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RENSSELAER

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 102 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RENSSELAER , a See also:

city of Rensselaer See also:county, New See also:York, U.S.A., in the eastern See also:part of the See also:state, on the E. See also:bank of the See also:Hudson See also:river, opposite See also:Albany. Pop. (Igloo) 7466, of whom 1089 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (19,0 See also:census) 10,711. It is served by the New York Central and the See also:Boston & Albany See also:rail-ways, which have shops here, and is connected with Albany by three See also:bridges across the Hudson. Rensselaer, originally called Greenbush, was first settled in 1631, and the site formed part of the large See also:tract bought from the See also:Indians by the agentsof Killian See also:van. Rensselaer and known as Rensselaerwyck. In 1810 a square mile of See also:land within the See also:present city limits was acquired by a land speculator, was divided into lots and offered for See also:sale. Development followed, and five years later the See also:village was incorporated. In 1897 Greenbush was chartered as a city, and its name was changed to Rensselaer. Its limits were extended in 1902 by the See also:annexation of the village of See also:Bath (pop. in 1900, 2504) and the western part of the township of See also:East Greenbush. Rensselaer manufactures knit-goods, See also:wool See also:shoddy, See also:felt, &c.

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