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St. Nicholas (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Scribner · leaf 171

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nd settlements out West, were hauledin wagons to Schenectady, then loaded in lightboats, and poled up the Mohawk to Fort Schuyler,then carried across to Wood Creek, and againtransported in boats down Oneida Lake and OsageRiver to the great lakes. The town of Albanywas, at that time, a quiet, shady,… … IT MADE GREAT SHOW OF SPEED IN DASHI.NG THKOU Dutch customs, as could be seen by going down theHudson from Albany to Manhattan Island. Thetrip was taken in regular passenger sloops. Thescenery along the Hudson was grander than now,for the wild forest had not disappeared from thehills. The passenger…

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