Notes geographical and historical relating to the town of Brooklyn

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Author

Furman, Gabriel, 1800-1854

Title

Notes Geographical and Historical, Relating to the Town of Brooklyn in Kings County on Long-Island

Credits

Produced by Chuck Greif and The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

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

Subject

Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- History

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 56078

Release Date

November 29, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.GEOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL, RELATING TO THE IN KINGS COUNTY ON
2. 2.ADVERTISEMENT.
3. 3.SITUATION.
4. 4.ANCIENT NAMES AND REMAINS.
5. 5.SOIL AND CLIMATE.
6. 6.ANCIENT GRANTS AND PATENTS.
7. 7.Town Rights and Ferries.
8. 8.ROADS AND PUBLIC LANDING PLACES.
9. 9.COMMON LANDS, AND THE DIVISION THEREOF.
10. 10.DIFFERENCES AS TO BOUNDS.
11. 11.DIFFERENCE WITH BUSHWICK.
12. 12.DIFFERENCE WITH FLATBUSH.
13. 13.DIFFERENCE WITH NEW-UTRECHT.
14. 14.REVOLUTIONARY INCIDENTS.
15. 15.ANCIENT GOVERNMENT.
16. 16.PRESENT GOVERNMENT. — First—the Town Government. — Second—the Village Government.
17. 17.PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND INSTITUTIONS. — First, Churches. — Second, Markets. — Third, Public Institutions. — POPULATION AND INCREASE.
18. 18.SCHOOLS, NEWS-PAPERS, AND MORAL CHARACTER. — Newspapers. — Moral Character.
19. 19.FIRE DEPARTMENT.
20. 20.MISCELLANEOUS.
21. 21.APPENDIX. — A. — Deed from William Morris and wife to the Corporation of New-York. — A Warrant for enforcing the payment of a town tax in the town of Brooklyn. — B. — C. — The Petition of Volkert Brier. — D. — A Letter from Justice Ffilkin to the Secretary at New-York. — [E] — The Address of the Deputies, assembled at Hempstead.
22. 22.APPENDIX, N O . 2.
23. 23.ADVERTISEMENT.
24. 24.CONTENTS.

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