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Amsterdam, Montgomery, NY
The city is within the original, now defunct town of Caughnawaga.
The first Europeans to settle here were Dutch immigrants about 1710. They called the community Veeders Mills and Veedersburgh after Albert Veeder, an early mill owner. After the American Revolutionary War, many settlers came from New England. Anglo-American residents changed the name to Amsterdam in 1803.
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1854 - Amsterdam
Amsterdam, a township in the N. E. extremity of Montgomery county, New York, about 30 miles N. E. from Albany. Population. 4128.
Amsterdam, a... Read MORE...
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1869 - Amsterdam
AMSTERDAM, named from the place in Holland from which many of the early settlers came, was formed from Caughnawaga, March 12, 1793. Perth, Fulton... Read MORE...
1870 - An Amsterdam (N. Y.) man has invented a patent glass coffin, which can be hermetically sealed after the air is exhausted, thus preserving bodies perfectly without embalming.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
February 26, 1870
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1889 - Nov. 9 - Sanford & Son's carpet mills, Amsterdam, N. Y., shut down for some time, resumed operations.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
January 5, 1889
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1895 - Amsterdam
Amsterdam, a city of Montgomery co., N.Y., on the Mohawk River, and on the New York Central and the West Shore Railroads, 33 miles N.W. of Albany. It ... Read MORE...
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1916
Amsterdam, a city of Montgomery co., N.T., on the Mohawk River and on the New York Central and Hudson River and the West Shore Rs., 33 miles NW. of... Read MORE...
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