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History of the City of New York, Volume 1 – 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 ...

The American metropolis – From Knickerbocker Times to the year 1900 – Frank Moss

The author aptly characterizes this work as a “series of itineraries” by which the reader is made familiar with much of the history of Manhattan Island by being led to the very spots associated with important historical events. But this book is much more. It is surprising and refreshing to read a defense of the Five Points from the pen of so intelligent a witness. We who are deeply interested in New York history thank the author for the facts which he has collected. There is a unique arrangement of the interesting, instructive, and inspiring matter which makes it a literary work of a high order. … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

A History of the City of Brooklyn and Kings County – Stephen M. Ostrander

From the time that Brooklyn was made a city in 1834 this narrative is much more than a statistical account of political changes and the rise of diiferent institutions of education, charity, punishment, and so on. It shows the growth of a city that now is part of the metropolis of New York, but still stands out as one of the most populated communities in the United States. A good read not only for the people of Brooklyn, but highly recommended to everyone interested in US history.

A History of the City of Brooklyn and Kings County

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The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn -Henry P. Johnston

The site now occupied by the city of New York is pre-eminently “Revolutionary soil.” Very few of our historic places are more closely associated with the actual scenes of that struggle. As at Boston in 1775, so here in 1776, we had the war at our doors and all about us. In the present volume the record of what has occured is given as a single connected account, with many additional particulars which have come to light. This material, gathered largely from the descendants of officers and soldiers who participated in that campaign, is published with other documents in Part II. of this work, and is presented as … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

The Book of New York – Robert Shackleton

The Book of New York is full of delightful reminiscences and intimate descriptions of one of the most individual cities of the world. It is really a literary excursion, on foot, to various localities, new and old, which are a vital part of the big metropolis and its environs. One wanders at will through illuminated pages to the Bowery, Wall Street, City Hall Park; through the tenement districts, Madison Square, Union Square, Riverside Drive and, last but not least, that motley place of modern dreamers, Washington Square and Greenwich Village. One breathes the atmosphere of Peter Stuyvesant’s old haunts, of the famous Fraunces Tavern, the romance of the Little Church Around the … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...