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Civil, Political, Professional and Ecclesiastical
HISTORY
AND COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL RECORD
OF THE
COUNTY OF KINGS
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THE CITY OF BROOKLYN, N. Y.
FROM 1683 TO 1884.
BY
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
,
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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