Beginning of the State of New York
The Society of the Colonial Dames of America place this tablet to mark the spot whereon was set in motion the Commonwealth of the State of New York on the thirtieth day of July in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Seven by the inauguration as Governor, in the presence of the Council of state, of Major General George Clinton of Ulster, seven times governor of New York and twice Vice President of the United States.
[ Lower Marker : ]
Rededicated by the Ulster
County Tercentennial
Commission – 1983
Marker is on Wall Street, on the right when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
