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The Story of the Bronx – Stephen Jenkins

The romantic history of the northern section of Greater New York from the days of Jonas Bronk, after whom the Bronx was named, through the centuries crowded with events that have issued into the present. The geographical landmarks acquire a new significance as around them this accurate historian of local events and conditions weaves the substantial fabric of fact and more sparingly the lighter web of tradition. Among his most interesting chapters are those touching on colonial manners and customs, the Bronx during the Revolution, the churches, early and later means of communication, and ferries and bridges.

The Story of the Bronx

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The Story of the Bronx.

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History of Long Island – Benjamin F. Thompson

Three centuries have scarcely elapsed since this fair isle, now so far advanced in population, business, and wealth, was possessed by a race of men, little more intelligent than the beasts of the forest. Consequently it must be a matter of very considerable importance to trace the progress of Its strange eventful history, mark the revolutions which time has produced, and transmit the details thereof to posterity. A Long Islander by birth and descended from an ancestry coeval with its first settlement by Europeans, the author has been desirous of presenting to his fellow citizens a series of interesting facts and incidents of olden time, of much intrinsic value and highly worthy … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

A History of Long Island Vol. 3 – Peter Ross

With these books an effort has been made to present the history of the whole of Long Island in such a way as to combine all the salient facts of the long and interesting story in a manner that might be acceptable to the general reader and at the same time include much of that purely antiquarian lore which is to many the most delightful feature of local history. Long Island has played a most important part in the history of the State of New York and, through New York, in the annals of the Nation. It was one of the first places in the Colonies to give formal utterance … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

A History of Long Island Vol. 2 – Peter Ross

With these books an effort has been made to present the history of the whole of Long Island in such a way as to combine all the salient facts of the long and interesting story in a manner that might be acceptable to the general reader and at the same time include much of that purely antiquarian lore which is to many the most delightful feature of local history. Long Island has played a most important part in the history of the State of New York and, through New York, in the annals of the Nation. It was one of the first places in the Colonies to give formal utterance … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

A History of Long Island Vol. 1 – Peter Ross

With these books an effort has been made to present the history of the whole of Long Island in such a way as to combine all the salient facts of the long and interesting story in a manner that might be acceptable to the general reader and at the same time include much of that purely antiquarian lore which is to many the most delightful feature of local history. Long Island has played a most important part in the history of the State of New York and, through New York, in the annals of the Nation. It was one of the first places in the Colonies to give formal utterance … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

Knickerbocker’s History of New York – Washington Irving

Knickerbocker’s History Of New York was published in 1809. Nearly forty years later Washington Irving, the real author, says it was his purpose in the history to embody the traditions of New York in an amusing form, to illustrate its local humors, customs and peculiarities in a whimsical narrative, which should help to bind the heart of the native inhabitant to his home. He adds: “In this I have reason to believe I have in some measure succeeded. Before the appearance of my work the popular traditions of our city were unrecorded; the peculiar and racy customs and usages derived from our Dutch Progenitors were unnoticed, or regarded with indifference, or adverted … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

New York – Daniel Curry

The aim of the writer was, in the “historical portion, to collect and detail the principal events of the local history of the city down to the beginning of the last century, omitting, as far as possible, all matters of general history in which the city was not directly and individually concerned.” In the descriptive part he has endeavoured to select, out of the vast number of objects of interest offered by the great city, those of most general attractiveness and importance, and to group them in such a way as to present as lively a picture of the town as possible, even for those who have never seen it. In these aims he has … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

History of New York City – William Leete Stone

Mr. Stone seems to have intended this work for popular use; yet it is written with great care and commendable accuracy. The narrative, in many of its parts, is necessarily brief, but one can not notice a marked neglect. The history of New York City is divided into three periods, the settlement by the Dutch, the English conquest and the Revolutionary War, and the evacuation of the British. Every period is laid out before the reader in several chapters.

History of New York City

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History of New York City.

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New York Basics (from Wikipedia):

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Walks in our Churchyards – John Flavel Mines

The writings of Dr. Mines (”Felix Oldboy”) are well known to New Yorkers. This volume is a series of papers published years ago in the Trinity Record, and is replete with historical reminiscences of those who were prominent in public and private life and now rest in the churchyards of Trinity Parish.

Walks in our Churchyards

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Walks in our Churchyards.

ISBN: 9783849681418

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New York Basics (from Wikipedia):

The City of New York, often called New York City or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States. With an estimated 2016 population of 8,537,673 distributed over a land area of … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

History of the City of New York, Volume 2 – Martha J. Lamb

Mrs. Martha J. Lamb, formerly the editor of “The American Historical Magazine,” and one of the best informed historical writers of our times, left a great legacy at her death, especially to the citizens of New York, in her masterful effort “The History of the City of New York.” This work has an increasing value with each succeeding year, and, as the late Hon. Thurlow Weed wrote, “No library is complete without it”. Everything about New York, from the first day of its settlement until today, that is worth knowing, is between the pages of this valuable volume. This book is widely conceived as “the” authority on … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...