The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-24
maps AND hooks or OLD CITY.
Collection Open 10 tho Public At the Lenox.
Library Building.

The celebration OF the citys 2SOth ami
versary has prompted the New York Public
Library to place on exhibition at the Lenox
Library building. Fifth avenue and Seven
tieth street, collection OF manuscripts,
maps, books and engravings illustrating
the history Of New York under the D utch
ii was opened yesterday and will be access
sible to the public. free of charge, on every
week day from A. M. till 6P. NJ
Students of the city's history will find
plenty to interest them. The exhibits
have been arranged in cases, in chrono-
logical order and, as whole. give a oonl.
p,ete history from the time Hudson sailed
into the lower bay until New Netherlands
was surrendered to the Dutch.
The first thing which strikes the visitors
eye in the collection is a copy az Purcha's
"Pigrimes, which contains the first printed
account of Henry Hudsons discovery Of
New York harbor in 1900, and on the page
Of the book which lies open il paragraph
which shows that, even in those times,
fish stories appealed to the imagination
After telling how the boat entered the
harbor and found good deep water, Ii SAYS.
Then our boats went on Land with our
Net to Fish and caught ten great Mulets
of footc and halle long II piece. and
he ship
-, -, Th,rs is e Photograph Of the charter Of
in 1914 and similar reproduction of the
purchase of Manhattan Island for o. Euelden
or about SET The original Of this letter il
in Dutch Translated II says
HiGH MIGHTY SIRs: Here arrived yester-
day the slip me Arms Of AnsterdSm Which
,efe are % soSd eou1a s+se and i've '
they have bouI 1t the .iand Manhattes from
the wild men for the value of sixty EuildeTs. II
is = IN ssssnt ne cargo Hf aSts
skins, MS otter. skins IS mink skins, 90 Wild
cat 81 ins. So minks and 81 rats. In Amster-
''"' NOV Your & A ais rs! Nights obedien.
p. ScHA0HEN.
There IL also on exhibition one OF the oldest
documents written OH the Island Of Man.
age and the ink is faded very little. This
IL letter written Aug. II, 1928. by Jonas
Michaelius, the minister Of the FIRST Dutch
Reformed church founded in the United
country, it's climate and products. the
Indians, 10.
An original COPY Of John de Laet's -Res-
chijvnghe van West-lndien.' published in
Leyden in 1890, shows q map which gives
a curious idea OF Manhattan and Long
Island Manhattan ia outlined in tri-
angular form and Long Island appears
A. three islands separated by rivers, which
appear to by about twenty-five to fifty miles
from this city.
The oldest view OF tho city Ia dated 1851,
and is supposed to show its appearance as
IL was In nbout 1880. II Is an engraving
by Joost Hargars. Other views Of New
Amsterdam in 1855 and at later dates, with
a collection Of pictures of old Dutch houses
and modern literature on the subject fill
several Cases.
Among the orr ginal documents are some
that date tack to ls4t. One Of Il en-. aligned
In that year by William Neft, Governor of
New Netherand, is worry faded and yellow,
but the wrtii & is still decpherable..
A copy Of another, the original Of which
Is preserved In the City Hall In this city,
relates that the first wave OF reform struck
Manhattan Island In May. 1847. when Gov
6tuyvesant issued an ordinance forbddinE
the ssle 81 into NicstinE liquors on Sunday.
Gov. stuyvesant's signature appears on
another faded document dated 1854, and
next to It 10 = modern engraving Of ths