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Rh I passed on through Portsmouth, the only seaport in the State of New Hampshire, having an excellent harbor and considerable shipbuilding interests. This is also a famous summer resort. Reaching Boston, I took the Fitchburg route, changing at Troy, for Albany, the capital of the State of New York.

The city is at the head of navigation of the Hudson river, and is one of the most interesting in America, with its commerce passing through its "open door" down the historic Hudson river, through the Erie canal and over the New York Central lines.

I visited the capitol building and other places of interest surrounding the city. Down the river are the towns of Kingston and Poughkeepsie and the United States Military Academy at West Point. A short distance west is Schnectady, where is located