A pictorial description of the United States; embracing the history, geographical position, agricultural and mineral resources .. . ho promised to secure the rights oflife and property to the governor wished to make resist-ance, but the inhabitants prevailed uponhim to submit. The English thus tookpossession, and called it New York, inhonor of the duke of York; and notlong after Fort Orange was also taken,and named Albany. Nichols now became governor ; andhis administration was mild and success-ful. We have not room to notice the suc-cessive governors of the colony, nor thevari
A pictorial description of the United States; embracing the history, geographical position, agricultural and mineral resources .. . ho promised to secure the rights oflife and property to the governor wished to make resist-ance, but the inhabitants prevailed uponhim to submit. The English thus tookpossession, and called it New York, inhonor of the duke of York; and notlong after Fort Orange was also taken,and named Albany. Nichols now became governor ; andhis administration was mild and success-ful. We have not room to notice the suc-cessive governors of the colony, nor thevarious events which distinguished thesuccessive periods, through the contestsbetween England and other powers,which had more or less influence on thisside of the Atlantic. We can only re-fer, in their places, to some leadingevents in the French and the Revolu-tionary wars, and in that with Englandof 1812. Albany.—This city presents severalsuperior claims to our attention. Inpoint of history it is the oldest settle-ment by Europeans on the Hudson for,unusual as it is in founding colonies, themouth of the stream was not occupied. IL 154 DESCRIPTION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. by the Dutch until they had first estab-lished themselves at this place, one hun-dred and fifty miles and more from thesea. This was the scene of many im-portant councils and treaties with theIndians, especially the Five Nations ;and in the grounds of the old capitolwere interred numerous savage memo-rials of peace and amity. During theFrench wars, Albany was often thegrand point of rendezvous for the troopsrequired of New England and NewYork, in military expeditions againstCanada. Burgoynes expedition, in1777, had the capture of this city as itsfirst object, after gaining possession ofTiconderoga, and it was saved only bythe battles of Saratoga. Albany hasbeen the capital of this state ever sinceits formation ; and here is the point atwhich concentrate the principal* canalsand railroads of New York—the uniti
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