262 June- 1749. 



'Europeans who fettled in the province of 

 New Tork were Dutchmen. During the 

 time that they were the mafters of this 

 province, they poffeiTed themfelves of New. 

 Sweden*, of which they were jealous. How-? 

 ever the pleafure of pofTeffing this conquered 

 land and their own, was but of fhort dura- 

 tion ; for towards the end of 1664, Sir Robert 

 Carre, by order of King Charles the fecond, 

 went to New York, then New Amjlerdam, 

 and took it. Soon after Colonel Nichols 

 went to Albany, which then bore the name 

 of Fort Orange, and upon taking it, 

 named it Albany, from the Duke of York's 

 Scotch title. The Dutch inhabitants were 

 allowed either to continue where they were, 

 and, under the protection of the Englijh, to 

 enjoy all their former privileges, or to leave 

 the country. The greater part of them 

 chofe to flay, and from them the Dutch- 

 pien are defcended, who now live in the 

 province of New York, and who poffefs the 

 greateft and beft eltates in that province. 



The avarice and felnfhnefs of the inha- 

 bitants of Albany are very well known 

 throughout all North America, by the Eng- 

 lijh, by the French, and even by the Dutch, 

 in the lower part of New York province. 

 If a Jew, who underftands the art of getting 



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* New Jerfey and part of Penjylvania were formerly 

 comprized under this name. 



