Excerpt from A History of Saint Peter's Church in the City of Albany In this Republic, as in the older lands across the sea, which have been the sources of its composite life, religious corporations and edifices are the most enduring memorials of ancient days. In most instances, the edifices, either from the growth or the decay of the community, have disappeared; but, along the eastern seaboard, there is here and there an ecclesiastical foundation which was laid two centuries or more ago, and which has survived local vicissitudes and held its ground amid the shifting centres of population. In those early days they who were making history were too busy to write history. The annals were imperfect and still more imperfectly preserved. This only enhances the value of the church - records which survive and are accessible. To the general student. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.