RENSSELAER  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of Rensselaer See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, U.S.A., in the eastern See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, on the E. See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• HUDSON
• HUDSON, GEORGE (180o-1871)
• HUDSON, HENRY
• HUDSON, JOHN (1662–1719)

Hudson See also:

• RIVER

river, opposite See also:

• ALBANY
• ALBANY, DUKES OF
• ALBANY, LOUISE MAXIMILIENNE CAROLINE, COUNTESS OF (1752-1824)

Albany . Pop . (Igloo) 7466, of whom 1089 were See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born; (19,0 See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 10,711 . It is served by the New York Central and the See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston & Albany See also:

• RAIL

rail-ways, which have shops here, and is connected with Albany by three See also:

• BRIDGES
• BRIDGES, ROBERT (1844– )

bridges across the Hudson . Rensselaer, originally called Greenbush, was first settled in 1631, and the site formed part of the large See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract bought from the See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians by the agentsof Killian See also:

• VAN

van . Rensselaer and known as Rensselaerwyck . In 1810 a square mile of See also:

• LAND

land within the See also:

• PRESENT

present city limits was acquired by a land speculator, was divided into lots and offered for See also:

• SALE
• SALE, GEORGE (c. 1697-1736)
• SALE, SIR ROBERT HENRY (1782—1845)

sale . Development followed, and five years later the See also:

• VILLAGE

village was incorporated . In 1897 Greenbush was chartered as a city, and its name was changed to Rensselaer . Its limits were extended in 1902 by the See also:

• ANNEXATION (Lat. ad, to, and nexus, joining)

annexation of the village of See also:

• BATH
• BATH, THOMAS THYNNE
• BATH, WILLIAM

Bath (pop. in 1900, 2504) and the western part of the township of See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East Greenbush . Rensselaer manufactures knit-goods, See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool See also:

• SHODDY

shoddy, See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt, &c .