New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-18
LITTLE OLD NEW YORK.
Some Odd Phases of Her March to
Greatness.
XIII

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chronology here are twenty-six interes,fax
landmarks OF old New York for the guiaane,
Of the home student and the stranger v,ss.or.
% The site Of Fort Ansterdam-yvhere the me-
Custom House IS to be erected on Bowling er.eu
(2) The site Of the first habltaticns OF white ma,
Cd the island erected by Adrian BIock-No Al
Broadway CD Stuyvesant's White HafI%-No
73 Pear.-st Cl) Stuyvesants country resttsacs
-Fourteerth-st. TO Sixteertt-st.. Fourth-avs
to the East River. 90 stuyvesanrs burial place
st Marks Churchyard. Stuyvssant-st ara
s .cond-ave Co Stuyvesant's pear tree-Forns-
Iy corner Of Thfrteenth-st and Third-avs Il,
First church Of the HuguenOts. erected n fgss
Where the Produce Exchange stands. CsD Tbs
first house Of worship Of S4e Dutch. e-ectsd
In 1593-Exchange Place. Che sptsuaI bow
made for this congregation IN Holland Is IN ne
Collegiate Church. at Fifth-avs- and Twenty
ninth-st.) (9D Where Charlotte Temple sndpd
her Hfe-On the north side Of Peu-st. vss.
Of the Bowery. IN one OF two houses paint
ed yellow dOD william E-adforTs Cths a.s,
printer shop-No 81 Pearl-st- Old Second CITY
HaIEOn the site Of the Sub-Treasury. CD
Slave n1arket-Foot OF WaIl-st. G3J The fash
10 liable promenade OF the old days-The Mall n
the neighborhood OF Trinity Church. Cd The
shopping centre OF the city IN 1765-Hanovsr
Square 90 Where New-York's first Newspaper
was issued-The site OF the Cotton Exchange
DO The Kennedy House. OF historic association
No. 1 Broadway. 40 Where the non-inporta-
ton agreement in opposition TO The Stamp Ac,
was signed in 176J-No. 10 Broadway QS
Golden Hill. where the first blood in tie War
of the Revolution was shed-John-st.. near VIII
lam 90 Where the first Liberty Pole was
erected 20 commemorate the repeal os ths
Stamp ActLThe site OF the Postoflcs Building
OF the British soIdiers-Broad and Beaver sta
C21) Where the Declaration Of Independents
was read and published-Near the west wing
Of the present City Hall CPD The site Of tbs
Middle Dutch Church dedicated in 1729-
Mutual Life Building, Nassau. Cedar and Lib
erty SITS. (2:) Where General washington land
ed on his way TO Cambridge 70 command ths
American Arny-West-st.. near Laight. ca
Points fortified against attacks oy the British
On the East River. at Forty-fourth-st- Fifty
fodrth-st.. Seventy -fOurth-st.. EIghty-dfth-st.
Eighty-ninth-st.. Mount Morris Park. back G:
Trinity Church. Jones's Hill. near Broons-s.:
Bunker Hill. Grand and Mulberry SIS. CO..
Where Washington rallied hts men against the
attack Of Clinton and Do1Op-Park-avs. and
Fortieth-st coo Where Generals washington
and Putnam met during the movement OF the
American Army the day before the battle @.
Broadway, between Forty-third and Forty
fourth SITS. More anon.
Events were shaping themselves for TIRE fna1
outbreak in 1869. viii be seen oy the foi-
lowing extracts from a circular headed 10 Ire
Betrayed Inhabitants Of the City and Colony o.
New-TOrk." and signed ~ Son of Liberty. il
possession OF the New-York Historical Society:
My Dear Fellow Citizens and Courtryrns1:
"In Day when the 81iniOns Of Tyranny and
Despotism in the Mother Country. AID the Col
Onies, are in1efatiSable in laying every S1ara
that their malevOlenr and corrupt Hearts can
suggest. TO enslave a free people. when thS
unfortunate Country has been striving under
many Disadvantages for three Years past. to
preserve their Freedom: when the Nsr-
chants Of this City and the Capital towns on the
Continent have nObly ard Cheerfuly sacrificed
their private interests 20 the publck GOod
rather than to promote the Designs OF the Enc
mics Of our happy Constitution. il might justly
be expected. that in this day OF COnscicutional
Light. the Representatives of this Colony. would
not be hardy. nor 50 lost 20 al sense Or
Duty 70 their Constituents as 70 oetray
the Trust committed TO them liz passing tn
vote to give the troops $1,000 out Of M
Treasury and 1900 out Of the money %
be put out on loan. and which the colony
would be Obliged 20 make good. And that they
have betrayed the Liberties Of the People
And what makes the ASSsubly's granting ms
Money the more grievOUs is that it goes 70 the
Support OF the Troops kept here. not 20 pro
tect but 10 ensave US. Is this Srais %
be rested in when our all is at Stake? Va ny
n.
pie of the Friends OF Liberty in England. veo
rather than be enslaved contend for their rgaS
with the ks. Lords and Commons And w.
you suffer your Liberties 20 b tom from YOU ol
yorIr own Representatives? Tell il not in Sos
ton; publish IL not IN the Streets or Charles-cn.
Assemble in the Fields on MONDAY neN'
where your sense ought TO be taken on this III
portant Point
After the meeting OF the following day which
disapproved the action OF the Asseulo-I, -, -
ether handful. signed Legion appeared WhlcA
caused the Assembly much annoy ancs. was es-
clared IibellOus and a reward OF tl9O vas Of
fered for the discovery OF the writer Ihrousl
information given by James Parker a PRATT.
In whose office the printing was done anu W
was threatened with the loss or his placs -
Secretary OF the Postoffice II he do not sL,s -
name OF the writer. Alexander M3cGouslL " ~
al rested and imprisoned New-York honors u.
by naming a street for Elm. and the histoI',5
names him the first martyr 70 the ea1ss s.
liberty Here is an extract from a letter 81.
to London from New-YOrIS on January :. rev
which tells OF the trOublOus times IN me ~iN -
We are all in Confusion In this Cily -,
Soldiers have cut and blOwed up liberty "a
and have caused much Trouble petNJ ,,,.-rs,<
Inhabitants. On Friday last between D ,,s1;
Slip and the Fly Market. was an ErSaSsh,ss.
between the Inhabitants and the Soldiers. - -
much Blood was split: one sailor so0 - -.
through the Body. who since Died, one man - -
his Skull cut in the most Cruel Manner. ON -,
urday the Hall Bell rang fer an Alarm. N-s
was another Battle between the Inh1bitantS -.
soldiers; but the soldiers met wl,a ~ -
the Chiefest part being sailors and Ciuos 80,
verge the Death OF their frother. wnich 80
did with Courage and made them all run 20 ~
Barracks. What will be the end OF taiS "
knowsl"
The troubls referred to in this letter eu ,,
mated in the two days battle OF Golden -.
witch has been glCrifed and perpstus's'
history -
The Liberty Boys were not 20 be 0alN. N,s
the action Of Mayor Hicks and the 80 -.
Council on January so 1TTO. in refusins -.
site on which to erect NTH Liberty xsca