1863.

J. Cowell, VIII. Richard Barhydt, George I. Amsdell, IX. Edward Wilson, William Gould, X. In office on, First fire steamer house, No. 4, "the McQuade," opened. Post-office opened in the Exchange Building,

Jan. 1.

Jan. 24.

Rufus H. King elected president of Albany Savings bank, because

of death (1862) of Gerrit Y. Lansing.

Albany Academy celebrates semi-centennial,

March 4.

Mrs. Blandina Dudley, widow of late Mayor Charles E. Dudley

Resolution of Senator James A. Bell to erect new Capitol,

April 24.

Capt. Wm. James Temple, aged 22, dies of wounds at Chancellorsville,

May 1.

Clinton avenue changed from Patroon street,

May 4.

Board of Lumber Dealers organized, Henry Q. Hawley, president. John Meads, prominent citizen, aged 60, dies,

May 11.

Adjt. Richard Marvin Strong dies at Camp Bonnet Carre, La., of typhoid,

May 12.

Recruiting tents again erected in the middle of State street,

May 12.

Third Regiment returns, having left here May 16, 1861, with 780 strong, under Col. Frederick Townsend, only 422 coming back alive,

May 15.

May 23.

Gen. Geo. B. McClellan a visitor of the city,
Steamboat St. John of People's evening line, built by John Englis,

New York, to run following year, 2,645 tons, 420 x 51 x 10 ft. Steamboat Milton Martin (General Grant's dispatch boat on James river) built at Jersey City, put on Newburgh line.

Steamboat Thomas Cornell built by E. S. Whitlock, 1.256 tons, 310 feet long, 34 feet broad, 10 feet deep, 72 x 144 in. engine. Steamboat Berkshire built by Morton & Edmonds, 253 x 37 x 10 feet, 54 x 132 in. engine.

Strike of formidable proportions, dock laborers and Central railroad employees seeking advance of 371⁄2 cts., mob ruling city and marching with clubs to all workshops, requiring services of 25th Reg't,

Horse-cars start running on Broadway,

June 15.

June 22.

June 23.

Albany Boys' Academy celebrates semi-centennial, Orlando Meads
the orator, at Tweddle hall,
Watervliet Turnpike & Railroad Co. operates horse-cars from
Broadway and S. Ferry st. to 25th street in Watervliet,

July 4.

1863-1864.

Fire engine operated by steam authorized by Common Council to

be purchased,

July 13.

Return of 1oth Regiment.

Sept. 1.

Academy of Music (Trimble. Leland) opened.

Albany Zouave Cadets (Co. A) mustered out of U. S. service,

Sept. 10.

Albany Academy elects James Wier Mason, A. M., its (7th)

Albany & Susquehanna road open to Central Bridge (35 miles),

Sept. 16.

James Kidd elected first president of Albany Railway,

Sept. 17.

Albany Railway organized,

Sept. 24.

Albany railway contracts with James Brady, John and W. H. Phelan for single tracks at $8,500 per mile (failing, later to

N. H. Decker at $9,500 per mile),

First bridge over the Hudson begun,

Work begun on State st. horse railway,

Steamboat Isaac Newton's boiler explodes,

Oct. 16.

Oct, 19.

Nov. 2.

Dec. 5.

Dec. 16.

River closed to navigation, official record, Pearl Street theatre (Leland) converted from St. Paul's Episcopal church into Academy of Music by John M. Trimble and opened,

Dec. 22.

1864.

First grand opera given in Albany, "Lucrezia Borgia," Adam Blake, brought to New York a slave by Jacob Lansing and sold to the Patroon, dies,

Jan. 4.

Jan. 10.

Ash Grove property sold by E. S. Stearns to Samuel Schuyler for church erection, $24,000,

Jan. 11. Rev. Peter Bullions, D.D., instructor in Albany Boys' Academy and noted writer of Latin text-books, (b. Moss Side, Perthshire, Scotland, Dec.. 1791) dies at Troy, Feb. 13.

Albany Railway Co. operates horse-cars (12 feet long, 3 miles per hour) from Broadway and State street to Central avenue and Northern Boulevard,

Army Relief Bazaar opens in Academy Park,

First horse-cars of Albany railway begin running,

Feb. 22.

Feb. 22.

Feb. 22.

Army Relief Bazaar in Academy Park reports receipts $111,493.49;

1864.

expenses, $29,584.99; balance, $81,908.50, sent to U. S. Sani-
tary Commission.

Close of the Army Relief Bazaar in the Academy Park, March 10.
River opens to navigation, Government record,
Steamer St. John, People's Line, starts running,

Rev. John N. Campbell dies,

First fire steamer arrives,

March II.

March 17.

March 27.

March 31.

Brig.-Gen. Lewis Benedict (b. Albany, Sept. 2, 1817) killed at battle of Pleasant Hill,

April 9.

Hon. Eli Perry chosen the Mayor of Albany at the Charter election, receiving 5,375 votes as the Democratic candidate; his opponent, Gen. John Finlay Rathbone, receiving 3,462 votes as the Republican candidate; blank and scattering, 42 votes; total number of votes cast, 8,879; Perry's majority over Rathbone being 1,913 votes, he is declared elected the Mayor, April 12. Senator Laimbeer introduces a bill providing for a new Capitol, appropriating $100,000 as preliminary, April 13. Strike at Joel Munsell's printery because of the introduction of two girls to work, through the lack of printers because of the war,

April 21.

April 25.

Beaverwyck Steam Fire Engine Company organized,
Military funeral of Col. Lewis Benedict, a hero of the war, May 2.

Hon. Eli Perry sworn a sixth time as the Mayor of Albany, having been chosen such at the Charter election held on April 12th, when he received a majority of 1,913 votes over Gen. John F. Rathbone, his Republican opponent, May 3. Charter election, Mayor, Eli Perry; Common Council: Bernard Reynolds, John Tracey, I. Thomas McCarty, Lemuel M. Rodgers, II. John Kennedy, James McIntyre, III. LeGrand Bancroft, Francis N. Sill, IV. James I. Johnson, Erastus Corning, Jr., V. Lemon Thomson, John R. McCollum, VI. Bartholomew Judge, Edward Mulcahy, VII. Edward J. Kearney, James Nolan, VIII. George I. Amsdell, Richard Barhydt, IX. Edmund L. Judson, William Gould, X. Election, April 12: sworn in, May 3. Ground broken for a horse railroad on Pearl street to run to Kenwood,

May 9.

Nationals (baseball) club (Captain Edward A. Ross) organized,

May.

Colonel Lewis Owen Morris (b. Albany, Aug. 14. 1824,) killed at Battle of Cold Harbor,

June 3.

Albany Zouave Cadets furnish 75 commissioned officers to Civil

War.