+ o - ^
previous next

View this item elsewhere:

Title
Destruction of Schenectady
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

American History -- 1690s

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1834 (Inferred)
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AME-169
Topics
United States -- 1690-1699
Massacres -- New York (State) -- Schenectady -- 1690-1699
Families -- New York (State) -- Schenectady -- 1690-1699
Escapes
Fires
War destruction & pillage -- 1690-1699
Genres
Conjectural works
Notes
Source note: United States book; or, Interesting events in the history of the United States; being a selection of the most important and interesting events which have transpired since the discovery of this country, to the present time. Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885. New Haven, L.H. Young, 1834.
Physical Description
Etchings
Extent: 7 x 8 cm (2 3/4 x 3 in.)
Description
"In Feb. 1689 [i.e., 1690], a party of French and Indians from Montreal entered Schenectady at midnight, killed 60 of the inhabitants & laid the place in ashes."--lettered on border.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17613306
Barcode: 33333159308481
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d46dc200-c52f-012f-77a3-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1834: Issued
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Destruction of Schenectady" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1834. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-f447-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Destruction of Schenectady" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-f447-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1834). Destruction of Schenectady Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-f447-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-f447-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 | title= (still image) Destruction of Schenectady, (1834) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=March 19, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Destruction of Schenectady