Manhattan: historic and artistic; a six day tour of New York city; (1892)
Ober, Corolyn Faville, Mrs, Alden, Cynthia May Westover, 1862-1931 · New York, Lovell, Coryell & company · leaf 209
vern,or city hall, of the Dutch administration. Acorporation pier, erected at this point in 175 i,was the first public improvement for whichmoney w^as borrowed, the bond given havingborne an interest of six per cent. The water front, from the Battery to FultonStreet, is artificially-made ground,… … THE OLD STADTHUYS. been the most celebrated. The Dutch wordvly, meaning valley, was the original appella-tion. Near Fulton Street the first ferr}^ toLong Island was established in 1638, a smallskiff having been used to convey the passen-gers, who sometimes had to wait an entireday before crossing.…
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