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Description: Advertisement declaring the choice of "Troy" for the city of Troy, New York, United States Full text: To the Public. This evening the freeholders of the place lately known by Vander Heyden's or Ashley's Ferry, situate on the east bank of Hudson's river, about seven miles above Albany, met for the purpose of establishing a name for the said place; when, by a majority of voices, it was confirmed, that in future, it should be called and known by the name of Troy.
Title: Troy NY Gets Its Name
Credit: Weise, Arthur James (1891) Troy's one hundred years, 1789-1889, Troy, New York: William H. Young, p. 29
Author: Albany Gazette
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