STREET, Alfred Billings, author, born in Poughkeepsie, New York, 18 December, 1811 ; died in Albany, New York, 2 June, 1881. He removed at an early age to Monticello, Sullivan County, New York, and was educated at Dutchess county academy, after which he studied law with his father, Randall S. Street, and practised in Monticello. In 1839 he removed to Albany, in 1843-'44 edited the "Northern Light," and from 1848 till his death he was state librarian. Mr. Street began at an early age to write poetry for the magazines, and he attained a respectable rank as a descriptive poet. Some of his productions were highly praised by critics, and several of his poems have been translated into German. His publications include " The Burning of Schenectady, and other Poems" (Albany, 1842) ; " Drawings and Tintings" (New York, 1844) ; "Fugitive Poems" (1846);"Frontenac, or the Atotarho of the Iroquois, a Metrical Romance" (London, 1849; New York, 1850); "The Council of Revision of the State of New York," a history (Albany, 1859); " Woods and Waters, or the Saranacs and the Racket," describing a trip in the Adirondack region (New York, 1860); "A Digest of Taxation in the United States" (Albany, 1863); a collected edition of his poems (2 vols., 1866); and "The Indian Pass," describing explorations in Essex county, New York (1869). He also contributed sixteen poems to John A. Hows's "Forest Pictures in the Adirondacks " (1864), and published various poems that he read at different colleges, including Geneva (now Hobart) (1840); Hamilton (1850); and Yale (1851); also one on the battle-field of Saratoga.