Symon Schermerhoorn's ride, February 8/9, 1690; writ from facts and traditions as set down in ye old records of ye massacre of Skinnechtady, and in commemoration of Symon Schermerhoorn's ride to save ye inhabitants of Albany from ye French and Indians.

Date:

1910.

Author:

Sweny, Harry Roy.

Collecting Area:

Rare Books

Publisher:

Priv. print

Physical Description:

30 leaves illustrations 25 cm

Custodial History:

Gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald, 1943-1975. DLC

Notes:

Scpecial Collections copy also has an inscription on leaf before the t.p. that reads "To Marian, from (illegible), Christmas 1930, Her massacre of Schenectedy, 8th-9th of Febr. 1690. Historically (illegible) LOCAL

Genres/Forms:

History

Names:

Schermerhoorn, Symon Jacobse, 1658-

Chronological Terms:

1690 fast

Geographic Terms:

Schenectady (N.Y.) Destruction, 1690, Albany (N.Y.) History Colonial period, New York (State) Albany, and New York (State) Schenectady