Ill --TgJS^_ S^^^^^:;-- ■ iiTiTi i r -1 - ■ • ,t j,rirriiT1— 'miv'I'fSB rwrapii —Mi' ttubbmb ALBANY FROM THE EASTERN SHORE OF HUDSON RIVER, 1817 From Milbert's Itineraire, Plate No. 13 (copy at NYHS) The forty miles from Hudson to Albany, as seen from the river on a previous voyage, had offered little to interest him, so this time Milbert traveled by road up the eastern side of the river to Greenbush, directly across from Albany. From there, the capital impressed him greatly by forming an amphitheater on the steep slope upon which it was built. Having crossed the river by horse-ferry, he strolled along narrow, winding streets, with houses dating from the Dutch occupation. Now, second only to New York City, its population had grown to 12,000.' Of Albany's many beautiful houses, the finest was General Schuyler's, where the wives of General Burgoyne's officers had been welcomed as guests following the British capitulation at Saratoga. State Street, a broad thoroughfare leading to the Capitol, would be delightful, Milbert thought, if it were not so steep. From Albany, Milbert journeyed northward through a hilly country wooded with various species of fir, passing through 'The Federal Census of 1820 gives the population of Albany as 12,360. 265