A rather amusing piece from Times Union on August 4, 1936.
Historic Albany:
'Aaron Shot Burr On Albany Corner”
Touring Reporter Gets Startling Angles
on City
By Tourist
Leaving gun and camera at home, the
touring reporter stalked through historic old Albany yesterday, armed
with pencil and paper to bag a compiled report on how much Albanians
actually know about their city.
Casual pedestrians approached in
Capitol park, at Schuyler mansion and in the Institute of History and
Art, gave unexpected humorous and fatuous answers. One onyx-eyed
girl, asked who General Schuyler was, took Oxford glasses from her
nose, raised a negligible eyebrow and said, “I'm sorry, I'm busy
tonight.” Another surprising answer came from an apple-cheeked
youth, who was sure that “Aaron shot Burr on this corner, or did
Burr shoot Aaron. Or was it Hamilton? Gee, I don't know.”
The questions and answers:
Why is Schuyler Mansion famous?
“It's fully of old furniture.”
“It's fully of old furniture.”
“I've never been inside, myself.”
“I don't know.”
“An Indian chased General Schuyler up
the steps and threw a hatchet at him”
“It's a place at the south end of
town.”
“I was born and raised in Albany but
I've never been through it.”
(Schuyler Mansion, Clinton and
Catherine streets. Home of the famous Revolutionary general,
preserved and maintained by the state. Exquisite colonial
furnishings. Open to the public daily.)
What is that little white monument in
Lafayette Park?
“It's some kind of a marker.”
“It's some kind of a marker.”
“I couldn't say.”
“They used to tie their horses to
it.”
“Never noticed it.”
“I think someone's buried there.”
“Never noticed it.”
“I think someone's buried there.”
“It says J. Bryan, 1824. Oh, sure,
that was William Jennings Bryan.”
(J. Bryan Tombstone. Lafayette park.
John Bryan was a member of the first board of directors of the
Mechanics and Farmers Bank, incorporated March 4, 1811.)*
Why is the corner of Pearl and State
streets famous?
“I couldn't say.”
“I think Fort Orange was built
there.”
“I don't know.”
“I didn't know it was
famous.”
“Famous? Don't be sill.”
“Erastus Corning used to live here. Yep. Had a barn right sprang where the savings bank is now. I kin remember when --”
“Famous? Don't be sill.”
“Erastus Corning used to live here. Yep. Had a barn right sprang where the savings bank is now. I kin remember when --”
(Lydius Corner. Pearl and State
streets. Upon this site stood the first brick building said to have
been erected in North America of building material imported from
Holland for the Rev. Gideon Schaets' parsonage 1657)
Moses Statue in Washington Park:
What does this statue represent?
“Some angels, I guess.”
“It's Moses and his magic rod.”
“Somebody in the Bible.”
“Whatzisname. He strike the rock and the water come, you know what I mean?”
“It's Moses and his magic rod.”
“Somebody in the Bible.”
“Whatzisname. He strike the rock and the water come, you know what I mean?”
“It's Moses and the Israelites.”
“I don't know.”
(Statue of Moses. In Washington Park. A superb architectural example of “Moses at Hebron's Rock.” Erected by Henry L. King in memory of his father, Rufus H. King.)
What's inside the Historical and Art Institute?
“There's a lot of mummies in there.”
“I don't know.”
(Statue of Moses. In Washington Park. A superb architectural example of “Moses at Hebron's Rock.” Erected by Henry L. King in memory of his father, Rufus H. King.)
What's inside the Historical and Art Institute?
“There's a lot of mummies in there.”
“I really couldn't say.”
“They have a lot of Indian relics and pewter in there.”
“It's been so long since I've been in there I can't remember.”
“It's interesting if you like that stuff.”
“They have a lot of Indian relics and pewter in there.”
“It's been so long since I've been in there I can't remember.”
“It's interesting if you like that stuff.”
“A general in the Revolution.”
“I don't know.”
(Albany Institute of History and Art. Washington avenue. Found in 1791. Rare exhibits of Continental silver, old pewter, and Early American furniture)
“I don't know.”
(Albany Institute of History and Art. Washington avenue. Found in 1791. Rare exhibits of Continental silver, old pewter, and Early American furniture)
Who was General Schuyler?
“He was a Revolutionary War general.”
“Led some charge.”
“Revolutionary War hero.”
“Revolutionary War hero.”
“Lived in a mansion around here some
place.”
“A general in the Revolution.”
“A general in the Revolution.”
“I don't know.”
(Philip Schuyler Statue. Facing City Hall. Major General Schuyler (1733-1804) was the third major general commissioned by Congress. A delegate to the Continental Congress. Said Daniel Webster of him: “He was second only to Washington in the services he performed for his country.”)
(Philip Schuyler Statue. Facing City Hall. Major General Schuyler (1733-1804) was the third major general commissioned by Congress. A delegate to the Continental Congress. Said Daniel Webster of him: “He was second only to Washington in the services he performed for his country.”)
Robert Burns Statue in Washington
Park:
What statue is that?
“That's Bobby Burns, didn't ye noe?”
“I don't know.”
“You got me brother.”
“Some poet, I think.”
“That's Bobby Burns, didn't ye noe?”
“I don't know.”
“You got me brother.”
“Some poet, I think.”
“A Revolutionary War general.”
“I haven't any idea.”
(Robert Burns Statue. In Washington Park. Unveiled September 30, 1888, but not completed until the insertion in the pedestal of four tablets depicting the four moods of the poet's works, in 1891. Erected by Mary McPherson)
“I haven't any idea.”
(Robert Burns Statue. In Washington Park. Unveiled September 30, 1888, but not completed until the insertion in the pedestal of four tablets depicting the four moods of the poet's works, in 1891. Erected by Mary McPherson)
What does the plaque in the floor of
the Capitol commemorate?
“Some famous man rested there after he was dead.”
“Some famous man rested there after he was dead.”
“I don't know.”
“I must have walked over that thing a million times but I never noticed it.”
“I must have walked over that thing a million times but I never noticed it.”
“Can't read it without my
glasses.”
“Sure, that's where Grant's body rested on its way to the cemetery at Arlington.”
“Sure, that's where Grant's body rested on its way to the cemetery at Arlington.”
“I don't know, I'm sure.”
(Ulysses S. Grant Plaque. State
Capitol. “Here during the night of August 4, 1885, rested the body
on the way to its last resting place.”)
Why is the corner of Green and Beaver
streets famous?
“Famous? I didn't know it was?”
“I think Aaron shot Burr around here, or was it Burr shot Aaron?”
“I think Aaron shot Burr around here, or was it Burr shot Aaron?”
“I'm very busy this morning, young
man.”
“Used to be an old tavern here.”
“George Washington spent the night here.”
“Used to be an old tavern here.”
“George Washington spent the night here.”
“I haven't any idea.”
(Site of Hugh Denniston's Tavern.
Green and Beaver streets. Site of the first stone house in Albany,
where George Washington was presented with the freedom of the city in
1782 and 1783. It was removed during the year of the first cholera,
1832.)
For what is Saratoga famous?
“Horse racing.”
“Horse racing.”
“Horse racing.”
“Horse racing.”
“Horse racing.”
“Horse racing.”
“Horse racing.”
“Horse racing.”
“Horse racing.”
(Saratoga. The battlefield 36 miles
north of Albany, where the tide of independence was turned, bringing
France, Spain and Holland to the aid of the colonists.)
*The "Tourist" is actually mistaken about the Bryan stone. It did not mark a grave and was, in fact, a property marker.
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