Munsell's Annals of Albany, 1850 Volume OneBetween 1850 and 1859, Albany, New York printer Joel Munsell published ten volumes of The Annals of Albany. Each of these volumes were compendiums of historical information he collected on the history of Albany, New York and combined them, in no apparent order or category, into an annual publication for a decade. He collected scraps from newspapers, genealogy, deaths, religion, public and private organizations, maps, illustrations, and included