Historic New York during two centuries

Historic New York during two centuries

New York ; London Knickerbocker Press, [c1898]

2 v. in 1. : maps, plan, ports., facsims., plates (some fold.) ; 24 cm

974.71 H673 1898

(OCoLC)01184038

Monographs also issued, as originally published in (24) monthly parts
"Two volumes in one with 62 illustrations."
Edited by M.W. Goodwin, A.C. Royce, and R. Putnam
"Note on authorities": p. xvii-xviii; "bibliographical note": p. xix-xx
Contents: V. 1. Fort Amsterdam in the days of the Dutch -- The Stadthuys of New Amsterdam -- The early history of Wall Street, 1653-1789 -- Annetje Jans' farm -- The city chest of New Amsterdam -- Old wells and water-courses of the island of Manhattan -- Old Greenwich -- The fourteen miles round -- King's College; now Columbia University -- The Bowery -- Governor's Island / Blanche W. Bellamy -- V. 2. Slavery in New York -- Tammany Hall -- Old prisons and punishments -- The New York Press and its makers in the eighteenth century -- Bowling Green -- New Amsterdam family names and their origin -- Old taverns and posting inns -- The doctor in old New York -- Early schools and schoolmasters of New Amsterdam -- The battle of Harlem Heights -- Breuckelen -- The "neutral ground."
M 801 A 939

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