Fort Albany (N.Y.)
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Name (Latin)
Fort Albany (N.Y.)
Other forms of name
Fort at Albany (N.Y.)
Fort Frederick (N.Y.)
Coordinates
-73.7545 -73.7545 42.6507 42.6507 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing place name
Fort Orange (N.Y.)
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Sources of Information
- 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)
- 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)
Wikipedia description:
Fort Frederick was a fort in Albany, New York from 1676–1789. Sitting atop State Street Hill (Capitol Hill) it replaced the earlier decaying Fort Orange along the Hudson River. The fort was named for Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, son of King George II. The fort was referred to as Fort Albany in the 1936 novel Drums Along the Mohawk. Several historical markers have been placed west of the location of the fort.
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