284 Procen/''n;/s of tfo Albany Institute. 



At the conclusion of Dr. Willard'fl paper, Dr. F. B. 

 Hough made B verbal report of the volumes of unbound 

 material which the binding committee had sent to be 



bound. Adjourned. 



June 7th, 1864. 



Sixteen members present. On motion of Mr. Brown, 

 Dr. Hough took the chair. 



The paper of the evening was read by C. B. Redfield. 

 Esq., being an account of a Pedestrian's Tour through 

 the West, taken in 1810, from Connecticut to the Ohio, 

 by W. C. Redfield. 



The account of the journey was read from the journal 

 of the traveler who made the trip, written at the time. 

 Commencing the journey October 5th, 1810, it was finished 

 on the -J'.'tli ot'the same month, making a distance of seven 

 hundred and thirty miles, and containing accounts of the 

 various places through which they passed and the people 

 that were met with. A village of Shakers which was 

 visited is minutely described, and the ceremonies which 

 are recorded are amazingly exact with those to be Been 

 at the present day in the same place. 



The travelers left Schodack, October 8th, and proceeded 

 towards Albany. A race course was passed over which a 

 man was riding his horse to accustom him to the ground, 

 aud " this was one indication, that the travelers had left 

 New England." They had also noticed other differences 

 since entering New York. "About 8 o'clock we passed 

 through Greeubush and soon after crossed the Hudson. 

 One of the first objects that engaged our attention on 

 entering Albany, was the celebrated steamboat. The 

 streets are generally of a good width and are well paved 

 and provided with lamps. The immense number of 

 wagons that frequenl this city cause a great deal of rattling 

 which is very disagreeable to a stranger. The public 

 buildings are mostly in the modern style, and very hand- 



