New York
State Archives. Projects involving alternative uses of the Archives,
such as background research for multimedia projects, exhibits,
documentaries, and historical novels, are also eligible. The topic or area
of study must draw, at least in part, on the holdings of the New York
State Archives. Preference will be given to projects: (1) that have
application to enduring public policy issues, particularly in New York
State, (2) that rely on holdings that have been little used and are not
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A total of $15,000 will be available beginning in February 1997 for
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Now available - The Regional Council of Historical Agencies (RCHA),
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Can anybody tell me anything about the history of Wanamakers Department Store
in New York City? It was build on a location where my Great Grandfather,
George Wesson Carman was born. The house was torn down (I assume) and many
years later, I have been told, Wanamakers was torn down. What's there now?
Matt Carman
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1670
State - Father Etienne de Carheil visits the Cayuga near Union Springs, Cayuga
County, to help Father Garnier. Around this time the chapel of St. Jacques is
established at Boughton Hill. Father Pierre Raffeix arrives in the area.
Father
Fremin returns to Montr#al.
1671
City - Dutch minister Samuel Driscus petitions for two years of salary in
arears, but
is paid only £100 because he was sick one year. The council recommends that
the
churchÕs elders and deacons supply him with further aid. ** Former mayor
Thomas Delavall is appointed mayor for this year.
1672
February - Peter Stuyvesant dies in New York City, in his early sixties.
City - Matthias Nicholls is appointed mayor for the year.
State - Father Pierre Raffeix visits the Cayuga.
1673
Jan 16 Postal service is begun between New York City and Boston, Massachusetts.
Jul 30 A Dutch fleet captures New York City, renames it New Amsterdam.
[nycEurNethmltnvlgeog]
City - John Lawrence is appointed mayor for the next two years.
State - Father Raffeix returns to the Genesee area. Father Jean Pierron also
visits the
area. ** The English rename Albany Willemstadt.
1674
Feb 19 The Treaty of Westminster restores New Amsterdam to the English. Its
name
reverts to New York.
Jul 1 The Duke of York makes Sir Edmund Andros governor of New York.
City - Mayor William Dervall levies the colonyÕs first tax.
State - When her husband
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Matt,
Wanamaker's was started by a John Wanamaker of Philadelphia. The concern
folded within the last year. Check the Philadelphia Inquirer for various
short histories of it. Also, I think there is at least one published
history. Sorry, I don't have the citation. Try RLIN or OCLC or a
university OPAC, especially of one in the Delaware Valley. The University
of Pennsylvania is your best bet. Try telnet://pennlin.library.upenn.edu/
or http://www.upenn.edu/ The business spread from Philadelphia to
cover parts of the east, but later retracted its operations until it
was no longer viable even in its hometown.
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Wanamakers Dept. Store entered NYC when John Wanamaker took over the hugh
store of A.T. Stewart after his death. This was located Tenth and Broadway
in Manhattan along the ladies mile. However the ladies mile moved up town to
34th Street after time. Wanamakers also had a downtown store on Broadway and
(I think) Maiden Lane.
The origibnal A.T. Stewart's was built between 9th and 10th Streets and
Broadway and Forth Ave. on the old Randall Farm. Some time after Wanamaker
took over the A.T.Stewart store he built a second store next to it occupying
and full block and conected the two at the basements and with an enclosed
bridge between the stores.
I am reading from an original Guide Book to the store from 1909 that is part
of my NYC collection.
Jim Maguire
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CANAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK STATE
1996 Annual Meeting and Fall Field Trip
The Erie Canal and the Champlain Canal
in Albany and Saratoga Counties
Fri. Sept. 27 - Sun. Sept. 29, 1996
Meeting headquarters:
The Best Western Rensselaer Inn
6th Ave. & Fulton St.
Troy, NY 12180
PROGRAM:
Fri. Sept. 27
Registration (Best Western Rensselaer Inn, 2-6 p.m.)
Afternoon events:
--Walking tour of canal sites in Cohoes
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State Library, and State Museum
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Registration (7:30-8:20 a.m.)
Morning/afternoon events:
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commences 8:20 a.m., concludes about 4:45 p.m.
Evening event:
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Morning/afternoon event:
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I just came across the following item in the Plattsburgh Republican of April
5, 1856:
BIRTHS--In this village, on the 3rd instant, Mrs. Joseph Mignault, of the
"seventh son."
I vaguely recall reading somewhere that there were certain folk beliefs
concerning the seventh son in a family, but I'm not sure what it means in
this context. Were they just reporting that this was the seventh son in the
family (and thus of special interest) , or is it an allusion to something
else?
Larry Lashway
Olympia WA
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James S. Whipple was head of the NYS Forest, Fish and Game Commission in
1908. Can anyone out there tell me the dates of his term? I'm certain
that he stayed on in this post after the agency was renamed Conservation
Commission in 1911, but I don't have an easy way of fixing the exact
dates for when he started and finished. Can someone help?
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Traditional wisdom has it that the seventh son, even more so the seventh son of a seventh son, is likely to recieve the gift of "second sight" (precognition, clairvoyance or similar parasensory skills) and sometimes the ability to heal. No citations but it seems to be a prechristian western european sort of thing.
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Twice now, in the last week, I have run accross mention of a
"paper" that a slave could get from a cruel master allowing him (it was a
him in both cases) to seek out another person who might be willing to buy
him. He would remain in slavery, but in a better situation.
The first mention of this was for the period 1803-06.
I haven't been able to locate such a law and will head to the law
library tomorrow. In the meantime, does anyone know which law I might be
looking for?
And, were slave laws only state laws, or were there local
variations and additions passed on a county level?
With appreciation,
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Here's a cite. In Herbert and Carol Schneider,eds., Samuel Johnson,
President of King's College: His Career and Writings (1929) are family
letters which often discuss illness. On June 21, 1754, the Rev.
Johnson's son, William Samuel wrote him that one Mr. Whittelsey "was
trying the applications of a seventh daughter with pretty good faith of
success." To which his father replied, "Poor Mr. Whittelsey! I grieve
for him with all my heart! I have no faith in a seventh daughter or son
either. However that is a strange story Captain Porter tells of the cure
of his daughter, and if Mr. Whittelsey must try such a means let him try
that seventh son at Derham."
Regards,
Sara Gronim
Rutgers
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Carol, Such permissions date back into 17th century, especially among=
Dutch=20
slave masters, who,affected by Spanish code noirs, felt required to a=
llow=20
option to enslaved blacks. Right was also bequeathed. It was really a=
means of=20
continuing enslaved relationship, perhaps making some =A3 out of a di=
scontented=20
slave and avoiding flight. I am not aware that it was "law" but rathe=
r "custom"=20
which to non-Anglo slave masters was as significant. Finally, there w=
ere local=20
variations on slave laws earlier on, but laws tended to be homogenize=
d by=20
colony and later state. For example, there were NY county laws regard=
ing sales=20
of alcohol to slaves in 1680s, which were incorporated into colonial =
law in=20
1712. Same is true for New Jersey. Regards, Graham Hodges
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1675
Jan 11 Provisions for security in New York City are made and trade regulations
are
drawn up.
February New York's Governor Andros convenes a Board of Indian Commissioners at
Albany.
Robert Livingston serves as secretary.
June Andros appears at Saybrook, Connecticut, claiming the land west of the
Connecticut River for the Duke of York.
City - A Court of Sessions is established, passes legislation forbidding the
sale of
liquor to the Indians, regulating weights and measures, and limiting the
number
of breeding mares allowed to landowners on Long Island. A system for
condemning
property is set up and a slaughterhouse outside the city is ordered. **
William Dervall is appointed mayor for the year.
1676
March Work begins on a new fort in Albany.
City - The Heeren Gracht (Broad Street) is the first street to be paved. Wheat
prices
are regulated. ** Nicholas De Meyer is appointed mayor for the year.
1677
May 19 New York CityÕs council begins taxing the construction of docks and
bridges, and
bars attorneys from pleading in the courts.
Jun 17 Close to 50 Indian prisoners are brought by the Seneca to the region
around
Lima from the south and four of them are killed. The Seneca dance and make
noises to frighten their spirits away.
Jun 18 Wentworth Greenhalgh and his party continue on to Gannagaro where they
find
the remaining prisoners. Nine more are murdered.
City - Stephanus Van Cortlandt is appointed mayor for the year.
State - Dutch trader Wentworth Greenhalgh and party, scouting Iroquois strength
in
the area, travel by horseback from Albany as far as Lima. The horses would be
the first seen by the Seneca. ** The war with the Andastes
(Susquehannas)
ends.
1678
Nov 18 Ren# Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle's expedition leaves Fort
Frontenac,
Canada, sailing west on Lake Ontario.
December La Salle, visits the mouth of Irondequoit Bay, doesn't attempt to bring
his 20-ton
brig over the sand bar.
City - Thomas Delavall is appointed mayor for the year.
State - Father Louis Hennepin is the first white man to see Niagara Falls.**
The
Frenchman De la Motte passes through Totiakton and obtains corn for his
journey
down the Genesee. ** Franciscan fathers establish a bark mission where
RochesterÕs Mercy High School stands today.
1679
Jan 20 The first boat of La Salle's expedition lands at the lower end of the
Niagara River. He will lays the keel for the Griffin on the Niagrara River by
the end of the month.
May The Griffin is sailed upriver to Squaw Island.
August La Salle returns to his expedition, after conferring with the
authorities back in
Qu#bec.
Aug 7 The Griffin is sailed onto Lake Erie, the first European-built craft to
do so. On the return voyage the vessel disappears.
Dec 7 Edward Randolph arrives in New York City to take up his duties as customs
collector for New England.
City - Francis Rombolt is appointed mayor for the year. ** A black slave
is valued at
£42 ten shillings. ** Thirteen people are licensed to sell wine.
State - Fort Conti is erected at the future site of Fort Niagara. It soon burns
and is
abandoned.
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Conference on New York State History
June 6-7, 1997
Saratoga Springs, New York
Call for Papers
Individual paper abstracts, panel proposals, and other program
suggestions are now invited for the 1997 conference to be held in
historic Saratoga Springs. Presentations may consider any aspect of the
history of New York over the past 400 years. Diverse theoretical
perspectives and innovative methodological approaches are welcomed.
The deadline for proposals is December 31, 1996.
The Conference on New York State History is an annual meeting
of academic and public historians, publishers, educators, and general
students of history who come together to discuss topics and issues
related to the people of New York State in historical perspective and to
share information and ideas regarding historical research, programming,
and the networking of services. Ten presentation sessions plus a
keynote address permit more than fifty individuals to take part in the
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Education. The 1997 conference is hosted by the Saratoga Springs
History Roundtable.
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conference-related ideas with the conference organizers who are David
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or two page description of each presentation. Special scheduling and
equipment requests also should be noted. All program participants are
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There was an article in the Sept. 19 Times Union that said the New York State
Dormitory Authority is unwilling to postpone a building project for a more
thorough archaeological study of a downtown Albany site. Archaeologist Karen
Hartgen "resigned Thursday after the authority told her simply to map the
site's significant features and explore only a small part of the one-acre
plot before construction starts next week."
I feel there is much more to learn about the early settlement in and around
Albany and I am concerned we are never going to learn more because developers
and "authorities" are too anxious to put up building projects. The Mohican
Nation, as well as lost much of its history and stands to learn more whenever
a site in the area is explored. I had Mohican ancestors and I want to know more too.
I have posted the article on my webpage and there is a link to express your
opinion to the Albany Times Union. Things are not going to change unless someone
speaks up. I invite you to do so.
The url is http://www.rpi.edu/~winchd/mohicans.html
Thank you very much.
Debra Winchell
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I'm researching Revolutionary War--Seven Years War (French & Indian) history
in and around what is now Lewis County. Actually, I'm not even sure there is
any available for that era, but if there is, this is probably the place to
find it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Dr. Paul G. MacKenzie
High Point, NC
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Please contact your legislators, Govenor Pataki, Senator Bruno, and John Buono, Executive Dirctory, Dormitory Authority State of New York(Fax 518-475-3224) 161 Delaware Avenue, Delmar, New York 12054-1398, concerning the archeological deposits that have been found on DASNY"S proposed office site on Broadway and Maiden Lane in Albany. All five backhoe trenches encounter 17th century archeological materials including glass trade beads, delft ceramics, delft tiles, pantiles, yellow and red Dutch bricks. The 14 lots can be traced to their original owners who were granted the lots in 1653 by Peter Stuyvesant. The lots were occupied by a myriad of distinguished families: David Schuyler, killed in the Schenectady massacre; Frans Barentsen Pastoor who operated a brewery in 1653; Domine Dellieus, the head of the Dutch Reformed Church; Abraham Yates, Sherrif, Mayor of Albany and anti-federalist, and the list goes on. In addition the northern wall of the stockade around Beverwyck!
passed through the northern portion of the project site, where the northern gate or Koe Poort was located. There is a chance to explore over 300 years of Albany's history which is preserved in pristine condition, Time is of the essence, the investigation that DASNY has authorized is to end on Monday the 23rd of September. Please contact some one and ask for another 30 days, this could be great PR for the City of Albany, DASNY and the Govenor.
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I suggest you try the Lewis County
Historian:
Lisa Becker
PO Box 305
Lyons Falls, NY 13368
FAX: 315/376-5445
I have no phone number listed for her.
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I have accidently acquired a small brochure for the Burnham Indusrtrial Farm
in Canaan-Four-Corners Columbia Co. NYS. I originally thought it was NYC
material. If anyone is interested in it, please advise.
Jim Maguire
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1680
May A New York City jury, considering the legality of East Jersey governor
Philip
CarteretÕs title, approves his right to rule.
June Colonial governor Edmund Andros attends a session of the East Jersey
assembly, then dissolves it.
Astronomy - A comet appears over the northern colonies, causing Increase Mather
to
preach a sermon on Heaven's Alarm to the World , and the Hudson River Dutch
to
petition for a day of fasting and humiliation.
City - William Dyre is appointed mayor for the year.
1681
City - The Duke of YorkÕs charter for the colony is granted. ** William
Dyre is
appointed mayor for the second year in a row.
1682
City - Former mayor Cornelius Van Steenwyck is appointed mayor again. He will
be
reappointed next year as well.
State - Governor Dongan, a Catholic, arrives in New York City from England, to
assume
command of the colony.
1683
Mar 7 New York City petitions the Crown to have East Jersey reannexed, to fend
off a
competing colony across the Hudson.
Oct 17 New York holds its first English representative assembly and adopts a
charter of
liberties.
Oct 30 New York CityÕs first Roman Catholic services are held.
Nov 1 Albany and Westchester counties are founded by Royal Governor Dongan.
Nov 28 The Connecticut-New York boundary dispute is settled by committee,
temporarily.
1684
May The Connecticut Assembly approves the border with New York State.
Jul 30 The Iroquois renew peace treaties with New York's Governor Dongan, at
Albany.
City - New and Beaver Streets are paved. The first watch is appointed. A Latin
school is
opened under the management of a Jesuit priest. ** Gabriel Minvielle is
appointed mayor for the year.
Indians - War breaks out again between the Five Nations and France, in western
New
York; is settled by the peace of September 5th, at Famine Cove, on Lake
Ontario.
** Father Garnier leaves the Senecas.
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Wednesday, September 18, 1996
ALBANY'S BURYING ITS PAST, ARCHAEOLOGIST CHARGES
She says Dormitory Authority is building on a trove of artifacts
JAY JOCHNOWITZ Staff writer
ALBANY -- An archaeological consultant working at the site of a planned $25
million New York State Dormitory Authority headquarters said Tuesday she
quit the project after the state agency ignored evidence of a major
historical find and set out to bury it.
Likening the one-acre Broadway site downtown to the recent discovery in
Jamestown, Va., of the first permanent English settlement in America, Karen
Hartgen of Hartgen Archeological Associates said she resigned after the
Dormitory Authority gave her seven days to explore only a small section of
the plot.
``I think you'd be hard pressed to find anybody who'd say that what they've
proposed is an adequate treatment of this site,'' said Hartgen, who said she
recommended at least six to eight weeks of further digging and research.
``We're talking about 300 years of history, gone in a moment.''
The property, according to Hartgen and John Wolcott, an Albany historian who
assisted her on the dig and has researched the site for more than 30 years,
encompasses what was once the north gate of the original Fort Orange, which
was built by the region's first Dutch settlers in 1620. The state plans to
build a six-story, 180,000-square-foot office building on the site, set
between the James Foley federal courthouse and Kiernan Plaza. Gov. George
Pataki and Mayor Jerry Jennings announced the plan in May, and work is
scheduled to begin next week.
Hartgen said deposits of artifacts, including fully intact privvies,
architectural and household items, Indian beads and wampum, and the possible
remains of a 17th century brewery, range from a few inches to 10 feet thick
on the eastern end of the site. The property, she added, is so rich with
artifacts that all five test trenches yielded discoveries, an unusual
occurrence in what is often a hit-and-miss process.
But when Hartgen, who said the site represents the last opportunity to
explore an undeveloped tract inside the old Fort Orange boundary, told the
authority of the extent of the find and recommended a fuller study, she said
she was told the agency was ``not paying for your professional opinion.''
Dormitory Authority spokesman Paul Bergdorf said the agency is trying to
balance the archaeological interest in the site with an ``aggressive
construction schedule'' under which bulldozers will begin leveling the
property next week and pile-driving will start in October. After Hartgen's
resignation last week, the authority hired a new consultant, Collamer &
Associates, to do what Hartgen turned down -- dig a small, 2,700-square-foot
section of the site this week. Hartgen said the authority picked the ``least
productive'' trench on the site.
``With all due respect, she's an archaeologist who wanted to spend a lot
more money than the $50,000 we're spending,'' said Bergdorf. ``We're
attempting to balance the legitimate need for archaeological review on this
site and the creation and maintenance of hundreds of jobs in the city of
Albany.''
While Hartgen maintains the Dormitory Authority took two months to share her
findings with city planners and the state Office of Parks, Recreation and
Historic Preservation, leaving them little time to fully absorb the report,
Bergdorf insisted OPRHP had adequate time to review the material. He
disputed Hartgen's assertion that the chosen dig site was not the best on
the property, and said the state identified it as the top priority.
Wolcott led an unsuccessful effort several years ago to save a building on
the site believed to be the home of Abraham Yates, an early Albany mayor, an
author of the state constitution and chairman of a local Revolutionary War
cell. Wolcott said there is evidence of a grist mill and a fully intact
Dutch wall on the site. Hartgen maintains a proper study of the property
could yield insights into the relationship among the early Dutch, English
and Native Americans here, as well as Albany's early role as an
international trading post.
Wolcott accused the state of letting a political agenda push historical
research aside. The authority, he said, ``is trying to get out of this thing
as quickly as possible, and the only reason I can see is some base political
motive instead of the interests of the community at large.''
Bergdorf said that isn't the case, and argued that the new building, viewed
as an effort by Pataki to assuage the region's anger over his plan to
transfer 3,850 jobs to Ulster County, is important to the city. The
authority, now headquartered in Delmar, plans to move 400 jobs into the new
building, while the Albany Local Development Corporation plans to buy one of
the floors for $2.64 million and lease it to a so-far unidentified tenant
which Bergdorf said would otherwise leave, taking 75 positions. The private
tenant's existing lease runs out next August, so completion of the building
by September 1997 is critical, he noted.
``We're on a very tight time frame,'' he said.
Bergdorf said the work this week will involve digging and mapping a target
area where outhouses were found for help in a possible future archaeological
dig, ``should some want to do that in a generation other than ours.''
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Copyright 1996, Times Union, Albany, N.Y.
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The following people can be contacted to express concerns about the activities of the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York on the 17th century archeological site at Broadway & Maiden Lane in Albany:
U.S. Senator Alfonse D' Amato
phone 518-472-4343; fax 518-472-4414; email [log in to unmask] Legislative Office Building, Albany, NY 12247
U.S. Senator Daniel P. Moynihan
phone 212-661-5150; email [log in to unmask]
Legislative Office Building, Albany, NY 12247
Governor George Pataki
phone 518-474-1513; fax 518-474-7516
Executive Chamber, Capitol Building, Albany, NY 12224
Lieutenant Governor Betsey McCaughey Ross
phone 518-474-4623; fax 518-473-2444
Capitol Building - Room 247, Albany NY, 12224
NY Secretary of State Sandy Treadwell
phone 518-474-0050; fax 518-474-4765; email [log in to unmask]
Executive Office, NY Department of State, 162 Washington Ave., Albany, NY 12231
NY State Senator Joe Bruno
phone 518-455-3191; fax 518-455-2448; email [log in to unmask]
State Senate, Legislative Office Building, Albany, NY 12248
NY State Senator Mike Hoblock
email [log in to unmask]
State Senate, Legislative Office Building, Albany, NY 12248
NY State Commissioner Bernadette Castro - OPRHP
phone 518-474-0463; fax 518-474-1365
NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation, 1 Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12239
Executive Director John Buono - DASNY
phone 518-475-3000; fax 518-475-3224
Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, 161 Delaware Ave., Delmar, NY 12054-1398
NYS Assemblyman Ron Canestrari
phone 518-455-4474, fax 518-455-4727
The Assembly, Legislative Office Building, Albany, NY 12247
NYS Assemblyman John McEneny
phone 518-455-4178; fax 518-455-5737
The Assembly, Legislative Office Building, Albany, NY 12247
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