. The Columbian magazine : or, monthly miscellany. ates for ivarrantivg 8j 6JDitto for patenting Zs Ddla 2g advance on the face Jeifey moneyIemfylvania Neiv Em^ffionShilling money of 2l,Continenlal certifcaiesFacilitiesJerfeyfiials 125 advance 1 lO advance I ^ for one 8i ^d gs 64 5J 6-^ 6s 8j 4/ gs 6J COURSE of of Exchange, Londonf go days, 69 1 Amfierdam^ to days, per guilder Ditto, 60 dcys, 7o I y> daysy Ditto, ^oday^y 7i \ France, 60 days, per $ litres I 30 days. 3^3> iJ Ts^dTs j[d TO COR^^ESPONDENTS. The Hiftory of Leundcr anu J^iaii da—The Retailer No. XIV. and th
. The Columbian magazine : or, monthly miscellany. ates for ivarrantivg 8j 6JDitto for patenting Zs Ddla 2g advance on the face Jeifey moneyIemfylvania Neiv Em^ffionShilling money of 2l,Continenlal certifcaiesFacilitiesJerfeyfiials 125 advance 1 lO advance I ^ for one 8i ^d gs 64 5J 6-^ 6s 8j 4/ gs 6J COURSE of of Exchange, Londonf go days, 69 1 Amfierdam^ to days, per guilder Ditto, 60 dcys, 7o I y> daysy Ditto, ^oday^y 7i \ France, 60 days, per $ litres I 30 days. 3^3> iJ Ts^dTs j[d TO COR^^ESPONDENTS. The Hiftory of Leundcr anu J^iaii da—The Retailer No. XIV. and the Dfcriptionofa Chamber ,p—Oiallappea! in our next. The Ode to laiicy, is unavoidably potlponed, for the prefent; but fhall be dulyattended to- The Editor would chearfully oblige a Sulfjiher, by inferting the Verfes addrefled^to Delia, did they merit a place in the Magazine. The Plate, reprifcntingihefijc of building in Albany, not being finifhed time enough toadmit of its publication with this number, uili bt given with the Supplement. %. THE COLUMBIAN MAGAZINE, For DECEMBER, 1789. FOR THE COLUMBIAN MAGAZINE* Description of the City of Ai^^A^Y.^JVith a Plate. TH E city of Albany is fitu-ated on the weft-lide of theHud Ton, 160 miles northward fromthe city of New-York, in lat,i^2® 36. It was incorporated foearly as i686; and by its charter,is to extend one mile in front, onthe river. This city contains about40CO Inhabitants : and the numberof its houfes amounts to about 600,principally built by trading people,near the water. The houfes whicharc moftly of brick, are built inthe old Low Dutch ftyle, with thegable-ends towards the ftreet, andterminating at the top with a kindof parapet, indented like roofs arc very deep and heavy ;and on the fummlts of many ofthem, is placed a ftaff or fpire,with the figure of a horfe, of (hectiron, tin-plate, &c. fixed thereon,by way of a weather-cock. Thewalls of the houfes are clampedwith iron, in the form of letters,numeric
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