LC control no. | n 00020653 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Geographic heading | Fort Albany (N.Y.) |
Geographic subdivision usage | New York (State)--Fort Albany |
Variant(s) | Fort at Albany (N.Y.) Fort Frederick (N.Y.) |
See also | Fort Orange (N.Y.) |
Ending date | 178u |
Found in | Encyc. 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) |