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Albany, Fort

Description: Following the conquest of New Netherland in 1664, the territory that would later become New York State was ceded to the English. To maintain peace in Albany, Fort Frederick was constructed in 1676 to replace the then decaying Fort Orange. Fort Frederick, also known as Fort Albany in the 1936 novel, Drums Along the Mohawk, was named for the Prince of Wales, Frederick Louis. Strangely, the prince was not born until 1707, decades after the initial construction. Submitted by Cliff Lamere, Albany, NY: "I have only heard of two dates for dimantling the fort; 1784 which is before the Common Council decision to tear it down, and 1789...We know that the land on which the fort rested was deeded to St. Peter's Episcopal Church in 1790"
County: Albany
City, State: Albany, NY
Conflict/Time Period: Revolutionary War
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Fort Frederick

“Albany Chronicles, a History of the City Arranged Chronologically, from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time; Illustrated with Many Historical Pictures of Rarity and Reproductions of the Robert C. Pruyn Collection of the Mayors of Albany, owned by the Albany Institute and Historical and Art Society; : Reynolds, Cuyler, b. 1866 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming.” Internet Archive, Albany, N.Y. : J. B. Lyon Company, Printers, 1 Jan. 1970