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RENSSELAER , a city of Rensselaer county, NewSee also: York, U.S.A., in the eastern See also: part of the See also: state, on the E. See also: bank of the Hudson See also: river, opposite Albany
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Pop
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(Igloo) 7466, of whom 1089 were See also: foreign-See also: born; (19,0 census) 10,711
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It is served by the New York Central and the See also: Boston & Albany See also: rail-ways, which have shops here, and is connected with Albany by three See also: bridges across the Hudson
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Rensselaer, originally called Greenbush, was first settled in 1631, and the site formed part of the large See also: tract bought from the See also: Indians by the agentsof Killian See also: van
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Rensselaer and known as Rensselaerwyck
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In 1810 a square mile of See also: land within the See also: present city limits was acquired by a land speculator, was divided into lots and offered for sale
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Development followed, and five years later the See also: village was incorporated
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In 1897 Greenbush was chartered as a city, and its name was changed to Rensselaer
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Its limits were extended in 1902 by the annexation of the village of See also: Bath (pop. in 1900, 2504) and the western part of the township of See also: East Greenbush
.
Rensselaer manufactures knit-goods, wool See also: shoddy, felt, &c
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