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AMSTERDAM , a See also:

city of See also:Montgomery See also:county, New See also:York, U.S.A., on the See also:north See also:bank of the See also:Mohawk See also:river, about 33 M. N.W. of See also:Albany. Pop. (189o) 17,336; (1900) 20,929, of whom 5575 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910) 31,267. It is served by the New York Central & See also:Hudson River and the See also:West See also:Shore See also:railways, and by the See also:Erie See also:Canal. Hills on both sides of the river command See also:fine views of the Mohawk Valley. Amsterdam has two hospitals, a See also:free public library and St See also:Mary's See also:Institute (See also:Roman See also:Catholic). Manufacturing is the most important See also:industry, and carpets and rugs, See also:hosiery and knit goods are the most important products. In 1905 the city's factory products were valued at $15,007,276 (an increase of 41 % over their value in 1900); carpets and rugs being valued at $5,667,742, and hosiery and knit goods (in the manufacture of which Amsterdam ranked third among the cities of the See also:country) at $4,667,022, or 3.4 % of the See also:total product of the See also:United States. Among the other manufactures are brushes, brooms, buttons, See also:silk gloves, See also:paper boxes, See also:electrical supplies, See also:dyeing See also:machines, cigars, and See also:wagon and See also:carriage springs. Amsterdam was settled about 1775, and was called Veedersburg until 1804, when its See also:present name was adopted. It was incorpor ated as a See also:village in 183o, and was chartered as a city in 1885.

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