Nooks and Corners of Old New York

About this eBook

Author

Hemstreet, Charles, 1866-

Title

Nooks & Corners of Old New York

Credits

Produced by Annie R. McGuire. This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Internet Archive.

Language

English

LoC Class

F106: United States local history: Atlantic coast. Middle Atlantic States

Subject

New York (N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

Category

Text

eBook-No.

39789

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39789

Release Date

May 25, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Nooks & Corners
2. 2.E. C. Peixotto — New York — Charles Scribner's Sons — MDCCCCV — COPYRIGHT, 1899 — BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS — NEW YORK
3. 3.INTRODUCTORY NOTE
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.OF OLD NEW YORK
6. 6.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
7. 7.II
8. 8.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.
9. 9.III
10. 10.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.
11. 11.INDEX
12. 12.INDEX

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