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Fort Albany (N.Y.)

LC control no.n 00020653
Descriptive conventionsrda
Geographic headingFort Albany (N.Y.)
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Geographic subdivision usageNew York (State)--Fort Albany
Variant(s)Fort at Albany (N.Y.)
Fort Frederick (N.Y.)
See alsoFort Orange (N.Y.)
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Ending date178u
Found inEncyc. of historic forts, 1988 (in 1614, Dutch traders est. Fort Nassau [no publs. in LC database] on Castle (near Rensselaer) Island; Fort Nassau was abandoned in spring of 1618; in 1624, Fort Orange was built in its place; captured by the English and renamed Fort Albany, Fort at Albany, or Fort Frederick; demolition in 1787-1789; eventually became the city of Albany)