Historical clue formulations

• State capital once home to Herman Melville — 2024-02-29
• State capital that's the setting of "Ironweed" — 2017-12-17
• Original eastern terminus of the Erie Canal — 2017-08-22
• Duke of ___ ("King Lear" character) — 2015-12-24
• Eastern terminus of the Erie Canal — 2014-11-27
• Ray Charles's Georgia birthplace — 2013-11-29
• Einstein and Camus — 2013-08-25
• The Empire State's capital — 2003-10-13
• Capital on the Hudson — 2003-03-04
• Erie Canal terminus — 2002-05-24
• It's named for the Duke of York — 1996-01-21