Tag: Inspector Charles Albertson

From the autobiographical notes of Captain Charles Albertson regarding the time he served in the New York City Police Department. In the fall of 1895, while acting Captain in the Mercer Street station, John H. Keef, a lawyer from Rochester, came to th ... Read more

From the autobiographical notes of Captain Charles Albertson regarding his career in the New York City Police Department and his travels and adventures during retirement beginning in January 1905. Ingratitude When on patrol in the McDougal Street pr ... Read more

From the autobiographical notes of Captain Charles Albertson  regarding his career in the New York City Police Department and his travels and adventures during retirement beginning in January 1905. In the early summer of 1902 [July 30, 1902], I was i ... Read more

What do a  ship disaster  and the Orange County Library System have in common? The steamship General Slocum burned on 15 June 1904 off North Brother Island, New York. Newspaper articles about the tragedy which took the lives of over 1000 persons ide ... Read more