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Charles Hemstreet
Nooks & Corners of Old New York
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NOOKS AND CORNERS
OF OLD NEW YORK
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THE SITE OF FORT AMSTERDAM, BUILT IN 1626. WITHIN THE FORTIFICATIONS WAS ERECTED THE FIRST SUBSTANTIAL CHURCH EDIFICE ON THE ISLAND OF MANHATTAN. IN 1787 THE FORT WAS DEMOLISHED AND THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE BUILT UPON THIS SITE
1636 1897 ON THIS SITE STOOD THE "STADHUIS" OF NEW AMSTERDAM——ERECTED 1636 THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE FIRST DUTCH SETTLERS BY THE HOLLAND DAMES OF THE NEW NETHERLANDS AND THE KNIGHTS OF THE LEGION OF THE CROWN LAVINIA KONIGIN
TO COMMEMORATE THE GALLANT AND PATRIOTIC ACT OF MARINUS WILLETT IN HERE SEIZING JUNE 6, 1775, FROM THE BRITISH FORCES THE MUSKETS WITH WHICH HE ARMED HIS TROOPS. THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THE SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE REVOLUTION, NEW YORK, NOV. 12, 1892
THE SITE OF THE FIRST DUTCH HOUSE OF ENTERTAINMENT ON THE ISLAND OF MANHATTAN LATER THE SITE OF THE OLD "STADT HUYS" OR CITY HALL THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE BY THE HOLLAND SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SEPTEMBER, 1890
ON THIS SITE WILLIAM BRADFORD APPOINTED PUBLIC PRINTER APRIL 10, AD 1693 ESTABLISHED THE FIRST PRINTING PRESS IN THE COLONY OF NEW YORK ERECTED BY THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY APRIL 10, AD 1893 IN COMMEMORATION OF THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INTRODUCTION OF PRINTING IN NEW YORK
HERE STOOD THE MIDDLE DUTCH CHURCH DEDICATED AD 1729 MADE A BRITISH MILITARY PRISON 1776 RESTORED 1790 OCCUPIED AS THE UNITED STATES POST-OFFICE 1845–1875 TAKEN DOWN 1882
"GOLDEN HILL" HERE, JAN. 18, 1770 THE FIGHT TOOK PLACE BETWEEN THE "SONS OF LIBERTY" AND THE BRITISH REGULARS, 16TH FOOT FIRST BLOODSHED IN THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION
ON THIS SITE IN THE OLD SHAKESPEARE TAVERN WAS ORGANIZED THE SEVENTH REGIMENT NATIONAL GUARD, S. N. Y. AUG. 25, 1824
ON THE COMMON OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, NEAR WHERE THIS BUILDING NOW STANDS, THERE STOOD FROM 1766 TO 1776 A LIBERTY POLE ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE THE REPEAL OF THE STAMP ACT. IT WAS REPEATEDLY DESTROYED BY THE VIOLENCE OF THE TORIES AND AS REPEATEDLY REPLACED BY THE SONS OF LIBERTY, WHO ORGANIZED A CONSTANT WATCH AND GUARD. IN ITS DEFENCE THE FIRST MARTYR BLOOD OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION WAS SHED ON JAN. 18, 1770.
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