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Clinton Place East, opens at 44 Clinton street. Now extinct.
Coenties Slip, from 65 Pearl south to East River.
College Place, from 53 Barclay north to Murray.
Collister, from 51 Beach north to Laight.
Commerce, from 272 Bleecker west to Barrow.
Corlears, from 537 Grand south to the East River.
Cornelia, from 179 Fourth west to Bleecker.
Cortlandt Alley, from 33 Canal south to Franklin.
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Cottage Place, part of Hancock street, between Houston and Bleecker.
Cross, from 41 Duane, corner Centre, east to Mott. Now Park. Cuyler's Alley, from 28 South west to Water.
Decatur Place, on Seventh street, between First avenue and Avenue A.
Depau Row, left side of Bleecker, from Thompson to 178 Bleecker, corner Sullivan.
Depeyster, from 139 Water south to the East River.
Desbrosses, from 195 Hudson west to the North River.
Dominick, from 19 Clarke west to Hudson.
Dover, from 342 Pearl south to the East River.
Downing, from 212 Bleecker west to Varick.
Doyers, from 2 Bowery north to Pell.
Dry Dock Street, between Avenue C and Avenue D, and from Ninth to Thirteenth.
Dutch, from 49 John north to Fulton.
East, from 576 Grand east to Rivington.
East Court, from Twenty-second north to Sixth avenue. Now obsolete.
Eden's Alley. See Ryder's alley.
Essex Market Place, rear of Essex Market in Grand street, between Ludlow and Essex streets.
Extra, a lane running north from First street and between the Bowery and Second avenue.
Factory, from 156 Waverly place north to Bank. Now part of Waverly place.
Ferry, from 86 Gold southeast to Pearl.
Fisher's Court, rear 22 Oak, three buildings. Now obsolete.
Fletcher, from 208 Pearl street south to the East River.
Franklin Square, on Pearl, from 10 Cherry to 352 Pearl.
Great Kiln Road. See Gansevoort.
Gay, from 141 Waverley place north to Christopher.
Gouverneur Lane, from South to Water, next north beyond Old slip.
Gouverneur Slip, 613 Water south to East River.
Great Jones, from 680 Broadway east to the Bowery.
Hague, from 367 Pearl north to Cliff.
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Hall Place, rear of Tompkins Market, runs north from 6 Sixth street to Seventh street, and is between Second and Third avenues.
Hancock, from 563 Houston north to Bleecker.
Hanover, from 121 Pearl north to Wall.
Hanover Square, on Pearl near Old slip.
Harrison, from 81 Hudson west to the North River.
Hoboken, from 474 Washington west to the North River. Now obsolete.
Jacob, from 19 Ferry east to Frankfort.
Jackson Avenue, continuation of Wooster street north from Waverly place to Union place. Now University place.
Jackson place, north from rear of 16 Downing. Now obsolete.
James Slip, from 78 Cherry south to the East River.
Jersey, from 139 Crosby east to Mulberry.
Jones, from 150 Fourth west to Bleecker.
Jones's Court, rear 48 and 50 Wall. Now obsolete.
Jones's Lane, from 101 Front south to East River.
Lafayette Place, from 26 Great Jones street north to Eighth, and between Broadway and the Bowery.
Leroy, from 421 Hudson west to the North River.
Leroy Place, from 86 Bleecker, corner Mercer, to 104 Bleecker, corner Greene. Now obsolete.
Leyden Place, on the Bowery, from Eleventh to Thirteenth. Now obsolete.
Lispenard, from 175 West Broadway east to Broadway.
Little Green, from 57 Liberty north toMaiden lane. Now Liberty place.
Little Water, from 58 Cross north to Anthony. Now Mis- sion place (from 58 Park north to Worth).
Lorillard Place, on Washington from Charles to Perry. Now obsolete.
Lumber (now Trinity place), from 98 Liberty south to Tin Pot alley. Again Trinity place in 1890.
Madison Court opens at 219 Madison street. Now obsolete.
Manhattan, from 55 Houston west to the North River.
Manhattan Place, from S Elm west and south to Reade.
Marion, from 406 Broome north.
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Marketfield, from 74 Broad street west to Whitehall.
Mechanic, Alley, from 84 Monroe to Cherry, between Market and Pike.
Mechanic place, from the right of Avenue A, between Second and Third streets. Now obsolete.
Meek's Court, near 45 Broad. Now obsolete.
Merchants' Court, rear 483 Exchange place. Now obsolete.
Minetta, from 205 Bleecker north to Minetta lane.
Minetta lane, from 130 Macdougal west to Sixth avenue.
Moore, from No. 30 Pearl south to the East River.
Morris, from 25 Broadway west to North River.
New, from 5 Wall south to Beaver.
Nyack Place, rear 31 Bethune, four houses. Now obsolete.
Orange, from 116 Chatham north to Grand. Now Baxter.
Park Row, from No. 1 Ann street east to Spruce. In 1890 includes Chatham street.
Park Place, from 237 Broadway west to Church. Now extends to the river, including the former Robinson street. Columbia College formerly stood between them.
Peck Slip, from 312 Pearl street, east to South street.
Pelham, from 114 Monroe south to Cherry.
Pell, from 20 Bowery west to Mott.
Platt, from 222 Pearl west to William.
Randall Place, in Ninth street, commencing at Broadway and ending at University place. Now obsolete.
Rector, from No. 69 Broadway west to the North River.
Renwick, from 220 Canal north to Spring.
Republican alley. See Manhattan place.
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Robinson, from 4 College place west to the North River. Now a part of Park place.
Rose, from 34 Frankfort northeast to Pearl.
Rutgers Place, in Monroe street, from Jefferson to Clinton.
Ryder's Alley, from 68 Fulton to Gold. Includes now Eden's alley.
Scott's Alley, from 71 Franklin. Now obsolete.
Smith, from 14 Hamersley south to King. Obsolete.
Smith Court, Smith street, between King and Hamersley. Obsolete.
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South William, formerly Mill, from 7 William west to Broad. Spruce, from 151 Nassau southeast to Gold.
Stanton Place, opens at 4 Stanton street and contains six houses. Obsolete.
Staple, from 169 Duane north to Harrison.
State, from No. 4S Whitehall west, then north to Broadway.
St. John's Lane, from 9 Beach north to Laight.
St. Mark's Place, in Eighth street, between Third avenue and Avenue A.
Stone, from No. 17 Whitehall east to William.
St. Peter's Place, in Church, from Vesey to Barclay. Obsolete. Stuyvesant, from 25 Third avenue east to Second avenue.
Stuyvesant Place, in Second avenue, between Seventh and Tenth streets. Obsolete.
Temple, from SS Liberty south to Thames.
Thames, from 111 Broadway west to Greenwich.
Theatre Alley, from 15 Ann north to Beekman.
Thomas, from 126 Church west to Hudson.
Thompson's Court, from 363 Rivington. Obsolete.
Tin Pot Alley, from 59 Greenwich to 91 Lumber. Now Ed- gar street.
Tompkins, from 576 Grand east to East River.
Tompkins Place, in Tenth street, between First avenue and Avenue A, commencing at 203 and ending at 237. Obsolete.
Trinity Place, late Lumber street. Now (1890) again Trinity place, having in the mean time been a part of New Church street. Union Court, rear University place, near Twelfth street.
Union Place, from East Fourteenth along Fourth avenue to Twentieth street. Now Union square.
University Place, from Washington square north to Fourteenth street.
Vandam, from 15 Macdougal west to Greenwich.
Vandewater, from 54 Frankfort east to Pearl.
Varick Place, in Sullivan, between Houston and Bleecker.
Walnut, from 3SS Henry south to East River. Now Jackson.
Washington Place, from 713 Broadway west to Wooster.
Washington Square, in Waverley place, fronting the Parade Ground.
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Weehawken, rear Greenwich Market, between Christopher and Amos.
Wesley Place, in Mulberry from Houston to Bleecker. Obso- lete.
West Court, from Twenty-second north to Sixth avenue. Obsolete.
York, from 9 St. John's lane east to West Broadway.
The following additional streets and places to those of 1831 were shown in 1846 : Abingdon Place, Abingdon Square, Albion Place, Amity Place, Astor Place, Bayard Place, Bloomingdale Road, Bowling Green, Carrol Place, Cartman's Arcade, Centre Market, Charles Alley, City Hall Place, Clinton Alley, Clinton Place, College Place, Cottage Place, Decatur Place, Depau Row, Dry Dock Street, East, East Clinton Place, East Court, Essex Market Place, Extra, Fisher's Court, Gansevoort, Gouverneur Lane, Greenwich . Avenue, Hall Place, Hanover Square, Irving Place, Jackson Avenue, Jackson Place, Jones Court, Leroy Place, Lexington Avenue, Leyden Place, Little Green, Lorillard Place, Madison Court, Madison Avenue, Manhattan Place, Marion, Me- chanic Place, Meek's Court, Merchants' Court, Minetta Lane, Nyack Place, Park Row, Randal Place, Provost, Rutgers Place, Scott's Alley, Smith Court, South William, Stanton Place, St. Peter's Place, Stuyvesant Place, Thompson's Court, Tin Pot Alley, Tompkins Place, Trinity Place, Union Court, Union Place, University Place, Varick Place, Washington Place, Wash- ington Square, Waverley Place, Wesley Place, West Broadway, West Court.
These had been struck out: Albany Basin, Amity Lane, Art, Asylum, Augustus, Chapel, Gouverneur Alley, Green, Greenwich Lane, Little Water, Mill, North, Provost, Old Kiln Road, Torbert.
The Albany Basin was on the North River, between Albany and Cedar streets; Amity lane was an alley, since closed up; Art street, now Astor place ; Gouverneur alley is Gouverneur lane ; Greenwich lane is Greenwich avenue ; Mill is still existing, but very much shorter than it once was, as most of it is now in South William street ; North street was the last one on the east side, now called Houston ; Provost, the western part of Franklin ; Old
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Kiln or Great Kiln road, now Gansevoort. Torbert has not been identified by the writer.
In 1846 the highest numbers upon the avenues and other streets running northward were for Avenue D 139, at Tenth street; C, 27, at Third street ; B, 48, at Fourth street ; A, 32, at Third street ; First avenue, 157, at Tenth street; Second avenue, 156, at Tenth street ; Third avenue, 362, at Twenty-eighth street ; Lexington avenue, unnumbered ; Fourth avenue, unnumbered ; Madison avenue, unnumbered ; Broadway, 829, at Twelfth street ; Fifth avenue, 33, at Tenth street ; Sixth avenue, 221, at Four- teenth street ; Seventh avenue, unnumbered ; Eighth avenue, 223, at Twenty-third street ; Ninth avenue, 95, at Nineteenth street ; Tenth avenue, unnumbered; the Eleventh avenue is not given. The highest numbered street is Twenty-third. Above Fourteenth street the present Broadway was known as the Bloomingdale road.
In the Directory for 1882 the Bloomingdale road has disap- peared, having been swallowed up by Broadway and the Boule- vard. The latter is not numbered, Broadway ending with 1810 at Fifty-ninth. First avenue has a great gap in numbering from Eighty-eighth street to 115th; Second avenue is consecutive excepting Sixty-seventh to Seventy-second, and Eighty-sev- enth to 103d; Third avenue has a gap from Ninety-third to 101st ; Fourth avenue is unnumbered from Forty-third to Fifty-first streets, and from Fifty-ninth to Sixty-second ; Fifth avenue is unnumbered, with a few exceptions, from Sixty- eighth to 123d, and again from 132d north to the Harlem River ; Sixth and Seventh avenues stop at the Park, begin- ning again above, the former part being numbered and the latter not; the numbers on the Eighth avenue ascend no higher than to the lower part of the Park; the Ninth avenue is num- bered to Sixty-third street, and the Tenth to Sixty-first. None of the streets higher than Fifty-ninth west of the Park were num- bered, and on the east side the numbering seemed to end at Ninety-third, not beginning again till 104th was reached. The highest numbered street then given is 135th.
The streets which were added in the next thirty-six years after 1846, or up till 1882, were Abattoir place, Ashland place, Baxter, Beekman place, Belvedere place, Bible House, Bishop's lane,
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Bloomfield, Bogart, Boulevard, Boulevard place, Broadway alley, Centre Market place, Charles lane, Clinton court, Clinton Hall, Clinton Market, Coenties alley, Columbia place, Congress, Congress place, Cooper Union, Donovan's lane, Duncomb place, Dunham place, Dunscomb place, Edgar, Essex Market, Exchange alley, Exchange court, Extra place, Franklin Mar- ket, Franklin place, Franklin terrace, Fulton Market, Garden row, Gouverneur Market, Gramercy park, Hanson place, Harry Howard square, Hester court, Lamartine place, Lawrence, Lib- erty place, Little West Twelfth, Livingston place, London terrace, Madison square, Manhattan, Manhattan Market, Manhattan place, Martin terrace, Milligan place, Minetta place, Mission place, Mitchell place, Mott's lane, Mount Morris ave- nue, Mount Morris place, Neilson place, New avenue, New Bowery, New Chambers, New Church, North William, Pacific place, Park, Park avenue, Patchin place, Pleasant avenue, Prospect place, Rachel lane, Roslyn place, Rutherford place, St. Clement's place, St. Luke's place, St. Nicholas avenue, Spencer place, Striker's lane, Sylvan place, Tompkins Market, Trimble place, Tryon row, Union square, Vanderbilt avenue, Vannest place, Washington Market, West Washington Market, Winthrop place, and Worth.
These streets were dropped : Abingdon place, Albion place, Amity, Amity place, Amos, Anthony, Bayard place, Bloomingdale road, Burton, Carrol place, Cartman's arcade, Charles alley, Clinton Place East, Cross, Decatur place, East court, Eden's alley, Fisher's court, Hamersley, Hoboken, Jackson avenue, Jackson place, Jones's court, Leroy place, Leyden place, Little Green, Little Water, Lorillard place, Lumber, Madison court, Mechanic place, Meek's court, Merchants' court, Nyack place, Orange, Randal place, Robinson, Ryder's alley, Scott's alley, Smith, Smith court, Stanton place, St. Peter's place, Stuyvesant place, Thompson's court, Tin Pot alley, Tompkins place, Trinity place, Union place, Walnut, Wesley place, and West court.
The short streets of the city now are:
Abattoir Place, West Thirty-ninth, between Eleventh avenue and the North River.
Ashland Place, Perry, between Greenwich avenue and Waver- ley place.
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Beekman Place, from 429 East Forty-ninth north to East Fifty- first.
Belvedere Place, West Thirtieth, between Ninth and Tenth avenues.
Benson, from 107 Leonard north.
Bible House, on Eighth and Ninth streets and Third and Fourth avenues.
Bishop's Lane, from 174 Chambers south to Warren.
Bloomfield, from 7 Tenth avenue west to the North River.
Bogart, from 539 West west to the North River.
Boulevard, from West Fifty-ninth and Eighth avenue north- west by north to West 155th street and Eleventh avenue. For- merly part of the Bloomingdale road.
Boulevard Place, West 130th, between Fifth and Sixth avenues.
Broadway Alley, from 153 East Twenty-sixth north to East Twenty-seventh.
Catharine Market, foot of Catharine.
Centre Market, Grand, corner Centre.
Charles Lane. See Charles alley.
City Hall Square, the open space between Tryon row and Ann street.
Clinton Court, rear 120 Clinton place.
Clinton Hall, 19 Astor place.
Clinton Market, Canal, corner West.
College Place, 53 Barclay, north to Chambers.
Columbia Place, 386 Eighth street.
Congress, from 177 West Houston south to King.
Congress Place, rear of 4 Congress.
Cooper Union, on Fourth and Third avenues and Seventh street.
Depau Place, 185 and 187 Thompson.
Donovan's Lane, near 474 Pearl.
Duncomb Place, East 128th, between Second and Third ave- nues.
Dunham Place, 142 West Thirty-third.
Dunscomb Place, East Fiftieth, between First avenue and Beekman place.
Edgar, from 59 Greenwich east to New Church. Formerly Tin Pot alley. This is the shortest street in the city.
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Essex Market, Grand, corner Essex.
Exchange Alley, from 55 Broadway west to New Church.
Exchange Court, 74 Exchange place.
Extra Place, rear of 10 First.
Franklin Market, Old slip.
Franklin Place, from 68 Franklin east to White.
Franklin Terrace, rear 364 West Thirty-sixth.
Fulton Market, Fulton, corner South.
Garden Row, 140 West Eleventh.
Gay, from 141 Waverley place north to Christopher.
Gouverneur Lane, from 48 South to 93 Water.
Gouverneur Market, Gouverneur slip.
Gouverneur Slip, from 371 South north to 613 Water.
Gramercy Park, from 106 to 142 East Twenty-first south to
East Twentieth, between Third and Fourth avenues.
Hamilton, from 73 Catharine east to Market.
Hanson Place, Second avenue, between 124th and 125th streets.
Harry Howard Square, the open space bounded by Canal, Walker, Baxter, and Mulberry.
Hester Court, rear 101 Hester.
Irving Place, from 117 East Fourteenth north to East Twen- tieth.
Jefferson Market, Sixth avenue corner Greenwich avenue.
Lamartine Place, West Twenty-ninth, between Eighth and Ninth avenues.
Lawrence, from 126th near Ninth avenue to West 120th at the Boulevard.
Liberty Place, from 57 Liberty north to Maiden lane.
Little West Twelfth, from Gansevoort west to the North River.
Livingston Place, from 325 East Fifteenth north to East Seventeenth.
London Terrace, West Twenty-third, between Ninth and T avenues.
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Ludlow Place, West Houston street, between Sullivan and Macdougal.
Madison Square, north, East Twenty-sixth, between Fifth and Madison avenues.
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Manhattan, from West 124th, corner St. Nicholas avenue, to Twelfth avenue.
Manhattan Market, Eleventh avenue, corner West Thirty- fourth street.
Marketfield, between Broad and the Produce Exchange.
New has been extended one block, now ending where Market- field does. It begins in Wall.
Martin Terrace, East Thirtieth, between Second and Third avenues.
Milligan Place, 139 Sixth avenue.
Minetta Place, rear 2 Minetta.
Mission Place, from 58 Park north to Worth.
Mitchell Place, East Forty-ninth, between First avenue and Beekman place.
Mott's Lane, from 767 Eleventh avenue west.
Mount Morris Avenue, from West 120th, between Fifth and Sixth avenues, north to 124th.
Mount Morris Place, West 124th, between Fifth and Sixth avenues.
Neilson Place, Mercer, between Waverley place and Clinton place.
New Chambers, from 67 Chatham east to Cherry.
New Church, from 182 Fulton south to Morris. Part is now known as Trinity place.
North William, from 16 Frankfort north to Chatham.
Pacific Place, rear 133 West Twenty-ninth.
Park, from 36 Centre east to Mott. Formerly Cross.
Park Place, from 237 Broadway west to the North River. Part formerly known as Robinson street.
Park Row, now (1890) includes Chatham street.
Patchin Place, 111 West Tenth.
Pleasant Avenue, from East 106th, east of First avenue, north to the Harlem River.
Prospect Place, from East Fortieth, between First and Second avenues, north to East Forty-third.
Rachel Lane, from 4 Goerck east to Mangin.
Roslyn Place, Greene street, between West Third and West Fourth.
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Rutherford Place, from 224 East Seventeenth south to East Fifteenth.
St. Clement's Place, Macdougal from West Houston to Bleecker, and from Waverley place to Clinton place.
St. Nicholas Avenue, 110th and Sixth avenue to 145th and Ninth avenue, thence to 155th and Kingsbridge road.
Seventh Street Place, rear 185 Seventh.
South Fifth Avenue, from 70 West Fourth south to Canal. Formerly Laurens.
South William, from 7 William west to Broad.
Spencer Place, West Fourth, between Christopher and West Tenth.
Striker's Lane, from 743 Eleventh avenue west.
Sylvan Place, north from East 120th to East 121st, between Lexington and Third avenues.
Thomas, from 317 Broadway west to Hudson. Formerly ran from Church to Hudson, but by its extension through the Hospital grounds has become longer.
Tompkins Market, Third avenue, corner Sixth.
Trimble Place, from 115 Duane north to Thomas.
Tryon Row, from 1 Centre east to 36 Chatham. There is only one building on this, the Staats-Zeitung.
Union Market, East Houston, corner Columbia.
Union Square, from Fourteenth to Seventeenth streets, and Broadway to Fourth avenue.
Vanderbilt Avenue, from 27 East Forty-second to East Forty- fifth.
Vannest Place, Charles street from West Fourth to Bleecker. Washington Market, Fulton, corner West.
West Washington Market, West, between Fulton and Vesey. (Now removed further uptown.)
Winthrop Place, Greene street, between Waverley place and Clinton place.
Worth, from 72 Hudson east to Chatham. Formerly Anthony.
In no American city does the nomenclature need more system than in New York. New York and Brooklyn practically make one city, with three very distinct parts. The island of Manhattan has the streets we have just given ; Brooklyn has about as many,
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and there are a large number in the annexed district. No rule is observed about naming streets in either section, fancy alone governing. But Brooklyn will soon annex Flatbush and the rest of Kings County, as it once annexed Williamsburgh, and each of these neighborhoods will have its own pet system of streets. It cannot fail, too, of annexing Long Island City. What man can then attempt to keep a record of the thoroughfares of this metrop- olis, and to say where they are? The perplexity that the lack of system will inevitably introduce can be seen in London, with its dozens of Albert streets, Victoria places, and Wellington rows. For the convenience of the Post Office that city has been divided into districts, marked North, East, and so on. But can any resi- dent recollect the streets of all London ?
Some new and more thorough plan must be adopted here than now. We have Broadway, East Broadway, West Broadway and Broadway alley ; Fifth street and Fifth avenue ; Pike street and Pine street ; Jones street, Jones lane and Great Jones street ; and Doyers street and Dover street. In the annexed district there are Bayard street, Bridge street, Broad street, Catharine street, Cedar street, Chestnut street, and Church street, without going down any further in the alphabet. All these and a hundred more are duplicated on the island; most of them are again repeated in Brooklyn. Some authority that shall give us a complete and con- sistent plan is needed to determine upon the appellation of our thoroughfares. Some of the features which should be embraced are :
1. Not to change the name of any street that has borne a cer- tain cognomen fifty years.
2. To change the name of all newer ones that vary from each other no more than one letter. There could not then be a Grand and a Grant street, or an Art and a Hart street.
3. No such duplication of names should be allowed as Catharine street and Catharine lane, Madison street and Madison avenue, Twelfth street and Little Twelfth street.
4. Numbered streets should stop at One Hundredth. Frequent errors happen from the mistake of Twenty-fifth for 125th street.
5. Distinguish the different parts of the metropolis by confin- ing them to certain letters of the alphabet. Let the letters above
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E be used alone in the annexed district ; from F to L the island ; M to R Brooklyn, and S to Z Long Island City. Thus when Clay street was named any one would know that it was in the annexed district ; Norton would be in Brooklyn, Fenimore in New York and Tampa in Long Island City. Such a system could easily be learned, and would be of great value to our citizens. This metrop- olis is destined speedily to attain five millions of population. Few New Yorkers can give the names of any streets in the annexed district or in Brooklyn, and it lately fell to the lot of the writer to pilot an uptown cab driver to John street. The city was so large the driver did not know the downtown streets.
LAND TITLES IN NEW YORK CITY .*
The people of the several American colonies prior to the War of the Revolution, and especially in the province or colony of New York, from its first settlement and organization, were fully alive to the importance of maintaining and preserving public records, and particular care seems to have been taken from the beginning to make and perpetuate records affecting real estate. In this respect the American colonists greatly improved upon the system long in practice in England, under which transfers of real estate were conducted and kept at the office of a solicitor or at- torney at law, or among the private papers of some country squire or land proprietor. Under the system of primogeniture prevail- ing in England, however, the preserving of claims of title to real estate was not so difficult as in this country, in which estates were more frequently sold or divided and subdivided.
The records of conveyances of real estate, in the province or colony of New York, began with the earliest Dutch colonial period and was continued during the English colonial period, and these records were kept in the office of the Secretary of the colony
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