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- ↑ Munsell, Joel (1854). The annals of Albany, volume 5. p. 98.
Fort Orange was erected in 1617, and a person by the name of Sebastian Croll was the first commissary at the fort.
- 1 2 Bradbury, Mrs. Anna R. (1909). "The Dutch Occupation". History of the city of Hudson, New York : with biographical sketches of Henry Hudson and Robert Fulton. Hudson, N.Y.: Record Print. and Pub. Co. p. 7.
... Sebastian Croll (pronounced Crull) was placed in command. He is the traditional inventor of the cruller ...
- ↑ Ripley, Robert (1971). Ripley's Believe It or Not! 16th Series. Pocket Books. ISBN 9780671800727.
- ↑ "The Gossips of Rivertown: MRS. Anna Bradbury". 13 March 2011.
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