Men and Things in Albany Two Centuries Ago. 37 



On the lower corner of Maiden lane and Broadway, 

 Harmen Harmense Van Gansevoort, so he wrote his name 

 (1660), the progenitor of that name here, purchased the 

 lot in 1667 of Panlus Martense Van Benthuysen, the first 

 of the Van Benthuyseus here, and located a brewery, 

 which gave to the lower part of the street the name of 

 Brouwefs straat. Here, in a house standing within the 



North Market Street. 1805. 



2 Gansevoort. 4 Hun. 8 Market. 10 James Kane. 11 Clinrcli. 



memory of the sexagenarian, was born the famous Gen. 

 Gansevoort, of the revolution, whose son, just passed 

 away, erected a noble edifice to mark the habitation of his 

 ancestor, the hero of Fort Stanwix, the present Stanwix 

 Hall hotel. 



Other notable citizens of the olden time might be men- 

 tioned here, if time and your patience would permit. 

 The space between the city wall at Steuben street was 



