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Nooks and Corners of Old New York
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- Nooks & Corners
- of
- Old New York
- By
- Charles Hemftreet
- Illustrated
- By
- Illustrated
- By
- E. C. Peixotto
- New York
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- MDCCCCV
- COPYRIGHT, 1899
- NEW YORK
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- MDCCCCV
- COPYRIGHT, 1899
- NEW YORK
- New York
- New York
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- MDCCCCV
- COPYRIGHT, 1899
- NEW YORK
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- MDCCCCV
- COPYRIGHT, 1899
- NEW YORK
- INTRODUCTORY NOTE
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- NOOKS AND CORNERS
- OF OLD NEW YORK
- I
- THE SITE OF FORT AMSTERDAM,
- BUILT IN 1626.
- WITHIN THE FORTIFICATIONS
- WAS ERECTED THE FIRST
- SUBSTANTIAL CHURCH EDIFICE
- ON THE ISLAND OF MANHATTAN.
- IN 1787 THE FORT
- WAS DEMOLISHED
- AND THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE
- BUILT UPON THIS SITE
- 1636 1897
- ON THIS SITE STOOD THE "STADHUIS"
- OF NEW AMSTERDAM——ERECTED 1636
- THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE IN LOVING MEMORY
- OF THE FIRST DUTCH SETTLERS BY THE
- HOLLAND DAMES OF THE NEW
- NETHERLANDS AND THE
- KNIGHTS OF THE LEGION OF THE CROWN
- LAVINIA
- KONIGIN
- TO COMMEMORATE THE GALLANT AND PATRIOTIC
- ACT OF MARINUS WILLETT IN HERE SEIZING
- JUNE 6, 1775, FROM THE BRITISH FORCES THE
- MUSKETS WITH WHICH HE ARMED HIS
- TROOPS. THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY
- THE SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE
- REVOLUTION, NEW YORK, NOV. 12, 1892
- THE SITE OF THE
- FIRST DUTCH HOUSE OF ENTERTAINMENT
- ON THE ISLAND OF MANHATTAN
- LATER THE SITE OF THE OLD "STADT HUYS"
- OR CITY HALL
- THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE BY
- THE HOLLAND SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
- SEPTEMBER, 1890
- ON THIS SITE
- WILLIAM BRADFORD
- APPOINTED
- PUBLIC PRINTER
- APRIL 10, A. D. 1693
- ESTABLISHED THE FIRST
- PRINTING PRESS
- IN THE
- COLONY OF NEW YORK
- ERECTED BY THE
- NEW YORK
- HISTORICAL SOCIETY
- APRIL 10, A. D. 1893
- IN COMMEMORATION OF
- THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY
- OF THE INTRODUCTION
- OF PRINTING IN
- NEW YORK
- HERE STOOD
- THE MIDDLE DUTCH CHURCH
- DEDICATED A. D. 1729
- MADE A BRITISH MILITARY PRISON 1776
- RESTORED 1790
- OCCUPIED AS THE UNITED STATES POST-OFFICE
- 1845-1875
- TAKEN DOWN 1882
- "GOLDEN HILL"
- HERE, JAN. 18, 1770
- THE FIGHT TOOK PLACE BETWEEN THE
- "SONS OF LIBERTY" AND THE
- BRITISH REGULARS, 16TH FOOT
- FIRST BLOODSHED IN THE
- WAR OF THE REVOLUTION
- ON THIS SITE IN THE
- OLD SHAKESPEARE TAVERN
- WAS ORGANIZED
- THE SEVENTH REGIMENT
- NATIONAL GUARD, S. N. Y.
- AUG. 25, 1824
- ON THE COMMON OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK,
- NEAR WHERE THIS BUILDING NOW STANDS, THERE
- STOOD FROM 1766 TO 1776 A LIBERTY POLE
- ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE THE REPEAL OF THE
- STAMP ACT. IT WAS REPEATEDLY DESTROYED BY
- THE VIOLENCE OF THE TORIES AND AS REPEATEDLY
- REPLACED BY THE SONS OF LIBERTY, WHO ORGANIZED
- A CONSTANT WATCH AND GUARD. IN ITS
- DEFENCE THE FIRST MARTYR BLOOD OF THE AMERICAN
- REVOLUTION WAS SHED ON JAN. 18, 1770.
- NEAR THIS SPOT IN THE PRESENCE OF
- GEN. GEORGE WASHINGTON
- THE DECLARATION OF
- INDEPENDENCE
- WAS READ AND PUBLISHED
- TO THE
- AMERICAN ARMY
- JULY 9TH, 1776
- THE FIRST
- PRESIDENTIAL MANSION
- NO. 1 CHERRY STREET
- OCCUPIED BY
- GEORGE WASHINGTON
- FROM APRIL 23, 1789
- TO FEBRUARY 23, 1790
- ERECTED BY THE
- MARY WASHINGTON COLONIAL CHAPTER, D.A.R.
- APRIL 30, 1899
- BUILT IN 1626.
- WITHIN THE FORTIFICATIONS
- WAS ERECTED THE FIRST
- SUBSTANTIAL CHURCH EDIFICE
- ON THE ISLAND OF MANHATTAN.
- IN 1787 THE FORT
- WAS DEMOLISHED
- AND THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE
- BUILT UPON THIS SITE
- 1636 1897
- ON THIS SITE STOOD THE "STADHUIS"
- OF NEW AMSTERDAM——ERECTED 1636
- THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE IN LOVING MEMORY
- OF THE FIRST DUTCH SETTLERS BY THE
- HOLLAND DAMES OF THE NEW
- NETHERLANDS AND THE
- KNIGHTS OF THE LEGION OF THE CROWN
- LAVINIA
- KONIGIN
- TO COMMEMORATE THE GALLANT AND PATRIOTIC
- ACT OF MARINUS WILLETT IN HERE SEIZING
- JUNE 6, 1775, FROM THE BRITISH FORCES THE
- MUSKETS WITH WHICH HE ARMED HIS
- TROOPS. THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY
- THE SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE
- REVOLUTION, NEW YORK, NOV. 12, 1892
- THE SITE OF THE
- FIRST DUTCH HOUSE OF ENTERTAINMENT
- ON THE ISLAND OF MANHATTAN
- LATER THE SITE OF THE OLD "STADT HUYS"
- OR CITY HALL
- THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE BY
- THE HOLLAND SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
- SEPTEMBER, 1890
- ON THIS SITE
- WILLIAM BRADFORD
- APPOINTED
- PUBLIC PRINTER
- APRIL 10, A. D. 1693
- ESTABLISHED THE FIRST
- PRINTING PRESS
- IN THE
- COLONY OF NEW YORK
- ERECTED BY THE
- NEW YORK
- HISTORICAL SOCIETY
- APRIL 10, A. D. 1893
- IN COMMEMORATION OF
- THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY
- OF THE INTRODUCTION
- OF PRINTING IN
- NEW YORK
- HERE STOOD
- THE MIDDLE DUTCH CHURCH
- DEDICATED A. D. 1729
- MADE A BRITISH MILITARY PRISON 1776
- RESTORED 1790
- OCCUPIED AS THE UNITED STATES POST-OFFICE
- 1845-1875
- TAKEN DOWN 1882
- "GOLDEN HILL"
- HERE, JAN. 18, 1770
- THE FIGHT TOOK PLACE BETWEEN THE
- "SONS OF LIBERTY" AND THE
- BRITISH REGULARS, 16TH FOOT
- FIRST BLOODSHED IN THE
- WAR OF THE REVOLUTION
- ON THIS SITE IN THE
- OLD SHAKESPEARE TAVERN
- WAS ORGANIZED
- THE SEVENTH REGIMENT
- NATIONAL GUARD, S. N. Y.
- AUG. 25, 1824
- ON THE COMMON OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK,
- NEAR WHERE THIS BUILDING NOW STANDS, THERE
- STOOD FROM 1766 TO 1776 A LIBERTY POLE
- ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE THE REPEAL OF THE
- STAMP ACT. IT WAS REPEATEDLY DESTROYED BY
- THE VIOLENCE OF THE TORIES AND AS REPEATEDLY
- REPLACED BY THE SONS OF LIBERTY, WHO ORGANIZED
- A CONSTANT WATCH AND GUARD. IN ITS
- DEFENCE THE FIRST MARTYR BLOOD OF THE AMERICAN
- REVOLUTION WAS SHED ON JAN. 18, 1770.
- NEAR THIS SPOT IN THE PRESENCE OF
- GEN. GEORGE WASHINGTON
- THE DECLARATION OF
- INDEPENDENCE
- WAS READ AND PUBLISHED
- TO THE
- AMERICAN ARMY
- JULY 9TH, 1776
- THE FIRST
- PRESIDENTIAL MANSION
- NO. 1 CHERRY STREET
- OCCUPIED BY
- GEORGE WASHINGTON
- FROM APRIL 23, 1789
- TO FEBRUARY 23, 1790
- ERECTED BY THE
- MARY WASHINGTON COLONIAL CHAPTER, D.A.R.
- APRIL 30, 1899
- THE SITE OF FORT AMSTERDAM,
- THE SITE OF FORT AMSTERDAM,
- BUILT IN 1626.
- WITHIN THE FORTIFICATIONS
- WAS ERECTED THE FIRST
- SUBSTANTIAL CHURCH EDIFICE
- ON THE ISLAND OF MANHATTAN.
- IN 1787 THE FORT
- WAS DEMOLISHED
- AND THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE
- BUILT UPON THIS SITE
- 1636 1897
- ON THIS SITE STOOD THE "STADHUIS"
- OF NEW AMSTERDAM——ERECTED 1636
- THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE IN LOVING MEMORY
- OF THE FIRST DUTCH SETTLERS BY THE
- HOLLAND DAMES OF THE NEW
- NETHERLANDS AND THE
- KNIGHTS OF THE LEGION OF THE CROWN
- LAVINIA
- KONIGIN
- TO COMMEMORATE THE GALLANT AND PATRIOTIC
- ACT OF MARINUS WILLETT IN HERE SEIZING
- JUNE 6, 1775, FROM THE BRITISH FORCES THE
- MUSKETS WITH WHICH HE ARMED HIS
- TROOPS. THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY
- THE SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE
- REVOLUTION, NEW YORK, NOV. 12, 1892
- THE SITE OF THE
- FIRST DUTCH HOUSE OF ENTERTAINMENT
- ON THE ISLAND OF MANHATTAN
- LATER THE SITE OF THE OLD "STADT HUYS"
- OR CITY HALL
- THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE BY
- THE HOLLAND SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
- SEPTEMBER, 1890
- ON THIS SITE
- WILLIAM BRADFORD
- APPOINTED
- PUBLIC PRINTER
- APRIL 10, A. D. 1693
- ESTABLISHED THE FIRST
- PRINTING PRESS
- IN THE
- COLONY OF NEW YORK
- ERECTED BY THE
- NEW YORK
- HISTORICAL SOCIETY
- APRIL 10, A. D. 1893
- IN COMMEMORATION OF
- THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY
- OF THE INTRODUCTION
- OF PRINTING IN
- NEW YORK
- HERE STOOD
- THE MIDDLE DUTCH CHURCH
- DEDICATED A. D. 1729
- MADE A BRITISH MILITARY PRISON 1776
- RESTORED 1790
- OCCUPIED AS THE UNITED STATES POST-OFFICE
- 1845-1875
- TAKEN DOWN 1882
- "GOLDEN HILL"
- HERE, JAN. 18, 1770
- THE FIGHT TOOK PLACE BETWEEN THE
- "SONS OF LIBERTY" AND THE
- BRITISH REGULARS, 16TH FOOT
- FIRST BLOODSHED IN THE
- WAR OF THE REVOLUTION
- ON THIS SITE IN THE
- OLD SHAKESPEARE TAVERN
- WAS ORGANIZED
- THE SEVENTH REGIMENT
- NATIONAL GUARD, S. N. Y.
- AUG. 25, 1824
- ON THE COMMON OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK,
- NEAR WHERE THIS BUILDING NOW STANDS, THERE
- STOOD FROM 1766 TO 1776 A LIBERTY POLE
- ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE THE REPEAL OF THE
- STAMP ACT. IT WAS REPEATEDLY DESTROYED BY
- THE VIOLENCE OF THE TORIES AND AS REPEATEDLY
- REPLACED BY THE SONS OF LIBERTY, WHO ORGANIZED
- A CONSTANT WATCH AND GUARD. IN ITS
- DEFENCE THE FIRST MARTYR BLOOD OF THE AMERICAN
- REVOLUTION WAS SHED ON JAN. 18, 1770.
- NEAR THIS SPOT IN THE PRESENCE OF
- GEN. GEORGE WASHINGTON
- THE DECLARATION OF
- INDEPENDENCE
- WAS READ AND PUBLISHED
- TO THE
- AMERICAN ARMY
- JULY 9TH, 1776
- THE FIRST
- PRESIDENTIAL MANSION
- NO. 1 CHERRY STREET
- OCCUPIED BY
- GEORGE WASHINGTON
- FROM APRIL 23, 1789
- TO FEBRUARY 23, 1790
- ERECTED BY THE
- MARY WASHINGTON COLONIAL CHAPTER, D.A.R.
- APRIL 30, 1899
- BUILT IN 1626.
- WITHIN THE FORTIFICATIONS
- WAS ERECTED THE FIRST
- SUBSTANTIAL CHURCH EDIFICE
- ON THE ISLAND OF MANHATTAN.
- IN 1787 THE FORT
- WAS DEMOLISHED
- AND THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE
- BUILT UPON THIS SITE
- 1636 1897
- ON THIS SITE STOOD THE "STADHUIS"
- OF NEW AMSTERDAM——ERECTED 1636
- THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE IN LOVING MEMORY
- OF THE FIRST DUTCH SETTLERS BY THE
- HOLLAND DAMES OF THE NEW
- NETHERLANDS AND THE
- KNIGHTS OF THE LEGION OF THE CROWN
- LAVINIA
- KONIGIN
- TO COMMEMORATE THE GALLANT AND PATRIOTIC
- ACT OF MARINUS WILLETT IN HERE SEIZING
- JUNE 6, 1775, FROM THE BRITISH FORCES THE
- MUSKETS WITH WHICH HE ARMED HIS
- TROOPS. THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY
- THE SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE
- REVOLUTION, NEW YORK, NOV. 12, 1892
- THE SITE OF THE
- FIRST DUTCH HOUSE OF ENTERTAINMENT
- ON THE ISLAND OF MANHATTAN
- LATER THE SITE OF THE OLD "STADT HUYS"
- OR CITY HALL
- THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE BY
- THE HOLLAND SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
- SEPTEMBER, 1890
- ON THIS SITE
- WILLIAM BRADFORD
- APPOINTED
- PUBLIC PRINTER
- APRIL 10, A. D. 1693
- ESTABLISHED THE FIRST
- PRINTING PRESS
- IN THE
- COLONY OF NEW YORK
- ERECTED BY THE
- NEW YORK
- HISTORICAL SOCIETY
- APRIL 10, A. D. 1893
- IN COMMEMORATION OF
- THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY
- OF THE INTRODUCTION
- OF PRINTING IN
- NEW YORK
- HERE STOOD
- THE MIDDLE DUTCH CHURCH
- DEDICATED A. D. 1729
- MADE A BRITISH MILITARY PRISON 1776
- RESTORED 1790
- OCCUPIED AS THE UNITED STATES POST-OFFICE
- 1845-1875
- TAKEN DOWN 1882
- "GOLDEN HILL"
- HERE, JAN. 18, 1770
- THE FIGHT TOOK PLACE BETWEEN THE
- "SONS OF LIBERTY" AND THE
- BRITISH REGULARS, 16TH FOOT
- FIRST BLOODSHED IN THE
- WAR OF THE REVOLUTION
- ON THIS SITE IN THE
- OLD SHAKESPEARE TAVERN
- WAS ORGANIZED
- THE SEVENTH REGIMENT
- NATIONAL GUARD, S. N. Y.
- AUG. 25, 1824
- ON THE COMMON OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK,
- NEAR WHERE THIS BUILDING NOW STANDS, THERE
- STOOD FROM 1766 TO 1776 A LIBERTY POLE
- ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE THE REPEAL OF THE
- STAMP ACT. IT WAS REPEATEDLY DESTROYED BY
- THE VIOLENCE OF THE TORIES AND AS REPEATEDLY
- REPLACED BY THE SONS OF LIBERTY, WHO ORGANIZED
- A CONSTANT WATCH AND GUARD. IN ITS
- DEFENCE THE FIRST MARTYR BLOOD OF THE AMERICAN
- REVOLUTION WAS SHED ON JAN. 18, 1770.
- NEAR THIS SPOT IN THE PRESENCE OF
- GEN. GEORGE WASHINGTON
- THE DECLARATION OF
- INDEPENDENCE
- WAS READ AND PUBLISHED
- TO THE
- AMERICAN ARMY
- JULY 9TH, 1776
- THE FIRST
- PRESIDENTIAL MANSION
- NO. 1 CHERRY STREET
- OCCUPIED BY
- GEORGE WASHINGTON
- FROM APRIL 23, 1789
- TO FEBRUARY 23, 1790
- ERECTED BY THE
- MARY WASHINGTON COLONIAL CHAPTER, D.A.R.
- APRIL 30, 1899
- II
- II
- THIS TABLET MARKS THE SITE OF THE
- FIRST HABITATIONS OF WHITE MEN
- ON THE ISLAND OF MANHATTAN
- ADRIAN BLOCK
- COMMANDER OF THE "TIGER"
- ERECTED HERE FOUR HOUSES OR HUTS
- AFTER HIS VESSEL WAS BURNED
- NOVEMBER, 1613
- HE BUILT THE RESTLESS, THE FIRST VESSEL
- MADE BY EUROPEANS IN THIS COUNTRY
- THE RESTLESS WAS LAUNCHED
- IN THE SPRING OF 1614
- W. C.
- HEAR . LYES . THE . BODY
- OF . RICHARD . CHVRCH
- ER . SON . OF . WILLIA
- M . CHVRCHER . WHO .
- DIED . THE . 5 OF . APRIL
- 1681 . OF . AGE 5 YEARS
- AND . 5 . MONTHS
- HERE LIES
- DEPOSITED THE BODY OF
- JAMES LEESON,
- WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON
- THE 28TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1794,
- AGED 38 YEARS.
- IN MEMORY OF
- MICHAEL CRESAP
- FIRST CAPTAIN OF THE
- RIFLE BATTALIONS
- AND SON OF COLONEL THOMAS CRESAP
- WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
- OCT. 18, A. D. 1775.
- THE SITE OF
- LIEUT. GOVE. DE LANCEY'S HOUSE,
- LATER THE CITY HOTEL.
- IT WAS HERE THAT THE NON-IMPORTATION
- AGREEMENT, IN OPPOSITION TO THE STAMP
- ACT, WAS SIGNED, OCT. 15TH, 1766. THE
- TAVERN HAD MANY PROPRIETORS BY WHOSE
- NAMES IT WAS SUCCESSIVELY CALLED. IT
- WAS ALSO KNOWN AS THE PROVINCE ARMS, THE
- CITY ARMS AND BURNS COFFEE HOUSE OR TAVERN.
- TO MARK THE LANDING PLACE OF
- GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON,
- JUNE 25, 1775,
- ON HIS WAY TO CAMBRIDGE
- TO COMMAND
- THE AMERICAN ARMY.
- FIRST HABITATIONS OF WHITE MEN
- ON THE ISLAND OF MANHATTAN
- ADRIAN BLOCK
- COMMANDER OF THE "TIGER"
- ERECTED HERE FOUR HOUSES OR HUTS
- AFTER HIS VESSEL WAS BURNED
- NOVEMBER, 1613
- HE BUILT THE RESTLESS, THE FIRST VESSEL
- MADE BY EUROPEANS IN THIS COUNTRY
- THE RESTLESS WAS LAUNCHED
- IN THE SPRING OF 1614
- W. C.
- HEAR . LYES . THE . BODY
- OF . RICHARD . CHVRCH
- ER . SON . OF . WILLIA
- M . CHVRCHER . WHO .
- DIED . THE . 5 OF . APRIL
- 1681 . OF . AGE 5 YEARS
- AND . 5 . MONTHS
- HERE LIES
- DEPOSITED THE BODY OF
- JAMES LEESON,
- WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON
- THE 28TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1794,
- AGED 38 YEARS.
- IN MEMORY OF
- MICHAEL CRESAP
- FIRST CAPTAIN OF THE
- RIFLE BATTALIONS
- AND SON OF COLONEL THOMAS CRESAP
- WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
- OCT. 18, A. D. 1775.
- THE SITE OF
- LIEUT. GOVE. DE LANCEY'S HOUSE,
- LATER THE CITY HOTEL.
- IT WAS HERE THAT THE NON-IMPORTATION
- AGREEMENT, IN OPPOSITION TO THE STAMP
- ACT, WAS SIGNED, OCT. 15TH, 1766. THE
- TAVERN HAD MANY PROPRIETORS BY WHOSE
- NAMES IT WAS SUCCESSIVELY CALLED. IT
- WAS ALSO KNOWN AS THE PROVINCE ARMS, THE
- CITY ARMS AND BURNS COFFEE HOUSE OR TAVERN.
- TO MARK THE LANDING PLACE OF
- GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON,
- JUNE 25, 1775,
- ON HIS WAY TO CAMBRIDGE
- TO COMMAND
- THE AMERICAN ARMY.
- THIS TABLET MARKS THE SITE OF THE
- THIS TABLET MARKS THE SITE OF THE
- FIRST HABITATIONS OF WHITE MEN
- ON THE ISLAND OF MANHATTAN
- ADRIAN BLOCK
- COMMANDER OF THE "TIGER"
- ERECTED HERE FOUR HOUSES OR HUTS
- AFTER HIS VESSEL WAS BURNED
- NOVEMBER, 1613
- HE BUILT THE RESTLESS, THE FIRST VESSEL
- MADE BY EUROPEANS IN THIS COUNTRY
- THE RESTLESS WAS LAUNCHED
- IN THE SPRING OF 1614
- W. C.
- HEAR . LYES . THE . BODY
- OF . RICHARD . CHVRCH
- ER . SON . OF . WILLIA
- M . CHVRCHER . WHO .
- DIED . THE . 5 OF . APRIL
- 1681 . OF . AGE 5 YEARS
- AND . 5 . MONTHS
- HERE LIES
- DEPOSITED THE BODY OF
- JAMES LEESON,
- WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON
- THE 28TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1794,
- AGED 38 YEARS.
- IN MEMORY OF
- MICHAEL CRESAP
- FIRST CAPTAIN OF THE
- RIFLE BATTALIONS
- AND SON OF COLONEL THOMAS CRESAP
- WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
- OCT. 18, A. D. 1775.
- THE SITE OF
- LIEUT. GOVE. DE LANCEY'S HOUSE,
- LATER THE CITY HOTEL.
- IT WAS HERE THAT THE NON-IMPORTATION
- AGREEMENT, IN OPPOSITION TO THE STAMP
- ACT, WAS SIGNED, OCT. 15TH, 1766. THE
- TAVERN HAD MANY PROPRIETORS BY WHOSE
- NAMES IT WAS SUCCESSIVELY CALLED. IT
- WAS ALSO KNOWN AS THE PROVINCE ARMS, THE
- CITY ARMS AND BURNS COFFEE HOUSE OR TAVERN.
- TO MARK THE LANDING PLACE OF
- GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON,
- JUNE 25, 1775,
- ON HIS WAY TO CAMBRIDGE
- TO COMMAND
- THE AMERICAN ARMY.
- FIRST HABITATIONS OF WHITE MEN
- ON THE ISLAND OF MANHATTAN
- ADRIAN BLOCK
- COMMANDER OF THE "TIGER"
- ERECTED HERE FOUR HOUSES OR HUTS
- AFTER HIS VESSEL WAS BURNED
- NOVEMBER, 1613
- HE BUILT THE RESTLESS, THE FIRST VESSEL
- MADE BY EUROPEANS IN THIS COUNTRY
- THE RESTLESS WAS LAUNCHED
- IN THE SPRING OF 1614
- W. C.
- HEAR . LYES . THE . BODY
- OF . RICHARD . CHVRCH
- ER . SON . OF . WILLIA
- M . CHVRCHER . WHO .
- DIED . THE . 5 OF . APRIL
- 1681 . OF . AGE 5 YEARS
- AND . 5 . MONTHS
- HERE LIES
- DEPOSITED THE BODY OF
- JAMES LEESON,
- WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON
- THE 28TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1794,
- AGED 38 YEARS.
- IN MEMORY OF
- MICHAEL CRESAP
- FIRST CAPTAIN OF THE
- RIFLE BATTALIONS
- AND SON OF COLONEL THOMAS CRESAP
- WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
- OCT. 18, A. D. 1775.
- THE SITE OF
- LIEUT. GOVE. DE LANCEY'S HOUSE,
- LATER THE CITY HOTEL.
- IT WAS HERE THAT THE NON-IMPORTATION
- AGREEMENT, IN OPPOSITION TO THE STAMP
- ACT, WAS SIGNED, OCT. 15TH, 1766. THE
- TAVERN HAD MANY PROPRIETORS BY WHOSE
- NAMES IT WAS SUCCESSIVELY CALLED. IT
- WAS ALSO KNOWN AS THE PROVINCE ARMS, THE
- CITY ARMS AND BURNS COFFEE HOUSE OR TAVERN.
- TO MARK THE LANDING PLACE OF
- GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON,
- JUNE 25, 1775,
- ON HIS WAY TO CAMBRIDGE
- TO COMMAND
- THE AMERICAN ARMY.
- III
- III
- IN THIS VAULT LIES BURIED
- PETRUS STUYVESANT,
- LATE CAPTAIN-GENERAL AND GOVERNOR IN CHIEF
- OF AMSTERDAM IN NEW NETHERLAND
- NOW CALLED NEW YORK
- AND THE DUTCH WEST INDIES, DIED IN A. D. 1671/2
- AGED 80 YEARS.
- ON THIS CORNER GREW
- PETRUS STUYVESANT'S PEAR TREE
- RECALLED TO HOLLAND IN 1664,
- ON HIS RETURN
- HE BROUGHT THE PEAR TREE
- AND PLANTED IT
- AS HIS MEMORIAL,
- "BY WHICH," SAID HE, "MY NAME
- MAY BE REMEMBERED."
- THE PEAR TREE FLOURISHED
- AND BORE FRUIT FOR OVER
- TWO HUNDRED YEARS.
- THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE BY
- THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
- OF NEW YORK
- SEPTEMBER, 1890.
- GRAMERCY PARK
- FOUNDED BY
- SAMUEL B. RUGGLES
- 1831
- COMMEMORATED BY THIS TABLET
- IMBEDDED IN
- THE GRAMERCY FARM BY
- JOHN RUGGLES STRONG.
- 1875.
- PETRUS STUYVESANT,
- LATE CAPTAIN-GENERAL AND GOVERNOR IN CHIEF
- OF AMSTERDAM IN NEW NETHERLAND
- NOW CALLED NEW YORK
- AND THE DUTCH WEST INDIES, DIED IN A. D. 1671/2
- AGED 80 YEARS.
- ON THIS CORNER GREW
- PETRUS STUYVESANT'S PEAR TREE
- RECALLED TO HOLLAND IN 1664,
- ON HIS RETURN
- HE BROUGHT THE PEAR TREE
- AND PLANTED IT
- AS HIS MEMORIAL,
- "BY WHICH," SAID HE, "MY NAME
- MAY BE REMEMBERED."
- THE PEAR TREE FLOURISHED
- AND BORE FRUIT FOR OVER
- TWO HUNDRED YEARS.
- THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE BY
- THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
- OF NEW YORK
- SEPTEMBER, 1890.
- GRAMERCY PARK
- FOUNDED BY
- SAMUEL B. RUGGLES
- 1831
- COMMEMORATED BY THIS TABLET
- IMBEDDED IN
- THE GRAMERCY FARM BY
- JOHN RUGGLES STRONG.
- 1875.
- IN THIS VAULT LIES BURIED
- IN THIS VAULT LIES BURIED
- PETRUS STUYVESANT,
- LATE CAPTAIN-GENERAL AND GOVERNOR IN CHIEF
- OF AMSTERDAM IN NEW NETHERLAND
- NOW CALLED NEW YORK
- AND THE DUTCH WEST INDIES, DIED IN A. D. 1671/2
- AGED 80 YEARS.
- ON THIS CORNER GREW
- PETRUS STUYVESANT'S PEAR TREE
- RECALLED TO HOLLAND IN 1664,
- ON HIS RETURN
- HE BROUGHT THE PEAR TREE
- AND PLANTED IT
- AS HIS MEMORIAL,
- "BY WHICH," SAID HE, "MY NAME
- MAY BE REMEMBERED."
- THE PEAR TREE FLOURISHED
- AND BORE FRUIT FOR OVER
- TWO HUNDRED YEARS.
- THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE BY
- THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
- OF NEW YORK
- SEPTEMBER, 1890.
- GRAMERCY PARK
- FOUNDED BY
- SAMUEL B. RUGGLES
- 1831
- COMMEMORATED BY THIS TABLET
- IMBEDDED IN
- THE GRAMERCY FARM BY
- JOHN RUGGLES STRONG.
- 1875.
- PETRUS STUYVESANT,
- LATE CAPTAIN-GENERAL AND GOVERNOR IN CHIEF
- OF AMSTERDAM IN NEW NETHERLAND
- NOW CALLED NEW YORK
- AND THE DUTCH WEST INDIES, DIED IN A. D. 1671/2
- AGED 80 YEARS.
- ON THIS CORNER GREW
- PETRUS STUYVESANT'S PEAR TREE
- RECALLED TO HOLLAND IN 1664,
- ON HIS RETURN
- HE BROUGHT THE PEAR TREE
- AND PLANTED IT
- AS HIS MEMORIAL,
- "BY WHICH," SAID HE, "MY NAME
- MAY BE REMEMBERED."
- THE PEAR TREE FLOURISHED
- AND BORE FRUIT FOR OVER
- TWO HUNDRED YEARS.
- THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE BY
- THE HOLLAND SOCIETY
- OF NEW YORK
- SEPTEMBER, 1890.
- GRAMERCY PARK
- FOUNDED BY
- SAMUEL B. RUGGLES
- 1831
- COMMEMORATED BY THIS TABLET
- IMBEDDED IN
- THE GRAMERCY FARM BY
- JOHN RUGGLES STRONG.
- 1875.
- INDEX
- INDEX
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