Hudson River Valley Articles

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1) African American History
2) American Revolution
3) Civil War
4) Colonial Era
5) Corridor of Commerce
6) Landscape Architecture
7) Remembering the Revolution
8) The Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route

African American History

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The speech of John Addison in the Committee of the Whole House for the abolition of slavery. (c.1796 referred to in a letter to Van Gaasbeek March 1796); Courtesy of the Senate House State Historic Site, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation.(22 KB pdf file)

The African-American Struggle Against Slavery in the Hudson Valley : Michael Groth

American Revolution

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"STORMING OF STONY POINT: A ROMANCE OF THE REVOLUTION" From the Ulster Republican, Wednesday, June 18, 1845; Courtesy of the Senate House State Historic Site, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation. (16 KB pdf file)

"Major John Andre," from The Ulster Sentinel, Kingston, New York, Wednesday, June 20, 1827; Courtesy of the Senate House State Historic Site, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation (18 KB pdf file)

"The Captivity of Jeremiah Snyder, and his Son, Elias, of Saugerties, Ulster County, NY, During the Revolutionary War ;" from The Ulster Sentinel, Kingston, NY; Wednesday, Jan. 31, 1827, courtesy of the Senate House State Historical Site, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation (62 KB pdf file)

Excerpts from the Court Martial of Captain Joshua Barnes Loyal American Regiment March 11-15, 1779; Courtesy of the Senate House State Historic Site, New York State Parks and Recreation (31 KB pdf file)

Chain and Boom (153 KB pdf file); Merle Sheffield

What is Become of the Boom (5.4 MB pdf file); Merle Sheffield

Giffin Diary (81 KB pdf file); transcribed by: Merle Sheffield

A Warm Reception in the Highlands; Dr. James M. Johnson, Sea History 98, Autumn 2001. An article by our Hudson River Military Historian on the Battle of Fort Montgomery (131 KB pdf file)

Article on Ft. Montogomery, August 2002, Hudson Valley Magazine (215 KB pdf file); Dr. James M. Johnson

Civil War

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Rebel Oppression of British Subjects; Article from The Palmetto Herald, Port Royal, S.C., Thursday, June 23, 1864; from the archive of the Senate House State Historic Site.

"Awful beyond description": The Ordeal of the Hudson Valley Regiments in The Army of the Potomac, 1863 (284 KB pdf file) : Mark James Morreale, Dept. of English, Marist College

The Men Who Held The Line: The 120th New York Regiment In The Civil War : Rashida Tyler; Marist '06

Colonial Era

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Journal Of The Second Esopus War (193 KB pdf file) : Capt. Martin Kregier; translated by Ed St.Germain

Corridor of Commerce

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The Natural Ice Industry of the Hudson River Valley (3.1 MB pdf file) : Daniel Calandro, Marist '06

The West Point Foundry (51 KB pdf file) : Neil Bhatiya, Marist '06

Landscape Architecture

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"An Appalachian Trail: A Project in Regional Planning," (55 KB pdf file) : MacKaye, 1921

Samuel F.B. Morse and A.J. Davis at Locust Grove : Rory O'Brien; Marist, '05

"Remembering the Revolution", a regular column appearing in the Hudson Valley
 Magazine  by  Dr. James M. Johnson

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Remembering the Revolution , October 2006, Hudson Valley Magazine (15 KB pdf file)

Remembering the Revolution , September 2006, Hudson Valley Magazine (10 KB pdf file)

Remembering the Revolution , August 2005, Hudson Valley Magazine (10 KB pdf file)

Remembering the Revolution , July 2005, Hudson Valley Magazine (11 KB pdf file)

Remembering the Revolution , June 2005, Hudson Valley Magazine (10.5 KB pdf file)

Remembering the Revolution , April 2005, Hudson Valley Magazine (10.3 KB pdf file)

Remembering the Revolution , March 2005, Hudson Valley Magazine (10 KB pdf file)

Remembering the Revolution , February 2005, Hudson Valley Magazine (14 KB pdf file)

Remembering the Revolution , January 2005, Hudson Valley Magazine (10 KB pdf file)

Remembering the Revolution , September 2004, Hudson Valley Magazine (12 KB pdf file)

Remembering the Revolution , August 2004, Hudson Valley Magazine (10 KB pdf file)

Remembering the Revolution , July 2004, Hudson Valley Magazine (14 KB pdf file)

Remembering the Revolution , June 2004, Hudson Valley Magazine (10 KB pdf file)

Remembering the Revolution , April 2004, Hudson Valley Magazine (10 KB pdf file)

Remembering the Revolution , March 2004, Hudson Valley Magazine (14 KB pdf file)

Remembering the Revolution , February 2004, Hudson Valley Magazine (10 KB pdf file)

Remembering the Revolution , January 2004, Hudson Valley Magazine (10 KB pdf file)

On the Warpath, April 2003, Hudson Valley Magazine (32 KB pdf file)

On the Warpath, March 2003, Hudson Valley Magazine (62 KB pdf file)

On the Warpath, February 2003, Hudson Valley Magazine (93 KB pdf file)

On the Warpath, January 2003, Hudson Valley Magazine (90 KB pdf file)

On the Warpath, December 2002, Hudson Valley Magazine (64 KB pdf file)

On the Warpath, November 2002, Hudson Valley Magazine (95 KB pdf file)

On the Warpath, October 2002, Hudson Valley Magazine (115 KB pdf file)

On the Warpath, September 2002, Hudson Valley Magazine (27 KB pdf file)

"The Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route"

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The Battle Off the Virginia Capes: The Key Moment in the Allied Victory at Yorktown (11.3 MB ppt file); Dennis Conrad, PhD

The American Navies and the Winning of Independence (28 KB pdf file); Michael J. Crawford

The Battle off the Virginia Capes (41 KB pdf file); Michael J. Crawford