. Historical collections of the state of New York : being a general collection of the most interesting facts, biographical sketches, varied descriptions, &c. relating to the past and present : with geographical descriptions of the counties, cities, and principal villages throughout the state . extends along the riverfrom fifteen to one hundred rods wide; west of which rises abruptlya hill of clay and sand, in the first half mile one hundred and fifty-three feet, and in the next about sixty-seven feet high; from thissummit the country extends in nearly an even plain to position
. Historical collections of the state of New York : being a general collection of the most interesting facts, biographical sketches, varied descriptions, &c. relating to the past and present : with geographical descriptions of the counties, cities, and principal villages throughout the state . extends along the riverfrom fifteen to one hundred rods wide; west of which rises abruptlya hill of clay and sand, in the first half mile one hundred and fifty-three feet, and in the next about sixty-seven feet high; from thissummit the country extends in nearly an even plain to position of Albany, necessarily makes it a great completion of the canals has given it a great commercial im-portance, making it the entrepot for a great proportion of the pro-ducts destined tor the New York market. To accommodate thistrade, a basin has been constructed by the citizens on the river, inwhich all the northern and western canal boats are received. Itconsists of part of the river included between the shore and a piereighty feet wide, and four thousand three hundred feet long. Thepier contains about eight acres, on which stores have been built, andwhere immense quantities of lumber and other articles of trade aredeposited. The basin has an area of thirty-two State and City Halls, Albany. The above is a west view of the State and City Halls, the frontsof which face the Academy Park, a small section of which appearson the left. The building on the right is the City Hall, constructedof white marble, hewed out by the state prisoners, at Sing Sing, anddistinguished above all other edifices in this country by its gildeddome, like the Invalides at Paris. It was completed in December, the rotunda of this building there is a statue of Hamilton, a copyof that by Greenough, in the Merchants Exchange, destroyed by thegreat fire in New York, in 1835. There are also two designs in bass-relief, executed by W. Coffee, at the cost of the citizens, commemora-t
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