A History of the Schenectady Patent in the Dutch and English Times

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Location: Schenectady, New York

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A History of the Schenectady Patent in the Dutch and English Times

• being contributions toward a history of the lower Mohawk Valley

• by Jonathan Pearson; edited by J. W. MacMurray
• published by J. Munsell's Sons, Printers, Albany, N.Y., 1883.

Citation example:

• Pearson, Jonathan; edited by J. W. MacMurray. ''[[Space:A History of the Schenectady Patent in the Dutch and English Times|A History of the Schenectady Patent in the Dutch and English Times]]''. Albany, NY: J. Munsell's Sons, Printers, 1883.

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• http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/resources/patent/index.html
• https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008618177\
• https://archive.org/details/historyofschenec00pe
• https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/20866-a-history-of-the-schenectady-patent-in-the-dutch-and-english-times-being-contributions-toward-a-history-of-the-lower-mohawk-valley
• https://openlibrary.org/books/OL23666724M/A_history_of_the_Schenectady_patent_in_the_Dutch_and_English_times
• https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/16636/ ($subscription)

Table of Contents

• Table of values cited in these pages
• Illustrations
• Preface
• Sketch of the life of Professor Jonathan Pearson, A.M.
• Introduction
• Division of lands
• Adult freeholders
• Indian wars on the border, 1662-1713
• Burning of Schenectady
• The old French War, 1744-1748
• Fortifications and garrisons
• The reformed Nether Dutch Church
• St. Georges Church (Episcopal)
• An historical sketch of the first Presbyterian Church
• Indian trade
• Borough and city charter, 1765 and 1798
• Shenenctady Academy and Union College
• Schenenctady
• Houses in ancient Albany County
• Appendix
• Index