"A History of the City of Brooklyn and Kings County" is a comprehensive account of the New York City's most populous borough from the time of the discovery of America until the late 19th century. Named after the Dutch village of Breukelen, Brooklyn was an independent incorporated city, and previously an authorized village and town within the provisions of the New York State Constitution, until 1898, when, after a long political campaign and public relations battle during the 1890s, according to the new Municipal Charter of «Greater New York», Brooklyn was consolidated with the other cities, boroughs, and counties to form the modern City of New York. The borough continued, however, to maintain a distinct culture. Volume 1: The Region of Brooklyn at the Time of the Discovery Discovery and First Settlements The Indians and the Early Settlers The Beginnings of Breuckelen 1643-1647 Domestic and Social Life under the Dutch 1647-1664 Kings County after the English Conquest 1665-1700 Brooklyn before the Revolution 1701-1775 Kings County during the Revolution 1775-1783 Volume 2: Brooklyn after the Revolution 1784–1810 Brooklyn Village 1811-1833 The City of Brooklyn 1834-1860 The Period of the Civil War 1861-1865 Brooklyn after the War 1866-1876 The Modern City 1877-1893
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Stephen M. Ostrander. A History of the City of Brooklyn
A History of the City of Brooklyn
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Volume 1
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PREFACE
STEPHEN M. OSTRANDER
CHAPTER I. THE REGION OF BROOKLYN AT THE TIME OF THE DISCOVERY
CHAPTER II. DISCOVERY AND FIRST SETTLEMENTS
CHAPTER III. THE INDIANS AND THE EARLY SETTLERS
CHAPTER IV. THE BEGINNINGS OF BREUCKELEN. 1643–1647
CHAPTER V. DOMESTIC AND SOCIAL LIFE UNDER THE DUTCH. 1647–1664
CHAPTER VI. KINGS COUNTY AFTER THE ENGLISH CONQUEST. 1665–1700
CHAPTER VII. BROOKLYN BEFORE THE REVOLUTION. 1701–1775
CHAPTER VIII. KINGS COUNTY DURING THE REVOLUTION. 1775–1783
FOOTNOTES
Volume 2
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CHAPTER IX. BROOKLYN AFTER THE REVOLUTION. 1784–1810
CHAPTER X. BROOKLYN VILLAGE. 1811–1833
CHAPTER XI. THE CITY OF BROOKLYN. 1834–1860
CHAPTER XII. THE PERIOD OF THE CIVIL WAR. 1861–1865
CHAPTER XIII. BROOKLYN AFTER THE WAR. 1866–1876
CHAPTER XIV. THE MODERN CITY. 1877–1890
APPENDIX
I. FRANCIS LEWIS54
II. DUTCH NOMENCLATURE
III. NEW YORK AND BROOKLYN FERRY RIGHTS
IV. STATISTICS FROM THE FEDERAL CENSUS OF 1890 BROOKLYN MANUFACTURES56 Federal Census of 1890
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"The early historians of this State and locality, led astray by a petition presented by her, April 4th, 1656, (when she resided at the Walle-boght,) to the Governor and Council, for some meadows, in which she states that she is the 'first-born Christian child in New Netherlands,' assert that she was born at the Walle-boght. Judge Benson, in his writings, even ventures to describe the house where this took place. He says: 'On the point of land formed by the cove in Brooklyn, known as the Walle-boght, lying on its westerly side (it should have been easterly), was built the first house on Long Island, and inhabited by Joris Jansen de Rapalje, one of the first white settlers on the Island, and in which was born Sarah Rapalje, the first white child of European parentage born in the State.' In this, if there is any truth in the depositions of Catalyn or Catalyntie Trico (daughter of Jeremiah Trico of Paris), Sarah's mother, … they are clearly mistaken. According to these depositions, she and her husband, Joris Jansen de Rapalje, came to this country in 1623; settled at Fort Orange, now Albany; lived there three years; came, in 1626, to New Amsterdam, 'where she lived afterward for many years; and then came to Long Island, where she now (1688) lives.' Sarah, therefore, was undoubtedly born at Albany, instead of the Walle-boght, and was probably married before she removed to Long Island, there being no reason to suppose that she resided there when a single woman without her husband."
The family record gives the time of her marriage as between her fourteenth and fifteenth year. Mr. Stiles remarks:
