Preliminary Notes: While the transcription includes only a few minor changes for readability, the original document that follows the transcription offers the opportunity to experience the events as witnessed and described by Christian Schultz in his original handwriting in 1761. Schultz lived on what is known as Old Post Road south of the intersection with …
Letter I: Travels on an inland voyage
Keeping NY History Alive and narrator Bonnie Wood join Christian Schultz, Jr. as he travels on the Hudson River and then the Mohawk in 1807. He provides details of the boats, the cities and more as he explores New York State along these iconic rivers. This is the first of 17 letters in the first …
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