Return-Path: <[log in to unmask]> Fri, 22 Oct 1999 10:18:30 -0400 The seat of Government was originally fixed at New York City, and remained there until the Revolution, with occasional adjournments of the General Assembly and Executive Department on account of prevailing sickness. Such of the public records as related to the immediate interests of the crown were removed, by order of Gov. Tryon, in Dec. 1775, to the armed ship, Duchess of Gordon, and remained on board till Nov. 1781, when most of them were returned to the city. In June, 1776, the other public records were removed to Kingston, and, on the approach of the enemy in Oct. 1777, they were hastily taken to Rochester, Ulster County. they were soon afterward taken to Poughkeepsie, and in 1784 to New York. In 1797, commissioners were appointed to erect a building for the records in Albany, and an order dated July 31, 1798, authorized their removal thither and the permanent location of the seat of Government at that place. J. H. French, Gazetteer of the State of New York 1860 (reprinted Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983), p. 26. respectfully submitted dick barr Syracuse, New York