The civil, political, professional and ecclesiastical history, and commercial and industrial record of the county of Kings and the city of Brooklyn, N. Y., from 1683 to 1884 Volume I, Part 1

Author: Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909, ed. cn; Brockett, L. P. (Linus Pierpont), 1820-1893; Proctor, L. B. (Lucien Brock), 1830-1900. 1n
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: New York : W. W. Munsell & Co.
Number of Pages: 1114


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HENRY R. STILES, A.M., M.D., Editor-in-Chief,


Formerly Librarian of the Long Island Historical Society ; Member of the N. Y. Genealogical and Biographical Society, the American Ethnological Society, etc., etc .; Author of the "History of Brooklyn," "The Wallabout Prison Ship Series," the "History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Conn.," and other Historical Works.


ASSISTED BY


L. B. PROCTOR, Esq., and


Author of "Bench and Bar of the State of N. Y.," "Lives of the State Chancellors of New York." "Lawyer and Client," "Life and Times of Thomas Addis Emmett," "Lives of Eminent Amcrican Statesmen," etc., etc.


L. P. BROCKETT, A.M., M.D.,


Author of "Our Western Empire," "Our Country's Wealth and Influ- ence," "Geographical History of N. Y.," and Geographical and Statistical Editor of "New American" and "Johnson's Cyclopedia," and the "American Supplement to Encyclopedia Britannica," etc., etc.


WITH PORTRAITS, BIOGRAPHIES AND ILLUSTRATIONS.


VOLUME I.


NEW YORK : W. W. MUNSELL & CO. PUBLISHERS.


Copyright, 1884. W. W. MUNSELL & CO.


PRINTED BY C. A. COFFIN & ROGERS 85-87 JOHN ST., N. Y.


BOUND BY A. S. BARNES & COMPANY NEW YORK AND BROOKLYN.


1142749 EDITOR'S PREFACE.


I N presenting to the public this HISTORY OF KINGS COUNTY AND THE CITY OF BROOKLYN, a few words of explanation and acknowledgment are due. The preparation of so large a mass of historical, biographical and statistical information as is contained in these pages (equivalent to nearly 4,000 pages octavo) was undertaken by the publisher in a spirit of enterprise and liberality, before unequalled in works of this character. By myself, the charge of its editing was accepted in a spirit of loyalty to the best interests of a city in which, for many years, I was a resident, and of which I had formerly been the historian. My long familiarity with the ground, and my acquaintance with its leading citizens, encouraged me to believe that such a work would be most acceptable to them, and would secure their general interest and personal co-operation. The result has more than justified my anticipations.


From the moment of my entrance upon the work, I have been cheered by a renewal of the same generous response to my requests for information, and by the same personal encouragement from all classes of citizens, which attended my former efforts in behalf of the History of Brooklyn.


The co-operative plan of authorship, as exhibited in the present volume, has this undoubted merit : that it secures, in each special department, the services and knowledge of those who are, or are naturally supposed to be, best qualified, by their peculiar aptitude in, or acquaintance with it, to present it in its fullest and best light. Thus we have, in this volume, the important subject of THE BENCH AND THE BAR, both of the County of Kings and of the City of Brooklyn; the History of the Boards of COUNTY SUPERVISORS, the SUPERINTENDENTS OF THE POOR, and the COMMISSIONERS OF CHARITIES, as well as the complicated details of Brooklyn's MUNICIPAL organization, traced with careful exactitude by the legally qualified mind and pen of L. B. PROCTOR, EsQ., the accomplished historian of the New York State Bar. The immense, but greatly under- rated (and, by the U. S. Census authorities, greatly misrepresented) MANUFACTURING and INDUSTRIAL interests ; the COM- MERCE ; the vast REAL ESTATE and BUILDING interests of Brooklyn and Kings County, have here their first elaborate and honest setting forth, by DR. L. P. BROCKETT, whose high reputation as a statistician and economist writer is widely recog- nized. The wonderful development of the DRAMA, MUSIC and ART, with their associate interests, are for the first time dis- played in these pages, with true artistic enthusiasm, by GABRIEL HARRISON, EsQ., the well-known dramatist, author and artist. And so in other departments of our History-such as the PRESS, the MEDICAL PROFESSION, the PARKS, WATER SUPPLY, etc., etc., of Brooklyn, and in the histories of the several COUNTY TOWNS-the reader will find that we have enlisted the aid of the best informed minds in our midst. To all these gentlemen-and to that still larger number whose names do not appear on our pages, but who have cordially assisted us in every way-are due not only our thanks, but those of the reading public ; thanks, indeed, which must assume a deeper meaning as Time adds value to the work which they have helped to make.


There have been but two disadvantages, or difficulties, in the completion of this history. One (and which, indeed, affects the Editor mostly) is due to the fact that to each writer his SPECIAL topic is apt to shut out all else from his view ; he writes as if, and, indeed, is apt to think, his own subject is THE most important in all the book. Like the private soldier in battle, engaged in a hand-to-hand struggle, he can only see what is in his own immediate vicinity ; all else being shut out of view by cloud and smoke. But the general in command, from some eminence, surveys the whole field, and compre- hends at a glance the relative movements and positions of his different divisions, and the results of his preconceived com- binations. So the Editor, constantly bearing in mind the general scope of the work, and the relations of its several parts to each other, must bend his energies to maintain those relations and to secure that harmony of detail which are so necessary to the unity of the completed whole.


It is in this spirit that the Editor-in-Chief has endeavored to conduct this History to its completion; and if, here and there, he has been obliged to contract in one part, or change somewhat in another, he has the satisfaction of feeling that his associates have, as a rule, yielded cheerfully to his wishes. He esteems himself particularly fortunate that, from the inception of the work to its close, the whole staff-both of writers and of those connected with other departments of the enterprise-have seconded his every effort with the greatest alacrity, and have undertaken their several parts with a genuine enthusiasm and esprit du corps which has subordinated all personal feeling in one common purpose to secure the success of the History.


The other, and, in fact, the greatest difficulty under which the Editor and his associates have labored, has been the impossibility of keeping abreast of the growth of both County and City. Within the thirteen years which have elapsed since the History of Brooklyn was published, the growth in all departments of material interest has been at a rate almost unexampled by that of any other American city ; and, during the progress of this work through the press, it has been almost beyond our power-even with the facilities and the large force of workers at our disposal-to record the improve- ments, changes and unforeseen developments which are daily occurring in this community. At this rate, the next History of Kings County will have to be dictated and written by electricity.


It only remains to say, in this connection, that the originally well-digested plan and arrangement of this History has suffered somewhat during its progress through the press. This has been occasioned, not only by the unexpected amount of material, but by the equally unforeseen development of certain industries and interests which called for far more space than had been allowed ; and which could, in some cases, only be accommodated by recourse to certain expedients known to book-makers. Among these was the use of inserted pages, lettered as well as folioed. Of these there are no less than 70 pages, which may be considered as so much additional gain to the subscribers. The work is also especially rich in biogra- phies, containing a mass of personal and family history which sheds an inestimable light upon that of the County and of the City for over two hundred years. The portraits (embracing representatives from various departments of governmental, professional and industrial interests) with which these pages are embellished, coming as they do from the burins of the most eminent engravers of the day, will commend themselves to all who see them, not only as admirable likenesses, but as choice works of art ; and the illustrations plentifully scattered through the volume possess the highest antiquarian, historical and artistic merit. Finally, to the Printing, Messrs. C. A. COFFIN & ROGERS, of 85 and 87 John street, New York, and to the Binding, Messrs. A. S. BARNES & Co., Liberty, corner of Nassau street, Brooklyn, have given that careful attention which bespeaks their love for the City and County in which they are honored residents.


And now-over three years' labor ended-the Editor, conscious that this, in a measure, falls short of the IDEAL history which he had proposed to himself, may well say, as did valiant Capt. John Mason, in his introduction to his History of the Pequot War : "I wish [this task] had fallen into some better hands, that might have performed it to the life. I shallsonly draw the curtain, and open my little casement, that so others, of larger hearts and abilities, may let in a bigger light."


smythe Editor in Chief


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TABLE OF CONTENTS.


EDITOR'S PREFACE


PAGE. iii.


OUTLINE HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK


9


GENERAL HISTORY OF LONG ISLAND


18


GENERAL HISTORY OF KINGS COUNTY


43


HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF FLATLANDS


By Rev. Anson Dubois, D. D. 64


HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF BROOKLYN


. By The Editor. 80


AS A VILLAGE, 1817-1834


THE FIRST CITY OF BROOKLYN, 1834-1854


By Rev. A. P. Stockwell. 156


HISTORY OF CONEY ISLAND


By Wm. H. Stillwell, Esq. 189


HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF FLATBUSH .


By Rev. R. G. Strong. 212 By Hon. T. G. Bergen. 255


HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF BUSHWICK


By The Editor. 270


HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF WILLIAMSBURGH


. By J. M. Stearns, Esq. 293


HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF NEW LOTS


By C. Warren Hamilton, Esq. 306


THE ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF KINGS COUNTY, 1628-1800


THE BENCH AND BAR OF KINGS COUNTY, 1668-1832


LIST OF COUNTY OFFICIALS .


366 372 LEGISLATIVE OFFICERS FROM KINGS COUNTY


THE HISTORY OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF KINGS COUNTY


. By L. B. Proctor, Esq. 377


THE HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN KINGS COUNTY, 1644-1822


TRAVEL AND TRANSIT IN KINGS COUNTY .


STAGES AND RAILROADS


BROOKLYN FERRIES AND FERRY RIGHTS THE NEW YORK AND EAST RIVER BRIDGE


By L. P. Brockett, M. D. 419 By The Editor. 425 447 . 463


THE HISTORY OF THE SUPERINTENDENTS OF THE POOR .


HISTORY OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF CHARITIES


ANNALS OF THE CONSOLIDATED CITY OF BROOKLYN, 1855-1883


. By The Editor. . By L. P. Brockett, M. D. 522


THE BROOKLYN OF TO-DAY, 1883


THE MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN, 1834-1884


By L. B. Proctor, Esq. 528


DEPARTMENT OF POLICE AND EXCISE


By The Editor. 557


DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH


563


DEPARTMENT OF FIRE AND BUILDINGS


DEPARTMENT OF CITY WORKS


DEPARTMENT OF PARKS


569, 580 By Van Brunt Bergen, Esq. 584 595


(CEMETERIES)


By The Editor. 602


DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION


By Hon. T. G. Bergen. 609


BANKING (By The Editor), and INSURANCE


By C. HI. Dutcher, Esq. 619


139 145


HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF GRAVESEND


HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF NEW UTRECHT


By The Editor. 327 By L. B. Proctor, Esq. 338


By The Editor. 409 419


. By L. B. Proctor, Esq. By L. B. Proctor, Esq. 494ª 484


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TABLE OF CONTENTS-Continued.


THE COMMERCE OF BROOKLYN, . By L. P. Brockett, M. D. 633


THE MANUFACTURING INTERESTS OF BROOKLYN AND KINGS CO., · By L. P. Brockett, M. D. 668


THE ARCHITECTS, BUILDERS AND REAL ESTATE AGENTS IN BROOKLYN, By L. P. Brockett, M. D. 829 ETC., ETC., .


UNITED STATES INTERESTS IN KINGS COUNTY: POST-OFFICE, NAVY YARD, FORTS, INTERNAL REVENUE, . By The Editor. 865


THE MEDICAL PROFESSION OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN, 1822 TO 1884, (OLD SCHOOL.) By Frank B.


Greene, M. D. 886


RISE AND PROGRESS OF HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICINE IN KINGS COUNTY, . By R. C. Moffat, M. D. 905 917 HISTORY OF THE ECLECTIC SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN BROOKLYN,


HOSPITALS, DISPENSARIES, ETC., Compiled under the direction of the Editor. THE PROFESSION OF DENTISTRY IN KINGS COUNTY AND BROOKLYN, Compiled under the direction of the Editor. 941


THE HISTORY OF HIGHER EDUCATION, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, ETC., IN BROOKLYN, Compiled under the direction of the Editor. 950


FISH CULTURE ON LONG ISLAND, By Eugene G. Blackford, Esq. 963


BROOKLYN MARKETS,


. By the Editor. 971


THE CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OF KINGS COUNTY AND BROOKLYN, Compiled under the direction of


the Editor. 973


THE ECCLESIASTICAL ORGANIZATIONS OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN, Compiled under the direction of the Editor. 993


HISTORY OF THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL WORK IN BROOKLYN, 1090


MISSIONARY, BIBLE, TRACT AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS FOR CHRISTIAN WORK, Compiled under the direction of the Editor. 1100


THE PROGRESS OF THE DRAMA, OPERA, MUSIC AND ART IN BROOKLYN, By Gabriel Harrison, Esq. 1105


THE FINE ARTS IN BROOKLYN, By Gabriel Harrison, Esq. 1137


THE AMATEUR DRAMATIC ASSOCIATIONS OF BROOKLYN, Compiled under the direction of the Editor. PHOTOGRAPHY IN BROOKLYN, · Compiled under the direction of the Editor. 1166 THE HISTORY OF THE PRESS OF BROOKLYN AND KINGS COUNTY, By Hon. W. E. Robinson.


1162


(Supplemented by the Editor.) 1169 HISTORY OF THE MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS OF KINGS COUNTY, Compiled under direction of the Editor. THE BENCH AND BAR OF BROOKLYN, By L. B. Proctor, Esq. 1213


1194 NOTES ON LITERATURE AND SCIENCE IN BROOKLYN, By the Editor. .


THE SPORTING AND ATHLETIC CLUBS OF KINGS COUNTY, Compiled under direction of the Editor. 1336


1301 THE BENEFICENT AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS OF BROOKLYN AND KINGS COUNTY, Compiled under direction of the Editor, 1346


HOTELS AND BATHING ESTABLISHMENTS IN KINGS COUNTY,


· 1358


GENERAL TRADE AND MERCHANDISE IN BROOKLYN AND KINGS COUNTY 1362


LIST OF PORTRAITS.


PAGE.


Edgar F. Peck, M. D.


Facing 40ª


Robert Van Buren, C. E.


Facing 594


Jacob Patchen.


115


Hon. James S. T. Stranahan


598


Hezekiah B. Pierrepont.


Facing 129


Joseph A. Perry


606


Paul Bauer.


198


John T. Runcie. 608


Charles Feltman.


66


206


A. J. Beekman


66


626


John Y. McKane 66


209


H. D. Polhemus


632


Edward Ridley. 210


66


268


William Beard.


638


William Conselyea.


290


Franklin Woodruff


642


Henry Boerum 66


290


Abiel A. Low


66


647


A. M. Suydam


291


Alexander E. Orr. 66


648


John Broach ..


66


304


Harrison S. Vining


651


Sylvester Tuttle.


305


Richard Harper Laimbeer 66


652


Williamson Rapalje. 319


321


James W. Elwell.


656


Charles B. Vanderveer


322


Daniel Ambrose, M. D


66


658


Francis D. Miller, M. D.


323


Charles Dennis. 66


660


Isaac Schenck.


324


Isaac F. Chapman


66


661


Rev. Bernardus Frecman.


334


James McChesney


662


Rev. Ulpianus Van Sinderen.


336


Elihu Spicer, Jr.


663


Rev. Peter Lowe ..


336


Joseph J. O'Donohue


66


664


Hon. Henry C. Murphy


Facing 364


Timothy Hogan


667


Lewis R. Stegman


369


William Dick .. Facing


672


John Delmar.


370


William R. Taylor


680


Charles B. Elliott 66


371


William Taylor Facing


685


Hon. Felix Campbell.


415ª


James A. Taylor 686


687


Hon. John J. Kiernan


66


418ª


692


Samuel Bowne.


66


66


443


John A. Roebling. 458


458


Enoch Ketcham .


702


William C. Kingsley. Facing


463ª


Martin Kalbfleisch. 504


507


Charles Wall (deceased)


720


John W. Hunter


511


Michael W. Wall.


721


Albert Ammerman. 511ª


John Good .


723


Frederick A. Schrocder 512


Edmund Driggs.


Facing 512ª


James Howell.


513


Scth Low. 66 513ª


S. S. Powell 514


Henry Sheldon Facing


A. W. Humphreys 515ª


Hon. Seth Low. 66


517


Francis B. Fisher 66


519


James Tanner. 66


521


Hon. William H. Murtha. 562


William E. Sprague 579


Michael Seitz.


773


Francis H. Holton Facing


774


William M. Thomas 582


Alanson Trask


785


William H. Hazzard 591


Paul Weidmann


733 737


John S. Loomis


514ª A. S. Barnes Facing


Hosea O. Pearce.


741 745 747


Henry O. Pearce.


George B. Forrester Facing


757


Thomas C. Smith . 766 769


Ephraim J. Jennings


727


Martin Worn 732


The Fingleton Brothers (Patrick J., Henry W., and Hugh S. Facing


66


700


Leonard Richardson


713


Hon. William Wall.


66


719


James P. Wallace Facing


416ª


Daniel Y. Saxtan.


William G. Creamer William Cabble (deceased) Facing


695


Henry E. Pierrepont


Elijah Cabble


696


Harvey W. Peace.


Washington A. Roebling.


439


Gen. Francis E. Pinto 66


654


Stephen L. Vanderveer


Jeremiah P. Robinson 66


639


Hon. Teunis G. Bergen


199


John Williams.


625


William A. Engeman


PAGE.


William H. Gaylor 580


788


Hon. Darwin R. James


William H. Mairs. 66


LIST OF PORTRAITS-Continued.


PAGE.


PAGE.


Edward Smith ,Facing 789


Ithamar Du Bois


792


Aaron D. Farmer


883


George M. Eddy James D. Leary


.Facing


798


Jeremiah J. Rappelyea (deceascd) 886


Hermann Wischmann


66


802


Samuel Fleet Speir, M. D


895


Robinson Gill.


805


Homer L. Bartlett, M. D


66


896


Andrew D. Baird 66


805


Ferd. W. Ostrander, M. D Facing


897


Abraham G. Jennings.


66


809


Cornelius Olcott, M. D. Thomas P. Norris, M. D.


900


M. J. Seelig 816


George Wackerhagen, M. D Facing


901


John S. Turner 818


George R. Fowler, M. D


902


James Binns (dec'd) . Facing


820


Edward C. Mann, M. D. 66


903ª


Nathan Barney. 825ª


825


Thomas L. Smith, M. D 66


904


Isaac A. Ketcham


828ª


Wm. M. L. Fiske, M. D


66


910


William Irvine Preston Facing


829ª


David A. Gorton, M. D


915


Robert Speir


832ª


S. T. Birdsall, M. D.


916


H. S. Christian


834


Dennis E. Smith, M. D


918


Horace F. Burroughs


836


Wm. H. Bowlsby, M. D. William Henry Dudley, M. D Facing


919


John Morton .


837


Elbert Snedcker Facing


Chauncey L. Mitchell, M. D.


933


Bernard Gallagher


John D. Anderson


839


George W. Fraim


946


George W. Brown 66


839


John Lee.


840


George W. Brandt


841


James Rodwell.


841


J. W. Campbell


842


Patrick F. O'Brien Facing


842


Thomas B. Rutan 843


Edward Freel. 843


John S. Frost 844


John Rome. 845


James Weaver Facing


846


John H. O'Rourke 847


Frederick Herr


848


Very Rev. William Keegan. 1047


1050


Daniel McCabc.


Rev. Thomas De Witt Talmage, D. D. 1063


Albert Woodruff Facing 1091


Eli Robbins 1102


Amos Robbins


1103


Frederick Loeser 66


1104


Gabriel Harrison 1152


Charles Storrs 1158


Augustus Young 1160


G. Frank E. Pearsall.


Facing


1167


Hon. Demas Barnes


1172


William O. Sumner 861


Col. Henry E. Rochr. 1175


Bernard Peters


1177


Isaac Van Anden (deceased) 1183


Hon. Thomas Kinsella (deceased). Facing 1185


66


Col. William Hester 1187


Hon. Win. Erigena Robinson 1190


Maj .- Gen. Thomas S. Dakin (deccased) . . 1206


Gen. Quincy Adams Gilhore 66


1207


Edwin Bulkley


880


Hon. Benjamin F. Tracy.


66


1222


795


Daniel C. Robbins


884


Joseph C. Hutchison, M. D 894


897


J. K. Brick (deceased)


807


Edward S. Bunker, M. D 66


903


Hon. Eben Moody Boynton Facing


838 838


John Byrne, M. D


Salmon Skinner (deceased) David Salmon Skinner


949


Charles Claghorn Facing 960


Charles H. Rivers


962


Eugene G. Blackford. Facing 967


Benjamin W. West


969


Samuel L. Storer Facing 970


Samuel B. Miller 970


Rev. Samuel M. Haskins, D. D. 1008


Rt. Rev. Abram N. Littlejohn, D. D. . Facing


1012


Rev. Richard S. Storrs, D. D. 1016


Rev. IIcnry Ward Beecher. 1020


John Doherty


Facing


848 849


Robert Thomas


850


Benjamin T. Lynch


851


Benjamin C. Miller Facing


855


Chester Bedell


855


Edwin H. Burnett 856


Lindsay James Wells. 857


Jacob Rapelyc (deceased) Facing


859


Leonard Moody, (Biog. 860) .


866ª


James C. Eadie.


860


Nicholas Cooper 66


861


Julius Davenport 862


Chester D. Burrows, Jr. Facing


864


Col. James McLeer 868


Hon. William H. Lyon. Facing 874


Augustus C. Tate


877


Gen. Alfred C. Barnes. Facing 878


801


Sylvester M. Beard


Henry C. Hulbert Facing 881


Rev. Sylvester Malonc .. 66


947


932


934


LIST OF PORTRAITS-Continued.


PAGE.


Hon. Benjamin D. Silliman Facing 1229


Samuel Bowne Duryea.


1232


Brewster Kissam. Facing 1296


Gen. Harmanus B. Duryca 66 1233


A. Orville Millard . 66


1297


Samuel D. Morris 66 1236


Robert Van Buren, C. E. (Biog. 594) 1326


Nelson Sizer


1330


Hon. Jasper W. Gilbert


Julius E. Meyer


1333


Judge Calvin E. Pratt ..


1278


Hon. Albert Daggett Facing 1334


Lucien Birdseye Facing


128]


John A. Voorhees


1343


Winchester Britton


1283


James Schenck


1345


E. H. Hobbs


66


1286


William Harkness


Facing


1379


Hon. George L. Thompson


George W. Coger


1381


Walter L. Livingston, Esq


1289


Louis Bossert


1383


Timothy Perry Facing 1290


William H. Marston


1384


Rufus L. Scott.


1291


Ezra B. Tuttle. Facing 1385


Edmund Terry.


1292


Charles H. Reynolds 1386


John J. Hardy.


Facing 1394


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.


PAGE.


PAGE.


Allegorical Title-page.


The N. Y. and Brooklyn Bridge-Frontispiece.


Illustrated Title-page. Map of Battle of Brooklyn.


51


Battle Pass (Prospect Park)


53


Old Jersey Prison-Ship. 57


57


Guy's Brooklyn Snow Scene 113


Key to the same. 113


Old Ferry Road between Prospect and Sands. 115


Cornell-Pierrepont Mansion (rear view) . 129


The Fleet Mansion 133


Map of Old Brooklyn and Jamaica Turnpike 134


Map of Bedford-Corners, 1766-7. 136


Map of Yellow Fever District, 1822. 141


Map of Burned District, 1848 151


Autograph-Henry Moody 158


Anthony Jansen (Van Salee). 158


Ancient Plot of the town of Gravesend, 1645 161


Autograph-George Baxter James Hubbard. 164


164


John Tilton.


164


Joris Jans Rappelye. 87


Autograph-Catalyntie (Trico) Rappelye. 87


Hans Hansen Bergen. 87


66 Adam Brouwer 87


66 Teunis Gysbertse Bogaert. 89


Michael Hansen 91


Jacob Hans Bergen 91


Claes Barentse Blom 91


View of Brookland, 1966-7. 93


Cornell-Pierrepont Mansion (river front) 94


Map of Old Ferry, 1766-7 95


British Fort in Brooklyn, 1776


97


British Camp Hut, 1776. 98


View of Bedford Corners, 1776. 99


View of Brooklyn, 1798. 102


Map of Old Ferry District, 1816. 109


Middagh House and Barn. 111


Tomb of the Prison-Ship Martyrs Plan of Brooklyn Fortifications, 1814 60


60


Autograph-Wolfert Garretse Van Cowenhoven. 66


Elbert Elbertse Stoothoff 67


Roelof Martense Schenck 67


66 Pieter Claesen Wyckoff 67


Steven Koers Vorhees 67


Map of Brooklyn Settlements, 1646. 81


Map of the Bennett and Bentyn Patent 82


The De Hart, or Bergen House 83


The Vechte-Cortelyou House 83


The Schermerhorn House 84


Autograph-Cornelis Cornelisen Cool. 84


Frederick Lubbertse 85


Mattenoah (Indian) 187


Gutta Quoah (Indian) 187


The Stillwell House, Gravesend . 187


The Stryker House, Gravesend. 188


The Johnson House, Gravesend 188


Residence of Rev. A. P. Stockwell 188


Fac-simile of old map of Gravesend and Coney Island 190


Sea-Side Home for Children, Coney Island. 197


Paul Bauer's West Brighton Hotel, Coney Island 198


Feltman's Ocean Pavilion, Coney Island 199


PAGE. 1295


Thomas G. Shearman, Esq.


1240


1275


1285


Charles N. Peed .


1360


Tunis G. Bergen, Esq


1288


Hon. William H. Waring 1294


Andrew J. Perry


Facing 1293ª


John M. Stearns


Map of Wallabout Bay, 1776-83 .


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Continued.


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Mrs. Vanderveer's Bathing Pavilion, Coney Island 201 Depot P. P. & C. I. R. R. 202


Observatory at West Brighton, Coney Island. .. 202


Sea Beach Palace Hotel, Coney Island. 203 Bay Ridge Landing-Sea Beach R. R 203


Brighton Pier, Coney Island 204


Ocean Pier, Coney Island 204


Hotel Brighton, Coney Island. 205


Brighton Beach Bathing Pavilion, Coney Island. 205


Bathing Pavilion, Coney Island 207


The Manhattan Beach Hotel, Coney Island. 208


The Oriental Hotel, Coney Island. 208


Residence of Edward Ridley, Gravesend 212


Old Ridley Mansion, Gravesend 212


Autograph-Hendryck Reycke. 217


Cornelis Janse Vanderveer 217


Jans Strycker 217


Leffert Pietersen 217


66 Adrian Reyerse 218


66 Peter Lott . 218


66 Adrian Hegeman. 220


Willem Jacobse Van Boerum . 220


Jans Sueberingh 220


Jan Snedicor 220


Jans Aertse Van der Bilt. 222


Aucke Jans Van Nuyse 222


66 Dirck Jans 223


66 Michael Hainelle 224


Jacob Stryker 225


Melrose Hall, Flatbush, 1883 228


Flatbush Church, 1842. 242


Erasmus Hall Academy, 1850 251


66 1883 252


Autograph-Cornelis Barentse Van Wyck 254


Jacques Cortelyou 257


Nicasius De Sille. 258


Residence of Nicasius De Sille. 259


The Miller Homestead 272


Autograph-Boudwyn Manout. 276


Map of "Het Dorp," Bushwick 282


Old Bushwick Graveyard 283


The Devoe Houses 284


The Boerum House 286


Autograph-Johannes Schenck ; Private and Official Scals of ; Silver Marks of . 324-325 Autograph of Johannes Schenck, Jr. 325 Schenck Family Arms 325


Autograph and Scal of Rev. Henricus Selyns 331


The Second Brooklyn Church, 1766 332


Autograph of Rev. V. Antonides 335 The Old Bushwick Church. 337


The Third County Court-house, Flatbush 341


Autograph-Carel De Bevoise 409


Old Ferry House, 1746 429


First Steam Ferryboat


434


Fulton Ferry, 1865.


438


Atlantic Street or South Ferry House 440


The Hamilton Avenue Ferry House 441


The Montague Street Ferry House. 441


The Old Grand Street Ferry, Williamsburgh 445 The First Brooklyn Ferry Master 446


Sectional View of East River Bridge 453


Elevation of Bridge 454


Plan of New York Approach to the Bridge. 454 Plan of Brooklyn Approach to the Bridge. . 454




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