Most of the state's population is settled along the Hudson River between New York and Albany, in towns such as Kingston and Poughkeepsie. The Six Nations of the Iroquois have signed the Second Treaty of Fort Stanwyx in October, surrendering all claims to the Northwest territory, west of the Niagara River. Veterans of Sullivan's campaigns which introduced them to the rich agricultural possibilities of central and western New York, have faraway looks in their eyes. They will soon have a crack at some of this now-empty land, as recompense for their recent services. Sadly for them, many of these military grants will end up in the hands of the speculators.
Hard cash is difficult for a veteran to come by.
Up and down the Hudson corridor things are pretty quiet. Albany's Lutheran Church is reorganized. Colonial government records, moved upriver to Poughkeepsie for safekeeping during the recent war, are loaded aboard ship and sent back to New York City, which has just been designated as the new state capital. Life in Manhattan picks up its pace a bit, now. After legislators get settled into their new home they turn to education, founding the University of the State of New York.