38 3Ien and Things in Albany Tivo Centuries Ago. 



also called the rounds passage, twenty feet wide. In time 

 of peace the common council had much difficulty to keep 

 the owners of adjoining lots from infringing upon it. 

 These defenses were a great tax upon the people, and 

 severe orders in council were often issued compelling per- 

 sons to haul their quota of logs to repair the stockades 

 opposite their premises, and occasionally it is found that 

 a woman, somewhat tardy in performing the same service, 

 is sternly commanded to " ride" her stockades. 



Outside of the stockades north on the line with Pearl 

 street, was erected in 1710, by the father of Col. Jacob 

 Lansing of the revolution, the house still standing there. 



Pemberton House, 1710. 



and known as the Pemberton house, on the corner of 

 Columbia street. This house was so constructed that no 

 two adjoining rooms were on the same level, but on step- 

 ping out of one room into another it was necessary to 

 ascend or descend two or three steps to the next. The 

 ceilings were not lath-and-plastered, but the beams and 

 sleepers were polished and waxed, and the jambs of the 

 fire places were faced with porcelain, ornamented with 



