LIST OF BUILDING STONES. 71 



158. Gray Sandstone. A dressed block, 4x4x6 inches. 

 Amherst, 0. From the Clough Stone Company, New- 

 York. • 



159. Freestone. A small block, showing mouldings. From 

 Emmett's Quarries, Wyoming Co., 1ST. Y. 



160. Fine-grained Sandstone. A block, 10|x6x3 inches, 

 sand-rubbed, with edges beveled. Fulton, Schoharie Co. , 

 !N. Y. (Portage Group.) From John M. Scribner. 



161. Red Sandstone. A block, 12^x7x6 inches, with six 

 styles of dressing. Fulton, Oswego Co., 1ST. Y. (Medina 

 Sandstone.) From Hon. E. W. Leavenworth, Syracuse, 

 N. Y. 



162. Gray Sandstone. A block, 7x6x3 inches, with six 

 styles of dressing. Portage, Livingston Co., 1ST. Y. 

 (Portage Group.) From Hon. E. W. Leavenworth, Syra- 

 cuse, 1ST. Y. 



Y. Miscellaneous. 



71. Soapstone. — Steatite. A polished ten-inch cube. Fran- 

 cestown, JS". H. From the Francestown Soapstone 

 Company. 



113. Gypsum. A rough block, about 14x10x10 inches. Ala- 

 baster Bay, Lake Huron, Mich. (Carboniferous System.) 

 From Benj. F. Smith, Jr. 



114. Gypsum. A rough block, about 12x8x9 inches. Local- 

 ity and Donor as JSTo. 113. 



114. a GypsuM. A rough block, about 14x12x7 inches. Local- 

 ity and Donor as No. 113. 



115. Gypsum. A rough block, about 12x10x9 inches. Local- 

 ity and Donor as No. 113. 



Since the stereotyping of the preceding List, it was discovered, by reference to 

 one of the State Cabinet Reports (8th* Ann. Rep., 1855, p. 30), that of the twenty- 

 nine blocks of Granite credited in the List (page 61) to W. J. McAlpine, eight of 

 the blocks, viz. : Nos. 126, 141, 145, 146, 147, 149, 151 and 153, should be credited 

 to Charles Van Benthuysen and John E. Gavit, of Albany. 



