ISBN: 1231899735

[EAN: 9781231899731], Neubuch, [PU: RareBooksClub], MARTHA JOANNA LAMB,LITERARY, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 154 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.3in.This historic bo… More...

[EAN: 9781231899731], Neubuch, [PU: RareBooksClub], MARTHA JOANNA LAMB,LITERARY, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 154 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.3in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1877 Excerpt: . . . annum. They surveyed and established the streets, seventeen in number. This occurred in July. 2 The next year, they began to pave. The first street honored with paving-Jul7 stones was De Hoogh, --what is now Stone Street, between Broad and Whitehall. In 1658, De Brugh or Bridge Street, so called from a bridge which had been built across the ditch at Broad Street, was improved in like manner. Within the next two years, all the streets most used were paved. These pavements were of cobble-stones, with the gutters in the middle of the street. Sidewalks were not as yet contemplated. The census of the city was taken in 1656. The inhabitants were found to number one thousand, of which a large proportion were negro slaves. The adjoining cut is a copy of Augustine Heermans sketch of New York in 1656, which was widely copied and circulated in Europe. 1 This harsh decree was suspended, out of regard to the feeble health of Rev. Mr. Goetwater. s The names of the streets were: Tc Marckvelt, De Heere Straat, De Waal, Tc Water, De Perel Straat, Aghter De Perel Straat, De Browner Straat, De Winckel Straat, De Bever Graft, Tc Marckvelt Steegie, De Smee Straat, De Smite Valley, De Hoogh Straat, De Brugh. Straat, De Heere Graft, De Prince Graft, De Prince Straat. There was, on the line of Moore Street, one small wharf running out from Pearl, but exteuding a little farther into the stream than low-water mark. Ships usually moored in the East River, and sent their caigoes ashore in scows, which were compelled to come up to the head of the pier. The increase of the shipping rendered it desirable that this wharf should be elongated about fifty feet, and it was accordingly done. A market-stand for country wagons was established, the same year, on an uninclosed space near the Bowli. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN.<

2012, ISBN: 1231899735

[EAN: 9781231899731], Neubuch, [PU: Rarebooksclub.com, United States], Language: English Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing… More...

[EAN: 9781231899731], Neubuch, [PU: Rarebooksclub.com, United States], Language: English Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1877 Excerpt: .annum. They surveyed and established the streets, seventeen in number. This occurred in July.2 The next year, they began to pave. The first street honored with paving-Jul7 stones was De Hoogh, --what is now Stone Street, between Broad and Whitehall. In 1658, De Brugh or Bridge Street, so called from a bridge which had been built across the ditch at Broad Street, was improved in like manner. Within the next two years, all the streets most used were paved. These pavements were of cobble-stones, with the gutters in the middle of the street. Sidewalks were not as yet contemplated. The census of the city was taken in 1656. The inhabitants were found to number one thousand, of which a large proportion were negro slaves. The adjoining cut is a copy of Augustine Heerman s sketch of New York in 1656, which was widely copied and circulated in Europe. 1 This harsh decree was suspended, out of regard to the feeble health of Rev. Mr. Goetwater. s The names of the streets were: Tc Marckvelt, De Heere Straat, De Waal, Tc Water, De Perel Straat, Aghter De Perel Straat, De Browner Straat, De Winckel Straat, De Bever Graft, Tc Marckvelt Steegie, De Smee Straat, De Smite Valley, De Hoogh Straat, De Brugh. Straat, De Heere Graft, De Prince Graft, De Prince Straat. There was, on the line of Moore Street, one small wharf running out from Pearl, but exteuding a little farther into the stream than low-water mark. Ships usually moored in the East River, and sent their caigoes ashore in scows, which were compelled to come up to the head of the pier. The increase of the shipping rendered it desirable that this wharf should be elongated about fifty feet, and it was accordingly done. A market-stand for country wagons was established, the same year, on an uninclosed space near the Bowli.<