Possible Clues:

• Capital since 1797
• Appropriate capital for New York? I'd lay a pound on it!
• New _____ , Nova Scotia
• The capital of New York state
• Some attached to vestment in ancient kingdom
• Ontario Fort
• I'd lay a pound to whatever, it's the capital of a state
• New York state's capital
• State capital on the Hudson
• Vestment needed by some duke