History 0f Manhattan, City of New York - + Bonus Books

Description

The Story of
Manhattan
By Charles Hemstreet, 1901
249  pages, Illustrated, Indexed, Searchable
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Bonus Book –
Annals of
Old Manhattan
1609-1664
With Numerous Illustrations
By Julia M. Colton, 1901
238 pages, Illustrated, Indexed, Searchable
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Bonus Book –
Queens Borough
Being a Descriptive and Illustrated Book
Of the Borough of Queens, city of
Greater New York, Setting Forth
Its Many Advantages
By Chamber of Commerce, 1913
125 pages, Illustrated, Indexed, Searchable
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Bonus Book –
How the Dutch
Came to Manhattan
By Blanche McManus, 1897
82 pages, Illustrated, Searchable
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Manhattan is the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the U.S. state of New York. The borough and county consist of Manhattan Island and several small adjacent islands: Roosevelt Island, Randall's Island, Wards Island, Governors Island, Liberty Island, part of Ellis Island, Mill Rock, and U Thant Island; as well as Marble Hill, a very small area on the mainland bordering the Bronx. The original city of New York began at the southern end of Manhattan, expanded northward, and then between 1874 and 1898, annexed land from surrounding counties.
Manhattan is the major commercial, financial, and cultural center of the United States. Anchored by Wall Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City functions as the financial capital of the world and is home of both the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ. Many major radio, television, and telecommunications companies in the United States are based here, as well as many news, magazine, book, and other media publishers.
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. The Adventures of Henry
Hudson. From 1609 to 161 2 . . . i
CHAPTER II. The First Traders on the
Island. From 161 2 to 1625 .... 10
CHAPTER III. Peter Minuit, First of the
Dutch Governors. From 1626 to 1633 18
CHAPTER IV. Walter Van Twiller, Sec-
ond of the Dutch Governors. From 1633 to 1637 25
CHAPTER V. William Kieft and the War
with the Indians. From 1637 to 1647 • 32
CHAPTER VI. Peter Stuyvesant, the Last
of the Dutch Governors. From 1647
to 1664 44
CHAPTER VII. New York Under the
English and the Dutch. From 1664 to
1674 SS
CHAPTER VIII. Something About the
Bolting Act. From 1674 to 1688 . . 61
CHAPTER IX. The Stirring Times of
Jacob Leisler. From 1688 to 169 1 . 66
CHAPTER X. The Sad End of Jacob
Leisler. The Year 1691 71
CHAPTER XI. Governor Fletcher and
the Privateers. From 1692 to 1696 . 77
CHAPTER XII. Containing the True
Life of Captain Kidd. From 1696 to
1702
CHAPTER XIII. Lord Cornbury makes
Himself very Unpopular. From 1702
to 1708 91
CHAPTER XIV. Lord Lovelace and
Robert Hunter. From 1708 to 1720 95
CHAPTER XV. Governor Burnet and the
French Traders. From 1720 to 1732 loi
CHAPTER XVI. The Trial of Zenger,
the Printer. From 1732 to 1736 . . 106
CHAPTER XVII. Concerning the Negro
plot. From 1736 to 1743 . . . . iii
CHAPTER XVIII. The Tragic Death of
Sir Danvers Osborne. From 1743 to
1753 . . . .
CHAPTER XIX. The Beginning of Dis-
content. From 1753 to 1763 . . . 121
CHAPTER XX. The Story of the Stamp
Act. From 1763 to 1765 . . . . 127
CHAPTER XXI. The Beginning of
Revolution. From 1765 to 1770 . . 133
CHAPTER XXII. Fighting the Tax on
Tea. From 1770 to 1774 .... 137
CHAPTER XXIII. The Sons of Liberty
at Turtle Bay. From 1774 to 1775 . 143
CHAPTER XXIV. The War of the
Revolution. In the Year 1775 . . . 147
CHAPTER XXV. A Battle on Long
Island. The Year 1776 151
CHAPTER XXVI. The British Occupy
New York. The Year 1776 {Con-
tinued) 156
CHAPTER XXVII. The Battle of Har-
lem Heights. The Year 1776 {^Con-
tinued) 164
CHAPTER XXVIII. The British Fail
to Sweep Everything Before Them.
From 1776 to 1777 167
CHAPTER XXIX. New York a Prison
House. From 1777 to 1783 . . . 173
CHAPTER XXX. After the War. From
1783 to 1788 179
CHAPTER XXXI. The First President
of the United States. The Year 1788 186
CHAPTER XXXII. The Welcome to
George Washington. The Year 1789 19c
CHAPTER XXXIII. Concerning the
Tammany Society and Burr's Bank.
From 1789 to 1800 197
CHAPTER XXXIV. More about Hamil-
ton and Burr. From 1801 to 1804 . 204
CHAPTER XXXV. Robert Fulton Builds
a Steam-Boat. From 1805 to 1807 • ^^^
CHAPTER XXXVI. The City Plan.
From 1807 to 1 8 14 212
CHAPTER XXX VI I. The Story of the
Erie Canal. From 1814 to 1825 . . 216
CHAPTER XXXVIII. The Building of
the Croton Aqueduct. From 1825 to
1845 223
CHAPTER XXXIX. Professor Morse and
the Telegraph. From 1845 - 1878 . 230
CHAPTER XL. The Greater New York.
To the Present Time 235
TABLE OF EVENTS 237
INDEX 243
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