. The New York central and Hudson river railroad and the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdenburg railroad .. . located at Poughkeepsie. The place was settled by the Dutch about 1698, and incorporated asa city in 1854. The principal object of interest to the antiquary is theVan Kleck house, a stone structure with loopholes in its walls. Itwas built in 1705. The State Legislature met in it in 1777 and 1778,when the British held New York, and had burned their former meetingplace at Esopus. There also, the State Convention for the ratificationof the Federal Constitution met, in 1788. 57 members were presen
. The New York central and Hudson river railroad and the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdenburg railroad .. . located at Poughkeepsie. The place was settled by the Dutch about 1698, and incorporated asa city in 1854. The principal object of interest to the antiquary is theVan Kleck house, a stone structure with loopholes in its walls. Itwas built in 1705. The State Legislature met in it in 1777 and 1778,when the British held New York, and had burned their former meetingplace at Esopus. There also, the State Convention for the ratificationof the Federal Constitution met, in 1788. 57 members were present,and after a long debate, in which such men as Governor Clinton, JohnJay and Alexander Hamilton took part, the Constitution was ratifiedby a majority of three. The Poughkeepsie bridge is a magnificent iron structure, stretchingacross the Htidson, and forming a connecting-link between New Eng-land and the great West. Huddlestone, the British spy, was executed here in 1780. AndrewJackson Davis, the Poughkeepsie Seer, was born here. A steamferry connects with Lloyd or New Paltz Landing opposite. 47. NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD. * NEW PALTZ LANDING is opposite Poughkeepsie, and sixmiles above, on the eastern side, we arrive at— HYDE PARK, Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York, 80miles from New York, named in lionor of Sir Edward Hyde, one ofthe early British Governors of New York. The village is pleasantlysituated half a mile east of the river bank, on a beautiful and fertiletable-land. The bend in the river between rocky bluffs is known toriver men as Crom Elbow, a combination of the original Dutchname and its English equivalent, Crooked Elbow. A creek of thesame name falls into the river. The point on the east shore is DeVroos Point. A light iron footbridge will be noticed crossing a deepcutting of the Hudson River Railroul. The house beyond is thatof Joseph Boorman, first president of the Hudson River Hyde Park and Oak Hill, 30 miles above, there are many exten-
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