History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925

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History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925
Van Alstyne House, 1750

[This information is from Vol. I, p. 727 of History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925, edited by Nelson Greene (Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1925). It is in the Schenectady Reference collection of the Schenectady County Public Library at Schdy R 974.7 G81h. This online edition includes lists of portraits, maps and illustrations. As noted by Paul Keesler in his article, "The Much Maligned Mr. Greene," some information in this book has been superseded by later research or was provided incorrectly by local sources.]

Van Alstyne House, 1750

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Photo: Van Alstyne House, 1750.

Built by Marten Janse Van Alstyne. The favorite meeting place of the Tryon County Revolutionary Committee of Safety. Washington stopped here in 1783. Now the home of the Fort Rensselaer Club. Photo by courtesy of the Beech-Nut Packing Co.

History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925Van Alstyne House, 1750

History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925
Van Alstyne House, 1750