New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-09

pine-" The minister appealed to the c,ovar-7or
and Council from the decision OF the con~re-
gauon. and was sustained. Great excitement
ensued. and when De Lancey was elected a
Member OF Assembly the Governor ra,,..s
to administer the oath to him. alleging he va.
not subject OF the crown. AS De I.ancev bas
left France for England before the revocaticn
OF the Edict Of Nantes. and had received a
patent comforting the rights OF a citizen uDan
him from James II. on appeal TO the Assem-
oily his claims were sustained And thus enaes5
another OF the troublous church and state oass-
lions.
In 1I25 Johannes Janson became Mayor. ard
saw the first newspaper printed in New-yoek,
on small foolscap sheet. with the following
heading: "New-York Gazette. From Ntena.x
Oct 10th to Oct. 3d. 1125." The era or 3o,,r
hahsm began with it. and William Bradford
whose coming to the colony was nensi;.,-a r,
"io'her article. was the printer. New-Yos-x
was the third OF the colonies in which printing
was introduced Massachusetts and PennSvI-
wanna preceded it. The first printing done was
she laws Of the Colony in 1894 and the next
a, "A Letter o. Advice to Young Gentleman" in
1oSo' Dotn by Bradford. OF the Character OF
many papers printed since 1925 we are mute
Aooert Lurting, shipping merchant. sue
eeeGed Janson in 1126. and a corn market was
estaDhshed at the foot OF wall-st The focor,a
OF the city the next year was f2S5 LIS. sd A
SKINNY record, one may say, but it is ali thar
can be gathered
With April 10. 172S. came John Montgon a.
Governor and Chancellor OF New-Yo~, ana
New-Jersey. A groom OF the bedchamher To
the Prince of Wales. afterward George II. was.
he. OF yielding and indOlent temperament o.
his arrival the Mayor and corporation presez ats
him the freedom. Of the city in a gold boz. ana
the Assembly granted him five years revenrsr
Tor his support In the first year OF his airr7in-.
istration "a lot OF ground was granted g. ts.
Jews for bUrying ground near the crfupIs .,st,i
or swamp. liz feet long and so broad st.
mated opposite Chatham Square corner OF Few
etes-st NOW DIVERSITY, then long distances.
out of the city" Part OF this cemetery = st,Ilj
existing.
Jacobus Roosevelt purchased In 1T2s taa Iotn
: OF ground. % by 30 feet. for f1O lot. IN the
swamp near the cripple bush (now the a.ts ec
hooseVelt-sD- The valuation of land %h3s
section in 1902 was IS a square foot acc flor
to the real estate records. The city was I'D
ually extending its limits and the powder b,usa
which had been built few years before on
the commons was considered in an unsafe
place. A new magazine was determined on and
selected in the following: Resolved that a
little island in the fresh water is appropriated
as the most convenient place for building there
on magazine or powder house" This little
island" was in Elm-st
The Third, or Middle. Dutch Church which
fronted on Cedar. Liberty and Nassau SITS was
built in 1929. For the first thirty years the
services were performed exclusively in the
Dutch language. after which English was
used half the time. 1t became the prison house
OF three thousand Americans in 17T6. and was
riding school for the British cavalry
The rise and progress of the first public IL
brary Of New-York dates from 1929 when the
corporation received notice from the Society
for the Propagation OF the Gospel in Foreign
Parts in London that 1,642 volumes had been
bequeathed to it by the Rev. John Millington
rector of Newington. England and would be
presented to the city. They arrived safely In
the ship Alexander. Captain Downing and the
books were arranged and room appropriated
for their safekeeping in the City Hail. and the
thanks of the Corporation were politely re-
turned for this munifcent gift" To these was
added a collection presented in 100 by the Rev
John Sharp. who acted as librarian. He died
soon after his appointment. and the books were
number OF citizens founded the Society Library
In 1I12 George III granted a charter it. under
the name of the New-YOrk Society Library and
II fiOurished until the Revolution, when the efty
, fell into the hands of the British and the
library into the hands Of the British soldiers
Through them the valuable collection was scat
tered. mutilated and destroyed In 17S3 when
peace was finally declared. the society reunited
and once more began to collect books library
building was erected in Nassau-st. in 1893 bue
the collection Outgrew it's quarters and was re-
moved temporarily 10 the Mechanics Society
Building in ChambeTs-st-. where 1t continued
until 1910 when possession taken of the
new library the corner of broadway and
Leonard-st Business rush forced il I'D to the
Bible House in Astor Place. where it remained
until 1887, when it again moved. this time to
University Place, between Twelfth and Thir-
teenth SITS. A varied career, the reader may
well say, but the stuff fOTefathers were
made of should be a matter of pride with US
Threepence foot was given for land on the
west side of Broadway near the Battery in
this year. To-day $50 a square foot would be
laughed at. most likely, for the same ground as
| under price. ReCtOr-St. and other streets south
/ and west of it were laid out then. And many
business men of that section to-day are worried